WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Hinduism has approximately 1.1 billion adherents worldwide (15-16% of the world’s population). Hinduism is the third largest religion in the world behind Christianity (31.5%) and Islam (23.3%).

Detailed explanation-2: -At more than 1.2 billion, Hindus are the world’s third-largest religious group after Christians and Muslims.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hinduism is the third-largest religion worldwide, with approximately 1.2 billion Hindus in many countries.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hinduism is the third-largest religion worldwide, with approximately 1.2 billion Hindus in many different countries. Oddly, Hinduism is the dominant religion in only three countries-but one of the three happens to be the second-most-populated country in the world, India, (78.9%).

Detailed explanation-5: -Hindus form a majority in just three countries: Nepal (81%), India (80%) and Mauritius (56%). But 97% of all Hindus live in those countries, making Hindus the most likely of the religious groups in this study to live as a majority.