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Data, Statistics, & Public Opinion Sources
- World Religion Database This link opens in a new window
The World Religion Database contains detailed statistics on religious affiliation for every country of the world. It provides source material, including censuses and surveys, as well as best estimates for every religion for the period 1900 to 2050.
- The Association of Religion Data Archives (The ARDA) The ARDA Data Archive is a collection of surveys, polls, and other data submitted by researchers and made available online by the ARDA.
- Religion in India: Tolerance and Segregation (Pew Research Center) A major new Pew Research Center survey of religion across India, based on nearly 30,000 face-to-face interviews of adults conducted in 17 languages between late 2019 and early 2020 (before the COVID-19 pandemic), finds that Indians of all these religious backgrounds overwhelmingly say they are very free to practice their faiths.
Featured Resource: Pew Research Center
- 7 Facts about Hindus around the World With Diwali celebrations and Sunak’s transition underway, here are some facts about Hindus around the world, drawing on a Pew Research Center survey of India conducted in 2019-2020, our 2021 study of the religious composition of India, and other sources.
