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Group	Where	Number of Adherents	% of total pop.	Number of congreg./ churches/ units	Number of countries	Year	Source	Quote/ Notes
Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance	Andorra	208	-	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 "; Data from columns: "No. of congs. " and "Memorial attendance "
Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance	Andorra	258	0.40%	2 units	-	1997	LINK official organization web site	From 1997 Statistics "Memorial attendance " column. Count of all who attend this once-a-year meeting, whether or not a "publisher " in full standing. Most would be considered adherents.
Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance	Andorra	244	0.37%	-	-	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 "; "Memorial attendance " column indicates attendance at yearly communion meeting.
other	Andorra	6,000	-	-	-	1996	1997 Britannica Book of the Year. Pg. 781-783.	Table; "other " = not Roman Catholic
Protestant	Andorra	-	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% "; Protestant "includes all non-Roman Catholic denominations "
African indigenous churches	Angola	-	5.00%	-	-	1998	LINK Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World)	Table "Religions "; listed as "Indigenous Sects "
African Traditional Religion	Angola	2,953,000	99.40%	-	-	1900	LINK web page: "Geographical Distribution of Followers of ATR... " (viewed 13 March 1999); Arranged by Chidi Denis Isizoh from the entries made in: Barret, D.B. World Christian Encylopedia. Nairobi (1982).	Table: "Geographical Distribution of Adherents of African Traditional Religion in the Continent of Africa "
African Traditional Religion	Angola	1,100,250	19.40%	-	-	1970	LINK web page: "Geographical Distribution of Followers of ATR... " (viewed 13 March 1999); Arranged by Chidi Denis Isizoh from the entries made in: Barret, D.B. World Christian Encylopedia. Nairobi (1982).	Table: "Geographical Distribution of Adherents of African Traditional Religion in the Continent of Africa "
African Traditional Religion	Angola	881,920	13.90%	-	-	1975	LINK web page: "Geographical Distribution of Followers of ATR... " (viewed 13 March 1999); Arranged by Chidi Denis Isizoh from the entries made in: Barret, D.B. World Christian Encylopedia. Nairobi (1982).	Table: "Geographical Distribution of Adherents of African Traditional Religion in the Continent of Africa "
African Traditional Religion	Angola	683,500	9.50%	-	-	1980	LINK web page: "Geographical Distribution of Followers of ATR in African Nations "; (viewed 13 March 1999); Arranged by Chidi Denis Isizoh from the entries made in: Barret, D.B. World Christian Encylopedia. Nairobi (1982).	Table: "Geographical Distribution of Adherents of African Traditional Religion in the Continent of Africa "
African Traditional Religion	Angola	2,870,000	35.00%	-	-	1988	LINK Library of Congress Country Studies	1988 total pop. 8.2 million. About 46% of population under age fifteen in 1986. Christians (Roman Catholics and various Protestant denominations) estimated at between 65 and 88% of pop. in 1988; remainder practiced traditional African religions.
African Traditional Religion	Angola	252,400	2.00%	-	-	2000	LINK web page: "Geographical Distribution of Followers of ATR in African Nations "; (viewed 13 March 1999); Arranged by Chidi Denis Isizoh from the entries made in: Barret, D.B. World Christian Encylopedia. Nairobi (1982).	Table: "Geographical Distribution of Adherents of African Traditional Religion in the Continent of Africa "; Projection, made circa 1982.
Bakongo	Angola	1,365,000	13.00%	-	-	1997	Dostert, Pierre Etienne. Africa 1997 (The World Today Series). Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Stryker-Post Publications (1997), pg. 80.	Estimates of % of population in ethnic (NOT religious) backgrounds, & est. 1997 total pop.
Bakongo	Angola	1,412,386	13.00%	-	-	1998	LINK CIA World Factbook 1998 (viewed June 24, 1999)	Ethnic groups: Ovimbundu 37%, Kimbundu 25%, Bakongo 13%, mestico (mixed European and Native African) 2%, European 1%, other 22%; Total population: 10,864,512.
Baptist Evangelical Church	Angola	34,558	-	55 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 "
Baptist World Alliance	Angola	66,460	0.55%	175 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 "; [BWA stats. in individual countries are sum of figures for member bodies of BWA in the countries.]; [County population figures for 1998 from United Nations data available here.]
