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List of world religions and founders, religious books, place. In 2010, a total of more than 800 million included 300 million in subsaharan africa, 260 million in the americas, 140 million in asiapacific region, 100 million in europe and 2 million in middle eastnorth africa. Help america keep bringing you stories like this as a frequent reader of our website, you know how important america s voice is in the conversation about the church and the world. Religions of the world is unique in that it is based in religion on the.
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