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| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coptic Orthodox | Canada | - | - | 12 units |
- | 1992 | Bedell, Kenneth (ed.). Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches 1993. Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn (1993); pg. 244-247. | Table 1: Canadian Current Statistics. (# of adherents is from table's "inclusive membership " column, not the sometimes smaller "full communicant or confirmed members " col.) Listed in table as "Coptic Church in Canada. " |
| Coptic Orthodox | Egypt | - | 6.00% | - | - | 1900 | Hallett, Robin. Africa Since 1875: A Modern History; Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press (1974); pg. 79. | "Egypt... once almost entirely Christian... after the Arab conquests the number of Egyptian Christians (Copts) steadily declined, and by the end of the 19th century they formed a small minority, no more than 6%... " |
| Coptic Orthodox | Egypt | - | 8.33% | - | - | 1945 | Ferm, Vergilius (ed). An Encyclopedia of Religion; Westport, CT: Greenwood Press (1976; 1st ed. pub. 1945 by Philosophical Library); pg. 204. | "Since 1882, western missionaries have had access to Egypt and the Coptic Church at present constitutes about one-twelfth of the population... " |
| Coptic Orthodox | Egypt | 650,000 | - | - | - | 1970 | Walker, Williston. A History of the Christian Church (3rd ed., revised by Robert T. Handy; 1st ed. 1918). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1970); pg. 144. | "The native Monophysite body of Egypt can hardly be given a fixed date for its origin. From the Council of Chalcedon the land was increasingly in religious rebellion. That church, the Coptic, is still the main Christian body of Egypt, numbering more than six hundred and fifty thousand adherents, strongly Monophysite to this day in doctrine, under the rule of a patriarch who still takes his title from Alexandria, though his seat has long been in Cairo. " |
| Coptic Orthodox | Egypt | 2,660,000 | 7.00% | - | - | 1975 | Nyrop, Richard F., et al. Area Handbook for Egypt (3rd Ed.). Washington, D.C.: Foreign Area Studies of The American University (1976; research completed 1975); pg. 20. | "An Egyptian (Coptic) Christian minority remained, however, and the Coptic church continues in modern times with adherents estimated at 7% of the population. " |
| Coptic Orthodox | Egypt | 3,800,000 | 10.00% | - | - | 1975 | Nyrop, Richard F., et al. Area Handbook for Egypt (3rd Ed.). Washington, D.C.: Foreign Area Studies of The American University (1976; research completed 1975); pg. vii, 2. | "Population: Possibly 38 million by late 1975... Sunni Islam is the state religion and faith of about 90% of population. Coptic Christians the largest majority, others being various other Christian denominations and Jews. "; Pg. 2: "In the mid-1970s less than 10 percent of the people belonged to the Coptic chuch, and the old language was used only in Coptic church liturgies. " |
| Coptic Orthodox | Egypt | 4,000,000 | - | - | - | 1975 | Nyrop, Richard F., et al. Area Handbook for Egypt (3rd Ed.). Washington, D.C.: Foreign Area Studies of The American University (1976; research completed 1975); pg. 126. | "Religious minorities constitute between 5 to 10 percent of the total population. Of these groups the indigenous Copts are the largest, estimates of their number varying between 2.3 and 4 million people organized in twenty-five dioceses. " |
| Coptic Orthodox | Egypt | 3,700,000 | 10.00% | - | - | 1975 | Von Haag, Michael. Egypt: The Land and its People. Morristown, NJ: Macdonald Educational (1975); pg. 54. | "Population: 37 million (estimated 1975)... Religion: 90% Muslim... " |
| Coptic Orthodox | Egypt | - | 10.00% | - | - | 1975 | Von Haag, Michael. Egypt: The Land and its People. Morristown, NJ: Macdonald Educational (1975); pg. 14. | "Egypt's profoundly religious Muslims represent 90% of the population. The remaining 10% are freely practicing Copts, an early offshoot of orthodox Christianity. Once the dominant religious group in the country, many Copts converted to Islam, but those who remain Christians continue to play an important role in Egyptian life. " |
| Coptic Orthodox | Egypt | 3,000,000 | - | - | - | 1977 | Perl, Lila. Egypt, Rebirth on the Nile. New York: William Morrow and Company (1977); pg. 147. | "The largest minority, the Coptic Christians... They number just under three million, with many residing in Upper Egypt... " |
