Population and the number of religions, world v.s. China
6.2 billion v.s. 1.3 billion and 2500 v.s. 56

100 million out of 1.3 billion Chinese are religious, which is 8.41% of the entire population. The number of Communist member nationwide stand at 60 million.

Among world’s population, only 1.2 billion are non-religious, with the majority of them in China. The population of the big four regions are – 2 billion for Catholic and Christianity, 1.3 billion for Islam and Muslem, 800 million Hinduism and 500 million Buddhism.

A total of 10,000 minorities claim Shanghai residents, and there is another 140,000 minorities inflow from else where in the country.

There are 56 recoginzed (and hence official) monority groups in China. With unidentified ones existing, the number is likely to exceed 100 in this century.

Notes from the Religion Session, Training Course for Shanghai reporters.