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The Brazil 2010 census reported 190,755,799 people in Brazil and collected data regarding several demographic variables such as religious affiliation, gender, location (i.e., urban versus rural) and completed years of schooling. Census data indicate 83% of the population is Christian, whereas 8% of the population is nonreligious and 5% of the population are followers of other religions (e.g., Buddhist, Muslim, Spiritualism, Umbanda). According to the census, Christian denominations with the largest number of self-identified adherents include Roman Catholics (123.3 million), Pentecostals (25.4 million), Baptists (3.72 million), Seventh-Day Adventists (1.56 million), Jehovah’s Witnesses (1,393,208), Lutherans (999,498), Presbyterians (921,209), and Brazilian Catholics (560,781). Some of the largest non-Christian religious groups include followers of Spiritism (3.85 million), followers of Umbanda (407,331), and Buddhists (243,966) (No Author 2010).
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Martinich, M.L. (2018). Brazil 2010 Census. In: Gooren, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Latin American Religions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08956-0_473-1
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