Index| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bahai Faith | Gambia | 10,790 | 0.83% | - | - | 2000 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani. Percent: Bahai pop./country pop. from PRB (http://www.prb.org): 1,305,000 |
| Bahai Faith | Georgia (country) | 1,500 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | Georgia (country) | 1,725 | 0.03% | - | - | 2000 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani. Percent: Bahai pop./country pop. from PRB (http://www.prb.org): 5,454,000 |
| Bahai Faith | Germany | 12,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | Germany | 5,000 | - | - | - | 1997 | *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 "Bahá'í " in table. Source: REMID.; In comments column: "darunter ca. 1100 Bahá'í aus dem Iran (nach Spuler-Stegemann) " [among them approx. 1100 Bahá'í from Iran (after reeling he bar man) "] |
| Bahai Faith | Germany | 12,391 | 0.02% | - | - | 2000 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani. Percent: Bahai pop./country pop. from PRB (http://www.prb.org): 82,141,000 |
| Bahai Faith | Ghana | 9,800 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | Ghana | 12,146 | 0.06% | - | - | 2000 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani. Percent: Bahai pop./country pop. from PRB (http://www.prb.org): 19,534,000 |
| Bahai Faith | Gibraltar | 70 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | Gibraltar | 73 | 0.29% | - | - | 2000 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani. Percent: Bahai pop./country pop. from PRB (http://www.prb.org): 25,100 |
| Bahai Faith | Greece | 520 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | Greece | 611 | 0.01% | - | - | 2000 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani. Percent: Bahai pop./country pop. from PRB (http://www.prb.org): 10,596,000 |
| Bahai Faith | Greenland | 300 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | Greenland | 355 | 0.63% | - | - | 2000 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani. Percent: Bahai pop./country pop. from PRB (http://www.prb.org): 56,150 |
| Bahai Faith | Grenada | 135 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | Grenada | 145 | 0.15% | - | - | 2000 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani. Percent: Bahai pop./country pop. from PRB (http://www.prb.org): 98,000 |
| Bahai Faith | Guadeloupe | 1,380 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | Guadeloupe | - | 0.50% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Bahai Faith | Guadeloupe | 1,595 | 0.36% | - | - | 2000 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani. Percent: Bahai pop./country pop. from PRB (http://www.prb.org): 449,000 |
| Bahai Faith | Guam | 1,300 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | Guam | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Bahai Faith | Guam | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Ethnologue Database " (viewed circa Dec. 1998) | "Religion: Christian 97%, secular 1%, Baha'i 1% " |
| Bahai Faith | Guam | 1,863 | 1.22% | - | - | 2000 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani. Percent: Bahai pop./country pop. from PRB (http://www.prb.org): 153,000 |
| Bahai Faith | Guatemala | 16,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | Guatemala | 20,073 | 0.16% | - | - | 2000 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani. Percent: Bahai pop./country pop. from PRB (http://www.prb.org): 12,670,000 |
| Bahai Faith | Guinea | 240 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | Guinea | 288 | 0.00% | - | - | 2000 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani. Percent: Bahai pop./country pop. from PRB (http://www.prb.org): 7,466,000 |
| Bahai Faith | Guinea-Bissau | 220 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | Guinea-Bissau | 333 | 0.03% | - | - | 2000 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani. Percent: Bahai pop./country pop. from PRB (http://www.prb.org): 1,213,000 |
| Bahai Faith | Guyana | 13,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | Guyana | - | 2.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Bahai Faith | Guyana | 14,584 | 2.09% | - | - | 2000 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani. Percent: Bahai pop./country pop. from PRB (http://www.prb.org): 698,000 |
| Bahai Faith | Haiti | 14,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | Haiti | 17,055 | 0.27% | - | - | 2000 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani. Percent: Bahai pop./country pop. from PRB (http://www.prb.org): 6,423,000 |
| Bahai Faith | Honduras | 20,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | Honduras | - | 0.50% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Bahai Faith | Honduras | 32,635 | 0.53% | - | - | 2000 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani. Percent: Bahai pop./country pop. from PRB (http://www.prb.org): 6,130,000 |
| Bahai Faith | Hungary | 150 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | Hungary | 246 | 0.00% | - | - | 2000 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani. Percent: Bahai pop./country pop. from PRB (http://www.prb.org): 10,020,000 |
| Bahai Faith | Iceland | 550 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | Iceland | 801 | 0.29% | - | - | 2000 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani. Percent: Bahai pop./country pop. from PRB (http://www.prb.org): 281,000 |
| Bahai Faith | India | 1,400,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | India | 1,000,000 | - | - | - | 1997 | Ganeri, Anita. Religions Explained: A Beginner's Guide to World Faiths, Henry Hold and Company: Markham, Ontario (1997); pg. 63. | "Today, there are approximately 3.5 million Bahai's in the world... The largest Baha'i group is in India, where the religion has about 1 million followers. " |
