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| Most religions are practised in fairly specific world regions. The spread of religions occurred mainly due to human migration and missionary work. This chart shows the number of believers of each of the world religions in thousands. Over one-third of the world’s population adheres to a form of Christianity. Latin America has the largest number of Christians, most of whom are Roman Catholics. Islam is practised by nearly one-fifth of the world’s population, most of whom live in parts of Asia and the Middle East. Judaism, though a major world religion, has fewer followers than Hinduism, Buddhism, and various other religions practised primarily in Asia. Atheists and those who consider themselves non-religious make up more than one-fifth of the world’s population. | ||||||
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