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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

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No figures regarding Advaita but I guess that number is: One ;)

 

Pete

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