Cabindans	Angola	600,000	-	-	-	1997	LINK Gamming, Jenny. They have a flag-but no country " in Swedish Expressen, 17 Aug. 1997. (Viewed 16 Aug. 1999). Unrepresented Nations & Peoples Organisation web site. Translated by SSF/Goran Hansson.	"500,000 people live in Cabinda. Another 100,000 live as refugees outside the nation of Cabinda, which is part of Angola but is situated in between CongoBrazzaville and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Cabinda is one of the few territories, which were never de-colonialised. From being a Portuguese protectoate Cabinda was handed over to Angola when that country became independent. "
Catholic	Angola	-	69.00%	-	-	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% "
Catholic	Angola	6,523,000	58.90%	255 units	-	1995	1998 Catholic Almanac: Our Sunday Visitor: USA (1997), pg. 333-367.	Figures are as of Dec. 31, 1995. Number used for "congregations " is from number of Catholic parishes.
Catholic	Angola	8,180,000	-	-	-	1996	1997 Britannica Book of the Year. Pg. 781-783.	Table: "Religion ": Divided by nations, with 2 columns: "Religious affiliation " & "1996 pop. " [of that religion]. Based on best avail. figures, whether census data, membership figures or estimates by analysts, as % of est. 1996 midyear pop.
Catholic	Angola	4,008,562	38.00%	-	-	1997	LINK CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998)	Religions: indigenous beliefs 47%, Roman Catholic 38%, Protestant 15% (est.); Total population: 10,548,847.
Catholic	Angola	4,128,514	38.00%	-	-	1998	LINK CIA World Factbook 1998 (viewed June 24, 1999)	Religions: indigenous beliefs 47%, Roman Catholic 38%, Protestant 15% (1998 est.); Total population: 10,864,512.
Catholic	Angola	7,557,000	68.70%	-	-	1998	Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 1 - Africa. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 27-28.	"Location: Angola; Population: 11 million "; Pg. 28: "Angolans are extremely Christianized with nearly 7 in 10 (68.7%) people identifying themselves as Catholic and 19.8% as Protestant. "
Catholic	Angola	-	59.00%	-	-	1998	LINK Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World)	Table "Religions "
Catholic	Angola	-	51.00%	-	-	1998	LINK official country web site	Religions: Roman Catholic (51%), Protestant (17%), non-Christian (32%)
Christianity	Angola	7,216,000	88.00%	-	-	1988	LINK Library of Congress Country Studies	1988 total pop. 8.2 million. About 46% of population under age fifteen in 1986. Christians (Roman Catholics and various Protestant denominations) estimated at between 65 and 88% of pop. in 1988; remainder practiced traditional African religions.
Christianity	Angola	1,680,000	16.00%	-	-	1997	Dostert, Pierre Etienne. Africa 1997 (The World Today Series). Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Stryker-Post Publications (1997), pg. 80.	Estimates of % of population in principal religions, & est. 1997 total pop.
Christianity	Angola	5,758,192	53.00%	-	-	1998	LINK CIA World Factbook 1998 (viewed June 24, 1999)	Religions: indigenous beliefs 47%, Roman Catholic 38%, Protestant 15% (1998 est.); Total population: 10,864,512.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	Angola	473	-	-	-	1997	"LDS in Africa: Growing Membership Sees American Church with Unique Vision, " Salt Lake Tribune, 4 April 1998. Reprinted in Sunstone (June 1998, pg. 71).	Map: Membership totals as of December 1997.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	Angola	500	-	1 unit	-	1997	Deseret News 1999-2000 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1998), pg. 267-410.	Information from a variety of sources. Figures for year-end 1997.
Church of the Nazarene	Angola	-	-	1 unit	-	1998	LINK official organization web site: Nazarene World Mission Society	Church Statistics: Churches - 1; Members - n/a
Convencao Baptista de Angola	Angola	15,470	-	87 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 "
Evangelical	Angola	990,000	9.00%	-	-	1999	LINK "Southern Africa " in SIM NOW, Feb. 1999 (vol. #85); (viewed online 6 July 1999); SIM International web site.	"Since 1975, a civil war between the Marxist government and UNITA nationalists has oppressed and impoverished Angola's 11 million people, most of whom identify themselves as Christians, although evangelical Christians account for less than nine percent of the population. "
Igreja Baptista Livre em Angola	Angola	16,432	-	33 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 "
Igreja Evangelica Irmaos Mennonitas em Angola	Angola	2,600	-	20 units	-	1998	LINK Mennonite World Conference web site. Directory 1998. Web page: "Africa: Mennonite & Brethren in Christ Churches "	"ANGOLA: Igreja Evangelica Irmaos Mennonitas em Angola� Members (1990): 2,600+/-; Congregations: 20 "
Islam	Angola	1,500,000	25.00%	-	-	1986	LINK Web site: "Arabic Paper "; web page: "Muslim Countries of the World " (viewed 15 June 1999). [Written 1998.]	[NOTE: Unreliable statistical methodology.] "In 1986... Muslim Education Trust organization [U.K.] obtained... 1971 census & [info. from] Embassies of the respective countires... 1971 census showed the Muslim Minorities countries had around 308 Million Muslim.. "; "...add (784.5M [independent Muslim countries]+ 308M) = 1092.5 Million Muslims in 1971 "; Table shows country, "population " [number of Muslims in the country], & % Muslim. Total adds up to 317,391,000, so these figures are apparently intended to be estimates for 1986.
