Index| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| other | Bulgaria | 30,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Christian or Muslim |
| other | Bulgaria | - | 0.30% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* tourism page: "Tourism Bulgaria " | other = NOT Eastern Orthodox or Muslim. "The official religion is Eastern Orthodox which is professed by 86.6% of the population. 13.1% of the population profess Islam and 0.3 profess other kinds of religion. " |
| other | California | - | 4.00% | - | - | 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: "Other " [Respondents who identified with a religious group other than the largest ones: Catholic, Baptist, No religion, Christian - no denomination supplied, Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Protestant - no denomination supplied, Pentecostal, Episcopalian/Anglican, Jewish, Latter-day Saints/Mormon, Church of Christ, Nondenominational, Congregationalist/UCC, Jehovah's Witnesses, Assemblies of God, Islam/Muslim, Buddhist, Evangelical, Church of God, Seventh-Day Adventist, Refused to answer] |
| other | Cambodia | 290,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Buddhist or Muslim |
| other | Canada | 24,015 | 0.10% | - | - | 1981 | *LINK* Government statistics web site (viewed circa Nov. 1998): "Population, by religion, 1981 and 1991 Censuses " table | Total population = 24,083,495. Includes those NOT included already in: Jewish, "Para-religious groups ", "No religious affiliation ",Eastern Orthodox, Islam, Sikh, Buddhist, Hindu, Protestant & Catholic |
| other | Canada | 10,600 | 0.04% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* Government statistics web site (viewed circa Nov. 1998): "Population by religion, 1991 Census " table | Total population = 26,994,000. Includes those NOT included already in: Jewish, "Para-religious groups ", "No religious affiliation ",Eastern Orthodox, Eastern non-Christian, Protestant & Catholic |
| other | Canada | 10,600 | 0.04% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "Statistics Canada "; web page: "Population, by religion, 1991 Census " (viewed 9 Jan. 1999); Source: Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 93-319-XPB. | table: "Population, by religion, 1991 Census "; listed in table as "Other religions " -- those groups NOT included in: Catholic, Protestant, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Eastern Orthodox, Judaism, Para-religious groups & Nonreligious. |
| other | Canada | 180,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Roman Catholic, Protestant, Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism or Nonreligious |
| other | Central African Republic | 360,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Protestant, Roman Catholic, primal-indigenous, Islam |
| other | Chad | 270,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Protestant, Roman Catholic, primal-indigenous, Islam |
| other | Chile | 1,570,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Roman Catholic or Evangelical Protestant |
| other | Colombia | 2,450,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Roman Catholic |
| other | Colorado | - | 3.00% | - | - | 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: "Other " [Respondents who identified with a religious group other than the largest ones: Catholic, Baptist, No religion, Christian - no denomination supplied, Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Protestant - no denomination supplied, Pentecostal, Episcopalian/Anglican, Jewish, Latter-day Saints/Mormon, Church of Christ, Nondenominational, Congregationalist/UCC, Jehovah's Witnesses, Assemblies of God, Islam/Muslim, Buddhist, Evangelical, Church of God, Seventh-Day Adventist, Refused to answer] |
| other | Connecticut | - | 5.80% | 18 units |
- | 1776 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 277-281. | Table A.1: "Denominational Percentages by Colony, 1776, Based on Number of Congregations "; Total num. of congreg. = 310. "Other " includes "Separatist and Independent, Dunker, Mennonite, Huguenot, Sandemanian, and Jewish ". |
| other | Connecticut | - | 1.16% | 18 units |
- | 1776 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 277-281. | Table A.1: "Denominational Percentages by Colony, 1776, Based on Number of Congregations "; Total num. of congreg. = 310; "Other " includes "Separatist and Independent, Dunker, Mennonite, Huguenot, Sandemanian, and Jewish ". Denominational % (5.8%) multiplied by state's adherence rate from table on pg. 27: 20%. |
