Index| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoroastrian | India | 100,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "United Church of Canada Inter-Faith Dialogue "; web page: "Zoroastrianism " (viewed 19 Feb. 1999), written by Fritz B. Voll, "Updated: Tue Jun 9 23:39:38 1998 " | "The estimated number of Zoroastrians in the world is around 200,000. The homeland of Zoroastrianism is Persia, now Iran. More than half of the Zoroastrians live in India, where they are known as 'Parsees' (people of Persia). " |
| Zoroastrian | India: Bombay | - | - | 35 units |
- | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 629. | "Today, there are some 35 fire temples (called agiyari) around Bombay, but only 4 have the Atash Behram... Non-Parsis are not allowed to enter the fire temples. " |
| Zoroastrian | Iran | - | - | - | - | -700 B.C.E. | Stack, Peggy Fletcher. A World of Faith. USA: Signature Books (1998); pg. 55. | "Zoroastrians... A long time before Muhammad, Jesus, or even Buddha, the prophet Zoroaster lived in Persia (now Iran)... " |
| Zoroastrian | Iran | - | - | - | - | -550 B.C.E. | Jacobs, Louis. Oxford Concise Companion to the Jewish Religion. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press (1999); pg. 321. | "Zoroastrianism: The religion founded by the Iranian prophet Zarathustra in the sixth century BCE. The third century CE, the period of stormy conflicts between Persia and Rome... " [Lengthy article, pg. 321-322.] |
| Zoroastrian | Iran | - | - | - | - | -486 B.C.E. | Cavendish, Richard (ed.). Man, Myth & Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (vol. 14). New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp. (1970); pg. 1862. | "The exact period of [Zoroaster's] life is uncertain; at the latest it was about 550 BC, perhaps considerably earlier... After Darius, who died in 486 BC, the Persian kings were Zoroastrians. But the aristocracy probably contintinued to be attached to Mithras and the old gods... In the 4th century BC the Kings Artaxerxes II and III mentioned Mithra... in their inscriptions. But by this time, Zoroastrianism was the dominant factor in the blending of the two religions... " |
| Zoroastrian | Iran | - | - | - | - | -247 B.C.E. | Cavendish, Richard (ed.). Man, Myth & Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (vol. 16). New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp. (1970); pg. 2144. | "A very important question concerning the Parthian attitude towards the many religions current in their empire is that of their policy towards Zoroastrianism. This native Iranian religion, which was to be vigorously supported by the Sassanians, had existed in Iran since the 6th century BC. It seems to have been accepted in a modified form by the Achaemenian rulers, whose imperial dynasty was overthrown by Alexander the Great. The defeat of this native dynasty and the Hellenizing policy of Alexander and the Seleucids seem likely to have imperilled Zoroastrianism, or at least hindered its progress. The rise to power, therefore, of an Iranian dynasty, such as the Parthian Arsacids, would appear to have been providential for Zoroastrianism. The issue, unfortunately, remains obscure, for the original native religion of the Parthians is unknown, and the position of Zoroastrianism at this time is uncertain. " |
| Zoroastrian | Iran | - | - | - | - | 651 C.E. | 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. 66-67. | "Zoroastrianism remained the state religion of the third Iranian empire, that of the Sasanians (from 224 to 651 CE)... Zoroastrians remained a considerable part of the population until the ninth century. Thereafter successive congquestsof Iran by Muslim Turks and the Mongols hastened their reduction there until, by the late thirteenth century, only a persecuted minoriy survived mainly around the desert cities of Yazd and Kerman. " |
| Zoroastrian | Iran | 10,000 | - | - | - | 1945 | Ferm, Vergilius (ed). An Encyclopedia of Religion; Westport, CT: Greenwood Press (1976; 1st ed. pub. 1945 by Philosophical Library); pg. 293. | "Gabars or Ghebers: The popular name for Zoroastrians residing in Persia in contrast to those known in India as Parsis... A small group of Gabars, perhaps 10,000 survive today. " |
| Zoroastrian | Iran | 10,000 | - | - | - | 1969 | Hutchinson, John A. Paths of Faith; New York: McGraw-Hill (1969); pg. 316. | "The Iranian Zoroastrians have clung tenaciously to their faith... Estimates vary concerning their numbers, but the total is probably not more than 10,000. Of this number some 2,000 live by trade, while the balance [are farmers]. " |
| Zoroastrian | Iran | 25,000 | - | - | - | 1976 | Eliade, Mircea & Ioan P. Couliano. The Eliade Guide to World Religions. Harper Collins: New York (1991); pg. 254. | "According to a 1976 poll, the total number of Zoroastrians in the world reached 130,000, of which 77,000 lived in India, 25,000 in Iran, 5,000 in Pakistan, and 23,000 in the United States. " |
| Zoroastrian | Iran | 20,000 | - | - | - | 1978 | Rice, Edward. Ten Religions of the East. New York: Four Winds Press (1978); pg. 40. | "Today there still is a small group, estimated at some 20,000, centered on the town of Yazd, who follow the religion of Ahura Mazda. " |
| Zoroastrian | Iran | 19,000 | - | - | - | 1979 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: OPERATION WORLD, 1979 edition); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Zoroastrians 19,000 - the religion of the ancient Persian Empire. |
| Zoroastrian | Iran | 30,000 | 0.05% | - | - | 1980 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 305, 308. | "Location: Iran; Population: 64,073,000 (1996 estimate) "; Pg. 308: "About 30,000 Zoroastrians lived in Iran in 1980, but it is thought that many of them have since left the country. " |
| Zoroastrian | Iran | 30,000 | 0.10% | - | - | 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. 270. | "The Zoroastrians of Iran, numbering fewer than thirty thousand by even the most generous estimates, constitute only about one-tenth of one percent of Iran's population... " |
| Zoroastrian | Iran | - | 0.10% | - | - | 1981 | Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally published as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 827. | "Nonetheless, the Zoroastrians today, though members of a minority that numbers less than one in a thousand in the population of Iran and only about one in ten thousand in India, are highly educated and enjoy an influence out of all proportion to their numbers. " |
| Zoroastrian | Iran | 17,000 | - | - | - | 1982 | Eerdman, William B., Eerdman's Handbook to the World's Religions. Lion Publishing (1982): Herts, England; pg. 221. | "The faithful few (approximately 17,000) in present-day Iran, who have survived over 1000 years of persecution, are now a tolerated religios group. " |
| Zoroastrian | Iran | 11,000 | - | - | - | 1983 | Berger, Gilda. Religion: A Reference First Book. New York: Franklin Watts (1983); pg. 96. | "Only about 11,000 adherents of Zoroastrianism remain in Iran today. The Parsis (or Parsees) of India, who number around 100,000, are members of a Zoroastrian sect. " |
| Zoroastrian | Iran | 10,000 | - | - | - | 1983 | Carmody, Denise Lardner & John Tully Carmody. Western Ways to the Center: An Introduction to Western Religions; Belmont, California: Wadsworth Publishing Co. (1983); pg. 29, 33. | "True enough, less than 10,000 Zoroastrians remain in Iran (perhaps 100,000 in India). " |
| Zoroastrian | Iran | 11,000 | - | - | - | 1983 | Hopfe, Lews M. Religions of the World, Macmillan Publishing Co.: New York (1983) [3rd edition]; pg. 313. | "Today the religion... is kept by an insignificant minority (approx. 11,000) in Iran known as Gabars..., by a larger minority (approx. 100,000) in India, and in other small communities around the world totaling approximately 254,000. " |
| Zoroastrian | Iran | 15,000 | - | - | - | 1986 | Pastva, Loretta. Great Religions of the World; Winona, Minnesota: Saint Mary's Press, Christian Brothers Publications (1995) [9th printing. 1st printing in 1986]; pg. 142. | "...today only about 15,000 followers of Zoroaster still live in Iran. " |
| Zoroastrian | Iran | 18,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | Noss., David S. & John B. Noss. A History of the World's Religions. Macmillian (1990).; pg. 371. | "The number about eighteen thousand now, being found principally in Yazd, Kerman, and Tehran. " |
| Zoroastrian | Iran | - | 0.04% | - | - | 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% |
| Zoroastrian | Iran | - | - | - | - | 1996 | Occhiogrosso, Peter. The Joy of Sects: A Spirited Guide to the World's Religious Traditions. New York: Doubleday (1996); pg. 74. | "Only small pockets of Zoroastrians remain in Iran, where it was the dominant religion until the coming of Islam in the 7th century. " |
| Zoroastrian | Iran | 17,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web page: "Frequently asked questions on Zoroastrianism and the Avesta " (viewed 27 Feb. 1999) | "Last figure I saw was around 140,000. Largest populations are in India & Iran. J Hinnells' booklet Zoroastrianism and the Parsis (p.8) has 17,000 in Iran and 92,000 in India. North American Zoroastrians: around 5,000. " |
| Zoroastrian | Iran | - | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Planet Perv " (personal web site of Pervez J. Mistry); web page: "Zoroastrianism " (viewed 1 March 1999) | "There are a few scatttered villages in Iran that are still predominantly Zoroastrian and where there are temples. Our most sacred Fire Temple is in the Gujarat village of Udvada... " |
| Zoroastrian | Iran | 17,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance (viewed circa Nov. 1998); web page: "Zoroastrianism " | "When followers of Islam invaded Persia in 650 AD, most of the Zoroastrians fled to India where they are concentrated today. Those who remained behind have survived centuries of persecution and now number about 17,000. " |
| Zoroastrian | Iran: Tehran | 15,000 | - | - | - | 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. 270. | "The Zoroastrians of Iran, numbering fewer than thirty thousand by even the most generous estimates... in modern times many have migrated to the nearby cities of Yazd and Kitman and from there to Tehran, the capital, where half the Iranian Zoroastrians now live. " |
| Zoroastrian | Latin America | 0 | 0.00% | - | - | 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 " |
| Zoroastrian | New Zealand | 207 | 0.01% | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* web site: "VisionNet Census " (created by a Protestant group); (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. |
| Zoroastrian | North America | 1,250 | - | - | - | 1981 | Popenoe, David. Sociology (5th Ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc. (1983). [Source: 1981 Britannica Book of the Year]; pg. 433. | Table: Membership in the Major Religions of the World "; North America in this table "includes Central America and West Indies. " |
| Zoroastrian | North America | 2,750 | 0.00% | - | - | 1982 | Robertson, Ian. Sociology (2nd ed.); New York, NY: Worth Publishers (1981 2nd edition; updated since 1977 1st ed.). [Orig. source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Book of the Year, 1982]; pg. 405. | Table: "Estimated membership of the principal religions of the world " |
| Zoroastrian | North America | 7,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | Palmer, Spencer J. & Roger R. Keller. Religions of the World: A Latter-day Saint View, Brigham Young University: Provo, Utah (1990); pg. 133. | "There are 115,000 Zoroastrians remaining in the world today; 7,000 of them live in North America. " |
| Zoroastrian | North America | 15,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* Melton, J. Gordon. 1996. Encyclopedia of American Religions. Detroit: Gale Research; pg. 837. | "At most, there are 200,000 Zoroastrians worldwide; 15,000 of whom live in North America (Melton, 837). However, their numbers are in decline, and Rashna Writer lists their numbers at under 150,000 (Writer, 245). " |
| Zoroastrian | North America | 10,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | Occhiogrosso, Peter. The Joy of Sects: A Spirited Guide to the World's Religious Traditions. New York: Doubleday (1996); pg. 74. | "North America has a small Zoroastrian community, numbering fewer than 10,000 " |
| Zoroastrian | North America | 3,000 | 0.00% | - | - | 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 " |
| Zoroastrian | North America | 5,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web page: "Frequently asked questions on Zoroastrianism and the Avesta " (viewed 27 Feb. 1999) | "Last figure I saw was around 140,000. Largest populations are in India & Iran. J Hinnells' booklet Zoroastrianism and the Parsis (p.8) has 17,000 in Iran and 92,000 in India. North American Zoroastrians: around 5,000. " |
| Zoroastrian | Oceania | 1,000 | - | - | - | 1981 | Popenoe, David. Sociology (5th Ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc. (1983). [Source: 1981 Britannica Book of the Year]; pg. 433. | Table: Membership in the Major Religions of the World "; Oceania: "Includes Australia, New Zealand, and South Pacific Islands " |
| Zoroastrian | Oceania | 1,000 | 0.00% | - | - | 1982 | Robertson, Ian. Sociology (2nd ed.); New York, NY: Worth Publishers (1981 2nd edition; updated since 1977 1st ed.). [Orig. source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Book of the Year, 1982]; pg. 405. | Table: "Estimated membership of the principal religions of the world " |
| Zoroastrian | Oceania | 0 | 0.00% | - | - | 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 " |
| Zoroastrian | Pakistan | 5,000 | - | - | - | 1976 | Eliade, Mircea & Ioan P. Couliano. The Eliade Guide to World Religions. Harper Collins: New York (1991); pg. 254. | "According to a 1976 poll, the total number of Zoroastrians in the world reached 130,000, of which 77,000 lived in India, 25,000 in Iran, 5,000 in Pakistan, and 23,000 in the United States. " |
| Zoroastrian | Pakistan | - | - | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 614. | "Pakistanis are overwhelmingly Muslim in religion... There is a small Parsi (Zoroastrian) community, concentrated in Karachi. " |
| Zoroastrian | South America | 2,100 | - | - | - | 1981 | Popenoe, David. Sociology (5th Ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc. (1983). [Source: 1981 Britannica Book of the Year]; pg. 433. | Table: Membership in the Major Religions of the World " |
| Zoroastrian | South America | 2,600 | 0.00% | - | - | 1982 | Robertson, Ian. Sociology (2nd ed.); New York, NY: Worth Publishers (1981 2nd edition; updated since 1977 1st ed.). [Orig. source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Book of the Year, 1982]; pg. 405. | Table: "Estimated membership of the principal religions of the world " |
| Zoroastrian | USA | 23,000 | - | - | - | 1976 | Eliade, Mircea & Ioan P. Couliano. The Eliade Guide to World Religions. Harper Collins: New York (1991); pg. 254. | "According to a 1976 poll, the total number of Zoroastrians in the world reached 130,000, of which 77,000 lived in India, 25,000 in Iran, 5,000 in Pakistan, and 23,000 in the United States. " |
| Zoroastrian | Utah | 2 | - | - | - | 1999 | *LINK* Jones, Jennifer. "Non-LDS students say they find BYU appealing " in "NewsNet@BYU " (online news, viewed 9 Feb. 1999); "This story was posted on Friday, February 5 1999 (c) NewsNet. " | "There are only 100,000 Zoroastrians in the world, with only two members in Utah, [Khushchehr] Italia said. This makes attending her own religious meetings difficult since there aren't any Zoroastrian fire temples in Utah, she said. " |
| Zoroastrian | world | - | - | - | - | -300 B.C.E. | Dhilawala, Sakina. Armenia (series: Cultures of the World). New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp. (1997); pg. 79. | "Zoroastrianism thrived under various Persian dynasties and at one point, the Persian empire spanned the entire 'civilized' world--eastern Greece to northern India. Remnants of the religion were left in Europe, including the cult of Mithraism, derived from Zoroastrianism... The religion and empire were devasted when Alexander invaded Persia... The empire was rebuilt and thrived during the Sassanian period, but was once again defeated with the advent of Islam. With the Arab invasions, the Zoroastrians of Iran were forced to either convert to Islam or be executed. Many fled by land and sea to the west coast of India where they became known as Parsis (Persians). " |
| Zoroastrian | world | 200,000 | - | - | - | 1975 | Wallechinsky, David & Irving Wallace; The People's Almanac; Garden City, NY: Doubleday (1975); pg. 1263. | List of "Major World Religions ": "Eventually it was eclipsed by the rise of Islam and today there are fewer than 200,000 practicing Zoroastrians. " |
| Zoroastrian | world | 130,000 | - | - | - | 1976 | Eliade, Mircea & Ioan P. Couliano. The Eliade Guide to World Religions. Harper Collins: New York (1991); pg. 254. | "According to a 1976 poll, the total number of Zoroastrians in the world reached 130,000, of which 77,000 lived in India, 25,000 in Iran, 5,000 in Pakistan, and 23,000 in the United States. " |
| Zoroastrian | world | 140,000 | - | - | - | 1978 | Rice, Edward. Ten Religions of the East. New York: Four Winds Press (1978); pg. 2. | "Today Zoroastrianism is the faith for barely 140,000 souls, yet at the time Christianity was born, virtualy the entire 'civilized'world, except for the Jews and a few other small groups outside India and the Far East, was to some extent either Zoroastrianism or influenced by the Prophet's doctrines... " |
| Zoroastrian | world | 100,000 | - | - | - | 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. 560. | "Parsis... The term is often used of Zoroastrians from the Indian subcontinent, who account for three fourths of the world's one hundred thousand Zoroastrians. " |
| Zoroastrian | world | 100,000 | - | - | - | 1981 | Crim, Keith (ed.). The Perennial Dictionary of World Religions. San Francisco: Harper Collins (1989). Reprint; originally published as Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions, 1981; pg. 827. | "...the Zoroastrians today number scarcely more than a hundred thousand worldwide, chiefly in India and Iran. " |
| Zoroastrian | world | 271,000 | - | - | - | 1981 | Popenoe, David. Sociology (5th Ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc. (1983). [Source: 1981 Britannica Book of the Year]; pg. 433. | Table: Membership in the Major Religions of the World " |
| Zoroastrian | world | 200,000 | - | - | - | 1982 | Eerdman, William B., Eerdman's Handbook to the World's Religions. Lion Publishing (1982): Herts, England; pg. 221. | "So although the number of followers remains small--perhaps 200,000--Zoroastrianism is still a living religion. " |
| Zoroastrian | world | 276,050 | 0.01% | - | - | 1982 | Robertson, Ian. Sociology (2nd ed.); New York, NY: Worth Publishers (1981 2nd edition; updated since 1977 1st ed.). [Orig. source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Book of the Year, 1982]; pg. 405. | Table: "Estimated membership of the principal religions of the world " |
| Zoroastrian | world | 271,000 | 0.01% | - | - | 1982 | *LINK* Web site: "Urantia Book Fellowship Archives "; web page: "An Introduction to Zoroastrianism " [subtitle: "The Religion of the Free Will Choice Between Good and Evil "] (viewed 11 April 1999). Written by Meredith Sprunger. | "...today it is largely a hereditary faith reporting (1982) 271,000 followers living mostly in India and Iran. " [Approx. 1982 world pop.: 4.6 billion.] |
| Zoroastrian | world | 300,000 | - | - | - | 1983 | Berger, Gilda. Religion: A Reference First Book. New York: Franklin Watts (1983); pg. 96. | "Worldwide, there are about 300,000 Zoroastrians today. " |
| Zoroastrian | world | 254,000 | - | - | - | 1983 | Hopfe, Lews M. Religions of the World, Macmillan Publishing Co.: New York (1983; 3rd ed.); pg. 313, 295. | "Today the religion... is kept by an insignificant minority (approx. 11,000) in Iran known as Gabars..., by a larger minority (approx. 100,000) in India, and in other small communities around the world totaling approximately 254,000. " |
| Zoroastrian | world | 100,000 | - | - | - | 1983 | Oxtoby, Willard G. The Meaning of Other Faiths. Philadelphia: The Westminster Press (1983); pg. 39. | "The remaining candidates [for a list of world religions, after Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Sikhism, Taoism, Confucianism] are Shinto...; Jainism...; and Zoroastrianism, the historically significant national religion of Iran before Islam, whose community has dwindled to a hundred thousand adherents mainly in India and Iran. " |
| Zoroastrian | world | 130,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | Fisher, Mary Pat & Robert Luyster. Living Religions, I.B. Tauris & Co.: New York (1990); pg. 173. | "There are thought to be only about 130,000 living Zoroastrians. " |
| Zoroastrian | world | 115,000 | - | - | - | 1990 | Palmer, Spencer J. & Roger R. Keller. Religions of the World: A Latter-day Saint View, Brigham Young University: Provo, Utah (1990); pg. 133. | "There are 115,000 Zoroastrians remaining in the world today; 7,000 of them live in North America. " |
| Zoroastrian | world | 100,000 | - | - | - | 1993 | Clarke, Peter B. (editor), The Religions of the World: Understanding the Living Faiths, Marshall Editions Limited: USA (1993); pg. 121. | "Although there are little more than 100,000 Zoroastrians living in the world today... " |
| Zoroastrian | world | 100,000 | - | - | - | 1994 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: 11/10/94 issue of GLOBAL PRAYER DIGEST); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | There are fewer than 100,000 of us today. We are descended from followers of the old Zoroastrian religion. Most of our believers are in India and Pakistan, but there are some of us in Iran, North America, Britain, East Africa, and Hong Kong. |
| Zoroastrian | world | 150,000 | - | - | - | 1994 | *LINK* Writer, Rashna. 1994. Contemporary Zoroastrians: An Unstructured Nation. Lanham, MD: University Press of America; pg. 245. | At most, there are 200,000 Zoroastrians worldwide; 15,000 of whom live in North America (Melton, 837). However, their numbers are in decline, and Rashna Writer lists their numbers at under 150,000 (Writer, 245). |
| Zoroastrian | world | 200,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* Melton, J. Gordon. 1996. Encyclopedia of American Religions. Detroit: Gale Research; pg. 837. | At most, there are 200,000 Zoroastrians worldwide; 15,000 of whom live in North America (Melton, 837). However, their numbers are in decline, and Rashna Writer lists their numbers at under 150,000 (Writer, 245). |
| Zoroastrian | world | 125,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | Occhiogrosso, Peter. The Joy of Sects: A Spirited Guide to the World's Religious Traditions. New York: Doubleday (1996); pg. 74. | "Zoroastrianism faces extinction today, with barely 125,000 members left. " |
