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| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Palau | 400 | 2.22% | 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 Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Palau | - | 2.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Palau | 30 | 0.23% | 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 "; Adherent count here is from "1983 Peak Publishers " column [Location listed as "Belau ", an alternative name] |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Palau | 64 | 0.37% | 1 unit |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official organization web site | Adherent/member count is for "1997 Peak Witnesses "; Memorial attendance (annual sacrament meeting) for same year: 300. [Location listed as "Belau ", an alternative name] |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Palau | 65 | 0.36% | 1 unit |
- | 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 " [Location listed as "Belau ", an alternative name] |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Palau | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Palau | 146 | - | 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 " [Location listed as "Belau ", an alternative name] |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Palau | 300 | 1.72% | 1 unit |
- | 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. [Location listed as "Belau ", an alternative name] |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Palau | 279 | 1.54% | - | - | 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. [Location listed as "Belau ", an alternative name] |
| Modekngei | Palau | - | - | - | - | 1992 | *LINK* web site: "REPUBLIC OF PALAU AN AREA STUDY: FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY Region IX "; Written "October 1992 "; (1998) | "RELIGION... All of the islands of Palau are predominately Christian with one-third of the pop. practicing Catholicism, one-third Protestant, and the remaining third subscribing to other religions. The traditional religion of Modekngei, which bears strong ties to magic, legend, and myths is still followed by some Palauans. " |
| Modekngei | Palau | 5,498 | 33.00% | - | - | 1995 | *LINK* web site, 1998 | "Population: 16,661 (July 1995 est.)... Religions: Christian (Catholics, Seventh-Day Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses, the Assembly of God, the Liebenzell Mission, and Latter-Day Saints), Modekngei religion (one-third of the population observes this religion which is indigenous to Palau) " |
| Modekngei | Palau | 5,594 | 33.00% | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* web site: Globetree (1998) | "Population: 16,952 (July 1996 est.)... Religion: Christian (Catholics, Seventh-Day Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses, the Assembly of God, the Liebenzell Mission, and Latter-Day Saints), Modekngei religion (one-third of the pop. observes this religion which is indigenous to Palau) " |
| Modekngei | Palau | 5,689 | 33.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Total population: 17,240. Christian (Catholics, Seventh-Day Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses, the Assembly of God, the Liebenzell Mission, and Latter-Day Saints), Modekngei religion (one-third of pop. observes this religion which is indigenous to Palau) |
| Modekngei | Palau | 5,689 | 33.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* web site: "TravelFinder.com " (1998); [copied directly from CIA World Factbook] | "Population: 17,240 (July 1997 est.)... Religions: Christian (Catholics, Seventh-Day Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses, the Assembly of God, the Liebenzell Mission, and Latter-Day Saints), Modekngei religion (one-third of the pop. observes this religion which is indigenous to Palau) " |
| Modekngei | Palau | - | 28.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions "; "Modekne " is "a local marginally Christian sect " according to Church of the Nazarene web page. |
| Modekngei | Palau | 5,976 | 33.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: InfoPlease.com (1998) | "Population (1998 est.): 18,110... Religion: Christian. About one-third of the islanders observe Modekngei religion, indigenous to Palau " |
| other | Palau | 1,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year. Pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Roman Catholic, primal-indigenous, Protestant |
| primal-indigenous | Palau | 5,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year. Pg. 781-783. | Table; listed in table as "traditional beliefs " |
| primal-indigenous | Palau | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions "; listed in table as "animism " |
| Protestant | Palau | 6,164 | 33.00% | - | - | 1990 | *LINK* web site: "REPUBLIC OF PALAU AN AREA STUDYFEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY Region IX "; Written "October 1992 "; (1998) | [1990 Census: Palauans 15,004, non-Palauans residing in the Republic was 3,674] "RELIGION... All of the islands of Palau are predominately Christian with one-third of the population practicing Catholicism, one-third Protestant... Catholic, Seventh Day Adventist, Mormon, Jehovah's Witness and Bahai churches are all found in Palau. " |
| Protestant | Palau | 4,000 | - | - | - | 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 | Palau | - | 25.50% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Tenrikyo - graduated from Shuyoka | Palau | 0 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* official Tenrikyo web site; page: "A Statistical Review of Tenrikyo: 2 of 2 " (viewed 10 Dec. 1999) | Table: "Statistics on followers who... graduated from Shuyoka... between Jan. and Dec. 1998. "; "Data by Research Section and Overseas Mission Department " |
| Tenrikyo - new Besseki Pledge | Palau | 1 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* official Tenrikyo web site; page: "A Statistical Review of Tenrikyo: 2 of 2 " (viewed 10 Dec. 1999) | Table: "Statistics on followers who took the Besseki Pledge... between Jan. and Dec. 1998. "; "Data by Research Section and Overseas Mission Department " |
| Tenrikyo - received the Sazuke | Palau | 0 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* official Tenrikyo web site; page: "A Statistical Review of Tenrikyo: 2 of 2 " (viewed 10 Dec. 1999) | Table: "Statistics on followers who... received the Sazuke... between Jan. and Dec. 1998. "; "Data by Research Section and Overseas Mission Department " |
| Arab | Palestine | 440,000 | 94.83% | - | - | 1860 | Gilbert, Martin (ed.) The Illustrated Atlas of Jewish Civilization: 4,000 Years of Jewish History. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co. (1990), pg. 111. | "By 1860 Jerusalem already had a Jewish majority, while throughout Palestine, the population was 24,000 Jews and 440,000 Arabs. " |
| Arab | Palestine | - | 90.00% | - | - | 1918 | Cahill, Mary Jane. Israel (series: Major World Nations). Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers (1999), pg. 34. | "The League of Nations... granted Great Britain a mandate... to govern Palestine and help guide it to independence... British support for Zionism elated the Jews bug angered the Arabs, who had lived in Palestine for more than 1,000 years and who now made up 90% of the population. " |
| Islam | Palestine | 2,921,500 | 94.80% | - | - | 2000 | K. F. Bin Mohd Noor. "Muslims Statistics... for Year 2000 " [orig. src: Barrett. World Christian Encyclopedia, 1982] | Table |
| Judaism | Palestine | 40,000 | - | - | - | 1845 | Feldman, Egal. Dual Destinies: The Jewish Encounter with Protestant America; Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press (1990), pg. 94. | "Missionaries estimated at this time that an increasing number of Jews had entered Palestine following the Egyptian occupation of Syria in 1832: about 40,000 Jews inhabited the Holy Land by 1845, and most lived in the four holy cities of Jerusalem, Hebron, Tiberias, and Sephat. " |
| Judaism | Palestine | 24,000 | 5.17% | - | - | 1860 | Gilbert, Martin (ed.) The Illustrated Atlas of Jewish Civilization: 4,000 Years of Jewish History. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co. (1990), pg. 111. | "By 1860 Jerusalem already had a Jewish majority, while throughout Palestine, the population was 24,000 Jes and 440,000 Arabs. " |
| Judaism | Palestine | 25,000 | - | - | - | 1882 | Tarr, David R. & Bryan R. Daves (editors). The Middle East (6th Ed.); Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. (1986), pg. 20. | "Palestine at that time [1882] had a Jewish population of about 25,000, mostly descendants of refugees from the Spanish Inquisition and pious pilgrims who had come to the Holy Land to pray and die. " |
| Judaism | Palestine | 85,000 | - | - | - | 1910 | Tarr, David R. & Bryan R. Daves (editors). The Middle East (6th Ed.); Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. (1986), pg. 21. | During World War I the Jewish population of Palestine dropped from 85,000 to 56,000. " |
| Judaism | Palestine | 85,000 | - | - | - | 1914 | Cahill, Mary Jane. Israel (series: Major World Nations). Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers (1999), pg. 34. | "By 1914, 85,000 Jews were living in Palestine. " |
| Judaism | Palestine | 90,000 | - | - | - | 1914 | Gilbert, Martin (ed.) The Illustrated Atlas of Jewish Civilization: 4,000 Years of Jewish History. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co. (1990), pg. 111. | "By 1914 the Jewish population [in Palestine] had risen to more than 90,000. " |
| Judaism | Palestine | 56,000 | - | - | - | 1916 | Tarr, David R. & Bryan R. Daves (editors). The Middle East (6th Ed.); Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. (1986), pg. 21. | During World War I the Jewish population of Palestine dropped from 85,000 to 56,000. " |
| Judaism | Palestine | 65,000 | - | - | - | 1917 | Ferm, Vergilius (ed.). An Encyclopedia of Religion; Westport, CT: Greenwood Press (1976), pg. 841. [1st pub. in 1945 by Philosophical Library. 1976 reprint is unrevised.] | "...the Jewish settlement in Palestine grew in a most remarkable way. In 1917 the Jewish population was considered to be approximately 65,000. In 1941 it was estimated that the Jews had increased to over 500,000. " |
| Judaism | Palestine | - | 30.00% | - | - | 1938 | Cahill, Mary Jane. Israel (series: Major World Nations). Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers (1999), pg. 35. | "Despite the quotas, by the late 1930s Jews made up 30% of Palestine's total population. " |
| Judaism | Palestine | 500,000 | - | - | - | 1941 | Ferm, Vergilius (ed.). An Encyclopedia of Religion; Westport, CT: Greenwood Press (1976), pg. 841. [1st pub. in 1945 by Philosophical Library. 1976 reprint is unrevised.] | "...the Jewish settlement in Palestine grew in a most remarkable way. In 1917 the Jewish population was considered to be approximately 65,000. In 1941 it was estimated that the Jews had increased to over 500,000. " |
| Judaism | Palestine | 564,000 | - | - | - | 1945 | Tarr, David R. & Bryan R. Daves (editors). The Middle East (6th Ed.); Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. (1986), pg. 21. | "By the end of the war in 1945, the Jewish population of Palestine stood at 564,000. " |
| Philistine | Palestine | - | - | - | - | -1100 B.C.E. | *LINK* Hexham, Irving. Concise Dictionary of Religion. Carol Stream, USA: InterVarsity Press (1994). (v. online 6 Oct. 1999) | "PHILISTINES: known as 'the Sea People.' They appear to have settled in PALESTINE where they established a flourishing culture around the twelfth century B.C. In the HEBREW BIBLE they are depicted as a cruel people and hostile to the JEWS. " |
