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Table 1 Number of adherents for religious branches exceeding more than 15 million adherents

From: Animal derived products may conflict with religious patients’ beliefs

Religion

Branch

Number of adherents

Christianity

Catholic

1,050,000,000

 

Orthodox

240,000,000

 

Conservative protestant

200,000,000

 

Liberal protestant

150,000,000

 

African indigenous sects

110,000,000

 

Pentecostal

105,000,000

 

Anglican

73,000,000

 

Jehova's Witnesses

14,800,000

Islam

Sunni

940,000,000

 

Shiite

120,000,000

Hinduism

Vaishnavism

580,000,000

 

Shavites

220,000,000

 

Neo-hindus

22,000,000

Buddhism

Mahayana

185,000,000

 

Theravada

124,000,000

 

Lamaism

20,000,000

Sikhism

n/a

23,000,000

Judaism

n/a

15,000,000