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Group	Where	Number of Adherents	% of total pop.	Number of congreg./ churches/ units	Number of countries	Year	Source	Quote/ Notes
Islam	Panama	144,000	4.50%	-	-	2000	K. F. Bin Mohd Noor. "Muslims Statistics... for Year 2000 " [orig. src: Barrett. World Christian Encyclopedia, 1982]	Table
Jehovah's Witnesses	Panama	3,652	0.17%	76 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	Panama	9,338	0.34%	187 units	-	1997	LINK official organization web site	Adherent/member count is for "1997 Peak Witnesses "; Memorial attendance (annual sacrament meeting) for same year: 28,185.
Jehovah's Witnesses	Panama	9,661	0.35%	188 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	Panama	-	1.00%	-	-	1998	LINK Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World)	Table "Religions "
Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance	Panama	12,678	-	76 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	Panama	28,185	1.04%	187 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	Panama	28,904	1.05%	-	-	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.
Judaism	Panama	7,000	-	-	-	1998	LINK Jewish Communities of the World web site (1998)	Table: World Jewry. "collected our data from from demographic and other academic studies, community reports, and up-dates in the general media... consulted with experts to verify findings before reaching our assessments and estimates. "
Mennonite World Conference	Panama	700	-	-	-	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.
other	Panama	260,000	-	-	-	1996	1997 Britannica Book of the Year. Pg. 781-783.	Table; "other " = NOT Roman Catholic or Protestant
primal-indigenous	Panama	-	0.50%	-	-	1998	LINK Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World)	Table "Religions "; listed in table as "animism "
Protestant	Panama	40,000	-	-	-	1972	Marty, Martin E. Protestantism (History of Religion Series). New York: Hold, Rinehart and Winston (1972), pg. 17.	"A partial exception [to Central America being entirely Catholic] is Panama and the Canal Zone as a result of United States influence over the canal area. There Protestantism counts over 40,000 members. "
Protestant	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% "; Protestant "includes all non-Roman Catholic denominations "
Protestant	Panama	270,000	-	-	-	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	Panama	404,013	15.00%	-	-	1997	LINK CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998)	Total population: 2,693,417. Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 15%
Protestant	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. "
Protestant	Panama	-	16.50%	-	-	1998	LINK Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World)	Table "Religions "
Unity Church	Panama	-	-	1 unit	-	1998	LINK official organization web site (viewed 1998)	Counted the churches in their directory.
Judaism	Panama: Panama City	-	-	1 unit	-	1998	Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 2 - Americas. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 357.	"In addition to churches and mosques, Panama City has a Jewish synagogue and Hindu and Baha'i temples. "
Anglican	Papua New Guinea	170,000	-	-	-	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.
Anglican	Papua New Guinea	224,811	5.00%	-	-	1997	LINK CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998)	Total population: 4,496,221. Roman Catholic 22%, Lutheran 16%, Presbyterian/Methodist/London Missionary Society 8%, Anglican 5%, Evangelical Alliance 4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1%, other Protestant sects 10%, indigenous beliefs 34%
Arapesh	Papua New Guinea	-	-	-	-	1968	Pinney, Roy. Vanishing Tribes. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. (1968), pg. 248.	"The Arapesh peoples are found in the western part of the Trust Territory of New Guinea administered by Australia. They live in the coastal zone on the beach, in the mountains, and on the plains lying toward the interior of the mountains. The mountain Arapesh are a mild people who think there is no evil in men... The gentle, motherly mountain wife is no match for the fiery, aggressive Arapesh plainswoman who occasionally runs away to the mountains and wins a mountain husband away from her weaker rival... "
Bahai Faith	Papua New Guinea	36,000	1.00%	-	-	1991	LINK web site: "Ethnologue Database " (viewed circa Dec. 1998)	"Population: 3,600,000 (1991 Honolulu Star-Bulletin)... Religion: Christian 94%, traditional religion 3%, cargo cult 2%, Baha'i 1% "
Bahai Faith	Papua New Guinea	-	1.00%	-	-	1992	Goring, Rosemary (ed). Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs & Religions (Larousse: 1994) pg. 581-584.	Table: "Population Distribution of Major Beliefs "; "Figures have been compiled from the most accurate recent available information and are in most cases correct to the nearest 1% "
Bahai Faith	Papua New Guinea	-	0.50%	-	-	1998	LINK Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World)	Table "Religions "
Baptist Union of Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	35,500	-	360 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	Papua New Guinea	35,500	0.77%	360 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.]
Bougainville	Papua New Guinea	160,000	-	-	-	1999	LINK Unrepresented Nations & Peoples Organisation web site; web page: "Bougainville " (Viewed 16 Aug. 1999).	"Bougainville is situated in the Solomon Sea between Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the Solomon Islands. Area: 10,000 km2. Population: 160,000 inhabitants. Languages: English and Pidgin are the languages spoken. Organisations: Bougainville is represented in UNPO by Bougainville Interim Government (BIG). The position of the BIG is that the people of Bougainville have the right to self-determination. Its military wing is the Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA). "
cargo cults	Papua New Guinea	72,000	2.00%	-	-	1991	LINK web site: "Ethnologue Database " (viewed circa Dec. 1998)	"Population: 3,600,000 (1991 Honolulu Star-Bulletin)... Religion: Christian 94%, traditional religion 3%, cargo cult 2%, Baha'i 1% "
Catholic	Papua New Guinea	-	30.00%	-	-	1990	LINK Web site: Datec's "The Papua New Guinea Web Site "	"The latest [apparently 1990] grouping of Christian denominations shows that the 30% of the nation is Roman Catholic... "
Catholic	Papua New Guinea	-	33.00%	-	-	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	Papua New Guinea	1,425,000	35.00%	380 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	Papua New Guinea	1,250,000	-	-	-	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	Papua New Guinea	989,169	22.00%	-	-	1997	LINK CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998)	Total population: 4,496,221. Roman Catholic 22%, Lutheran 16%, Presbyterian/Methodist/London Missionary Society 8%, Anglican 5%, Evangelical Alliance 4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1%, other Protestant sects 10%, indigenous beliefs 34%
Catholic	Papua New Guinea	-	33.00%	-	-	1998	LINK Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World)	Table "Religions "
Christianity	Papua New Guinea	-	-	-	-	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. 180.	"Although in nearly every country around the rim of Asia an identifiable Christianity could be found, only in the islands of the sea, in the Philipines, in Papua New Guinea, and in South Korea was it the obvious and perfasive religion of the land. "
Christianity	Papua New Guinea	-	-	-	-	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. 180.	"In Papua New Guinea mass movemetns of tribe after tribe were under way into a Christianity which was enthusiastic, dramatically different from traditional tribal religion, and, since new, elementary in the extreme. "
Christianity	Papua New Guinea	3,357,692	97.00%	-	-	1990	LINK Web site: Datec's "The Papua New Guinea Web Site "	"The 1990 census recorded just over ninety thousand people (2.6%) who claimed they followed no religion and a mere ten thousand people (0.3%) who declared themselves to be non-Christian. The other 97% are, at least nominally, followers of the Christian faith. "
Christianity	Papua New Guinea	3,384,000	94.00%	-	-	1991	LINK web site: "Ethnologue Database " (viewed circa Dec. 1998)	"Population: 3,600,000 (1991 Honolulu Star-Bulletin)... Religion: Christian 94%, traditional religion 3%, cargo cult 2%, Baha'i 1% "
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	Papua New Guinea	4,700	0.10%	17 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	Papua New Guinea	5,600	0.10%	19 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	Papua New Guinea	7,088	0.16%	197 units	-	1998	LINK official organization web site: Nazarene World Mission Society	Church Statistics: Churches; 2 April 1998; total population: 4,553,000
Council for World Mission	Papua New Guinea	600,000	14.29%	2,600 units	-	1999	LINK Web site: "Council for World Mission "; web page: "Papua New Guinea/United Church in Papua New Guinea (UCPNG) " (viewed 31 May 1999).	"United Church in Papua New Guinea (UCPNG)... Country information: Population (1994 United Nations estimate): 4.2 million... Church information... Members/Congregations: 600,000/2,600. " [UCPNG is the only Council for World Missions church in Papua New Guinea]
Dobu	Papua New Guinea	-	-	-	-	1968	Pinney, Roy. Vanishing Tribes. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. (1968), pg. 259.	"...among the dozens of peoples who have evolved interesting cultures of wide diversity perhaps none are more bizarre than the Melanesian Dobu. These Negroid, bushy-haired people have evolved a culture where suspicion and deceit are the prime factors of human relationship... These fascinating, emphatically nasty people live on an island of volcanic ash just off the eastern tip of New Guinea... The Dobu have been declining in numbers since the white men came to their islands. Many of them have been separated from their culture by being recruited as indentured laborers. They are good workers who do not rebel against the scantiness of the rations given them, because the Dobu are used to half starving in their native villages. "
Evangelical Alliance	Papua New Guinea	-	9.00%	-	-	1990	LINK Web site: Datec's "The Papua New Guinea Web Site "	"latest [stats, apparently 1990] shows...23% Evangelical Lutheran, 13% United Churches (Baptist, Brethren, Church of Christ, Congregational, Orthodox, Presbyterian, Protestant & Jehovah Witnesses), 9% Evangelical Alliances;... 7% Pentecostals. "
Evangelical Alliance	Papua New Guinea	179,849	4.00%	-	-	1997	LINK CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998)	Total population: 4,496,221. Roman Catholic 22%, Lutheran 16%, Presbyterian/Methodist/London Missionary Society 8%, Anglican 5%, Evangelical Alliance 4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1%, other Protestant sects 10%, indigenous beliefs 34%
Evangelical Lutheran Church	Papua New Guinea	-	23.00%	-	-	1990	LINK Web site: Datec's "The Papua New Guinea Web Site "	"The latest [apparently 1990] grouping of Christian denominations shows... 23% Evangelical Lutheran... "
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	815,000	-	-	-	1995	LINK Evangelical Lutheran Church in America web site; web page: "January 25, 1996 News Releases " (viewed 9 July 1999). Story: "More than 60 Million Lutherans Worldwide " [96-01-003-FI]	List: "Lutheran Churches with more than 1/2 million members "
Iatmul	Papua New Guinea	10,000	-	-	-	1998	Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 268-269.	"Iatmul: Alternate Names: Nyara; Location: Papua New Guinea; Population:Approximately 10,000; Religion: Traditional Iatmul; Christianity "; "Traditional religious beliefs of the Iatmul people centered on the spirits of the rivers, forest, and swamps... Missionaries have been active among the Iatmul since the 1930s, and there are many converts to Christianity along the Sepik River... "
Islam	Papua New Guinea	500	-	-	-	1996	RISEAP. Muslim Almanac - Asia Pacific.	Table: Muslim Population in Asia Pacific Region (1996)
Jehovah's Witnesses	Papua New Guinea	1,626	0.05%	83 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	Papua New Guinea	3,256	0.07%	55 units	-	1997	LINK official organization web site	Adherent/member count is for "1997 Peak Witnesses "; Memorial attendance (annual sacrament meeting) for same year: 15,020.
Jehovah's Witnesses	Papua New Guinea	3,575	0.08%	55 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 - Memorial attendance	Papua New Guinea	6,529	-	83 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	Papua New Guinea	15,020	0.34%	55 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	Papua New Guinea	14,363	0.32%	-	-	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	Papua New Guinea	910,000	-	-	-	1995	LINK Evangelical Lutheran Church in America web site; web page: "January 25, 1996 News Releases " (viewed 9 July 1999). Story: "More than 60 Million Lutherans Worldwide " [96-01-003-FI]	List: "Countries with more than 1/2 million Lutherans "
Lutheran	Papua New Guinea	719,395	16.00%	-	-	1997	LINK CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998)	Total population: 4,496,221. Roman Catholic 22%, Lutheran 16%, Presbyterian/Methodist/London Missionary Society 8%, Anglican 5%, Evangelical Alliance 4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1%, other Protestant sects 10%, indigenous beliefs 34%
Manus	Papua New Guinea	2,000	-	-	-	1968	Pinney, Roy. Vanishing Tribes. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. (1968), pg. 253.	"The Admirality Islands are situated off the northeastern coast of New Guinea... On the Admiralities live a tribe who have made perhaps the most drasti changes in the shortest time of any primitive peoples. A unique opportunity to observe the details of their whilwind transition was furnished by the studies of Margaret Mead and Reo Fortune, conducted in 1928-1929. Dr. Mead recorded her observations of the Manus, a people numbering approximately two thousand, in her book Growing Up in New Guinea, not a classic in social anthropology. "
