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Brazil - Religion | | Brazil - Religion: Encyclopedia II - Brazil - Religion | | Main article: Religion in Brazil
About 74% of the population in Brazil are Roman Catholic. Followers of Protestantism are rising in number, currently at 15.4%. Spiritism constitute 1.3% of the population (about 2,3 millions) and is the country with more adepts of this religion. African traditional religions such as Candomblé, Macumba, and Umbanda are the next largest groups. There are around 120,000 members of the Jewish community (located mostly in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro but also in Brasilia, Curitiba, Porto Alegre and ...
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| | | Brazil: Encyclopedia II - Brazil - Religion
Brazil - Religion
Main article: Religion in Brazil
About 74% of the population in Brazil are Roman Catholic. Followers of Protestantism are rising in number, currently at 15.4%. Spiritism constitute 1.3% of the population (about 2,3 millions) and is the country with more adepts of this religion. African traditional religions such as Candomblé, Macumba, and Umbanda are the next largest groups. There are around 120,000 members of the Jewish community (located mostly in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro but also in Brasilia, Curitiba, Porto Alegre and other major towns) while Buddhism, Shinto, and other Asian religions are also sizeable. There are around 28,000 muslims, or 0.01% of the population. Brazilians often practice a mixture of several different religions, such as Catholicism, Candomble, indigenous American religion combined.
Brazil is the country with the largest Catholic population in the world, as well the country with the most members of Asian religions in the Western world.
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