| Bahai Faith | India | 2,500,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance; web page: "The Baha'i Faith " (viewed 18 Feb. 1999) | "The Baha'i Faith currently has about 6 million members worldwide. There are about 2.5 million adherents in India, 130,000 in the US, and 14,730 in Canada (1991 Census). " |
| Bahai Faith | India | 1,716,148 | 0.17% | - | - | 2000 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani. Percent: Bahai pop./country pop. from PRB (http://www.prb.org): 1,002,142,000 |
| Bahai Faith | Indonesia | 22,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | Indonesia | 26,537 | 0.01% | - | - | 2000 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani. Percent: Bahai pop./country pop. from PRB (http://www.prb.org): 212,207,000 |
| Bahai Faith | Iran | 100,000 | - | - | - | 1921 | Breuilly, Elizabeth, et al. Religions of the World: The Illustrated Guide to Origins, Beliefs, Traditions & Festivals. Facts on File Inc.: New York, NY (1997); pg. 150. | "At the time of Abdul Baha's death [1921] there were perhaps 100,000 Baha'is in Persia, with small groups scattered around the world. Today there are about 5 million. " |
| Bahai Faith | Iran | 300,000 | - | - | - | 1973 | MacEoin, Denis. "Baha'ism " in Hinnells, John R. (ed). A Handbook of Living Religions, Penguin Books: New York (1991 reprint; 1st pub. 1984). [Orig. source: Hampson, A. "The Growth and Spread of the Baha'i Faith "]; pg. 492. | "Estimates for Iran vary between 150,000 and 300,000. " |
| Bahai Faith | Iran | 300,000 | - | - | - | 1984 | Hatcher, William S. & J. Douglas Martin. The Baha'i Faith: The Emerging Global Religion. San Francisco, CA: Harper & Row (1984); pg. 181. | "the community has reached a point where its members represent an important percentage of the educated class in present-day Iran, although they number only about 300,000 in that country. " |
| Bahai Faith | Iran | 300,000 | - | - | - | 1984 | Hatcher, William S. & J. Douglas Martin. The Baha'i Faith: The Emerging Global Religion. San Francisco, CA: Harper & Row (1984); pg. 195. | "Under the regime of the shahs... the Baha'i Faith was denied the civil recognition accorded to... Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians... this meant that the more than 300,000 Baha'is, who outnumber the three other minorities combined... " |
| Bahai Faith | Iran | 300,000 | - | - | - | 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. 175. | "Only amongst Iranian Jews and Zoroastrians have significant numbers of conversions occurred. Thus, despite considerable persecution, the Iranian Baha'i community (c. 300,000) dwarfs all others in the Middle East and North Africa. " |
| Bahai Faith | Iran | 410,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | Iran | 340,000 | - | - | - | 1992 | *LINK* Raghavan, Sudarsan (Inquirer Staff writer). "A persecuted group braces once again " in The Philadelphia Inquirer (3 November 1998). | "From 1979, the start of the Islamic revolution, to 1992, at least 200 of the estimated 340,000 Baha'is in Iran were executed, their leaders say. |
| Bahai Faith | Iran | 500,000 | - | - | - | 1994 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: 11/30/94 issue of GLOBAL PRAYER DIGEST); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Thousands of Bahai have been murdered. There are only 500,000 left. |
| Bahai Faith | Iran | - | 0.50% | - | - | 1994 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: November, 1994 issue of GLOBAL PRAYER DIGEST); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Total Population: 56,585,000. MUSLIM: 99%: Shi'ite branch, 87%; Sunni branch 12%. BAHA'I: 0.5%. 300,000. JEWS: 0.1%. ZOROASTRIAN: O.04%. CHRISTIAN: 0.4% |
| Bahai Faith | Iran | 400,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | Occhiogrosso, Peter. The Joy of Sects: A Spirited Guide to the World's Religious Traditions. New York: Doubleday (1996); pg. 454. | "Of the more than 5 million Bahais worldwide, over 400,000 still live in IranŠ " |
| Bahai Faith | Iran | 640,000 | 1.00% | - | - | 1997 | Russell, Malcom B. The Middle East and South Asia 1997 (The World Today Series). Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Stryker-Post Publications (1997); pg. 92. | Estimates of % of population in principal religions, & est. 1997 total pop. |
| Bahai Faith | Iran | 1,322,000 | 2.00% | - | - | 1999 | Lyle, Garry. Iran (series: Major World Nations), Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers (1999); pg. 9-10. | "Population: 66,100,000... Religions: Shiite Muslims (93%); Sunni Muslim (5%); other, including Jews, Christians, Zoroastrians, and Baha'is (2%). " |
| Bahai Faith | Iran | 463,151 | 0.69% | - | - | 2000 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani. Percent: Bahai pop./country pop. from PRB (http://www.prb.org): 67,411,000 |
| Bahai Faith | Iraq | - | - | - | - | 1982 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: WORLD CHRISTIAN ENCYCLOPEDIA, edited by David B. Barrett, and published by Oxford Press, Oxford, New York, 1982); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | BAHA'I has a history of over 120 years in Iraq, but due to severe repression and confiscations, and banning by decree in 1970, only a handful of scattered assemblies remain. |
| Bahai Faith | Iraq | 2,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | Iraq | 2,607 | 0.01% | - | - | 2000 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani. Percent: Bahai pop./country pop. from PRB (http://www.prb.org): 23,115,000 |
| Bahai Faith | Ireland | 1,100 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | Ireland | 1,274 | 0.03% | - | - | 2000 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani. Percent: Bahai pop./country pop. from PRB (http://www.prb.org): 3,795,000 |
