To Index| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinduism | Bangladesh | - | 11.70% | - | - | 1995 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site; (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | POPULATION 1995:132,219,000; Muslim 87%; Hindu 11.7%; Buddhist 0.6%; Christian 0.44% |
| Hinduism | Bangladesh | 12,940,000 | - | - | - | 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 | Bangladesh | 12,630,000 | - | - | - | 1997 | Ash, Russell. The Top 10 of Everything, DK Publishing, Inc.: New York (1997), pg. 160-161. | List: "Top 10 Largest Hindu Populations in the World "; (Rank: 3) |
| Hinduism | Bangladesh | 13,160,727 | 10.50% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Muslim 88.3%, Hindu 10.5%, other 1.2%; Total population: 125,340,261. |
| Hinduism | Bangladesh | 13,090,000 | 11.00% | - | - | 1997 | Russell, Malcom B. The Middle East and South Asia 1997 (The World Today Series). Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Stryker-Post Publications (1997), pg. 46. | Estimates of % of population in principal religions, & est. 1997 total pop. |
| Hinduism | Bangladesh | 14,802,899 | - | - | - | 1998 | Ash, Russell. The Top 10 of Everything 1999. New York: DK Publishing (1998), pg. 77. | Table: "Top 10 Largest Hindu Populations in the World "; Rank: #3 |
| Hinduism | Bangladesh | 13,394,535 | 10.50% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook 1998 (viewed June 24, 1999) | "Population: 127,567,002 (July 1998 est.)... Muslim 88.3%, Hindu 10.5%, other 1.2% " |
| Hinduism | Bangladesh | - | 11.50% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions "; total population: 132,219,000 |
| Islam | Bangladesh | 70,800,000 | 85.00% | - | - | 1978 | Welch, Alford T. "Islam " in Hinnells, John R. (ed). A Handbook of Living Religions, Penguin Books: New York (1991) [reprint; 1st published in 1984], pg. 164-165. [Original src: Weeks, R. (ed.), "Muslim Peoples: A World Ethnographic Survey " (1978).] | Table: "Approximate Muslim populations and percentages of total populations " |
| Islam | Bangladesh | 64,000,000 | 83.12% | - | - | 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. 359. | "According to recent census figures [Islam] claims in Pakistan 63 million out of a total population of 65 million; in Bangladesh, 64 million out of 77 million... " |
| Islam | Bangladesh | 100,000,000 | 85.00% | - | - | 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 Independent Muslim countries pop. was around 784.5 Million. "; "...add (784.5M + 308M [minority Muslim countries]) = 1092.5 Million Muslims in 1971 "; Table shows country, "population " [number of Muslims in the country], & % Muslim. Total adds up to 896,080,000, so these figures are apparently intended to be estimates for 1986. |
| Islam | Bangladesh | 91,269,704 | 83.00% | - | - | 1988 | *LINK* Library of Congress Country Studies | [Total pop.] officially given at 109,963,551 in July 1988. Annual growth rate 2.6%. In 1988 nearly 83 percent Muslim, 16 percent Hindu, less than 1 percent Buddhist, Christian, and tribal religions. |
| Islam | Bangladesh | - | 80.00% | - | - | 1989 | Brown, Susan. Pakistan and Bangladesh (series: People and Places). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Silver Burdett Press (1989), pg. 35. | "In Bangladesh, more than 80 percent are Muslims. " |
| Islam | Bangladesh | - | 87.00% | - | - | 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 | Bangladesh | 97,940,000 | 83.00% | - | - | 1994 | *LINK* Web site: "Council for World Mission "; web page: "Bangladesh/Church of Bangladesh (COB) " (viewed 31 May 1999). | "Country information: Population (1994 United Nations estimate): 118 million... Main religions: Islam is the constitutional state religion (83%), Hinduism (16%), Christianity (0.3%)É " |
| Islam | Bangladesh | 106,042,120 | 88.30% | - | - | 1995 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 89-91. | "Location: Bangladesh; Population: 120,093,000 "; Pg. 90: "Most Bangladeshis are Muslims, with 88.3% of the population claiming Islam as their religion. " |
| Islam | Bangladesh | - | 87.00% | - | - | 1995 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site; (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | POPULATION 1995:132,219,000; Muslim 87%; Hindu 11.7%; Buddhist 0.6%; Christian 0.44% |
| Islam | Bangladesh | 108,640,000 | - | - | - | 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. |