Jehovah's Witnesses	Angola	34,337	0.28%	478 units	-	1997	LINK official organization 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 - Memorial attendance	Angola	160,414	1.31%	478 units	-	1997	LINK official organization web site	From 1997 Statistics "Memorial attendance " column. Count of all who attend this once-a-year meeting, whether or not a "publisher " in full standing. Most would be considered adherents.
Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance	Angola	147,429	1.17%	-	-	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 "; "Memorial attendance " column indicates attendance at yearly communion meeting.
Kimbundu	Angola	-	-	-	1 country	1995	Haskins, J. From Afar to Zulu. New York: Walker Pub. (1995), pg. 191-7.	Table: Add'l African Cultures; listed in table as "Kimbundo "
Kimbundu	Angola	2,415,000	23.00%	-	-	1997	Dostert, Pierre Etienne. Africa 1997 (The World Today Series). Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Stryker-Post Publications (1997), pg. 80.	Estimates of % of population in ethnic (NOT religious) backgrounds, & est. 1997 total pop.
Kimbundu	Angola	2,716,128	25.00%	-	-	1998	LINK CIA World Factbook 1998 (viewed June 24, 1999)	Ethnic groups: Ovimbundu 37%, Kimbundu 25%, Bakongo 13%, mestico (mixed European and Native African) 2%, European 1%, other 22%; Total population: 10,864,512.
Mbunda	Angola	-	-	-	1 country	1995	Haskins, J. From Afar to Zulu. New York: Walker Pub. (1995), pg. 191-7.	Table: Add'l African Cultures
Mennonite World Conference	Angola	2,600	-	-	-	1997	LINK Mennonite World Conference web site; page: "Mennonite and Brethren in Christ World Membership Totals " (viewed 8 Aug. 1999).	Table: "Mennonite and Brethren in Christ World Membership Totals "; "based on the most recent data available... from 1996 or 1997... statistics indicate baptized members "; Dif. religious bodies: 1.
Methodist	Angola	-	-	-	-	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. 478.	"[Methodist] Churches having more than 20,000 members are found in Angola, Congo, Dahomey-Togo, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone... "
non-Christian	Angola	-	32.00%	-	-	1998	LINK official country web site	Religions: Roman Catholic (51%), Protestant (17%), non-Christian (32%)
other	Angola	230,000	-	-	-	1996	1997 Britannica Book of the Year. Pg. 781-783.	Table; "other " = not Roman Catholic, Protestant or traditional beliefs
other	Angola	220,000	2.00%	-	-	1998	Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 1 - Africa. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 27-28.	"Location: Angola; Population: 11 million "; Pg. 28: "Angolans are extremely Christianized with nearly 7 in 10 (68.7%) people identifying themselves as Catholic and 19.8% as Protestant. Traditional religion is practiced by 9.5%, and other religons make up the remaining 2.0%. "
Ovambo	Angola	-	-	-	-	1995	Haskins, J. From Afar to Zulu. New York: Walker Pub. (1995), pg. 191-7.	Table: Add'l African Cultures
Ovimbundu	Angola	-	-	-	1 country	1995	Haskins, J. From Afar to Zulu. New York: Walker Pub. (1995), pg. 191-7.	Table: Add'l African Cultures
Ovimbundu	Angola	3,990,000	38.00%	-	-	1997	Dostert, Pierre Etienne. Africa 1997 (The World Today Series). Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Stryker-Post Publications (1997), pg. 80.	Estimates of % of population in ethnic (NOT religious) backgrounds, & est. 1997 total pop.