| Coptic Orthodox | Egypt | 5,000,000 | 11.00% | - | - | 1983 | Tarr, David R. & Bryan R. Daves (editors). The Middle East (6th Ed.); Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. (1986); pg. 138-139. | "Population: 45,364,000. Religion: 93% Moslem, 7% Coptic Christian and others... Estimates of the Coptic pop. Range from 4 to 8 million, with 5 million the most likely number. " |
| Coptic Orthodox | Egypt | - | 15.00% | - | - | 1988 | Bratvold, Gretchen (ed). Egypt ...in Pictures (Visual Geography Series). Minneapolis, Minnesota: Lerner Publications Co. (1988); pg. 49. | "Coptic Christians represent the largest minority religion in Egypt... Comprising about 15% of Egypt's population, the Copts are concentrated in the Coptic section of Cairo, in Luxor, and in Asyut. " |
| Coptic Orthodox | Egypt | 9,000,000 | 15.79% | - | - | 1992 | *LINK* web site: Encyclopedia Coptica; web page: "The Christian Coptic Orthodox Church Of Egypt " (viewed online 27 Feb. 1999) | "Today [1992], there are over 9 million Copts (out of a population of some 57 million Egyptians) This is in addition to another 1.2 million emmigrant Copts who practice their faith in hundreds of churches in other countries. " |
| Coptic Orthodox | Egypt | 4,462,500 | 8.50% | - | - | 1995 | *LINK* Library of Congress Country Studies | Estimated at more than 52.5 million in mid 1990. Almost 90 percent Sunni Muslims, 8.5 percent Coptic Christians, 1.5 percent other Christians. |
| Coptic Orthodox | Egypt | 6,200,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* Doogue, Edmund (Ecumenical News International). "German Churches Contribute Much More to WCC than Others " in Presbyterian News Service, 27 Sept. 1996 (viewed online 11 March 1999). | "Those of the WCC's biggest member churches that in 1995 did not pay their membership contribution, or paid only a fraction of what they were supposed to, include... the Coptic Orthodox Church, Egypt (6.2 million)... " |
| Coptic Orthodox | Egypt | - | - | - | - | 1996 | Occhiogrosso, Peter. The Joy of Sects: A Spirited Guide to the World's Religious Traditions. New York: Doubleday (1996); pg. 322. | "The Monophysite churches include the following: Coptic Orthodox Church, non-Chalcedonian Egyptians. The Copts... are considered a link with Egypt's pharaonic past, direct descendants of the original Egyptians. In the 1990s they increasingly came under attack from Egypt's militant Muslim fundamentalists. " |
| Coptic Orthodox | Egypt | 3,840,000 | 6.00% | - | - | 1997 | Dostert, Pierre Etienne. Africa 1997 (The World Today Series). Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Stryker-Post Publications (1997); pg. 215. | Estimates of % of population in principal religions, & est. 1997 total pop. |
| Coptic Orthodox | Egypt | 10,000,000 | - | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* web site: "The Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United States "; home page (viewed 27 Feb. 1999); "This page is being constructed by F.Iskander; Created: Nov 15, 1996; Updated: Apr 1, 1997 " | "The number of the Coptic Church members in Egypt alone is approximately 10,000,000 members. There are around 1.5 million Coptic immigrants living in The United States, Canada, Australia, Europe, Africa and Asia. " |
| Coptic Orthodox | Egypt | 6,400,000 | 10.00% | - | - | 2000 | *LINK* AP. "Copts of Egypt strive to preserve early Christian legacy " in Deseret News (19 Feb 2000) | "Copts were once predominant here -- their name is the ancient name for all Egyptians. Now they are estimated at just 10 percent of Egypt's 64 million people. " |
| Coptic Orthodox | Germany | 3,000 | - | - | - | 1999 | *LINK* web site: "Religionswissenschaftlicher Medien- und Informationsdienst e.V. " [REMID: Religious Studies Media and Information Service, Marburg, Germany]; web page: "Informationen und Standpunkte " (viewed 2 Aug. 1999). | Table: "Religious communities in Germany: Numbers of members " [data published July, 1999]; Listed as "Koptische Orthodoxe Kirche " in table. Source: REMID. [Listed in 'Orthodox and Eastern Churches' section.] |
| Coptic Orthodox | Illinois | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1974 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.) The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991); Section: Non-Chalcedonian Orthodoxy; pg. 139. | "Coptic Orthodox Church... By 1974 there were nine priests serving four churches in New York, plus other churches in Los Angeles, Houston, Detroit, Jersey City, St. Paul, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago, and several smaller centers. " |
| Coptic Orthodox | Indiana | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1974 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.) The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991); Section: Non-Chalcedonian Orthodoxy; pg. 139. | "Coptic Orthodox Church... By 1974 there were nine priests serving four churches in New York, plus other churches in Los Angeles, Houston, Detroit, Jersey City, St. Paul, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago, and several smaller centers. " |
| Coptic Orthodox | Michigan | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1974 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.) The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991); Section: Non-Chalcedonian Orthodoxy; pg. 139. | "Coptic Orthodox Church... By 1974 there were nine priests serving four churches in New York, plus other churches in Los Angeles, Houston, Detroit, Jersey City, St. Paul, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago, and several smaller centers. " |
| Coptic Orthodox | Middle East | - | - | - | - | 1992 | Ovendale, Ritchie. The Longman Companion to The Middle East since 1914. London & New York: Longman (1992); pg. 216. | "Copts: Members of a Christian church based in Egypt, tracing its origin to St. Mark's evangelism, which believes that the incarnate Christ has only one divine nature (monophysite). Many of its followers were converted to Islam with the Muslim conquest. In the 19th century the Copts developed a higher standard of living and education than most Egyptians and moved towards administering their own affairs. In the 20th century the Copts resented the increasing dominance of Islam in Egyptian life and claimed they were discriminated against. " |
| Coptic Orthodox | Minnesota | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1974 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.) The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991); Section: Non-Chalcedonian Orthodoxy; pg. 139. | "Coptic Orthodox Church... By 1974 there were nine priests serving four churches in New York, plus other churches in Los Angeles, Houston, Detroit, Jersey City, St. Paul, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago, and several smaller centers. " |
| Coptic Orthodox | New Jersey | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1974 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.) The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991); Section: Non-Chalcedonian Orthodoxy; pg. 139. | "Coptic Orthodox Church... By 1974 there were nine priests serving four churches in New York, plus other churches in Los Angeles, Houston, Detroit, Jersey City, St. Paul, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago, and several smaller centers. " |
| Coptic Orthodox | New York | - | - | 4 units |
- | 1974 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.) The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991); Section: Non-Chalcedonian Orthodoxy; pg. 139. | "Coptic Orthodox Church... By 1974 there were nine priests serving four churches in New York, plus other churches in Los Angeles, Houston, Detroit, Jersey City, St. Paul, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago, and several smaller centers. " |
| Coptic Orthodox | New Zealand | 102 | 0.00% | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* web site: "VisionNet Census " (created by a Protestant group); web page: Orthodox Christian groups (viewed 9 Jan. 1999); original source: Statistics New Zealand | Data taken from New Zealand national censuses, based on self-identification, down to denominational level. Total 1996 NZ population: 3,616,633. |
| Coptic Orthodox | North America | 2,000 | - | - | - | 1950 | Melton, J. Gordon. The Encyclopedia of American Religions, vol. 1. McGrath Publishing Co.: Wilmington, NC (1978); pg. 86. | "Fewer than 2,000 adult Copts in North America " |
| Coptic Orthodox | North America | 2,000 | - | - | - | 1974 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.) The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991); Section: Non-Chalcedonian Orthodoxy; pg. 139. | "Coptic Orthodox Church... By 1974 there were nine priests serving four churches in New York, plus other churches in Los Angeles, Houston, Detroit, Jersey City, St. Paul, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago, and several smaller centers. There are fewer than 2000 Copts in North America. " |
| Coptic Orthodox | North America | 2,332 | - | 9 units |
- | 1983 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.) The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991); Section: Non-Chalcedonian Orthodoxy; pg. 139. | "Coptic Orthodox Church... Jersey City, NJ [H.Q. in U.S.]... Since World War II, an increasing number of Copts have left Egypt because of Moslem discrimination. Many of these have come to the United States. In 1962, the Coptic Association of America was formed to serve the Coptic Egyptians in New York and vicinity... Membership: In 1983, the Church reported 9 churches, 2,332 members, and 17 priests. " |
| Coptic Orthodox | Texas | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1974 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.) The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991); Section: Non-Chalcedonian Orthodoxy; pg. 139. | "Coptic Orthodox Church... By 1974 there were nine priests serving four churches in New York, plus other churches in Los Angeles, Houston, Detroit, Jersey City, St. Paul, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago, and several smaller centers. " |
| Coptic Orthodox | USA | - | - | 16 units |
- | 1974 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.) The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991); Section: Non-Chalcedonian Orthodoxy; pg. 139. | "Coptic Orthodox Church... By 1974 there were nine priests serving four churches in New York, plus other churches in Los Angeles, Houston, Detroit, Jersey City, St. Paul, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago, and several smaller centers. " |
| Coptic Orthodox | USA | 30,000 | - | 14 units |
- | 1981 | Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally pub. as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 195. | "Coptic Church... Worldwide, there are about three million Copts, including fourteen churches in the United States with 30,000 members. " |
| Coptic Orthodox | USA | 260,000 | - | 55 units |
- | 1992 | Bedell, Kenneth (ed.). Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches 1993. Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn (1993); pg. 248-255. | Table 2: US Current Stats. (# of adherents from table's "inclusive membership " column, not sometimes smaller "full communicant " col.) Listed in table as "Coptic Orthodox Church. " |
| Coptic Orthodox | USA | 180,000 | - | 85 units |
- | 1992 | *LINK* web site for Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches (accessed 1998); [Orig. source: Source: Kenneth B. Bedell, editor, Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches, annual.] | Table: 1997 Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches: U.S. Religious Bodies with more than 60,000 Members "; "...prepared for the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census... for the 1997 edition of the Statistical Abstract of the U.S. "; [listed as "Coptic Orthodox Church "] |
| Coptic Orthodox | USA | 180,000 | - | - | - | 1995 | 1995 Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches | - |
| Coptic Orthodox | USA | 180,000 | - | - | - | 1995 | *LINK* OPPOSING VIEW (anti-) web page: "Orthodox " (viewed 26 Feb. 1999); [Orig. source: 1995 Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches] | "The Orthodox in the U.S.A.: Total: 1,885,436; Orthodox Church of America: 600,000; Armenian Diocese: 414,000; Antiochian Archidioceses: 350,000; Coptic Church: 180,000; Armenian Apostolic: 150,000; Other (8 denominations): 191,000 " |
| Coptic Orthodox | USA | 180,000 | - | 85 units |
- | 1996 | World Almanac and Book of Facts 1998; K-III Reference Corp.: Macwah, NJ (1997). [Orig. sources: 1997 Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches; World Almanac research]; pg. 651. | Table: "Membership of Religious Groups in U.S. "; Membership figs. generally based on reports from officials by each group. Figs. are inclusive: refer to all "members, " not simply full communicants. Listed as "Coptic Orthodox Church " |
| Coptic Orthodox | USA | 180,000 | - | 85 units |
- | 1998 | World Almanac and Book of Facts 2000. Mahwah, NJ: PRIMEDIA Reference Inc. (1999). [Orig. sources: 1999 Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches; World Almanac research]; pg. 692. | Table: "Membership of Religious Groups in U.S. "; Based on reports from officials by each group. Figs. inclusive; refer to all "members ". Listed as Coptic Orthodox |
| Coptic Orthodox | Wisconsin | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1974 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.) The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991); Section: Non-Chalcedonian Orthodoxy; pg. 139. | "Coptic Orthodox Church... By 1974 there were nine priests serving four churches in New York, plus other churches in Los Angeles, Houston, Detroit, Jersey City, St. Paul, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago, and several smaller centers. " |
| Coptic Orthodox | world | - | - | - | - | 500 C.E. | Cavendish, Richard (ed.). Man, Myth & Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (vol. 4). New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp. (1970), Chapter author: Roland H. Bainton; pg. 471. | "[after the] Council of Chalcedon in 451 AD... Another branch, the Jacobite, took the Monophysite position, as did the Armenians and the Copts in Egypt. " |
| Coptic Orthodox | world | 5,000,000 | - | - | - | 1950 | Melton, J. Gordon. The Encyclopedia of American Religions, vol. 1. McGrath Publishing Co.: Wilmington, NC (1978); pg. 85. | "3 to 5 million " |
| Coptic Orthodox | world | 10,000,000 | - | - | - | 1957 | Welles, Sam. The World's Great Religions, New York: Time Incorporated (1957); pg. 204-205. | "The Coptic Church, with about 10 million members mostly in Ethiopia and Egypt... " |
| Coptic Orthodox | world | 900,000 | - | - | - | 1973 | Zehavi, A.M. (editor) Handbook of the World's Religions. New York: Franklin Watts (1973); pg. 12. | "Since the 11th century the Patriarchal See has been in Cairo. There are about 900,000 members of the church. " |
| Coptic Orthodox | world | 1,000,000 | - | - | - | 1975 | Wallechinsky, David & Irving Wallace; The People's Almanac; Garden City, NY: Doubleday (1975); pg. 1265. | List of "Major World Religions ": "Members of the Coptic Church number about one million and constitute about 60% of all Christians in Egypt. " |
| Coptic Orthodox | world | 3,000,000 | - | - | - | 1981 | Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally pub. as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 195. | "Coptic Church... Worldwide, there are about three million Copts... " |
| Coptic Orthodox | world | 2,500,000 | - | - | - | 1987 | Bishop, Peter & Michael Darton (editors). The Encyclopedia of World Faiths: An Illustrated Survey of the World's Living Faiths. New York: Facts on File Publications (1987); pg. 86. | "The Coptic Church today numbers about 2 to 2 1/2 million followers. The vast majority of these are located in Egypt where they constitute the principle Christian Church. there are, however, small communities of Copts scattered about the Middle East and Africa. " |
| Coptic Orthodox | world | 10,200,000 | - | - | - | 1992 | *LINK* web site: Encyclopedia Coptica; web page: "The Christian Coptic Orthodox Church Of Egypt " (viewed online 27 Feb. 1999) | "Today [1992], there are over 9 million Copts (out of a population of some 57 million Egyptians) This is in addition to another 1.2 million emmigrant Copts who practice their faith in hundreds of churches in other countries. " |
| Coptic Orthodox | world | 27,000,000 | - | - | - | 1993 | Bedell, Kenneth (ed.). Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches 1993. Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn (1993); pg. 79. | "world Coptic community is estimated at 27 million. The church is in full communion with other members of the Oriental Orthodox Church family, Syrian Orthodox Church, Armenian Orthodox Church, Ethiopian Orthodox Church, & Syrian Orthodox Church in India. " |
| Coptic Orthodox | world | 30,000,000 | - | - | - | 1993 | Clarke, Peter B. (editor), The Religions of the World: Understanding the Living Faiths, Marshall Editions Limited: USA (1993); pg. 203. | "About 30 million strong today, the Copts regard themselves as the true descendants of the ancient Egyptians. " |
| Coptic Orthodox | world | 11,500,000 | - | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* web site: "The Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United States "; home page (viewed 27 Feb. 1999); "This page is being constructed by F.Iskander; Created: Nov 15, 1996; Updated: Apr 1, 1997 " | "The number of the Coptic Church members in Egypt alone is approximately 10,000,000 members. There are around 1.5 million Coptic immigrants living in The United States, Canada, Australia, Europe, Africa and Asia. " |
| Coptic Orthodox | world | 6,000,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web page: "St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church " (viewed 1 March 1999) | Today, the Copts number about six million |
| Coptic Orthodox | world | 10,000,000 | - | - | - | 1999 | *LINK* Zuck, Jon. "Unofficial Home Page of The One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church " (last updated 21 Mar. 1999). | "Together, the Oriental Orthodox Churches have about 36,000,000 members. Syrian Orthodox Church... Coptic Orthodox Church c. 10,000,000; British Orthodox Church c. 5000?; Armenian Orthodox Church c.4,000,000; Ethiopian Orthodox Church c. 20,000,000 " |
