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There’s no escaping religion. It has enormous societal, cultural, political and historical implications. It’s been blamed for wars and praised for bringing people together. But it is practised in some form across the world by billions of people every day. So what are the world’s major believing and non-believing constituencies? Below are estimates of the world religions based on the best data available.

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