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Religion Studies at Alaska Pacific University

The faiths represented by the graphic on the front page make up only a few that are actively practiced here in Anchorage. When one considers the vast variety in belief, even often among different sects of the same religion, the need for tolerance and understanding becomes clear.

Data taken from 'Worldwide Adherents of All Religions, Mid-2005', Encyclopaedia Britanica
Image created from data by Sjan Evardsson using Excel. Data sheet available as xls or pdf.

Religion	Adherents	Percentage
Christians	2,133,806,000	33.0636699932094000
Muslims	1,308,941,000	20.2822530560798000
Hindus	860,133,000	13.3279003162749000
Chinese universists	404,921,900	6.2743305036274800
Buddhists	378,808,000	5.8696913884334700
Ethnoreligionists	256,332,000	3.9719059074252100
Neoreligionists	108,131,200	1.6755104788203400
Sikhs	25,377,700	0.3932315768100150
Jews	15,073,000	0.2335585792746130
Spiritists	13,030,500	0.2019097105578080
Baha'is	7,650,000	0.1185379905427450
Confucianists	6,470,900	0.1002676448370000
Jains	4,589,800	0.0711196952932143
Shinto	2,789,200	0.0432191063035063
Taoists	2,734,000	0.0423637733521391
Zoroastrians	2,648,000	0.0410311894061684
Other religionists	1,200,000	0.0185941945949403
Nonreligious	769,379,000	11.9216523693838000
Atheists	151,612,000	2.3492525257734100
Total population	6,453,627,200	100.0000000000000000

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