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Statistiche varie sul mondo

Lingue più parlate nel mondo

Language Approx. number
of speakers
 1. Chinese (Mandarin)
1,075,000,000
 2. English
514,000,000
 3. Hindustani
496,000,000
 4. Spanish
425,000,000
 5. Russian
275,000,000
 6. Arabic
256,000,000
 7. Bengali
215,000,000
 8. Portuguese
194,000,000
 9. Malay-Indonesian
176,000,000
10. French
129,000,000
Source: Ethnologue, 13th Edition and other sources.

Distanza fra ricchi e poveri: ineguaglianza del reddito

Percentuale di reddito distribuito
(il 20% più povero e più ricco della popolazione)

Paesi con maggiori distanze 20%+poveri 20%+ricchi
 1. Sierra Leone
1.1%
63.4%
 2. Central African Republic
2.0
65.0
 3. Swaziland
2.7
64.4
 4. Brazil
2.2
64.1
 5. Nicaragua
2.3
63.6
 6. South Africa
2.9
64.8
 7. Paraguay
1.9
60.7
 8. Colombia
3.0
60.9
 9. Chile
3.3
61.0
10. Honduras
2.2
59.4
Le prime 10 religioni organizzate del mondo

Statistics of the world's religions are only very rough approximations. Aside from Christianity, few religions, if any, attempt to keep statistical records; and even Protestants and Catholics employ different methods of counting members.

Religion Members Percentage
Christianity 1.9 billion
33.0%
Islam 1.1 billion
20.0
Hinduism 781 million
13.0
Buddhism 324 million
6.0
Sikhism 19 million
0.4
Judaism 14 million
0.2
Baha'ism 6.1 million
0.1
Confucianism 5.3 million
0.1
Jainism 4.9 million
0.1
Shintoism 2.8 million
0.0
Sources: Encyclopedia Britannica; www.adherents.com .
Paesi con più eguaglianza 20%+poveri 20%+ricchi
 1. Slovak Republic
11.9%
31.4%
 2. Belarus
11.4
33.3
 3. Hungary
10.0
34.4
 4. Denmark
9.6
34.5
 5. Japan
10.6
35.7
 6. Sweden
9.6
34.5
 7. Czech Republic
10.3
35.9
 8. Finland
10.0
35.8
 9. Norway
9.7
35.8
10. Bulgaria
10.1
36.8
NOTE: Countries are ranked according to the Gini index (or coefficient), a measure of income inequality within a country. A country's Gini rating is between 0 and 100, with 0 indicating perfect equality and 100 indicating absolute inequality. Sierra Leone, the country with the greatest income inequality in the world is 62.9 on the Gini index; the Slovak Republic, the country with the greatest income equality is 19.5. (The U.S. rates 40.8 on the Gini index—the poorest 20% of its population receive 5.2% of income; the richest 20% receive 46.4%.)
Source: World Development Index 2002, The World Bank.
Diverse Chiese negli Usa 2002
Denomination name Members
The Roman Catholic Church 63,683,030
Southern Baptist Convention 15,960,308
The United Methodist Church 8,340,954
The Church of God in Christ 5,499,875
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 5,208,827
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 5,125,919
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. 3,500,000
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 3,485,332
Assemblies of God 2,577,560
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) 2,554,088
Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. 2,500,000
African Methodist Episcopal Church 2,500,000
National Missionary Baptist Convention of America 2,500,000
Episcopal Church 2,311,398
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America 1,500,000
Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Inc. 1,500,000
Churches of Christ 1,500,000
American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. 1,436,909
United Church of Christ 1,377,320
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church 1,296,662
Baptist Bible Fellowship International 1,200,000
Christian Churches and Churches of Christ 1,071,616
The Orthodox Church in America 1,000,000
Jehovah's Witnesses 998,166
Church of God (Cleveland, Tenn.) 895,536
Source: Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches, 2002.
Non cristiani negli Usa
Adherents Year
1900		 % of
total
pop.		 (Projected)
mid-
2000		 % of
total
pop.
Total 2,724,800 3.6 41,054,000 14.8
Atheists
1,000
0.0
925,000
0.3
Baha'is
2,800
0.0
750,000
0.3
Buddhists
30,000
0.0
2,000,000
0.7
Chinese folk religionists
70,000
0.1
70,000
0.0
Hindus
1,000
0.0
950,000
0.3
Jews
1,500,000
2.0
5,500,000
2.0
Muslims
10,000
0.0
3,950,000
1.4
Black Muslims
0
0.0
1,650,000
0.6
New-Religionists
0
0.0
675,000
0.2
Nonreligious
1,000,000
1.3
24,554,000
8.8
Sikhs
0
0.0
220,000
0.1
Tribal religionists
100,000
0.1
350,000
0.1
Other religionists
10,000
0.0
1,110,000
0.4
Non-Christians: Followers of non-Christian religions or of no religion; the 12 largest such varieties are listed. Jews: Core Jewish population relating to Judaism, excluding Jewish persons professing a different religion but including immigrants from the former U.S.S.R., Eastern Europe, Israel, and other areas. Figures for A.D. 2000 are projections based on current long-term trends.
Source: Reprinted with permission from 1998 Britannica Book of the Year. © 1998 Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.