Index| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jansenism | France | - | - | - | - | 1713 | Occhiogrosso, Peter. The Joy of Sects: A Spirited Guide to the World's Religious Traditions. New York: Doubleday (1996); pg. 327. | "Jansenism. Cornelius Jansen, the Catholic bishop of Ypres, published his Augustinus in 1640, which propounded a doctrine of justification by faith and predestination, based on the writings of Augustine, much as Martin Luther's doctrines were. Jansenism was progressively condemned from 1653 to 1713, but Jansen's deeply pessimistic view of life, particularly of sexuality, continued to pervade French Catholicism for centuries. Many Irish clergy who were trained in France (after England had become predominantly Protestant) absorbed the Jansenist viewpoint and transmitted it to America during the great Irish emigrations, after which the Irish dominated the Catholic church in America. " |
| Japan Baptist Conference | Japan | 463 | - | 8 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Baptist World Alliance web site; page: "BWA Statistics " (viewed 31 March 1999). | "Figures are for BWA affiliated conventions/unions only (no independents included). "; Table with 3 columns: Country, "Churches ", & "Members "; "1997/1998 Totals " |
| Japan Baptist Convention | Japan | 500 | - | 16 units |
- | 1947 | Armstrong, O.K. & Marjorie Armstrong. The Baptists in America. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co. (1979) [revised 2nd edition; originally published in 1967 under the title The Indomitable Baptists]; pg. 299. | "Only sixteen Japanese congregations of Baptists related to the Southern Baptist Convention survived the war. Membership was about 500. A small group of leaders met in Fukuoka in 1947 and organized the Japan Baptist Convention. " |
| Japan Baptist Convention | Japan | 25,000 | - | 246 units |
- | 1977 | Armstrong, O.K. & Marjorie Armstrong. The Baptists in America. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co. (1979) [revised 2nd edition; originally published in 1967 under the title The Indomitable Baptists]; pg. 300. | "When the Convention celebrated its thirtieth anniversary in 1977 with 174 churches and 72 missions, having a total of 25,000 members, the Foreign Mission Board announced the Japan Baptist Convention had become self-supporting. " |
| Japan Baptist Convention | Japan | 33,211 | - | 244 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Baptist World Alliance web site; page: "BWA Statistics " (viewed 31 March 1999). | "Figures are for BWA affiliated conventions/unions only (no independents included). "; Table with 3 columns: Country, "Churches ", & "Members "; "1997/1998 Totals " |
| Japan Baptist Union | Japan | 4,814 | - | 57 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Baptist World Alliance web site; page: "BWA Statistics " (viewed 31 March 1999). | "Figures are for BWA affiliated conventions/unions only (no independents included). "; Table with 3 columns: Country, "Churches ", & "Members "; "1997/1998 Totals " |
| Jarai | Cambodia | 15,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 540. | Chapter about Mon-Khmer Groups: "The Jarai live in northeastern Cambodia and are related to even larger numbers of Jarai in central Vietnam. Between 10,000 and 15,000 Jarai reside in Cambodia, while over 200,000 Jarai live in Vietnam. " |
| Jarai | Vietnam | 150,000 | 0.21% | - | - | 1994 | Bratvold, Gretchen (ed). Vietnam ...in Pictures (Visual Geography Series). Minneapolis, Minnesota: Lerner Publications Co. (1994); pg. 37, 39. | Pg. 37: "...Vietnam's 71.8 million people... "; Pg. 39: "Numerous ethnic communities, whom the French collectively called Montagnards (mountian people), populate the Central Highlands. These groups total about one million people... The most numerous are the Jarai (150,000), the Ede (100,000), and the Bahnar (100,000). " |
| Jarai | Vietnam | 200,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 540. | Chapter about Mon-Khmer Groups: "The Jarai live in northeastern Cambodia and are related to even larger numbers of Jarai in central Vietnam. Between 10,000 and 15,000 Jarai reside in Cambodia, while over 200,000 Jarai live in Vietnam. " |
| Jarawa | India: Andaman | 468 | - | - | - | 1901 | Venkateswar, Sita. "The Andaman Islanders " in Scientific American (May 1999); pg. 84. | Table: "Indigenous Population [of Andaman Islands] "; estimate |
| Jarawa | India: Andaman | 468 | - | - | - | 1901 | Venkateswar, Sita. "The Andaman Islanders " in Scientific American (May 1999); pg. 87. | "In 1901, when the British undertook the first census in the Indian subcontinent, officials counted 624 Great Andamanese and estimated numbers for the other three tribes: 672 Onge, 468 Jarawa and 117 Sentinelese. " |
| Jarawa | India: Andaman | 50 | - | - | - | 1951 | Venkateswar, Sita. "The Andaman Islanders " in Scientific American (May 1999); pg. 84. | Table: "Indigenous Population [of Andaman Islands] "; estimate |
| Jarawa | India: Andaman | 50 | - | - | - | 1951 | Venkateswar, Sita. "The Andaman Islanders " in Scientific American (May 1999); pg. 87. | "By 1951, when independent India conducted its first census, the number of Great Andamanese had fallen to a mere 23. Estimates of the other tribes were also low--150 Onge, Jarawa and 50 Sentinelese. " |
| Jarawa | India: Andaman | 250 | - | - | - | 1998 | Venkateswar, Sita. "The Andaman Islanders " in Scientific American (May 1999); pg. 84. | Table: "Indigenous Population [of Andaman Islands] "; estimate |
| Jarawa | India: Andaman | 250 | - | - | - | 1998 | Venkateswar, Sita. "The Andaman Islanders " in Scientific American (May 1999); pg. 87. | "Only an estimated 100 Onge, 250 Jarawa and 100 Sentinelese are now alive. " |
| Jasper and Pleasant Valley Baptists | Florida | 58 | 0.00% | 1 unit |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center (Mars Hill, NC). Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. Courtesy of American Religion Data Archive. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members' column: 50. [Listed as 'Jasper and Pleasant Valley Baptists.'] |
| Jasper and Pleasant Valley Baptists | Georgia, USA | 9,151 | 0.14% | 39 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. More exclusive 'members': 7,262. [Listed as 'Jasper and Pleasant Valley Baptists.'] |
| Jasper and Pleasant Valley Baptists | USA | 9,209 | - | 40 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center. Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. [Listed as 'Jasper and Pleasant Valley Baptists.'] |
| Javanese Muslims | Suriname | 65,463 | 15.00% | - | - | 1999 | Beatty, Noelle Blackmer. Suriname (series: Major World Nations). Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers (1999); pg. 43. | "About 15% of the Surinamese are Javanese whose ancestors came from the island of Java... Javanese life centers around the home, which a Muslim leader blesses before the family moves in. " |
| Javanese Muslims | Suriname | - | - | - | - | 1999 | Beatty, Noelle Blackmer. Suriname (series: Major World Nations). Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers (1999); pg. 40. | "Muslims pray at the many mosques that also dot Suriname's horizon. In other countries, a religious leader calls Muslims to prayer from the top of the minaret, or tower, of the mosque. In Suriname, however, where the majority of Muslims are Javanese, they follow the custom of their homeland and await the sound of a drum from the mosque steps... " |
| Jeffrey Lundgren followers | world | 24 | - | - | - | 1989 | *LINK* web site: "Religious Tolerance " (1998) | "This was a destructive, doomsday cult founded and led by Jeffrey Lundgren: (1989) He was the leader of a small group of about 2 dozen members that broke away from the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Alabama | - | 0.40% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Alabama | - | 1.00% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* Kosmin, Barry A.; Egon Mayer; & Ariela Keysar. "American Religious Identity Survey. " 2001. City University of New York. | ARIS: Nationwide phone survey of 50,000 American adults; open-ended question: 'What is your religion, if any?'; Listed in table: "Jehovah's Witness " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Alaska | 1,574 | 0.36% | 24 units |
- | 1983 | Botting, Heather & Gary Botting. The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (1984); pg. 53-59. | Table: "1983 Service Year Report of JWs Worldwide "; Adherent count here is from "1983 Peak Publishers " column |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Alaska | 2,179 | 0.34% | 28 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official web site | Adherent/member count is for "1997 Peak Witnesses "; Memorial attendance (annual sacrament meeting) for same year: 4,756. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Alaska | 2,246 | 0.35% | 28 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Jehovah's Witnesses official web site; section: "Statistics "; web page: "Worldwide Report " (viewed 16 April 1999). | Table: "1998 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; This adherent/member count is for "1998 Peak Witnesses " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Alaska | 2,133 | 0.33% | 29 units |
- | 2000 | *LINK* official website; page: "2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide " | Table: "Statistics: 2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; 2000 Peak Witnesses |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Albania | 1,090 | 0.03% | 22 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official web site | Adherent/member count is for "1997 Peak Witnesses "; Memorial attendance (annual sacrament meeting) for same year: 3,154. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Albania | 1,525 | 0.05% | 34 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Jehovah's Witnesses official web site; section: "Statistics "; web page: "Worldwide Report " (viewed 16 April 1999). | Table: "1998 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; This adherent/member count is for "1998 Peak Witnesses " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Albania | 2,160 | 0.07% | 48 units |
- | 2000 | *LINK* official website; page: "2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide " | Table: "Statistics: 2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; 2000 Peak Witnesses |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Algeria | 26 | 0.00% | 3 units |
- | 1983 | Botting, Heather & Gary Botting. The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (1984); pg. 53-59. | Table: "1983 Service Year Report of JWs Worldwide "; Adherent count here is from "1983 Peak Publishers " column |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Andorra | 94 | 0.24% | 1 unit |
- | 1983 | Botting, Heather & Gary Botting. The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (1984); pg. 53-59. | Table: "1983 Service Year Report of JWs Worldwide "; Adherent count here is from "1983 Peak Publishers " column |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Andorra | 153 | 0.24% | 2 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official web site | Adherent/member count is for "1997 Peak Witnesses "; Memorial attendance (annual sacrament meeting) for same year: 258. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Andorra | 161 | 0.25% | 2 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Jehovah's Witnesses official web site; section: "Statistics "; web page: "Worldwide Report " (viewed 16 April 1999). | Table: "1998 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; This adherent/member count is for "1998 Peak Witnesses " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Andorra | 155 | 0.23% | 2 units |
- | 2000 | *LINK* official website; page: "2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide " | Table: "Statistics: 2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; 2000 Peak Witnesses |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Angola | 34,337 | 0.28% | 478 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official web site | Adherent/member count is for "1997 Peak Witnesses "; Memorial attendance (annual sacrament meeting) for same year: 160,414. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Angola | 38,161 | 0.30% | 600 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Jehovah's Witnesses official web site; section: "Statistics "; web page: "Worldwide Report " (viewed 16 April 1999). | Table: "1998 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; This adherent/member count is for "1998 Peak Witnesses " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Angola | - | 0.50% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Angola | 43,183 | 0.34% | 696 units |
- | 2000 | *LINK* official website; page: "2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide " | Table: "Statistics: 2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; 2000 Peak Witnesses |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Anguilla | 16 | 0.25% | 1 unit |
- | 1983 | Botting, Heather & Gary Botting. The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (1984); pg. 53-59. | Table: "1983 Service Year Report of JWs Worldwide "; Adherent count here is from "1983 Peak Publishers " column |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Anguilla | 26 | 0.37% | 1 unit |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official web site | Adherent/member count is for "1997 Peak Witnesses "; Memorial attendance (annual sacrament meeting) for same year: 138. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Anguilla | 30 | 0.30% | 1 unit |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Jehovah's Witnesses official web site; section: "Statistics "; web page: "Worldwide Report " (viewed 16 April 1999). | Table: "1998 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; This adherent/member count is for "1998 Peak Witnesses " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Anguilla | 45 | 0.45% | 1 unit |
- | 2000 | *LINK* official website; page: "2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide " | Table: "Statistics: 2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; 2000 Peak Witnesses |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Antigua | 199 | 0.28% | 4 units |
- | 1983 | Botting, Heather & Gary Botting. The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (1984); pg. 53-59. | Table: "1983 Service Year Report of JWs Worldwide "; Adherent count here is from "1983 Peak Publishers " column |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Antigua | 343 | 0.52% | 5 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official web site | Adherent/member count is for "1997 Peak Witnesses "; Memorial attendance (annual sacrament meeting) for same year: 1,190. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Antigua | 363 | 0.55% | 5 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Jehovah's Witnesses official web site; section: "Statistics "; web page: "Worldwide Report " (viewed 16 April 1999). | Table: "1998 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; This adherent/member count is for "1998 Peak Witnesses " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Antigua | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Antigua | 372 | 0.56% | 6 units |
