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GLOBAL RELIGIOUS LANDSCAPE

Median Age of Religious Groups, 2010
40 years

32

33

34

34

36

30

30

Global median
28 years

26
23
20

10

0
Muslims

Hindus

Christians

Other
Folk
Unaffiliated
Religions** Religionists*

Buddhists

Jews

Religious groups are ordered by median age from youngest to oldest.
*Includes followers of African traditional religions, Chinese folk religions, Native American religions and Australian aboriginal religions.
**Includes Bahai’s, Jains, Sikhs, Shintoists, Taoists, followers of Tenrikyo, Wiccans, Zoroastrians and many other faiths.

Young and Old
Some religions have much younger populations,