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