| Coptic Orthodox | Zaire (Democratic Republic of Congo) | 5,100,000 | 8.50% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 1 - Africa. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 135-136. | "Location: Egypt; Population: 60 million "; Pg. 136: "About 90% of Egyptians are Sunni Muslims, 8.5% are Coptic Christians, and 1.5% are other christian denominations... " |
| Cornerstone Church | Texas | 3,900 | - | 1 unit |
- | 1992 | *LINK* Thumma, Scott. web site: "Megachurches in the U.S. " (viewed Aug. 20, 1999; data collected 1992; last updated Aug. 19, 1999). Center for Social & Religious Research, Hartford Seminary. | Table; "size " is avg. weekly attendance. Study finding all U.S megachurches.; Indep. cong. in San Antonio, TX; pastor John Hagee. |
| Costanoan | North America - Pacific Coast | 7,000 | - | - | - | 1770 | Terrell, John Upton. American Indian Almanac. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. (1974); pg. 430-431. | Table: "The Pacific Coast: Earliest Population Estimates " (mainly relying on James Mooney, John R. Swanson, & A. L. Kroeber) |
| Costanoan | world | 7,000 | - | - | - | 1770 | Terrell, John Upton. American Indian Almanac. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. (1974); pg. 430-431. | Table: "The Pacific Coast: Earliest Population Estimates " (mainly relying on James Mooney, John R. Swanson, & A. L. Kroeber) |
| Council for World Mission | Africa | 4,090,000 | - | 4,802 units |
- | 1999 | *LINK* Web site: "Council for World Mission "; web page: "Churches " (viewed 31 May 1999). | Added up memberships of constituent member bodies in region: United Church of Zambia, United Congregational Church of Southern Africa, Presbyterian Church of Southern Africa, Churches of Christ in Malawi, & Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar. |
| Council for World Mission | Asia | 7,148,386 | - | 22,877 units |
- | 1999 | *LINK* Web site: "Council for World Mission "; web page: "Churches " (viewed 31 May 1999). | Added up memberships of constituent member bodies in South Asia (Church of North India, Church of South India, Presbyterian Church of India, and Church of Bangladesh) and East Asia (Presbyterian Church in Taiwan, Presbyterian Church in Singapore, Presbyterian Church of Myanmar, Presbyterian Church of Korea, Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China) regions. |
| Council for World Mission | Asia - East | 2,387,930 | - | 7,085 units |
- | 1999 | *LINK* Web site: "Council for World Mission "; web page: "Churches " (viewed 31 May 1999). | Added up memberships of constituent member bodies in region: Presbyterian Church in Taiwan, Presbyterian Church in Singapore, Presbyterian Church of Myanmar, Presbyterian Church of Korea, Hong Kong Council of the Church of Christ in China. |
| Council for World Mission | Asia - South | 4,760,456 | - | 15,792 units |
- | 1999 | *LINK* Web site: "Council for World Mission "; web page: "Churches " (viewed 31 May 1999). | Added up memberships of constituent member bodies in South Asia region: Church of North India, Church of South India, Presbyterian Church of India, and Church of Bangladesh. " |
| Council for World Mission | Bangladesh | 12,000 | 0.01% | 24 units |
- | 1999 | *LINK* Web site: "Council for World Mission "; web page: "Bangladesh/Church of Bangladesh (COB) " (viewed 31 May 1999). | "Church of Bangladesh (COB)... Country information: Population (1994 United Nations estimate): 118 million... Church information... Members/Congregations: 12,000/24 parishes. " [COB is the only Council for World Missions church in Bangladesh] |
| Council for World Mission | Caribbean | 22,452 | - | 238 units |
- | 1999 | *LINK* Web site: "Council for World Mission "; web page: "Churches " (viewed 31 May 1999). | Added up memberships of constituent member bodies in region: United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands & Guyana Congregational Union. |
| Council for World Mission | Europe | 914,843 | - | 4,489 units |
- | 1999 | *LINK* Web site: "Council for World Mission "; web page: "Churches " (viewed 31 May 1999). | Added up memberships of constituent member bodies in region: Union of Welsh Independents, Presbyterian Church of Wales, United Reformed Church in the United Kingdom, Congregational Federation, Congregational Union of Scotland, and Reformed Churches in the Netherlands [Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland]. |
Council for World Mission, continued 