| other | Connecticut | - | 4.00% | - | - | 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: "Other " [Respondents who identified with a religious group other than the largest ones: Catholic, Baptist, No religion, Christian - no denomination supplied, Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Protestant - no denomination supplied, Pentecostal, Episcopalian/Anglican, Jewish, Latter-day Saints/Mormon, Church of Christ, Nondenominational, Congregationalist/UCC, Jehovah's Witnesses, Assemblies of God, Islam/Muslim, Buddhist, Evangelical, Church of God, Seventh-Day Adventist, Refused to answer] |
| other | Cote d'Ivoire | 710,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Islam, Roman Catholic, primal-indigenous, Nonreligious or Protestant |
| other | Croatia | 52,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Roman Catholic, Serbian Orthodox, Sunni, Protestant |
| other | Cuba | 600,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Roman Catholic, Nonreligious or atheism |
| other | Cyprus | 29,465 | 4.00% | - | - | 1995 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 224-226. | " Location: Cyprus; Population: 736,636 "; Pg. 225: "...Cypriot population was estimated in 1995 to be 736,636 persons for the entire island. "; Pg. 226: "The dominant religion observed by 78% of the island's population is Greek Orthodox... the Muslim religion of the Turkish Cypriots accounts for 18% of the population, and the remaining 4% are represented by Maronites (peoples of Syrian and Lebanese origin), Armenian Apostolic, and Roman Catholic. " |
| other | Cyprus | 30,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Greek Orthodox or Muslim (other is "mostly Christian ") |
| other | Czech Republic | 1,740,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Roman Catholic, Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren, Czechoslovak Hussite, Silesian Evangelical, Eastern Orthodox, atheist or nonreligious |
| other | Czech Republic | 1,664,000 | 16.00% | - | - | 1997 | Shoemaker, M. Wesley. Russia, Eurasian States, and Eastern Europe 1997 (The World Today Series). Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Stryker-Post Publications (1997); pg. 246. | "Czech Republic... Population: 10.4 million... Roman Catholic (38=9%), Protestant (4.6%), Orthodox (3%), Atheist (37%), Other (16.2%) " |
| other | Delaware | - | 5.00% | - | - | 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: "Other " [Respondents who identified with a religious group other than the largest ones: Catholic, Baptist, No religion, Christian - no denomination supplied, Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Protestant - no denomination supplied, Pentecostal, Episcopalian/Anglican, Jewish, Latter-day Saints/Mormon, Church of Christ, Nondenominational, Congregationalist/UCC, Jehovah's Witnesses, Assemblies of God, Islam/Muslim, Buddhist, Evangelical, Church of God, Seventh-Day Adventist, Refused to answer] |
| other | Denmark | 520,000 | 10.00% | - | - | 1991 | Bratvold, Gretchen (ed). Denmark ...in Pictures (Visual Geography Series). Minneapolis, Minnesota: Lerner Publications Co. (1991); pg. 40, 44. | "...Denmark's 5.2 million people... "; Pg. 44: "...90% of the Danish people officially belong to the state church--the Evangelical Lutheran... Other religious groups in Denmark include the Swedish Church, the Russian Orthodox Church, the Church of England, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Reformed Church. " |
| other | Denmark | 150,000 | 3.00% | - | - | 1994 | *LINK* Rothstein, Mikael. "Patterns of Diffusion and Religious Globalization: An Empirical Survey of New Religious Movements " in Temenos 32 (1996), 195-220. (Viewed online, Temenos web site, 30 Jan. 1999); [Orig. source: "Jensen, Tim (ed.) 1994 Religionsguiden - en vejviser til flygtninges og indvandreres religioner og trossamfund i Danmark. Dansk Flygtningehjælp. Denmark. "] | "Denmark is a small country with a population of just over 5 million. The single most dominating religion is Lutheran Christianity. 87% of the population are members of the Danish National Church. Only 3% of the population are members of a congregation outside the National Church. " [Presumably this means that 10% are nonreligious or unaffiliated, so "other " here means NOT in the National Church or Nonreligious/atheist, etc.] |
| other | Denmark | 618,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Evangelical Lutheran |
| other | Dominica | 10,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Roman Catholic or Protestant |
| other | Dominica | 16,400 | 20.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 2 - Americas. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 157-158. | "Location: Dominica "; "The historical French influence on Dominica left the island's population predominantly Roman Catholic. About 80% of Dominicans belong to the Catholic Church. Smaller groups belong to the Anglican, Methodist, Pentecostal, Baptist, and Seventh-Day Adventist churches, and the Baha'i and Rastafarian religions are represented as well. The Caribs' religious practices combine features of Christianity--such as belief in Jesus, the saints, heaven, and hell--with the nature worship inherited from their ancestors. " |
