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429:the original
422:
385:
342:108,667,043
327:Not reported
326:
313:
176:Affiliation
166:
117:
102:
91:
80:
75:
71:sex scandals
63:
26:
1631:Philippines
1472:Bell Church
1454:Ethnic/Folk
1261:Pentecostal
1193:Evangelical
1002:Asia portal
903:States with
823:Philippines
763:South Korea
758:North Korea
653:Afghanistan
192:85,645,362
182:Percentage
1678:Categories
1539:Irreligion
1477:Rizalistas
1427:monotheism
1166:Protestant
883:Uzbekistan
858:Tajikistan
773:Kyrgyzstan
753:Kazakhstan
673:Bangladesh
663:Azerbaijan
511:2013-09-26
486:2013-09-26
461:2024-06-16
401:References
389:excluding
305:8,954,291
231:1,458,992
218:2,806,524
205:6,981,710
1404:Unitarian
1175:Adventist
969:Hong Kong
923:Palestine
848:Sri Lanka
843:Singapore
723:Indonesia
435:March 12,
120:Satanists
33:agnostics
1507:Hinduism
1502:Buddhism
1304:Mainline
1067:Catholic
992:Category
913:Abkhazia
863:Thailand
818:Pakistan
798:Mongolia
793:Maldives
788:Malaysia
688:Cambodia
360:See also
350:Source:
294:429,921
283:457,245
270:470,792
257:540,364
244:862,725
155:Red Tani
106:—
95:—
84:—
50:Internet
29:atheists
1574:atheism
1467:Pulahan
1444:Judaism
888:Vietnam
803:Myanmar
783:Lebanon
713:Georgia
668:Bahrain
658:Armenia
456:RAPPLER
331:15,186
318:43,931
179:Number
46:atheist
1517:Others
1494:Indian
933:Taiwan
868:Turkey
833:Russia
768:Kuwait
748:Jordan
738:Israel
698:Cyprus
683:Brunei
678:Bhutan
339:Total
60:Growth
1629:This
1576:is a
1439:Islam
1151:ROCOR
1147:PESEA
974:Macau
893:Yemen
853:Syria
828:Qatar
808:Nepal
743:Japan
718:India
708:Egypt
693:China
377:Notes
345:100%
201:Islam
195:78.8
1635:stub
1578:stub
813:Oman
778:Laos
733:Iraq
728:Iran
437:2023
314:None
308:8.2
297:0.4
286:0.4
273:0.4
260:0.5
247:0.8
234:1.4
221:2.6
208:6.4
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