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Recent work includes a major portrait of Jews in America and interviews with 38,000 Muslims around the globe to provide a more complete understanding of the beliefs and political views of members of the world’s second- largest religion.
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Korean American adults are much less likely than adults in South Korea to be religiously unaffiliated or to be Buddhist.
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Adults in Indonesia, Bangladesh and the Philippines are the most likely to say it is important to have a leader who stands up for people with their religious beliefs.
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The globe’s 280 million immigrants shape countries' religious composition. Christians make up the largest share, but Jews are most likely to have migrated.
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Explore our interactive table showing the religious composition of immigrants around the globe and how it's changed from 1990 to 2020.
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People in sub-Saharan Africa are typically among the most likely to say that religion is very important in their lives.
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Buddhists, the religiously unaffiliated and Daoists each make up about a quarter of Taiwan’s adult population.
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Buddhists across the region also say that someone cannot be truly Buddhist if they do not respect deities or spirits.
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Among the places surveyed, people in Japan (85%) and Vietnam (84%) are most likely to say they have a family gravesite.
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