https://www.vexen.co.uk/religion/index.html
By Vexen Crabtree 2010
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World Population by Religion (2005)
| Islam | |||
| Links: Pages on Islam | |||
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| God(s) | |||
| Adherent | Muslim | ||
| Adherents | Muslims | ||
| Texts | Qur'an and Hadiths | ||
| Afterlife | Heaven or hell | ||
| Founding | |||
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| Heritage | Judaism | ||
| Area of Origin | Saudi Arabia | ||
| When | 610 | ||
| Founder | By Muhammad | ||
| Muslims in the World: 26% (2020)1 | |||
| Yemen (100%), Afghanistan (100%), Somalia (100%), Iran (100%), Morocco (100%), Western Sahara (100%), Iraq (99%), Tunisia (99%), Mauritania (99%), Libya (99%) 1 | |||
| Christianity | |||
| Links: Pages on Christianity | |||
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| God(s) | |||
| Adherent | Christian | ||
| Adherents | Christians | ||
| Texts | The Bible | ||
| Afterlife | Heaven or hell | ||
| Founding | |||
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| Heritage | Judaism2 and paganism3 | ||
| Area of Origin | Roman Empire | ||
| When | 1st-3rd centuryCE | ||
| Founder | By multiple Greek writers, including St Paul | ||
| Christians in the World: 29% (2020)1 | |||
| Timor-Leste (East Timor) (100%), Moldova (100%), Papua New Guinea (99%), Micronesia (99%), Romania (99%), Zambia (98%), Tonga (98%), Samoa (98%), Bahamas (98%), Kiribati (98%) 1 | |||
| Judaism | |||
| Links: Pages on Judaism | |||
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| God(s) | |||
| Adherent | Jew | ||
| Adherents | Jews | ||
| Texts | Tanakh and Talmud | ||
| Afterlife | Yes | ||
| Founding | |||
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| Heritage | Prehistoric | ||
| Area of Origin | Babylon (mostly - now Iraq) and Israel | ||
| When | 1st millennium BCE | ||
| Founder | As a combination of prehistoric practices which became organized in Babylon | ||
| Jews in the World: 0.2% (2020)1 | |||
| Israel (77%), USA (2%), Canada (0.9%), France (0.7%), Luxembourg (0.5%), Uruguay (0.5%), UK (0.4%), Australia (0.4%), Argentina (0.4%), Aruba (0.4%) 1 | |||