| other | Dominican Republic | 650,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Roman Catholic |
| other | Ecuador | 790,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Roman Catholic |
| other | 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. 126. | "Religious minorities constitute between 5 to 10 percent of the total population. Of these groups the indigenous Copts are the largest... Minority churches include Eastern Orthodox, Roman and other Catholic, and Protestant denominations; there is also a small group of Jews. They all benefit from the Constitution of 1971, which proclaims that freedom of belief is absolute. Except for the Copts, Christians have generally been foreigners. " |
| other | El Salvador | 1,470,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Roman Catholic (mostly Protestant) |
| other | Equatorial Guinea | 10,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Roman Catholic |
| other | Ethiopia | - | 5.00% | - | - | 1965 | Kaula, Edna Mason. The Land and People of Ethiopia (series: Portraits of the Nations Series). Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co. (1965); pg. 21. | "Religion plays an enormous role in the lives of most Ethiopians... another source, which divides the practicing religions into 35% Orthodox Christian, 35% Muslim, 25% pagan, and 5% miscellaneous. " |
| other | Ethiopia | 2,760,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Ethiopian Orthodox, Islam or primal-indigenous |
| other | Europe | 443,000 | 0.06% | - | - | 1995 | The World Almanac and Book of Facts 1997 (K-111 Reference Corp.: Mahwah, NJ), [Source: 1996 Encyc. Britannica Book of the Year]; pg. 646. | Table: "Adherents of All Religions by Six Continental Areas, Mid-1995 "; "Other religionists. Incl. 70 minor world religions and a large number of spiritist religions, New Age religions, quasi-religions, pseudoreligions, parareligions, mystic systems,etc. " |
| other | Europe | 450,000 | 0.06% | - | - | 1996 | The World Almanac & Book of Facts 1998 (K-111 Reference Corp.: Mahwah, NJ), [Source: 1997 Encyc. Britannica Book of the Year]; pg. 654. | Table: "Adherents of All Religions by Six Continental Areas, Mid-1996 "; "Other religionists. Incl. 70 minor world religions and a large number of spiritist religions, New Age religions, quasi-religions, pseudoreligions, parareligions, mystic systems,etc. " |
| other | Europe | 233,000 | 0.03% | - | - | 1998 | World Almanac and Book of Facts 2000. Mahwah, NJ: PRIMEDIA Reference Inc. (1999). [Source: 1999 Encyc. Britannica Book of the Year]; pg. 695. | Table: "Adherents of All Religions by Six Continental Areas, Mid-1998 "; "Other religionists. Including minor world religions and a large number of spiritist religions [although 'Spiritists' listed separately], New Age religions, quasi-religions, pseudo religions, parareligions, religious or mystic systems, and religious and semireligious brotherhoods of numerous varieties. " |
| other | Falkland Islands | - | 3.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Ethnologue Database " (viewed circa Dec. 1998) | "Religion: Christian 70%, secular 27%, other 3% " |
| other | Faroe Islands | 12,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Evangelical Lutheran |
| other | Fiji | 9,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Christian, Muslim or Hindu |
| other | Finland | - | 0.30% | - | - | 1920 | *LINK* Government statistics web site (viewed circa Nov. 1998) | Table: "Population by religion "; This category: "Not Lutheran, Orthodox, or Nonreligious " |
| other | Finland | - | 0.40% | - | - | 1950 | *LINK* Government statistics web site (viewed circa Nov. 1998) | Table: "Population by religion "; This category: "Not Lutheran, Orthodox, or Nonreligious " |
| other | Finland | - | 0.70% | - | - | 1980 | *LINK* Government statistics web site (viewed circa Nov. 1998) | Table: "Population by religion "; This category: "Not Lutheran, Orthodox, or Nonreligious " |
| other | Finland | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1995 | *LINK* Government statistics web site (viewed circa Nov. 1998) | Table: "Population by religion "; This category: "Not Lutheran, Orthodox, or Nonreligious " |
| other | Finland | 722,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Evangelical Lutheran |
| other | Finland | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* Government statistics web site (viewed circa Nov. 1998) | Table: "Population by religion "; This category: "Not Lutheran, Orthodox, or Nonreligious " |
