Data source: Gina A. Zurlo, ed., World Christian Database (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2026).
| Table | Field | Description |
|---|---|---|
| people | Ethnicity code | The ethnicity code for the ethnicty or ethnocultural family of this people group. |
| people | Ethnicity ID | The ethnicity or ethnocultural family of this people group. |
| people | Hindus | Hindu population for this people group in this country. Followers of the main Hindu traditions: (a) Vaishnavites (Vishnaivites) numbering 70% of all Hindus; (b) Saivites numbering 25% mostly in South India; (c) Saktists or other sects (3%); (d) neo-Hindu movements and modern sects arising out of Hinduism, about 1.5%; and (e) Arya Samaj and other reformist movements, 0.5% (Brahmo Samaj, Prarthana Samaj, Swami-Narayanis, Ramakrishna Mission, but excluding Jains and Sikhs). |
| people | Jains | Jain population for this people group in this country. Followers of the Jain reform movement are from Hinduism, composed of the Svetambara and Digambara sects. |
| people | Jews | Jewish population for this people group in this country. |
| people | Language | ISO Language name. |
| people | Language code | Three letter ISO 639-3 language code. |
| people | Language ID | ID number of the primary language spoken by this people. |
| people | Largest religion code | Religion code of the largest religion of this people group. |
| people | Largest religion percent | Percentage of the largest religion of this people group. |
| people | Muslims | Muslim population for this people group in this country. |
| people | New religionists | New religionist population for this people group in this country. |
| people | Note | Additional descriptive data for this people group in this country. |
| people | People % | Persons in this people group as % country. |
| people | People % 2000 | Persons in this people group as % country in year 2000. |
| people | People Name | Name of this ethno-linguistic people group. |
| people | People population | Number of persons in this people group, in 2025. |
| people | People reference number | Unique reference number (primary key) for each people group. |
| people | People with gospel access % | The percentage of this people's population with access to the gospel. |
| people | Pop 2000 | Persons in this people group in year 2000. |
| people | Pop 2050 | Projected number of persons in this people group, in 2050. |
| people | Reference name | The autoglossonym (as used by its own speakers) of a language or dialect, or the cover name for groups of languages. |
| people | Religion Note | Percentage makeup by religion code. |
| people | Religion note 2000 | Percentage makeup by religion code. |
| people | ROP2 ID | Number of the ROP People cluster (which in turn is alloted to a top level Affinity Bloc). |
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