Research Guides: European Studies: Religion

Opinion Polls on Religion

The Changing Global Religious Landscape (PewResearch)
Demographic study identifying religious affiliations.

Adherents.com
Major Religions of the World
Major Branches
Religious Bodies of the World
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"Adherents.com is a growing collection of over 43,870 adherent statistics and religious geography citations: references to published membership/adherent statistics and congregation statistics for over 4,200 religions, churches, denominations, religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, movements, ultimate concerns, etc. The religions of the world are enumerated here."
NationMaster.com
Useful for comparing statistics between nations in a variety of categories
World Christian Database
Religions, denominations, people & languages, countries & regions, cities & provinces, chronology.

World Factbook
Basic intelligence on the history, people, government, religion, economy, energy, geography, environment, communications, transportation, military, terrorism, and transnational issues

International Religious Freedom Report
US State Dept. Annual Report to Congress - this report describes the status of religious freedom in every country. It looks at government policies violating religious belief and practices of groups, religious denominations and individuals
coverage is from 2001 forward

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