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|[[Christianity]] || 2.1–2.2 billion<ref>[http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3835 The List: The World’s Fastest-Growing Religions]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adherents.com/Religions_By_Adherents.html |title=Major Religions of the World — Ranked by Number of Adherents |accessdate=2007-07-03 |work= }}</ref> ||1st century|| <small>Worldwide except [[Northern Africa|Northwest Africa]], the [[Arabian Peninsula]], and parts of [[Central Asia|Central]], [[East Asia|East]], and [[Southeast Asia]].</small>
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| [[Islam]] - Supporter of terrorism || 1.3–1.6 billion <ref>[http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3835 The world's fastest growing religions]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pewforum.org/docs/?DocID=450 |title=Mapping the Global Muslim Population |accessdate=2009-10-08 |work= }}</ref> || 7th c. || <small>[[Middle East]], [[Northern Africa]], [[Central Asia]], [[South Asia]], [[Western Africa]], [[Indian subcontinent]], [[Malay Archipelago]] with large population centers existing in [[Eastern Africa]], [[Balkan Peninsula]], [[Russia]], [[Europe]] and [[China]].
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| [[Judaism]] || 12–18.2 million<ref name="adherents.com">[http://adherents.com/Na/Na_409.html Compilation of many sources at adherents.com]</ref> || 1300 BC || <small>[[Israel]] and [[Jewish diaspora]] (meaning mostly [[North America]] and [[Europe]])