What is the religion with the largest number of followers in the world?

Christianity is the religion with the largest number of believers in the world at present.

Among the world population including Christianity, Catholicism and Orthodox Church, there are 654.38+96 million Christians in a broad sense. It accounts for 33. 15% of the world population. There are11793,300 Muslims, accounting for 19.89% of the world population.

There are 767.42 million Hindus, accounting for 12.94% of the world population. There are 356.88 million Buddhists, accounting for 6.02% of the world population. Tribal religion was 2044 1.6 million, accounting for 4. 1.2% of the total population. There are 776.67 million people who have no faith, accounting for 13. 10%.

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The spread of world religions:

1. Migration and diffusion are the most prominent. Immigrants who believe in a certain religion bring this religion to new areas. In the United States, Australia, New Zealand and other European immigrant countries, their religion is the same as that of their home country, and it is difficult to change. Secondly, missionaries moved to new areas to preach. In China, Buddhism and Christianity were introduced to China through "monks" and "foreign priests".

2. Expansion and diffusion: Religion is spread to people who are eager to accept religion in new areas through missionaries. Christianity first spread among the poor, and when it was regarded as the state religion, it moved from the city to the countryside.

The stupa originated in India, originally built to bury the Buddhist relics, and later evolved into a symbolic and important symbol of Buddhism. Judging from the shape of pagodas, Indian pagodas are semi-circular and China pagodas are polygonal.

In India, cremation is practiced and there is no custom of burial. The relic is hidden in the tower. The most striking feature of China stupa is that the eaves and cornices of the pagoda are upturned.