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Hinduism is the world's third-largest religion, with approximately 1.20 billion followers, or around 15% of the global population, known as Hindus. [ 16][ web 2][ web 3] It is the most widely professed faith in India, [ 17] Nepal, Mauritius, and in Bali, Indonesia. [ 18]
Hinduism. The history of Hinduism covers a wide variety of related religious traditions native to the Indian subcontinent. [ 1] It overlaps or coincides with the development of religion in the Indian subcontinent since the Iron Age, with some of its traditions tracing back to prehistoric religions such as those of the Bronze Age Indus Valley ...
The historical Vedic religion, also called Vedicism or Vedism, and sometimes ancient Hinduism or Vedic Hinduism, [a] constituted the religious ideas and practices prevalent amongst the Indo-Aryan peoples of the northwest Indian subcontinent (Punjab and the western Ganges plain) during the Vedic period (1500–500 BCE).
Hinduism is the largest and most practised religion in India. [ 2][ 3] According to the 2011 Census of India, 966.3 million people identify as Hindu, [ 4] representing 79.8% (nearly 80%) of the country's population. India contains 94% of the global Hindu population. [ 5][ 6] The vast majority of Indian Hindus belong to Shaivite, Vaishnavite and ...
Hinduism has approximately 1.2 billion adherents worldwide (15% of the world's population). [1] Hinduism is the third largest religion in the world behind Christianity (31.5%) and Islam (23.3%). [2] Most Hindus live in Asian countries, and the majority of Nepal and India are Hindus, and a significant number in Mauritius.
Hindus ( Hindustani: [ˈɦɪndu] ⓘ; / ˈhɪnduːz /; also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma. [ 67][ 68][ 69] Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for people living in the Indian subcontinent. [ 70][ 71]
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Hinduism: Hinduism – predominant and indigenous religious tradition of the Indian Subcontinent. [ 1] Its followers are called Hindus, who refer to it as Sanātana Dharma[ 2] ( Sanskrit: सनातनधर्मः, lit. 'the eternal law that sustains/upholds/surely ...
Hinduism by country. Hinduism is a major religion and one of the most-followed religions in Asia. In 2020, the total number of Hindus in Asia is more than 1.2 billion, more than 26.2% of Asia's total population. [ 1][ 2] About 99.2% of the world's Hindus live in Asia, with India having 94% of the global Hindu population. [citation needed]