To Index| 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... " |
