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| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anglican | Trinidad and Tobago | 162,769 | 14.40% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Total population: 1,130,337. Roman Catholic 32.2%, Hindu 24.3%, Anglican 14.4%, other Protestant 14%, Muslim 6%, none or unknown 9.1% |
| Apostolic Church of Jesus | Trinidad and Tobago | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1991 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.). The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991), pg. 260. | "...congregations... San Luis, Trinidad... " |
| Bahai Faith | Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Baptist Union of Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidad and Tobago | 3,500 | - | 23 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 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3,500 | 0.27% | 23 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.] |
| Black Muslims | Trinidad and Tobago | - | - | - | - | 1993 | Saft, Elizabeth (ed). Trinidad & Tobago (series: Insight Guides). Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co. (1993), pg. 72. | "A recent development in Trinidad and Tobago is the 'Black Muslim' movement, that is Africans turning to Islam, but in their own Muslim organizations, not as part of the established Indian Muslim community already present. " |
| Black Muslims | Trinidad and Tobago | - | - | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 2 - Americas. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 423-424. | "Location: Trinidad and Tobago; Population: 1.3 million "; "Hindus account for 25% of the Trinidad and Tobago's population, and Muslims for 6%. Some Africans are also turning to Islam, but in their own organizations (through the 'Black Muslim') movement, rather than those of their East Indian neighbors. " |
| Catholic | Trinidad and Tobago | - | 38.00% | - | - | 1979 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: OPERATION WORLD 1979); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Total population: 1,100,000. Hindus 23%, Muslims 8%, Roman Catholics 38%, Protestants 30%. Protestant Community 253,000. Denominations 16. Evangelical 6%. |
| Catholic | Trinidad and Tobago | 356,301 | 33.00% | - | - | 1980 | *LINK* Library of Congress Country Studies | 1,079,791 total pop., nat'l census 1980. According to the 1980 census, 33 percent of the population considered themselves Roman Catholics, including a large portion of the black population |
| Catholic | Trinidad and Tobago | - | 32.00% | - | - | 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 | Trinidad and Tobago | 395,000 | 31.60% | 62 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 | Trinidad and Tobago | 371,000 | - | - | - | 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 | Trinidad and Tobago | 363,968 | 32.20% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Total population: 1,130,337. Roman Catholic 32.2%, Hindu 24.3%, Anglican 14.4%, other Protestant 14%, Muslim 6%, none or unknown 9.1% |
| Catholic | Trinidad and Tobago | 429,000 | 33.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 2 - Americas. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 423-424. | "Location: Trinidad and Tobago; Population: 1.3 million "; "About 33% of Trinidad and Tobago's population are Roman Catholic. " |
| Catholic | Trinidad and Tobago | - | 30.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Christianity | Trinidad and Tobago | - | - | - | - | 1993 | Saft, Elizabeth (ed). Trinidad & Tobago (series: Insight Guides). Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co. (1993), pg. 72. | "Trinidad and Tobago is officially a Christian country, with the Catholic Church being particularly powerful... Practically every known sect of Christianity claims a portion of the black population: Roman Catholic, Church of England, Church of Scotland, Methodist, Moravian, Seventh-Day Adventist, Pentecostal, and more. " |
| Church of God (Original) | Trinidad and Tobago | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1971 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.). The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991), pg. 241. Chapter: Pentecostal Family; section: White Trinitarian Holiness Pentecostals. | "(Original) Church of God... n 1971 there wree 70 churches (including 1 in Trinidad), 20,000 members... " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,000 | 0.05% | 4 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 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,100 | 0.05% | 5 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 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8,000 | - | - | - | 1979 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: OPERATION WORLD 1979); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Largest groups: Anglicans 120,000 adherents, Methodists 50,000, Nazarenes 8,000, Open Standard Churches 3,000, Pentecostal Assemblies 30,000. |
| Church of the Nazarene | Trinidad and Tobago | 3,980 | 0.27% | 25 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official organization web site: Nazarene World Mission Society | Church Statistics: Churches; 6 Jan 1998; total population: 1,451,000 |
| Evangelical | Trinidad and Tobago | - | 6.00% | - | - | 1979 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: OPERATION WORLD 1979); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Total population: 1,100,000. Hindus 23%, Muslims 8%, Roman Catholics 38%, Protestants 30%. Protestant Community 253,000. Denominations 16. Evangelical 6%. |
