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By rounded percentage share
Schema
| name | type | format | title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | year | default | Year |
| Region | string | default | Region |
| Country | string | default | Country Name |
| Buddhists | number | default | Buddhists Religion |
| Christians | number | default | Christians Religion |
| Folk Religions | number | default | Folk Religion |
| Hindus | number | default | Hindus Religion |
| Jews | number | default | Jews Religion |
| Muslims | number | default | Muslims Religion |
| Other Religions | number | default | Other Religions |
| Unaffiliated | number | default | Unaffiliated Religion |
By number of population
Schema
| name | type | format | title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | year | default | year |
| Region | string | default | Region |
| Country | string | default | Country Name |
| Christians | integer | default | Christians Religion |
| Muslims | integer | default | Muslims Religion |
| Unaffiliated | integer | default | Unaffiliated Religion |
| Hindus | integer | default | Hindus Religion |
| Buddhists | integer | default | Buddhists Religion |
| Folk Religions | integer | default | Folk Religion |
| Other Religions | integer | default | Other Religion |
| Jews | integer | default | Jews Religion |
| All Religions | integer | default | All Religion |
World major 3 religions
Schema
| name | type | format | title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | year | default | Year |
| Christians | integer | default | Christians Religion |
| Muslims | integer | default | Muslims Religion |
| Hindus | integer | default | Hindus Religion |
Data Files
| File | Description | Size | Last modified | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
by_rounded_percentage_share | 78.9 kB | about 2 months ago | by_rounded_percentage_share | |
by_number_of_population | 176 kB | about 2 months ago | by_number_of_population | |
world-major-3-religions | 227 B | 27 days ago | world-major-3-religions |
| Files | Size | Format | Created | Updated | License | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 256 kB | csv | 27 days ago | Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License | PEW RESEARCH CENTER |
This dataset contains the estimated religious composition of 198 countries and territories for 2010 to 2050.
Data
The data is sourced from PEW RESEARCH CENTER . In original dataset the number and the percentage share of followers for some religions as "<10000" and "<10%". Because of technical limitations of the visualization tool, these values had to be changed into "10000".
data/rounded_population.csv
This file contains the number followers by religions and region for 2010 to 2050
data/rounded_percentage.csv
This file contains the percentage share of followers by religions and region for 2010 to 2050
License
This Data Package is licensed by its maintainers under the Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL).