Index
back to Bahai Faith, North America
| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bahai Faith | North America | 74,635 | - | - | - | 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. | "Table 13.1: Statistics on Baha'ism "; "Estimated number of adherents (1973) " |
| Bahai Faith | North America | - | 0.10% | - | - | 1975 | *LINK* web site: "Monday Morning Reality Check "; web page: "North America: Decline & Fall of World Religions " (viewed 25 Feb. 1999), written by Justin D. Long. | Table: "North America: Decline & Fall of World Religions, 1900-2025 "; "North America, defined by the U.N. to include Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, St. Pierre & Miquelon & U.S. "; listed in table as: "Baha'is " |
| Bahai Faith | North America | 628,375 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani. Regions from PRB (http://www.prb.org) |
| Bahai Faith | North America | 358,000 | 0.12% | - | - | 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 " |
| Bahai Faith | North America | 357,000 | 0.12% | - | - | 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 " |
| Bahai Faith | North America | 753,000 | 0.25% | - | - | 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 " [Area listed as 'Northern America.'] |
| Bahai Faith | North America | 800,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Monday Morning Reality Check "; web page: "North America: Decline & Fall of World Religions " (viewed 25 Feb. 1999), written by Justin D. Long circa 1998. | "Smaller religious blocs have a higher growth rate: 800,000 Bahais (2.46%), 156,000 Spiritists (1.81%), 850,000 Chinese folk-religionists (1.11%), 740,000 Asian New Religions (2.2%), and 520,000 Sikhs (2.66%). " |
| Bahai Faith | North America | 785,262 | 0.26% | - | - | 2000 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani. Regions and total pop. figures from PRB (http://www.prb.org) |
| Bahai Faith | North America | - | 0.30% | - | - | 2000 | *LINK* web site: "Monday Morning Reality Check "; web page: "North America: Decline & Fall of World Religions " (viewed 25 Feb. 1999), written by Justin D. Long. | Table: "North America: Decline & Fall of World Religions, 1900-2025 "; "North America, defined by the U.N. to include Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, St. Pierre & Miquelon & U.S. "; listed in table as: "Baha'is "; [Year 2000 projection made circa 1997] |
| Bahai Faith | North America | - | 0.30% | - | - | 2025 | *LINK* web site: "Monday Morning Reality Check "; web page: "North America: Decline & Fall of World Religions " (viewed 25 Feb. 1999), written by Justin D. Long. | Table: "North America: Decline & Fall of World Religions, 1900-2025 "; "North America, defined by the U.N. to include Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, St. Pierre & Miquelon & U.S. "; listed in table as: "Baha'is "; [Year 2025 projection made circa 1997] |
| Bahai Faith | Northern Mariana Islands | 140 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | Northern Mariana Islands | 312 | 0.40% | - | - | 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): 78,300 |
| Bahai Faith | Norway | 1,700 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | Norway | 2,179 | 0.05% | - | - | 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): 4,487,000 |
| Bahai Faith | Oceania | 83,215 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani. Regions from PRB (http://www.prb.org) |
| Bahai Faith | Oceania | 75,000 | 0.26% | - | - | 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 " |
| Bahai Faith | Oceania | 77,000 | 0.27% | - | - | 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 " |
| Bahai Faith | Oceania | 105,000 | 0.36% | - | - | 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 " |
| Bahai Faith | Oceania | 110,387 | 0.36% | - | - | 2000 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani. Regions and total pop. figures from PRB (http://www.prb.org) |
| Bahai Faith | Oman | 5,500 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | Oman | 9,123 | 0.39% | - | - | 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): 2,353,000 |
| Bahai Faith | Pakistan | 55,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | Pakistan | 5,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site; (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | SIZE OF GROUP: 5,000 Refugees. |
| Bahai Faith | Pakistan | 78,658 | 0.05% | - | - | 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): 150,648,000 |
| Bahai Faith | Palau | 120 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | Palau | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Bahai Faith | Palau | 150 | 0.79% | - | - | 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): 19,000 |
| Bahai Faith | Palestine | 1,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | Palestine | 1,102 | 0.04% | - | - | 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): 3,101,000 |
| Bahai Faith | Panama | 28,500 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | Panama | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1992 | Goring, Rosemary (ed). Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs & Religions (Larousse: 1994); pg. 581-584. | Table: "Population Distribution of Major Beliefs "; "Figures have been compiled from the most accurate recent available information and are in most cases correct to the nearest 1% " |
| Bahai Faith | Panama | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Bahai Faith | Panama | 35,318 | 1.24% | - | - | 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): 2,857,000 |
| Bahai Faith | Papua New Guinea | 27,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | Papua New Guinea | 36,000 | 1.00% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "Ethnologue Database " (viewed circa Dec. 1998) | "Population: 3,600,000 (1991 Honolulu Star-Bulletin)... Religion: Christian 94%, traditional religion 3%, cargo cult 2%, Baha'i 1% " |
| Bahai Faith | Papua New Guinea | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1992 | Goring, Rosemary (ed). Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs & Religions (Larousse: 1994); pg. 581-584. | Table: "Population Distribution of Major Beliefs "; "Figures have been compiled from the most accurate recent available information and are in most cases correct to the nearest 1% " |
| Bahai Faith | Papua New Guinea | - | 0.50% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Bahai Faith | Papua New Guinea | 34,939 | 0.73% | - | - | 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): 4,810,000 |
| Bahai Faith | Paraguay | 6,800 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | Paraguay | 9,011 | 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): 5,505,000 |
| Bahai Faith | Peru | 28,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | Peru | 36,463 | 0.13% | - | - | 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): 27,136,000 |
| Bahai Faith | Philippines | 170,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | Philippines | 229,522 | 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): 80,298,000 |
| Bahai Faith | Pitcairn Island | 0 | 0.00% | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | Pitcairn Island | 0 | 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): 47 |
| Bahai Faith | Poland | 450 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | Poland | - | - | - | - | 1992 | Chalfant, H. Paul, et al. Religion in Contemporary Society (3rd Ed.); Itasca, Illinois: F.E. Peacock Publishers (1994); pg. 243-244. | "In Poland he found (Maxwell, 1992:37) the following NRMs: 22 Zen Buddhist organizations; 13 Hindu orgs.; 2 Theosophical orgs; Hawaiian Kahuna, a magic movement; Ordo Lux, a Pagan occult movement; 2 esoteric Yoga groups; a Sikh group; a Bahai' group; a Rastafarian gorup. " [these are number of organizations, not necessarily be number of "units "] |
| Bahai Faith | Poland | 504 | 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): 38,648,000 |
| Bahai Faith | Portugal | 1,800 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | Portugal | 1,845 | 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): 10,013,000 |
| Bahai Faith | Puerto Rico | 2,200 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | Puerto Rico | 2,788 | 0.07% | - | - | 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): 3,916,000 |
| Bahai Faith | Qatar | 900 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | Qatar | 985 | 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): 591,000 |
| Bahai Faith | Reunion | 5,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | Reunion | 5,927 | 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): 716,000 |
| Bahai Faith | Romania | 1,700 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | Romania | 1,843 | 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): 22,432,000 |
| Bahai Faith | Russia | 15,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | Russia | 16,586 | 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): 145,231,000 |
| Bahai Faith | Rwanda | 12,500 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
| Bahai Faith | Rwanda | - | - | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 1 - Africa. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 361. | "In a few Rwandan cities such as the capital of Kigali, the Bah'i faith is gaining a foothold. " |
| Bahai Faith | Rwanda | 14,211 | 0.20% | - | - | 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): 7,229,000 |
| Bahai Faith | Saint Helena | 30 | - | - | - | 1990 | Barrett, David B. World Christian Encyclopedia (2001) | Data transcribed by Simeon Kohlman Rabbani |
