Question

The greatest concentration of people live in Asia. What conclusion about religion might you draw from this additional fact?

Answer 1

Answer:

More people practice Sikhism, Buddhism, and Hinduism than you would think by looking at a map of world religions.

Explanation:

If we look at the map that presents regions that practice a certain religion, we will only see countries and areas that consist of people who majorly practice a certain religion. These maps do not show the concentration of the population in the countries and do not show us the number of believers.

We might believe there is a much larger Christian population because some very large countries such as Russia, Canada, and the US are all majorly Christian.

However, these countries are not as densely populated as some of the Asian countries, such as India, China, and Japan.

Because of the population density, there are actually many more people who practice major religions of Asia, including Sikhism, Buddhism, and Hinduism than we think. Map of religions won’t show us the number of believers, but if we look at the concentration of people and population instead of geographical area, we will get the true numbers of believers.