To Index| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christianity | Guyana | - | 57.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Guyana: Land of Siz Peoples " | Religions: Christian 57%, Hindu 33%, Muslim 9%, other 1% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Guyana | 500 | - | 2 units |
- | 1995 | Deseret News 1997-98 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1996), pg. 188-408. | "Year-end 1995: Est. population [of country]; Members, [number shown in '# of adherents' column to left] " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Guyana | 700 | 0.10% | 3 units |
- | 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 | Guyana | 2,952 | 0.39% | 43 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official organization web site: Nazarene World Mission Society | Church Statistics: Churches; 6 Jan 1998; total population: 754,000 |
| Council for World Mission | Guyana | 2,452 | 0.30% | 38 units |
- | 1999 | *LINK* Web site: "Council for World Mission "; web page: "Guyana Congregational Union (GCU) " (viewed 31 May 1999). | "Guyana Congregational Union (GCU)... Country information: Population (1994 United Nations estimate): 825,000... Church information:... Members/Congregations: 2,452/38. " [GCU is the only Council for World Missions church in Guyana] |
| Eastern Orthodox | Guyana | - | 1.50% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Evangelical | Guyana | - | 6.00% | - | - | 1979 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: Operation World 1979); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Total pop.: 800,000. Hindus 30%; Muslims 8%; Roman Catholics 12%; Protestants 40%. Protestant community 282,000. Denominations 20. Major groups: Anglicans 130,000 adherents; Lutherans 14,000; Moravians 2,000. Evangelicals 6%. |
| Guyana Congregational Union | Guyana | 2,452 | 0.30% | 38 units |
- | 1999 | *LINK* Web site: "Council for World Mission "; web page: "Guyana Congregational Union (GCU) " (viewed 31 May 1999). | "Guyana Congregational Union (GCU)... Country information: Population (1994 United Nations estimate): 825,000... Church information:... Members/Congregations: 2,452/38. " |
| Hinduism | Guyana | - | 30.00% | - | - | 1979 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: Operation World 1979); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Total pop.: 800,000. Hindus 30%; Muslims 8%; Roman Catholics 12%; Protestants 40%. Protestant community 282,000. Denominations 20. Major groups: Anglicans 130,000 adherents; Lutherans 14,000; Moravians 2,000. Evangelicals 6%. |
| Hinduism | Guyana | 259,760 | 34.00% | - | - | 1990 | *LINK* Library of Congress Country Studies | Est. 764,000 (1990). In 1990 about 52 percent of population Christian, 34 percent Hindu, and 9 percent Muslim. Two-thirds of Christians Protestant, one-third Roman Catholic. |
| Hinduism | Guyana | - | 37.00% | - | - | 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% " |
| Hinduism | Guyana | 370,000 | - | - | - | 1993 | O'Brien, J. & M. Palmer. The State of Religion Atlas. Simon & Schuster: New York (1993). Pg 24-25. | map |
| Hinduism | Guyana | 242,000 | - | - | - | 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. |
| Hinduism | Guyana | 233,018 | 33.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Christian 57%, Hindu 33%, Muslim 9%, other 1%; Total Population: 706,116. |
| Hinduism | Guyana | 432,000 | 54.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 2 - Americas. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 210-211. | "Location: Guyana; Population: 800,000 "; "About 54% of the population are Hindu, 27% are Christian, and 15% are Muslim. Many Asian Indians accept baptism and membership in Christian churches without abandoning their participation in Hindu rituals. " |
| Hinduism | Guyana | 302,000 | 40.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 2 - Americas. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 228. | "Hindus of Guyana: Location: Guyana (Atlantic coast area); Population: 302,000; Religion: Hinduism "; "Hindus make up almost 40% (or about 302,000 people) of Guyana's 756,000 people of various races... Although many live in the capital, Georgetown, and other urban areas, a large number of Hindu families still live in the farming villages they created in the early days when they were first given land by the plantation owners. " |
| Hinduism | Guyana | - | 34.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Hinduism | Guyana | - | 36.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Ethnologue Database " (viewed circa Dec. 1998) | "Religion: Christian 50%, Hindu 36%, Muslim 9%, traditional religion 3%, secular 2% " |
| Hinduism | Guyana | - | 33.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Guyana: Land of Siz Peoples " | Religions: Christian 57%, Hindu 33%, Muslim 9%, other 1% |
| Islam | Guyana | - | 8.00% | - | - | 1979 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: Operation World 1979); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Total pop.: 800,000. Hindus 30%; Muslims 8%; Roman Catholics 12%; Protestants 40%. Protestant community 282,000. Denominations 20. Major groups: Anglicans 130,000 adherents; Lutherans 14,000; Moravians 2,000. Evangelicals 6%. |
| Islam | Guyana | 10,000 | 15.00% | - | - | 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. |
| Islam | Guyana | 68,760 | 9.00% | - | - | 1990 | *LINK* Library of Congress Country Studies | Est. 764,000 (1990). In 1990 about 52 percent of population Christian, 34 percent Hindu, and 9 percent Muslim. Two-thirds of Christians Protestant, one-third Roman Catholic. |
| Islam | Guyana | - | 9.00% | - | - | 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% " |
| Islam | Guyana | 64,000 | - | - | - | 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. |
| Islam | Guyana | 63,550 | 9.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Christian 57%, Hindu 33%, Muslim 9%, other 1%; Total Population: 706,116. |
| Islam | Guyana | 120,000 | 15.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 2 - Americas. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 210-211. | "Location: Guyana; Population: 800,000 "; "About 54% of the population are Hindu, 27% are Christian, and 15% are Muslim. Many Asian Indians accept baptism and membership in Christian churches without abandoning their participation in Hindu rituals. " |
| Islam | Guyana | - | 9.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Islam | Guyana | - | 9.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Ethnologue Database " (viewed circa Dec. 1998) | "Religion: Christian 50%, Hindu 36%, Muslim 9%, traditional religion 3%, secular 2% " |
| Islam | Guyana | - | 9.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Guyana: Land of Siz Peoples " | Religions: Christian 57%, Hindu 33%, Muslim 9%, other 1% |
| Islam | Guyana | 103,000 | 8.20% | - | - | 2000 | K. F. Bin Mohd Noor. "Muslims Statistics... for Year 2000 " [orig. src: Barrett. World Christian Encyclopedia, 1982] | Table |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Guyana | 1,181 | 0.14% | 29 units |
- | 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 "; Adherent count here is from "1983 Peak Publishers " column |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Guyana | 2,048 | 0.26% | 36 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official organization web site | Adherent/member count is for "1997 Peak Witnesses "; Memorial attendance (annual sacrament meeting) for same year: 8,455. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Guyana | 2,068 | 0.27% | 36 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 | Guyana | - | 0.50% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Guyana | 3,874 | - | 29 units |
- | 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 | Guyana | 8,455 | 1.09% | 36 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 | Guyana | 7,948 | 1.02% | - | - | 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. |
| Lutheran | Guyana | 14,000 | - | - | - | 1979 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: Operation World 1979); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Total pop.: 800,000. Hindus 30%; Muslims 8%; Roman Catholics 12%; Protestants 40%. Protestant community 282,000. Denominations 20. Major groups: Anglicans 130,000 adherents; Lutherans 14,000; Moravians 2,000. Evangelicals 6%. |
| Mennonite World Conference | Guyana | 300 | - | - | - | 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. |
| Moravian Church | Guyana | 2,000 | - | - | - | 1979 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: Operation World 1979); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Total pop.: 800,000. Hindus 30%; Muslims 8%; Roman Catholics 12%; Protestants 40%. Protestant community 282,000. Denominations 20. Major groups: Anglicans 130,000 adherents; Lutherans 14,000; Moravians 2,000. Evangelicals 6%. |
| Nonreligious | Guyana | - | 4.00% | - | - | 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% " |
| Open Bible Mennonite Church of Guyana | Guyana | 300 | - | 5 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Mennonite World Conference web site. Directory 1998. Web page: "Carribean, Central & South America: Mennonite & Brethren in Christ Churches " | GUYANA: Open Bible Mennonite Church of Guyana; Members: 300; Congregations: 5 |