| Islam | Bangladesh | 97,000,000 | 85.00% | - | - | 1996 | Halverson, Dean C. (ed.) The Compact Guide to World Religions; Colorado Springs, Colorado: International Students Inc. (1996). [Publisher is an Evangelical missionary organization.] Pg. 103. | "...the four nations with the largest number of Muslims today are all outside the Middle East: Indonesia--166 million, 88% of the population; Pakistan--111 million, 97%, Bangladesh--97 million; India--93 million, 11%. " |
| Islam | Bangladesh | 106,050,000 | - | - | - | 1997 | Ash, Russell. The Top 10 of Everything, DK Publishing, Inc.: New York (1997), pg. 160-161. | List: "Top 10 Largest Muslim Populations in the World "; (Rank: 3) |
| Islam | Bangladesh | 110,675,448 | 88.30% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Muslim 88.3%, Hindu 10.5%, other 1.2%; Total population: 125,340,261. |
| Islam | Bangladesh | 103,530,000 | 87.00% | - | - | 1997 | Russell, Malcom B. The Middle East and South Asia 1997 (The World Today Series). Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Stryker-Post Publications (1997), pg. 46. | Estimates of % of population in principal religions, & est. 1997 total pop. |
| Islam | Bangladesh | 133,873,624 | - | - | - | 1998 | Ash, Russell. The Top 10 of Everything 1999. New York: DK Publishing (1998), pg. 77. | Table: "Top 10 Largest Muslim Populations in the World "; Rank: #3 |
| Islam | Bangladesh | 112,641,664 | 88.30% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook 1998 (viewed June 24, 1999) | "Population: 127,567,002 (July 1998 est.)... Muslim 88.3%, Hindu 10.5%, other 1.2% " |
| Islam | Bangladesh | 106,000,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 547-548. | "Muslims in South Asia... Pakistan; Bangladesh; India; Sri Lanka; Nepal; Bhutan... "; Pg. 548: "Muslims in South Asia today number around 375 million people. Of these, some two-thirds live in the two Muslim states in the region. Pakistan, in the west of the subcontinent, has 136 million Muslims, while Bangladesh, in the east, has a population of 106 million Muslims. " |
| Islam | Bangladesh | - | 87.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions "; total population: 132,219,000 |
| Islam | Bangladesh | - | 88.30% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Wholesome Words: Worldwide Missions " by Stephen Ross, "First Edition, 1998 "; [original sources: The World Book Encyclopedia, c1998.] | Table: "Major Muslim Countries of the World " |
| Islam | Bangladesh | 127,628,304 | 88.40% | - | - | 2000 | K. F. Bin Mohd Noor. "Muslims Statistics... for Year 2000 " [orig. src: Barrett. World Christian Encyclopedia, 1982] | Table |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Bangladesh | 20 | 0.00% | 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 |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Bangladesh | 79 | 0.00% | 1 unit |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official organization web site | Adherent/member count is for "1997 Peak Witnesses "; Memorial attendance (annual sacrament meeting) for same year: 204. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Bangladesh | 111 | 0.00% | 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 " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Bangladesh | 50 | - | 1 unit |
- | 1983 | Botting, Heather & Gary Botting. The Orwellian World of Jehovah's Witnesses. Toronto: University of Toronto Press (1984), pg. 53-59. | Table: "1983 Service Year Report of JWs Worldwide "; Data from columns: "No. of congs. " and "Memorial attendance " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Bangladesh | 204 | 0.00% | 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. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Bangladesh | 213 | 0.00% | - | - | 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. |
| Marmas | Bangladesh | - | - | - | - | 1989 | Brown, Susan. Pakistan and Bangladesh (series: People and Places). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Silver Burdett Press (1989), pg. 25. | "Followers of Buddha: In the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh live several groups of people who follow the Buddhist religion. They originally came from Burma and still look like people of that country. The four main groups are called Chakmas, Marmas, Tripuras, and Mros. Each group speaks a different language. " |
