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 |