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It is not possible to give absolutely exact statistics. But approximate figures derived from many sources are available.
About one third of the human race. The "Encyclopaedia Britannica I Year Book for 1953" gives about 2367 million people in the world, of I whom about 750 millions profess to be Christians.
Both geographically and numerically it is the most widely accepted religion. Next in numbers would come Mahometanism with some 316 millions. Taoism ranks third with about 300 millions, with Hinduism fourth, counting about 256 millions. Buddhism has about 150 millions.
According to the above-mentioned "Year Book", the various Greek Orthodox Churches - there are about 16 independent Churches - number between them 128 million adherents. The hundreds of independent Protestant denominations taken together account for about 196 millions. The Catholic Church has some 425 millions. As a single united body the Catholic religion far outnumbers any other religion in the world.
"THAT CATHOLIC CHURCH
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