| Hinduism | Trinidad and Tobago | - | 23.00% | - | - | 1979 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: OPERATION WORLD 1979); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Total population: 1,100,000. Hindus 23%, Muslims 8%, Roman Catholics 38%, Protestants 30%. Protestant Community 253,000. Denominations 16. Evangelical 6%. |
| Hinduism | Trinidad and Tobago | 64,782 | 6.00% | - | - | 1980 | *LINK* Library of Congress Country Studies | 1,079,791 total pop., nat'l census 1980. The East Indian population contained both Hindus and Muslims, who represented 25 percent and 6 percent of the total population, respectively. |
| Hinduism | Trinidad and Tobago | - | 24.00% | - | - | 1992 | Goring, Rosemary (ed). Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs & Religions (Larousse: 1994) pg. 581-584. | Table: "Population Distribution of Major Beliefs "; "Figures have been compiled from the most accurate recent available information and are in most cases correct to the nearest 1% " |
| Hinduism | Trinidad and Tobago | 300,000 | - | - | - | 1993 | O'Brien, J. & M. Palmer. The State of Religion Atlas. Simon & Schuster: New York (1993). Pg 24-25. | map |
| Hinduism | Trinidad and Tobago | - | - | - | - | 1993 | Saft, Elizabeth (ed). Trinidad & Tobago (series: Insight Guides). Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co. (1993), pg. 72-73. | "The East Indian presence in Trinidad and Tobago... claiming over 40% of the population... A minority of Indians have been Christianized, notably by the Presbyterian Church. But the religions which the Indian immigrants brought with them, Hinduism and Islam, remain firmly in place. The majority religion is Hinduism, and both religions have very strong organizations which, like the Christian churches, set up their own schools. Eastern religions may be said to have gained, rather than lost ground, for today they enjoy an official recognition not accorded them during the colonial period... In Trinidad and Tobago major Hindu and Muslim festivals like Phagwa and Divali are now public holidays. " |
| Hinduism | Trinidad and Tobago | 299,000 | - | - | - | 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 | Trinidad and Tobago | 274,672 | 24.30% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Total population: 1,130,337. Roman Catholic 32.2%, Hindu 24.3%, Anglican 14.4%, other Protestant 14%, Muslim 6%, none or unknown 9.1% |
| Hinduism | Trinidad and Tobago | 325,000 | 25.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 2 - Americas. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 423-424. | "Location: Trinidad and Tobago; Population: 1.3 million "; "Hindus account for 25% of the Trinidad and Tobago's population, and Muslims for 6%. " |
| Hinduism | Trinidad and Tobago | - | 24.50% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Islam | Trinidad and Tobago | - | 8.00% | - | - | 1979 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: OPERATION WORLD 1979); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Total population: 1,100,000. Hindus 23%, Muslims 8%, Roman Catholics 38%, Protestants 30%. Protestant Community 253,000. Denominations 16. Evangelical 6%. |
| Islam | Trinidad and Tobago | 269,925 | 25.00% | - | - | 1980 | *LINK* Library of Congress Country Studies | 1,079,791 total pop., nat'l census 1980. The East Indian population contained both Hindus and Muslims, who represented 25 percent and 6 percent of the total population, respectively. |
| Islam | Trinidad and Tobago | 127,000 | 12.00% | - | - | 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 | Trinidad and Tobago | - | 6.00% | - | - | 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 | Trinidad and Tobago | - | - | - | - | 1993 | Saft, Elizabeth (ed). Trinidad & Tobago (series: Insight Guides). Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co. (1993), pg. 72-73. | "The East Indian presence in Trinidad and Tobago... claiming over 40% of the population... A minority of Indians have been Christianized, notably by the Presbyterian Church. But the religions which the Indian immigrants brought with them, Hinduism and Islam, remain firmly in place. The majority religion is Hinduism, and both religions have very strong organizations which, like the Christian churches, set up their own schools. Eastern religions may be said to have gained, rather than lost ground, for today they enjoy an official recognition not accorded them during the colonial period... In Trinidad and Tobago major Hindu and Muslim festivals like Phagwa and Divali are now public holidays. " |
| Islam | Trinidad and Tobago | 74,000 | - | - | - | 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 | Trinidad and Tobago | 67,820 | 6.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Total population: 1,130,337. Roman Catholic 32.2%, Hindu 24.3%, Anglican 14.4%, other Protestant 14%, Muslim 6%, none or unknown 9.1% |
| Islam | Trinidad and Tobago | 78,000 | 6.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 2 - Americas. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 423-424. | "Location: Trinidad and Tobago; Population: 1.3 million "; "Hindus account for 25% of the Trinidad and Tobago's population, and Muslims for 6%. " |
| Islam | Trinidad and Tobago | - | 6.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Islam | Trinidad and Tobago | 90,000 | 7.00% | - | - | 2000 | K. F. Bin Mohd Noor. "Muslims Statistics... for Year 2000 " [orig. src: Barrett. World Christian Encyclopedia, 1982] | Table |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Trinidad and Tobago | 7,489 | 0.59% | 82 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official organization web site | Adherent/member count is for "1997 Peak Witnesses "; Memorial attendance (annual sacrament meeting) for same year: 22,056. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Trinidad and Tobago | 7,802 | 0.61% | 85 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 | