Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Globally, Christians remain the largest religion category in number, while Muslims and religiously unaffiliated people were the fastest-growing groups from 2010 to 2020. The rise of the “nones” was fueled by switching out of Christianity.
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Abortion has long been a contentious issue in the United States, and it is one that sharply divides Americans along partisan, ideological and religious lines.
35% of U.S. adults no longer identify with the religion in which they were raised – that’s about 90 million people who have changed their religious identities.
From 2010 to 2020, the number of Muslims increased by 347 million people to 2.0 billion people.
Find how many people identify with each religious group and what percent each made up in 201 countries and territories, and by region, in 2010 and 2020.
Young adults today are less religious than older adults by traditional measures. But when it comes to spirituality, the differences are smaller.
Republicans are less likely than in 2024 to say there is discrimination against Black, Hispanic, Asian and White people.
In this video, we dive into the impact spirituality has on Americans and how it overlaps with and differs from religiousness.
Americans trust each other less than they did a few decades ago. We explore why this is, and why some are more trusting than others.
Majorities want the church to allow use of birth control and IVF, and to permit priests to bless same-sex couples. But views differ by Mass attendance.
Most White evangelicals (72%) say they approve of how Trump is doing as president. Other religious groups are more divided or disapprove.
After years of decline, the U.S. Christian share now shows signs of leveling off. The new Religious Landscape Study explores trends in identity, beliefs and practices.
The Global Religious Futures (GRF) project is jointly funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts and The John Templeton Foundation. Here are some big-picture findings from the GRF, together with context from other Pew Research Center studies.
Christians will make up 87% of voting members in the Senate and House of Representatives, combined, in the 2025-27 congressional session.
Long-term analysis of 198 countries and territories shows government restrictions on religion and social hostilities toward religious groups go hand in hand.