| other | Guyana | 36,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year. Pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Hinduism, Roman Catholic, Protestant, Anglican, Islam |
| Peoples Temple | Guyana | 1,000 | - | - | - | 1965 | *LINK* web site: "Alternative Considerations of Jonestown & Peoples Temple " by the Department of Philosophy and Religion, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND (1 Jan. 1999); web page: FAQ | "In 1977 a great migration of members from California moved to Guyana, with the permission and welcome of the Guyanese government. By 1978, only a handful of Temple members remained in Redwood Valley, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. Almost a thousand people lived in the Peoples Temple Agricultural Project, which came to be known as Jonestown. " |
| Peoples Temple | Guyana | 800 | - | - | - | 1977 | Chalfant, H. Paul, et al. Religion in Contemporary Society (3rd Ed.); Itasca, Illinois: F.E. Peacock Publishers (1994), pg. 267. | "When Jones began to attract negative attention in San Francisco (culminating in... August 1977), he and approx. 800 followers migrated to the Guyanese jungle and expanded the commune. " |
| Peoples Temple | Guyana | 900 | - | - | - | 1978 | Chalfant, H. Paul, et al. Religion in Contemporary Society (3rd Ed.); Itasca, Illinois: F.E. Peacock Publishers (1994), pg. 267. | "Congressman Leo Ryan... flew to Jonestown in November 1978... [were ambushed when they tried to leave]... That evening more than 900 members of People's Temple... were murdered or committed suicide... " |
| Peoples Temple | Guyana | 900 | - | - | - | 1978 | Neimark, Jill. "Crimes of the Soul " in Psychology Today (March/April 1998), pg. 58. | "In that tragedy we heard the eerie echoes of Waco, and of the massacre at Guyana, when Jim Jones' 900 devotees drank Kool-Aid laced with cyanide. " |
| Peoples Temple | Guyana | 900 | - | - | - | 1978 | Pastva, Loretta. Great Religions of the World; Winona, Minnesota: Saint Mary's Press, Christian Brothers Publications (1995) [9th printing. 1st printing in 1986], pg. 227. | "In 1978, Jonestown, Guyana, was the home of more than 900 members of a cult called the People's Temple. " |
| primal-indigenous | Guyana | - | 3.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Ethnologue Database " (viewed circa Dec. 1998) | "Religion: Christian 50%, Hindu 36%, Muslim 9%, traditional religion 3%, secular 2% " |
| Protestant | Guyana | 282,000 | 40.00% | - | - | 1979 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: Operation World 1979); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Total pop.: 800,000. Hindus 30%; Muslims 8%; Roman Catholics 12%; Protestants 40%. Protestant community 282,000. Denominations 20. Major groups: Anglicans 130,000 adherents; Lutherans 14,000; Moravians 2,000. Evangelicals 6%. |
| Protestant | Guyana | 262,204 | 34.32% | - | - | 1990 | *LINK* Library of Congress Country Studies | Est. 764,000 (1990). In 1990 about 52 percent of population Christian, 34 percent Hindu, and 9 percent Muslim. Two-thirds of Christians Protestant, one-third Roman Catholic. |
| Protestant | Guyana | - | 31.00% | - | - | 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 | Guyana | 123,000 | - | - | - | 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 | Guyana | - | 35.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| secular | Guyana | - | 2.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Ethnologue Database " (viewed circa Dec. 1998) | "Religion: Christian 50%, Hindu 36%, Muslim 9%, traditional religion 3%, secular 2% " |
| Spiritism | Guyana | - | 3.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Universal Foundation for Better Living | Guyana | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official organization web site | directory |
| Adventist | Haiti | 66,114 | 1.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Roman Catholic 80% (of which an overwhelming majority also practice Voodoo), Protestant 16% (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%, Adventist 1%, other 1%), none 1%, other 3% (1982); Total Population: 6,611,407 (1997 est.). |
| Anglican Rite Jurisdiction of the Americas | Haiti | 2,000 | - | 7 units |
- | 1988 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.). The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991), pg. 102-103. | "Holy Catholic Church, Anglican Rite Jurisdiction of the Americas... Columbus, OH [H.Q.]... Membership: In 1988 the jurisdiction had 19 clergy, 14 congregations, and 1,000 members in the U.S. There was one mission with approximately 2,000 members in seven congregations and two native priests in Haiti. " |
