Religion

Quakers

HISTORY.com Editors Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images Published: May 19, 2017Last Updated: May 27, 2025PrintShare Table of contents George Fox2Quaker Beliefs3What Is a Quaker?4Colonial Quakers5William Penn6Quakers and Human Rights7Famous Quakers8Quaker Religion […]

How the Global Religious Landscape Changed From 2010 to 2020

Muslims grew fastest; Christians lagged behind global population increase ByConrad Hackett,Marcin Stonawski,Yunping Tong,Stephanie Kramer,Anne ShiandDalia FahmyHow we did this The world’s population expanded from 2010 to 2020, and so did most religious groups, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of more than 2,700 censuses and surveys. Christians remained the world’s […]

Religion in Europe

By Conrad Hackett,Marcin Stonawski,Yunping Tong,Stephanie Kramer,Anne ShiandDalia Fahmy As of 2020, Europe has about 753 million inhabitants, only 2% more than in 2010. Roughly two-thirds of Europeans in 2020 are Christians, and a quarter are religiously unaffiliated. Around 6% of Europe’s residents are Muslims. In many European countries, there has […]