religious switching is more common in East Asia, Western Europe and the Americas than in the rest of the world. In several African countries, as well as in Israel (1%), India (2%) and Turkey (4% ...

However, people born into Islam or Hinduism rarely change religions or stop believing, finds a survey of 36 countries by Pew ...

In the early centuries of recorded history, Hinduism emerged as the dominant global religion. Rooted in the Indian subcontinent, it held the largest following for much of ancient and medieval history ...