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Religious groups and nonreligion

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Other information concerning religious minorities in Italy can be found under the Religious minorities heading; the geographical repartition of the religious denominations is explained under the (...)

D 31 March 2015

A religious diversity

Minority religions among Italians Jews 40,000 Historical Protestants 60,000 Pentecostal evangelicals 300,000 Other Christian groups 50,000 Immigrant Evangelicals (Ethnic churches) 300,000 (...)

Minority religions among Italians

Jews	40,000
Historical Protestants	60,000
Pentecostal evangelicals	300,000
Other Christian groups	50,000
Immigrant Evangelicals (Ethnic churches)	300,000
Orthodox	1.400,000
Jehovah Witnesses	400,000
Mormons	25,000
Muslims	1.500,000
Hinduists	135,000
Buddhists	100,000
Sikhs	30,000
Bahá’ís	3,000
Total	4.343,000 (tot. Population: 61.482,297)

Source: Brunetto Salvarani, “I (difficili) numeri delle religioni in Italia”, in A. Melloni (ed.), Rapporto sull’analfabetismo religioso, Il Mulino 2014, p. 390.

D 3 November 2015 AMariachiara Giorda