| Mros | Bangladesh | - | - | - | - | 1989 | Brown, Susan. Pakistan and Bangladesh (series: People and Places). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Silver Burdett Press (1989), pg. 25. | "Followers of Buddha: In the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh live several groups of people who follow the Buddhist religion. They originally came from Burma and still look like people of that country. The four main groups are called Chakmas, Marmas, Tripuras, and Mros. Each group speaks a different language. " |
| other | Bangladesh | 1,450,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year. Pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = not Islam or Hindu |
| primal-indigenous | Bangladesh | 360,279 | 0.30% | - | - | 1995 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 89-91. | "Location: Bangladesh; Population: 120,093,000 "; Pg. 91: "Although many non-Muslims fled Bangladesh in 1947... Buddhists (0.6%), Christians (0.3%) and tribal groups (0.3%) form other religious minorities in the country. " |
| Ramakrishna Order | Bangladesh | - | - | 10 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* "Diaspora " in Hinduism Today International (June 1997) | In Bangladesh there are ten affliated Ramakrishna Mission centers which all play a great role in relief and rehabilitation work. |
| Santal | Bangladesh | 65,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 667, 669. | "Some 65,000 [Santals] live in northeastern Bangladesh, and a few thousand are found in the terai of Nepal. " |
| Sikhism | Bangladesh | - | - | 3 units |
- | 1993 | O'Brien, J. & M. Palmer. The State of Religion Atlas. Simon & Schuster: New York (1993). Pg 30-31. | Map: Number of Sikh gurdwaras ( "a gurdwara is both a place of worship and community centre ") |
| Tenrikyo - graduated from Shuyoka | Bangladesh | 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 | Bangladesh | 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 took the Besseki Pledge... between Jan. and Dec. 1998. "; "Data by Research Section and Overseas Mission Department " |
| Tenrikyo - received the Sazuke | Bangladesh | 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... received the Sazuke... between Jan. and Dec. 1998. "; "Data by Research Section and Overseas Mission Department " |
| Tripuras | Bangladesh | - | - | - | - | 1989 | Brown, Susan. Pakistan and Bangladesh (series: People and Places). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Silver Burdett Press (1989), pg. 25. | "Followers of Buddha: In the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh live several groups of people who follow the Buddhist religion. They originally came from Burma and still look like people of that country. The four main groups are called Chakmas, Marmas, Tripuras, and Mros. Each group speaks a different language. " |
| Islam | Bangladesh - Bengalis | 63,600,000 | 60.00% | - | - | 1991 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 3 - Asia & Oceania. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 110. | "The 1991 cnesus puts the population of Bengal at just over 174 million. The greatest number of Bengalis are found in Bangladesh (106 million), with the remainder living in the Indian state of West Bengal (68 million)... Bengalis, though unified by a common language and culture, are divided by religion. Over 60% of Bengalis, most living in Bangladesh, are Muslim. Even in Hindu India, more than 20% of West Bengal's population is Muslim... Most Bengalis are Sunnis, though Sufism also plays a role in their religious lives. " |
| Bengalis | Bangladesh: Chittagong Hill Tracts | - | 0.30% | - | - | 1947 | *LINK* Gamming, Jenny. They have a flag-but no country " in Swedish Expressen, 17 Aug. 1997. (Viewed 16 Aug. 1999). Unrepresented Nations & Peoples Organisation web site. Translated by SSF/Goran Hansson. | "At the time of the independence of India in 1947, the Bengalis were 0.3% of the population in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. " |
| Bengalis | Bangladesh: Chittagong Hill Tracts | 473,288 | 48.57% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* Unrepresented Nations & Peoples Organisation web site; web page: "Chittagong Hill Tracts " (Viewed 16 Aug. 1999). | "The total population of the CHT, in 1991 census, was 974,445 of which 51.43% were indigenous Jumma people and 48.57% were non-indigenous Bengalis " |
