this and the similar poll about the christian branches are not meant to offend anybody.
the other poll is here: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=204848
i get the major religious branches from here:
http://www.adherents.com/adh_branches.html#AllBranches
Branch Religion Number of Adherents
Catholic Christianity 1,050,000,000
Sunni Islam 940,000,000
Vaishnavites Hinduism 580,000,000
Orthodox/Eastern Christian Christianity 240,000,000
Shaivites Hinduism 220,000,000
Conservative Protestant Christianity 200,000,000
Mahayana Buddhism 185,000,000
Liberal Protestant Christianity 150,000,000
Theravada Buddhism 124,000,000
Shiite Islam 120,000,000
African indigenous sects (AICs) Christianity 110,000,000
Pentecostal Christianity 105,000,000
Anglican Christianity 73,000,000
Sikhism Sikhism 23,000,000
neo-Hindus
and reform Hindus Hinduism 22,000,000
Lamaism
(Vajrayana/Tibetan, etc.) Buddhism 20,000,000
Jehovah's Witnesses Christianity 14,800,000
Latter Day Saints Christianity 12,500,000
Ahmadiyya Islam 10,000,000
Veerashaivas (Lingayats) Hinduism 10,000,000
Baha'i World Faith Baha'i Faiths 6,000,000
Conservative Judaism 4,500,000
Unaffiliated and Secular Judaism 4,500,000
Svetambara Jainism 4,000,000
Reform Judaism 3,750,000
Seicho-No-Ie New Japanese 3,200,000
Shinto all branches Shinto 3,000,000
Tenrikyo New Japanese 2,800,000
PL Kyodan New Japanese 2,600,000
Orthodox Judaism 2,000,000
the other poll is here: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=204848
i get the major religious branches from here:
http://www.adherents.com/adh_branches.html#AllBranches
Branch Religion Number of Adherents
Catholic Christianity 1,050,000,000
Sunni Islam 940,000,000
Vaishnavites Hinduism 580,000,000
Orthodox/Eastern Christian Christianity 240,000,000
Shaivites Hinduism 220,000,000
Conservative Protestant Christianity 200,000,000
Mahayana Buddhism 185,000,000
Liberal Protestant Christianity 150,000,000
Theravada Buddhism 124,000,000
Shiite Islam 120,000,000
African indigenous sects (AICs) Christianity 110,000,000
Pentecostal Christianity 105,000,000
Anglican Christianity 73,000,000
Sikhism Sikhism 23,000,000
neo-Hindus
and reform Hindus Hinduism 22,000,000
Lamaism
(Vajrayana/Tibetan, etc.) Buddhism 20,000,000
Jehovah's Witnesses Christianity 14,800,000
Latter Day Saints Christianity 12,500,000
Ahmadiyya Islam 10,000,000
Veerashaivas (Lingayats) Hinduism 10,000,000
Baha'i World Faith Baha'i Faiths 6,000,000
Conservative Judaism 4,500,000
Unaffiliated and Secular Judaism 4,500,000
Svetambara Jainism 4,000,000
Reform Judaism 3,750,000
Seicho-No-Ie New Japanese 3,200,000
Shinto all branches Shinto 3,000,000
Tenrikyo New Japanese 2,800,000
PL Kyodan New Japanese 2,600,000
Orthodox Judaism 2,000,000