Ovimbundu	Angola	4,019,870	37.00%	-	-	1998	LINK CIA World Factbook 1998 (viewed June 24, 1999)	Ethnic groups: Ovimbundu 37%, Kimbundu 25%, Bakongo 13%, mestico (mixed European and Native African) 2%, European 1%, other 22%; Total population: 10,864,512.
primal-indigenous	Angola	-	10.00%	-	-	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% "; Listed in table as "Traditional beliefs "
primal-indigenous	Angola	1,130,000	-	-	-	1996	1997 Britannica Book of the Year. Pg. 781-783.	Table; "traditional beliefs "
primal-indigenous	Angola	4,957,958	47.00%	-	-	1997	LINK CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998)	Religions: indigenous beliefs 47%, Roman Catholic 38%, Protestant 15% (est.); Total population: 10,548,847.
primal-indigenous	Angola	8,820,000	84.00%	-	-	1997	Dostert, Pierre Etienne. Africa 1997 (The World Today Series). Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Stryker-Post Publications (1997), pg. 80.	Estimates of % of population in principal religions, & est. 1997 total pop.
primal-indigenous	Angola	5,106,320	47.00%	-	-	1998	LINK CIA World Factbook 1998 (viewed June 24, 1999)	Religions: indigenous beliefs 47%, Roman Catholic 38%, Protestant 15% (1998 est.); Total population: 10,864,512.
primal-indigenous	Angola	1,045,000	9.50%	-	-	1998	Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 1 - Africa. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 27-28.	"Location: Angola; Population: 11 million "; Pg. 28: "Traditional religion is practiced by 9.5%, and other religons make up the remaining 2.0%. "
primal-indigenous	Angola	-	14.00%	-	-	1998	LINK Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World)	Table "Religions "; listed in table as "animism "
Protestant	Angola	-	21.00%	-	-	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% "; Protestant "includes all non-Roman Catholic denominations "
Protestant	Angola	2,360,000	-	-	-	1996	1997 Britannica Book of the Year. Pg. 781-783.	Table: "Religion ": Divided by nations, with 2 columns: "Religious affiliation " & "1996 pop. " [of that religion]. Based on best avail. figures, whether census data, membership figures or estimates by analysts, as % of est. 1996 midyear pop.
Protestant	Angola	1,582,327	15.00%	-	-	1997	LINK CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998)	Religions: indigenous beliefs 47%, Roman Catholic 38%, Protestant 15% (est.); Total population: 10,548,847.
Protestant	Angola	1,629,677	15.00%	-	-	1998	LINK CIA World Factbook 1998 (viewed June 24, 1999)	Religions: indigenous beliefs 47%, Roman Catholic 38%, Protestant 15% (1998 est.); Total population: 10,864,512.
Protestant	Angola	2,178,000	19.80%	-	-	1998	Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 1 - Africa. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 27-28.	"Location: Angola; Population: 11 million "; Pg. 28: "Angolans are extremely Christianized with nearly 7 in 10 (68.7%) people identifying themselves as Catholic and 19.8% as Protestant. "
Protestant	Angola	-	20.00%	-	-	1998	LINK Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World)	Table "Religions "
Protestant	Angola	-	17.00%	-	-	1998	LINK official country web site	Religions: Roman Catholic (51%), Protestant (17%), non-Christian (32%)
Union de Igrejas Evangelicas de Angola	Angola	-	-	-	-	1999	LINK "Southern Africa " in SIM NOW, Feb. 1999 (vol. #85); (viewed online 6 July 1999); SIM International web site.	"Our [SIM's] missionaries work alongside the UIEA Church (Union de Igrejas Evangelicas de Angola), which grew out of the ministries of Africa Evangelical Fellowship... "
Anglican	Anguilla	4,314	40.00%	-	-	1997	LINK CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998)	Anglican 40%, Methodist 33%, Seventh-Day Adventist 7%, Baptist 5%, Roman Catholic 3%, other 12%; Total population: 10,785.
Anglican	Anguilla	4,459	40.00%	-	-	1998	LINK CIA World Factbook 1998 (viewed June 24, 1999)	Anglican 40%, Methodist 33%, Seventh-Day Adventist 7%, Baptist 5%, Roman Catholic 3%, other 12%; Total population: 11,147 (July 1998 est).
Baptist	Anguilla	539	5.00%	-	-	1997	LINK CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998)	Anglican 40%, Methodist 33%, Seventh-Day Adventist 7%, Baptist 5%, Roman Catholic 3%, other 12%; Total population: 10,785.
Baptist	Anguilla	557	5.00%	-	-	1998	LINK CIA World Factbook 1998 (viewed June 24, 1999)	Anglican 40%, Methodist 33%, Seventh-Day Adventist 7%, Baptist 5%, Roman Catholic 3%, other 12%; Total population: 11,147 (July 1998 est).
Catholic	Anguilla	200	2.86%	1 unit	-	1995	1998 Catholic Almanac: Our Sunday Visitor: USA (1997), pg. 333-367.	Figures are as of Dec. 31, 1995. Number used for "congregations " is from number of Catholic parishes.
Catholic	Anguilla	324	3.00%	-	-	1997	LINK CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998)	Anglican 40%, Methodist 33%, Seventh-Day Adventist 7%, Baptist 5%, Roman Catholic 3%, other 12%; Total population: 10,785.

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