World Canonical Texts
Current religious population data could be useful in assessing influence and balance in text lists. I just found PEW religious population data for 2010 (published in Dec-2011 and Dec-2012):
http://www.pewforum.org/global-religious-landscape.aspx
| CWANA | E Asia | Europe | Lat Am | N Am | S Asia | SEAO | SS Africa | Grand Total | |
| Sum of Christian | 24,170,000 | 87,480,000 | 555,220,000 | 531,280,000 | 266,640,000 | 35,830,000 | 153,340,000 | 519,140,000 | 2,173,100,000 |
| Sum of Muslim | 525,520,000 | 25,220,000 | 43,250,000 | 790,000 | 3,480,000 | 480,860,000 | 240,150,000 | 279,090,000 | 1,598,360,000 |
| Sum of Hindu | 1,720,000 | 80,000 | 1,270,000 | 610,000 | 2,260,000 | 1,017,760,000 | 7,560,000 | 1,600,000 | 1,032,860,000 |
| Sum of Buddhist | 570,000 | 308,860,000 | 1,290,000 | 340,000 | 3,850,000 | 28,060,000 | 144,240,000 | 110,000 | 487,320,000 |
| Sum of Other Religious | 6,350,000 | 331,840,000 | 3,160,000 | 11,350,000 | 9,260,000 | 35,140,000 | 49,570,000 | 29,630,000 | 476,300,000 |
| Sum of Unaffiliated | 3,800,000 | 820,470,000 | 134,790,000 | 45,310,000 | 59,040,000 | 1,050,000 | 34,930,000 | 26,890,000 | 1,126,280,000 |
| Total | 562,370,000 | 1,573,980,000 | 739,270,000 | 590,050,000 | 344,520,000 | 1,598,760,000 | 629,980,000 | 856,840,000 | 6,895,770,000 |
http://www.pewforum.org/Christian/Global-Christianity-worlds-christian-population.aspx
| CWANA | E Asia | Europe | Lat Am | N Am | S Asia | SEAO | SS Africa | Grand Total | |
| Sum of Catholic | 5,350,000 | 15,220,000 | 261,590,000 | 432,350,000 | 87,600,000 | 12,870,000 | 102,460,000 | 177,030,000 | 1,094,470,000 |
| Sum of Protestant | 1,950,000 | 69,610,000 | 100,590,000 | 94,210,000 | 169,240,000 | 21,290,000 | 47,440,000 | 296,200,000 | 800,530,000 |
| Sum of Orthodox | 17,230,000 | 40,000 | 197,130,000 | 250,000 | 2,340,000 | 2,370,000 | 740,000 | 40,170,000 | 260,270,000 |
| Sum of Other Christian | 150,000 | 870,000 | 3,040,000 | 6,770,000 | 11,120,000 | 50,000 | 1,430,000 | 4,680,000 | 28,110,000 |
Data in the table are my analysis mostly in the form of regional definition. Most of this should be straight forward, except for North Africa I excludes Sudan and West Sahara. I classify Afghanistan as Central Asia. SEAO means Southeast Asia and Oceania. Regarding this regional classification, the more I look at this the more I think it might make sense to group North and south America together.
The table does not really show up right in the blog. Oh well ...
P.S. I was looking at this the weekend right before the Pope announced his resignation.
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