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–** CLDS 2014: 190,000 Buddhist temples and monasteries (of which 34,000 are registered), 165,000 deity temples, 102,000 ancestral temples, 9,000 Taoist monasteries (only registered), 1,600 Confucian temples (only registered), 60,000 Protestant churches, 6,400 Catholic churches, 39,000 Islamic mosques; Pew 2023, pp. 29, 47-50, 69, 90.


  1. ^ a b Contains CFPS 2018 data, CFPS 2018: ~70% overall Chinese folk religion: 33% Buddhism, 18% Taoism, 19% other; ~25% non-believers; 5% Abrahamic religion: 2-3% Christianity, 2-3% Islam.
  2. ^ This is a surprisingly good study compared to Pew's previous ones on the same subject; it summarises key points in the definition, history and regulation of religion in China, and compiles the demographic data from the best surveys of the 2010s, including the most recent ones, the CFPS 2018 and the CGSS 2021. The study also contains the most recent (2014) data on counted (not officially registered, not total unregistered) places of worship in China
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