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How many different religions are there in the World?

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Some academics studying the subject have divided religions into three broad categories: world religions, a term which refers to transcultural, international faiths; indigenous religions, which refers to smaller, culture-specific or nation-specific religious groups; and new religious movements, which refers to recently developed faiths. read more

There are an estimated 4,200 different religions in the world, and these can be categorized into several main religions. These include Christianity, Roman Catholicism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Judaism, although Roman Catholicism is often categorized under Christianity. read more

The estimates I usually see are between 4200 and 4300 different religions. Such counts usually consider all Christian denominations as one religion, all sects of Judaism as one, all factions of Islam as one religion, etc. read more

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