Religion in China

February 9, 2021 · updated December 18, 2023

Fast Facts on China
Population 1,397,897,720 2021
Religions (%) Buddhist 18.2%, Christian 5.1%, Muslim 1.8%, folk religion 21.9%, Hindu < 0.1%, Jewish < 0.1%, other 0.7% (includes Daoist (Taoist)), unaffiliated 52.2%
Unaffiliated 720,100,000 2020
Indigenous/Folk Religions 304,620,000 2020
Buddhism 254,700,000 2020
Christianity 72,410,000 2020
Islam 28,010,000 2020
Other Religions 9,560,000 2020
Hinduism 30,000 2020