| Samaritans | Palestine | 300,000 | - | - | - | 100 C.E. | Ross, Dan. Acts of Faith: A Journey to the Fringes of Jewish Identity. New York: St. Martin's Press (1982), pg. 105. | "In Roman times, three hundred thousand Samaritans are estimated to have lived in Palestine and perhaps half that many outside it. " |
| 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 " |
| Baptist World Alliance | Panama | 6,400 | 0.23% | 90 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.] |
| Buddhism | Panama | - | 0.50% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Catholic | Panama | - | - | - | - | 1987 | *LINK* Library of Congress Country Studies | Est. 2.3 million [total pop.] (1987). Overwhelmingly Roman Catholic. Ratio of priests to population quite low, and relatively few Panamanians enter priesthood. Antilleans predominantly Protestant. |
| Catholic | Panama | - | 84.00% | - | - | 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 | Panama | 2,276,000 | 86.50% | 172 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 | Panama | 2,140,000 | - | - | - | 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 | Panama | 2,289,404 | 85.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Total population: 2,693,417. Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 15% |
| Catholic | Panama | 2,080,000 | 80.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 2 - Americas. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 356-357. | "Location: Panama; Population: 2.6 million "; "More than 80% of the people are Roman Catholic... As elsewehre in Latin America, women are the mainstay of the Church. There were fewer than 300 Catholic priests in Panama the mid-1980s. " |
| Catholic | Panama | - | 72.50% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Catholic | Panama | - | 85.00% | - | - | 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 " |
| Catholic - clergy | Panama | 300 | - | - | - | 1985 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 2 - Americas. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 356-357. | "Location: Panama; Population: 2.6 million "; "More than 80% of the people are Roman Catholic... As elsewehre in Latin America, women are the mainstay of the Church. There were fewer than 300 Catholic priests in Panama the mid-1980s. " |
| Catholic - nuns | Panama | 464 | - | - | - | 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 | Panama | 553 | - | - | - | 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 " |
| Catholic - priests | Panama | 327 | - | - | - | 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 2: "Increase in Priests, 1972-1996 " |
| Catholic - priests | Panama | 400 | - | - | - | 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 2: "Increase in Priests, 1972-1996 " |
| Catholic - seminarians | Panama | 22 | - | - | - | 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 1.1: "Increase in Seminarians " |
| Catholic - seminarians | Panama | 186 | - | - | - | 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 1.1: "Increase in Seminarians " |
| Chinese traditional religion | Panama | 30,000 | - | - | - | 1983 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: 7/16/83 issue of GLOBAL PRAYER DIGEST); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | "RELIGION: Traditional Chinese... An estimated 30,000 live in Panama alone! " |
| Choco | Panama | - | - | - | - | 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. 705. | "The Choco are still migrating from Colombia into Panama. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Panama | 26,000 | 0.90% | 63 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 | Panama | 32,000 | 0.90% | 73 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 Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Panama | 32,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | "The Church in Central America " in Ensign (Aug. 1998), pg. 80. | "Membership [in Panama] is nearly 32,000. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Panama | - | 0.50% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Panama | 32,000 | - | - | - | 1999 | "Temple Dedicated in Bogota, Colombia " in Ensign, July 1999, pg. 75. | "The larger-sized temple serves about 130,000 members in Colombia and about 32,000 in the neighboring country of Panama. " |
| Church of the Nazarene | Panama | 1,801 | 0.07% | 35 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official organization web site: Nazarene World Mission Society | Church Statistics: Churches; 9 Jan. 1998; total population: 2,659,000 |
| Convencion Bautista de Panama | Panama | 6,400 | - | 90 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 " |
| Iglesia Evangelica Unida Hermanos Menonitas de Panama | Panama | 700 | - | 13 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Mennonite World Conference web site. Directory 1998. Web page: "Carribean, Central & South America: Mennonite & Brethren in Christ Churches " | PANAMA: Iglesia Evangelica Unida Hermanos Menonitas de Panama; Members: 700+/-; Congregations: 13 |
| Independent Restoration Branches | Panama | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1997 | *LINK* web site: "Algonac Restoration Branch " | "Directory of Restoration Branches: This is a list of the Restoration Branches that we know about... last updated 10/3/97 " |
| Islam | Panama | 50,000 | 4.00% | - | - | 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 | Panama | - | 5.00% | - | - | 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 | Panama | 130,000 | 5.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 2 - Americas. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 356-357. | "Location: Panama; Population: 2.6 million "; "More than 80% of the people are Roman Catholic; Protestants and Muslims account for about another 5% each. " |
| Islam | Panama | - | 4.50% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
