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Islam, by about 622 years.

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What are the five main world religions?

The five main world religions are Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism. Each of these religions has millions of followers worldwide and plays a significant role in shaping global culture and society.


What five major world religions are monotheistic religions?

I think those would be Christianity; Islam; Judaism; Bahá'í Faith; Zoroastrianism.


How is Chinese folk religion different from the five major religions?

It is not a single, organized religion, but a blend of local religions.


What are 5 major world religions?

Generally, the top five religions are Sikhism, Christianity, Hindu, Buddhism and Islam. The religions are given below in order of the numbers of adherents: Christianity 2200 million (around 32% of the world's population) Islam 1226 million (around 19% of the world's population) Hinduism 828 million (around 13% of the world's population) Buddhism 364 million (around 6% of the world's population) Sikhism 23.8 million (less than 1% of the world's population) Chinese folk religions ( a whole group of religions) have 390 million adherents, those with no formal religion (eg agnostics, non practising Christians, atheists, humanists, deists etc) have 800 million adherents, Judaism has 14.5 million adherents and all the other religions (eg new age, spiritualists, Baha'i, Confucianism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism, Shinto, Taoism, Wicca, Shamanism, Animism, Rastifarianism and so on) have around 150 million adherents or so. So those with a religion of some sort represent around 87-92% of the world's population


What are the two largest religions in the world today?

C. Christianity and Islam