World Religions Population 2023. The world religion database (wrd), hosted at boston university’s institute on culture, religion and world affairs (cura), contains detailed statistics on religious affiliation for every country. Generally speaking, buddhism, christianity, hinduism, islam, and judaism are considered the five major world religions, although sikhism, shintoism, or taoism may also be.

Comfort with being around people of different religious beliefs averages 76%. It is highest in south africa, singapore, and the anglosphere, and lowest in germany, japan, and south korea.