Melpa	Papua New Guinea	60,000	-	-	-	1998	Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 506-507.	"Melpa: Alternate Names: Medlpa; Hageners; Location: Papua New Guinea; Population: 60,000; Language: Melpa; Tok Pisin; Religion: Christianity; native Melpa religion "; "Ghosts are the focal point of non-Christian religious practice among the Melpa. Pork sacrifices are made to placate the ghosts of dead family, lineage, & clan members on the occurence of illness within the village or prior to the undertaking of any dangerous event. The Melpa have religious experts who are responsible for curing the sick and act as intermediaries between the human world & the spirit world... Christianity has existed in the Melpa region ever since the founding of Mount Hagen as an administrative, trade, & missionary center... 1933. A number of the Melpa are now practicing Christians & attend the local churches on a regular basis. "
non-Christian	Papua New Guinea	10,000	0.30%	-	-	1990	LINK Web site: Datec's "The Papua New Guinea Web Site "	"The 1990 census recorded just over ninety thousand people (2.6%) who claimed they followed no religion and a mere ten thousand people (0.3%) who declared themselves to be non-Christian. The other 97% are, at least nominally, followers of the Christian faith. "
Nonreligious	Papua New Guinea	90,000	2.60%	-	-	1990	LINK Web site: Datec's "The Papua New Guinea Web Site "	"The 1990 census recorded just over ninety thousand people (2.6%) who claimed they followed no religion and a mere ten thousand people (0.3%) who declared themselves to be non-Christian. The other 97% are, at least nominally, followers of the Christian faith. "
other	Papua New Guinea	340,000	-	-	-	1996	1997 Britannica Book of the Year. Pg. 781-783.	Table; "other " = NOT Protestant, Roman Catholic, Anglican
Pantheism	Papua New Guinea	-	-	-	-	1997	LINK Web site: Datec's "The Papua New Guinea Web Site "	"now about 80%... claim to be Christian [but] the average Papua New Guinean is a pantheist.. have a belief [encompassing] more than one religion... though most... believe in God, they also supplement this belief with their traditional beliefs. "
Pentecostal	Papua New Guinea	-	7.00%	-	-	1990	LINK Web site: Datec's "The Papua New Guinea Web Site "	"The latest [apparently 1990] grouping of Christian denominations shows... 7% Pentecostals. "
primal-indigenous	Papua New Guinea	108,000	3.00%	-	-	1991	LINK web site: "Ethnologue Database " (viewed circa Dec. 1998)	"Population: 3,600,000 (1991 Honolulu Star-Bulletin)... Religion: Christian 94%, traditional religion 3%, cargo cult 2%, Baha'i 1% "
primal-indigenous	Papua New Guinea	1,528,715	34.00%	-	-	1997	LINK CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998)	Total population: 4,496,221. Roman Catholic 22%, Lutheran 16%, Presbyterian/Methodist/London Missionary Society 8%, Anglican 5%, Evangelical Alliance 4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1%, other Protestant sects 10%, indigenous beliefs 34%
primal-indigenous	Papua New Guinea	-	-	-	-	1997	Leibo, Steven A. East, Southeast Asia, and the Western Pacific 1997 (The World Today Series). Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Stryker-Post Publications (1997), pg. 132.	"Principal Religion: Traditional tribal beliefs, with an overlay of Christianity. "
primal-indigenous	Papua New Guinea	-	2.00%	-	-	1998	LINK Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World)	Table "Religions "; listed in table as "animism "
Protestant	Papua New Guinea	-	64.00%	-	-	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	Papua New Guinea	2,640,000	-	-	-	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	Papua New Guinea	-	61.50%	-	-	1998	LINK Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World)	Table "Religions "
Revival Fellowship	Papua New Guinea	-	-	1 unit	-	1998	LINK official organization web site	directory of assemblies (or contacts?). This is the number of listings in a particular country, but I'm not sure it can be taken as a count of congregations.
Seventh-day Adventist	Papua New Guinea	-	8.00%	-	-	1990	LINK Web site: Datec's "The Papua New Guinea Web Site "	"The latest [apparently 1990] grouping of Christian denominations shows... 8% Seventh Day Adventists... "

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