| other | Finland | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* Government statistics web site (viewed circa Nov. 1998) | Table: "Population by religion "; This category: "Not Lutheran, Orthodox, or Nonreligious " |
| other | Florida | - | 3.00% | - | - | 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: "Other " [Respondents who identified with a religious group other than the largest ones: Catholic, Baptist, No religion, Christian - no denomination supplied, Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Protestant - no denomination supplied, Pentecostal, Episcopalian/Anglican, Jewish, Latter-day Saints/Mormon, Church of Christ, Nondenominational, Congregationalist/UCC, Jehovah's Witnesses, Assemblies of God, Islam/Muslim, Buddhist, Evangelical, Church of God, Seventh-Day Adventist, Refused to answer] |
| other | Florida | - | 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: "Other " [Respondents who identified with a religious group other than the largest ones: Catholic, Baptist, No religion, Christian - no denomination supplied, Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Protestant - no denomination supplied, Pentecostal, Episcopalian/Anglican, Jewish, Latter-day Saints/Mormon, Church of Christ, Nondenominational, Congregationalist/UCC, Jehovah's Witnesses, Assemblies of God, Islam/Muslim, Buddhist, Evangelical, Church of God, Seventh-Day Adventist, Refused to answer]; Actual % between 0 and 0.5%, so sell was left blank. |
| other | France | 1,750,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Roman Catholic, Nonreligious, Islam, Atheism, Protestant, Judaism |
| other | French Guiana | 32,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Roman Catholic |
| other | French Polynesia | 31,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Roman Catholic or Protestant |
| other | Gabon | 30,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Roman Catholic, primal-indigenous, African Christian |
| other | Gambia | 50,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Muslim |
| other | Gaza Strip | 11,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Muslim |
| other | Georgia (country) | 320,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Georgian Orthodox, Sunni, Russian Orthodox or Armenian Apostolic (Orthodox); other is "mostly nonreligious " |
| other | Georgia, USA | - | 4.30% | 1 unit |
- | 1776 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 277-281. | Table A.1: "Denominational Percentages by Colony, 1776, Based on Number of Congregations "; Total num. of congreg. = 23. "Other " includes "Separatist and Independent, Dunker, Mennonite, Huguenot, Sandemanian, and Jewish ". |
| other | Georgia, USA | - | 0.30% | 1 unit |
- | 1776 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 277-281. | Table A.1: "Denominational Percentages by Colony, 1776, Based on Number of Congregations "; Total num. of congreg. = 23; "Other " includes "Separatist and Independent, Dunker, Mennonite, Huguenot, Sandemanian, and Jewish ". Denominational % (4.3%) multiplied by state's adherence rate from table on pg. 27: 7%. |
| other | Georgia, USA | - | 3.00% | - | - | 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: "Other " [Respondents who identified with a religious group other than the largest ones: Catholic, Baptist, No religion, Christian - no denomination supplied, Methodist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, Protestant - no denomination supplied, Pentecostal, Episcopalian/Anglican, Jewish, Latter-day Saints/Mormon, Church of Christ, Nondenominational, Congregationalist/UCC, Jehovah's Witnesses, Assemblies of God, Islam/Muslim, Buddhist, Evangelical, Church of God, Seventh-Day Adventist, Refused to answer] |
| other | Georgia, USA - whites | - | 0.86% | 1 unit |
- | 1776 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 277-281. | Table A.1: "Denominational Percentages by Colony, 1776, Based on Number of Congregations "; Total num. of congreg. = 23; "Other " includes "Separatist and Independent, Dunker, Mennonite, Huguenot, Sandemanian, and Jewish ". Denominational % (4.3%) multiplied by state's adherence rate from table on pg. 27: 20%. |
| other | Germany | 13,000,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Protestant, Roman Catholic or Muslim; other is "mostly nonreligious or unaffiliated " |
| other | Germany | 15,120,000 | 18.00% | - | - | 1999 | Dolan, Sean. Germany (series: Major World Nations). Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers (1999); pg. 9. | "Population: 84 million... Religion: Roughly 45% Catholic, 37% Protestant, 18% unaffiliated or other " |
| other | Ghana | 660,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT African Christian, Protestant, primal-indigenous, Roman Catholic, Islam |
