Guest guest Posted November 15, 2003 Report Share Posted November 15, 2003 There are over 4,200 religions now in the world. And 6,800 living languages. Buddhism: World estimates for Buddhism vary between 230 and 500 million, with most around 350 million. Major Branches of Buddhism Branch Number of Adherents Mahayana 185,000,000 Theravada 124,000,000 Lamaism (Vajrayana/Tibetan/Tantric) 20,000,000 Pure Land: 18,500,000 Christianity: 2 billion Islam: 1.3 billion Hinduism: 900 million Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist: 850 million Buddhism: 360 million Chinese traditional religion: 225 million primal-indigenous: 150 million African Traditional & Diasporic: 95 million Sikhism: 23 million Juche: 19 million Spiritism: 14 million Judaism: 14 million *** No figures regarding Advaita but I guess that number is: One Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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