World Population 2024 Religion Wise. As of 2020, an estimated 429 million people, about 6% of the world’s total population, were adherents of folk or traditional religions. India, labeled as the world's spiritual homeland, perhaps due to its rich religious history including the birth of major world religions like hinduism, buddhism, jainism, and sikhism, leads the.

How living arrangements vary by religious affiliation around the world. Majority of muslims reside in northern and central africa, the middle east, and southeast asia.