| Baptist | Haiti | 80,000 | - | - | - | 1979 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: Operation World 1979); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Largest [Protestant groups]: Baptists 80,000 members; Evang. Bapt. of S. Haiti (WIM) 58,000; Pentecostals 50,000; MEBSH (UFM) 15,000. |
| Baptist | Haiti | 650,000 | - | - | - | 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. |
| Baptist | Haiti | 661,141 | 10.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Roman Catholic 80% (of which an overwhelming majority also practice Voodoo), Protestant 16% (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%, Adventist 1%, other 1%), none 1%, other 3% (1982); Total Population: 6,611,407 (1997 est.). |
| Baptist Convention of Haiti | Haiti | 49,140 | - | 91 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 | Haiti | 66,786 | 0.84% | 416 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.] |
| Bizango | Haiti | - | - | - | - | 1976 | Davis, Wade. The Serpent and the Rainbow. New York: Simon & Schuster (1985), pg. 211-212. | "Haitian anthropologist... Michel Laguerre... 1976 [met] peasants who had been invited to join secret societies, [but later] converted to Protestantism & hence were willing to talk. There were... secret societies in all parts of the country, & each one maintained control of a specified territory. Names varied from region to region but included Zobop, Bizango, Vlinblindingue, San Poel, Mandingue, &... Macandal... quasi-political arm of the vodoun society charged above all with the protection of the community... " |
| Bizango | Haiti | - | - | - | - | 1985 | Davis, Wade. The Serpent and the Rainbow. New York: Simon & Schuster (1985), pg. 269. | "Bizango: The name of the secret society; also connotes the rite practices by the Shanpwel. The name is possibly derived from the Bissagos, an African tribe that occupied an archipelego of the same name of the coast of Kakonda, between Sierre Leone and Cape Verde. " |
| Catholic | Haiti | - | 70.00% | - | - | 1979 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: Operation World 1979); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Roman Catholicism 70%, the state religion, but considerable compromised by close contacts with Voodooism. Voodooism is really the national religion -- an outgrowth of African spiritism and witchcraft. |
| Catholic | Haiti | - | 80.00% | - | - | 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 | Haiti | 6,255,000 | 87.10% | 237 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 | Haiti | 5,410,000 | - | - | - | 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 | Haiti | 5,289,126 | 80.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Roman Catholic 80% (of which an overwhelming majority also practice Voodoo), Protestant 16% (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%, Adventist 1%, other 1%), none 1%, other 3% (1982); Total Population: 6,611,407 (1997 est.). |
| Catholic | Haiti | 5,271,200 | 80.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 2 - Americas. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 215, 219. | "Location: Haiti; Population: 6,589,000 "; "Religion is an integral part of Haitian life and culture. Vodou (a mixture of African animism and Christianity, also known as Voodoo) and Roman Catholicism are the two main religions. Over 90% of Haitians participate in Vodou religion. Because Vodou is nonexclusive, 80% of Haitians are also Roman Catholic, and Protestants of various denominations account for the other 20%, many of whom do not generally participate in Vodou. All three religious sectors are organized at the national level and are officially organized. " |
| Catholic | Haiti | - | 80.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Wholesome Words: Worldwide Missions " by Stephen Ross, "First Edition, 1998 "; [original sources: The World Book Encyclopedia, c1998.] | Table: "Major Roman Catholic Countries of the World "; "80% (majority practice Voodoo) " |
| Catholic - nuns | Haiti | 792 | - | - | - | 1972 | *LINK* web site: "Religion in Latin America " (Providence College); web page: "Statistics " (viewed 14 Aug. 1999). [Orig. source: Statistical Yearbook of the Church 1996; Catholic Almanac 1975. | Table 3.1: "Growth or Decline in Religious Sisters, 1972-1996 " |
| Catholic - nuns | Haiti | 1,026 | - | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* web site: "Religion in Latin America " (Providence College); web page: "Statistics " (viewed 14 Aug. 1999). [Orig. source: Statistical Yearbook of the Church 1996; Catholic Almanac 1975. | Table 3.1: "Growth or Decline in Religious Sisters, 1972-1996 " |
