World’s Religions: Growth, Date founded, Sacred Texts and Membership

Religion	Date Founded	Sacred Texts	Membership	% of Populatuion
Christianity	30 CE<	The Bible	2,069 million	32%(dropping)
Islam	622 CE	Qur’an & Hadith	1,254 million	19% (growing)
Hinduism	1,500 BCE	The Veda	837 million	13%(stable)
No religion*	No date	None	775 million	12% (dropping)
Chinese folk rel.	270 BCE	None	390 million	6%
Buddhism	523 BCE	The Tripitaka	364 million	6% (stable)
Tribal Religions, Shamanism, Animism	Prehistory	Oral tradition	232 million	4%
Atheists	No date	None	150 million	2%
New religions.	Various	Various	103 million	2%
Sikhism	1500 CE	Guru Granth Sahib	24.29 million	<1%
Judaism	No consensus	Torah, Talmud	14.5 million	<1%
Spiritism			12.6 million	<1%
Baha’i Faith	1863 CE	Most Holy Book	7.4 million	<1%
Confucianism	520 BCE	Lun Yu	6.4 million	<1%
Jainism	570 BCE	Siddhanta, Pakrit	4.4 million	<1%
Zoroastrianism	No consensus	Avesta	2.7 million	<1%
Shinto	500 CE	Kojiki, Nohon Shoki	2.7 million	<1%
Taoism	550 BCE	Tao-te-Ching	2.7 million	<1%
Other	Various	Various	1.1 million	<1%
Wicca	800 BCE, 1940 CE	None	500,000?	<1%