| Bengalis | Bangladesh: Chittagong Hill Tracts | - | 48.57% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* Gamming, Jenny. They have a flag-but no country " in Swedish Expressen, 17 Aug. 1997. (Viewed 16 Aug. 1999). Unrepresented Nations & Peoples Organisation web site. Translated by SSF/Goran Hansson. | "Today 48.57% of the population in Chittagong Hill Tracts are Bengalis. " |
| Jumma | Bangladesh: Chittagong Hill Tracts | - | 89.00% | - | - | 1947 | *LINK* Unrepresented Nations & Peoples Organisation web site; web page: "Chittagong Hill Tracts " (Viewed 16 Aug. 1999). | "The total population of the CHT, in 1991 census, was 974,445 of which 51.43% were indigenous Jumma people and 48.57% were non-indigenous Bengalis. At the time of the independence of India in 1947, only 9% of the population of the CHT was non-indigenous. " |
| Jumma | Bangladesh: Chittagong Hill Tracts | 501,157 | 51.43% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* Unrepresented Nations & Peoples Organisation web site; web page: "Chittagong Hill Tracts " (Viewed 16 Aug. 1999). | "The total population of the CHT, in 1991 census, was 974,445 of which 51.43% were indigenous Jumma people and 48.57% were non-indigenous Bengalis " |
| Jumma | Bangladesh: Chittagong Hill Tracts | 500,000 | 51.43% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* Gamming, Jenny. They have a flag-but no country " in Swedish Expressen, 17 Aug. 1997. (Viewed 16 Aug. 1999). Unrepresented Nations & Peoples Organisation web site. Translated by SSF/Goran Hansson. | "Chittagong Hill Tracts. The territory is situated in Bangladesh. The many peoples, which live there, are referred to by the common name, the Jumma People and consist of 500,000 inhabitants. They differ from the Bengalis, which represent a majority in the rest of Bangladesh. At the time of the independence of India in 1947, the Bengalis were 0.3% of the population in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. Today 48.57% of the population in Chittagong Hill Tracts are Bengalis. " |
| miscellaneous regional info | Bangladesh: Chittagong Hill Tracts | 300,000 | - | - | - | 1968 | Pinney, Roy. Vanishing Tribes. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co. (1968), pg. 63. | "Few truly primitive, untouched peoples remain in the modern world, but a few such groups do exist in the hilly jungle region that lies between Eastern Pakistan and Burma. This border area, known as the Chittagong Hill Tracts, is five thousand miles of dense tropical forest, periodically deluged by the monsoons and floods, and is inhabited by some 300,000 people belonging to at least twelve different groups. Some of the groups are comparatively civilized and follow the Buddhist or Hindu faiths. The more primitive groups are restricted to the less accessible Bandarban forest area... " |
| African Methodist Episcopal Church | Barbados | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1998 | *LINK* tourism page: "Fun Barbados " | Barbados Religion page: church listing. "Currently there are around 60 Anglican churches that can be found on the island and over the years many other denominations have joined and can be found list below. " |
| Anglican | Barbados | 79,205 | 31.00% | - | - | 1987 | *LINK* Library of Congress Country Studies | Total pop. (1987) 255,500. Although Anglicans were still the dominant religious group in the early 1980s, they constituted only 31 percent of the population. |
| Anglican | Barbados | 87,000 | - | - | - | 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 | Barbados | 103,502 | 40.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Protestant 67% (Anglican 40%, Pentecostal 8%, Methodist 7%, other 12%), Roman Catholic 4%, none 17%, unknown 3%, other 9% (1980); Total population: 258,756 (1997 estimate). |
| Anglican | Barbados | 103,610 | 40.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook 1998 (viewed June 24, 1999) | "Population: 259,025 (July 1998 est.)... Protestant 67% (Anglican 40%, Pentecostal 8%, Methodist 7%, other 12%), Roman Catholic 4%, none 17%, unknown 3%, other 9% (1980)... " |
| Anglican | Barbados | 104,400 | 40.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* tourism page: "Barbados: Isle of Dreams " | Religion: Protestant 67% (Anglican 40%, Pentecostal 8%, Methodist 7%, other 12%), Roman Catholic 4%, Other 9%; Population: 261,000. |
