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DescriptionReligion distribution Africa crop.png	A map of the Africa, showing the major religions distributed as of today. Map shows only the religion as a whole excluding denominations or sects of the religions, and is colored by how the religions are distributed not by main religion of country etc.
Date	11 July 2008, 14:16 (UTC)
Source	based on a vandalised revision of Religion_distribution.png [1]. Unreferenced.
Author	derivative work: Moshin

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The Pew Research Center gives the percentage archive copy at the Wayback Machine and population breakdowns by religion in each country for 2010. This report was released in December 2012; it also discusses the Global religious Landscape as of 2010.

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- 2008-07-01T09:31:33Z Angelo De La Paz 1336x684 (60803 Bytes) Fix wrong: 93% of total pop. in Bali is Hindu.
- 2008-06-30T15:52:20Z
  Moshin
  1336x684 (60875 Bytes) few changes using sources as indicated to determine the right colors.
- 2008-06-28T15:13:50Z Angelo De La Paz 1354x692 (59430 Bytes) Changed non-religious areas of central Kazakhstan to Islam as citation given of Moshin.
- 2008-06-28T15:07:38Z Angelo De La Paz 1354x692 (59429 Bytes) According to the citation given (http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/31/3731-004.gif): Non-religious area in Kazakhstan, Czech republic and parts of Ukraine; Christian areas in parts of Ukraine, Moldovia, Estonia (E=Ea
- 2008-06-28T11:17:52Z
  Moshin
  1354x692 (59359 Bytes) {{Information |Description=The distribution of main religions of the world, without sects/denominations. |Source=self-made (from Britannica [http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/31/3731-004.gif]) |Date=28/06/2008 |Autho

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	13:04, 28 November 2014	367 × 353 (12 KB)	Spiridon Ion Cepleanu	More little details according with "Atlas des Religions", ed. La Vie-Le Monde, Paris 2008, 194 pp.
	00:10, 11 April 2014	367 × 353 (12 KB)	Spesh531	more exact religious boundaries. tanzania has a large minority of folk religions, while the CAR, Cameroon, and Chad do not
	08:23, 16 June 2013	387 × 373 (14 KB)	Leoboudv	The 2012 Pew Research Center source (for 2010) actually says that South Sudan is more Christian than animist (traditional religion). And Pew is a respected source.
	19:13, 9 July 2012	387 × 373 (16 KB)	Kwamikagami	Reverted to version of 25 September 2011 - we use the color of the majority religion. see sources at South Sudan article
	16:03, 7 July 2012	387 × 373 (14 KB)	Hazhk	Reverted change. You can't just declare that the majority of South Sudan is traditional, you need a source. Arguably, it should only be shaded purple! See the main file this work is derived and its sources.
	01:09, 7 July 2012	387 × 373 (16 KB)	Kwamikagami	Reverted to 25 September 2011: no, majority of SSudan is traditional
	17:19, 5 July 2012	387 × 373 (14 KB)	Hazhk	Reverting changes to South Sudan - Christianity is the largest religion and the recent changes are original research and unsourced (see original source for references)
	16:30, 25 September 2011	387 × 373 (16 KB)	Kwamikagami	much more animism in Burkina, S Sudan
	03:46, 9 July 2011	387 × 373 (14 KB)	Maphobbyist	South Sudan has become independent on July 9, 2011. Sudan and South Sudan are shown with the new international border between them.
	14:19, 11 July 2008	361 × 373 (10 KB)	T L Miles	{{Information \|Description=A map of the Africa, showing the major religions distributed as of today. Map shows only the religion as a whole excluding denominations or sects of the religions, and is colored by how the religions are distributed not by main