text: As of 2017, South America has an estimated population of 418.76 million people.
  Population and density
  Largest population centres
  Religion
  An estimated 90.0% of South Americans are Christians (82% Catholic, 8% other Christian denominations mainly traditional Protestants and Evangelicals but also Orthodoxy), accounting for ca. 19% of Christians worldwide.
  Crypto-Jews or Marranos, conversos, and Anusim were an important part of colonial life in Latin America.
  Both Buenos Aires, Argentina and São Paulo, Brazil figure among the largest Jewish populations by urban area.
  Japanese Buddhism and Shinto-derived Japanese new religions are common in Brazil and Peru. Korean Confucianism is especially found in Brazil while Chinese Buddhism and Chinese Confucianism is spread throughout the continent.