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It is unclear whether there has been any significant change since 2010 in the percentage of Chinese adults who identify with a religion or engage in religious beliefs or practices. Some scholars have ...
Christians remain the largest religious group, and Muslims grew the fastest from 2010 to 2020. Read how the global share of ...
While the number of Christians continued to grow from 2010 to 2020, the world’s population grew faster, according to the Pew ...
Christianity’s growth in China has stalled since 2010. That’s according to a new Pew Research Center report measuring religion in China published today. In 2010, approximately 23.2 million ...
Statistics and my on-the-ground observations indicate that Buddhism and Daoist religious ... Officially, this does not exist as a religion in China but instead is a catch-all designation for ...
The Chinese government’s revised regulations in the Xinjiang region tighten controls over the religious practices of the predominantly Muslim ethnic Uyghurs.
The share of Asian American Christians dropped the most dramatically, from 42% in 2012 to 34% now. Buddhism is also down by 3 percentage points, while Hinduism and Islam have risen slightly, going ...
The Pew report reveals how religious disaffiliation and population growth have influenced the global religious landscape.
Just 16% of Americans surveyed said religion is the most important thing in their lives, according to a new report by the Public Religion Research Institute. Mary Smyth/Getty Images hide caption ...
China accused of erasing religion, culture from Uighur village names. Rights groups’ analysis of official data from 2009-2023 shows some 630 villages in Xinjiang had their names changed in this way.
Specifically, 62 percent of the 1,435 religious believers surveyed are in the 16-39 age group, while only 9.6 percent are 55 years old or older. Also, the number of middle-aged believers saw a big ...