- | 2000 | *LINK* official website; page: "2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide " | Table: "Statistics: 2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; 2000 Peak Witnesses |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Argentina | 46,245 | 0.17% | 638 units |
- | 1983 | Botting, Heather & Gary Botting. The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (1984); pg. 53-59. | Table: "1983 Service Year Report of JWs Worldwide "; Adherent count here is from "1983 Peak Publishers " column |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Argentina | 116,151 | 0.36% | 1,663 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official web site | Adherent/member count is for "1997 Peak Witnesses "; Memorial attendance (annual sacrament meeting) for same year: 245,935. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Argentina | 121,829 | 0.37% | 1,675 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Jehovah's Witnesses official web site; section: "Statistics "; web page: "Worldwide Report " (viewed 16 April 1999). | Table: "1998 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; This adherent/member count is for "1998 Peak Witnesses " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Argentina | - | 0.50% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Argentina | 121,367 | 0.34% | 1,700 units |
- | 2000 | *LINK* official website; page: "2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide " | Table: "Statistics: 2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; 2000 Peak Witnesses |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Arizona | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Arizona | - | 0.00% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* Kosmin, Barry A.; Egon Mayer; & Ariela Keysar. "American Religious Identity Survey. " 2001. City University of New York. | ARIS: Nationwide phone survey of 50,000 American adults; open-ended question: 'What is your religion, if any?'; Listed in table: "Jehovah's Witness "; Actual % between 0 and 0.5%, so sell was left blank. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Arkansas | - | 0.30% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Arkansas | - | 1.00% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* Kosmin, Barry A.; Egon Mayer; & Ariela Keysar. "American Religious Identity Survey. " 2001. City University of New York. | ARIS: Nationwide phone survey of 50,000 American adults; open-ended question: 'What is your religion, if any?'; Listed in table: "Jehovah's Witness " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Armenia | 4,569 | 0.13% | 36 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Jehovah's Witnesses official web site; section: "Statistics "; web page: "Worldwide Report " (viewed 16 April 1999). | Table: "1998 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; This adherent/member count is for "1998 Peak Witnesses " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Armenia | 6,387 | 0.19% | 39 units |
- | 2000 | *LINK* official website; page: "2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide " | Table: "Statistics: 2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; 2000 Peak Witnesses |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Aruba | 295 | 0.44% | 5 units |
- | 1983 | Botting, Heather & Gary Botting. The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (1984); pg. 53-59. | Table: "1983 Service Year Report of JWs Worldwide "; Adherent count here is from "1983 Peak Publishers " column |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Aruba | 559 | 0.67% | 8 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official web site | Adherent/member count is for "1997 Peak Witnesses "; Memorial attendance (annual sacrament meeting) for same year: 1,832. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Aruba | 589 | 0.64% | 8 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Jehovah's Witnesses official web site; section: "Statistics "; web page: "Worldwide Report " (viewed 16 April 1999). | Table: "1998 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; This adherent/member count is for "1998 Peak Witnesses " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Aruba | 655 | 0.67% | 8 units |
- | 2000 | *LINK* official website; page: "2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide " | Table: "Statistics: 2000 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide "; 2000 Peak Witnesses |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Australia | 37,636 | 0.24% | 582 units |
- | 1983 | Botting, Heather & Gary Botting. The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (1984); pg. 53-59. | Table: "1983 Service Year Report of JWs Worldwide "; Adherent count here is from "1983 Peak Publishers " column |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Australia | 66,500 | - | - | - | 1986 | *LINK* web site: "Growth of Religions in Australia and New South Wales 1986-1996 " | Table "Australia " [growth of religion in Australia, 1986-1996]; "Prepared by the Buddhist Council of New South Wales from census data published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics "; "1986 adherents " |
Jehovah's Witnesses, continued 