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Do we know how many religions currently exist in the world? Why would this number be hard to figure out?

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No, we do not know how many religions currently exist in the world. We can have a generalized guess, there are an estimated 4,200 religions in the world, but we do not know the exact number.

This number would be hard to figure out because we are unaware of all the religions that exist. There are many cultures of the world that we do not know as much about, so there are likely many "lost religions" out there.

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