| Anglican | Barbados | - | - | 60 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* tourism page: "Fun Barbados " | Barbados Religion page: church listing. "Currently there are around 60 Anglican churches that can be found on the island and over the years many other denominations have joined and can be found list below. " |
| Apostolic Spiritual Baptists | Barbados | - | - | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 2 - Americas. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 76-77. | "The Apostolic Spiritual Baptists (popularly known as 'Tieheads') occupy a special place in Barbados' religious spectrum, as the island's only indigenous religion. Fashioned after other West Indian revivalist religions, the sect, founded in 1957 by Bishop Granville Williams, combines Christian observance with the foot stomping, hand clapping, and dancing characteristics of African religious practices. Converts are baptized and then sequestered for 7 to 10 days in the 'Mourning Ground,' a special area of the church. Tie-heads, so-called because of the cloth turbans worn by both men and women, sport colorful gowns in colors symbolic of particular qualities. " |
| Bahai Faith | Barbados | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1998 | *LINK* tourism page: "Fun Barbados " | Barbados Religion page: church listing. "Currently there are around 60 Anglican churches that can be found on the island and over the years many other denominations have joined and can be found list below. " |
| Baptist | Barbados | - | - | 3 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* tourism page: "Fun Barbados " | Barbados Religion page: church listing. "Currently there are around 60 Anglican churches that can be found on the island and over the years many other denominations have joined and can be found list below. " |
| Baptist World Alliance | Barbados | 255 | 0.10% | 3 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.] |
| Barbados Baptist Convention | Barbados | 255 | - | 3 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 " |
| Buddhism | Barbados | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1998 | *LINK* tourism page: "Fun Barbados " | Barbados Religion page: church listing. "Currently there are around 60 Anglican churches that can be found on the island and over the years many other denominations have joined and can be found list below. " |
| Catholic | Barbados | 10,220 | 4.00% | - | - | 1987 | *LINK* Library of Congress Country Studies | Total pop. (1987) 255,500. The Church of God and the Roman Catholic and Methodist churches each claimed to minister to between 3 and 4 percent of the population. |
| Catholic | Barbados | - | 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% " |
| Catholic | Barbados | 10,000 | 3.80% | 6 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 | Barbados | 12,000 | - | - | - | 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 | Barbados | 10,350 | 4.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Protestant 67% (Anglican 40%, Pentecostal 8%, Methodist 7%, other 12%), Roman Catholic 4%, none 17%, unknown 3%, other 9% (1980); Total population: 258,756 (1997 estimate). |
| Catholic | Barbados | 10,361 | 4.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook 1998 (viewed June 24, 1999) | "Population: 259,025 (July 1998 est.)... Protestant 67% (Anglican 40%, Pentecostal 8%, Methodist 7%, other 12%), Roman Catholic 4%, none 17%, unknown 3%, other 9% (1980)... " |
| Catholic | Barbados | 10,440 | 4.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* tourism page: "Barbados: Isle of Dreams " | Religion: Protestant 67% (Anglican 40%, Pentecostal 8%, Methodist 7%, other 12%), Roman Catholic 4%, Other 9%; Population: 261,000. |
| Catholic | Barbados | - | - | 5 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* tourism page: "Fun Barbados " | Barbados Religion page: church listing. "Currently there are around 60 Anglican churches that can be found on the island and over the years many other denominations have joined and can be found list below. " |
| Christadelphian | Barbados | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1998 | *LINK* tourism page: "Fun Barbados " | Barbados Religion page: church listing. "Currently there are around 60 Anglican churches that can be found on the island and over the years many other denominations have joined and can be found list below. " |
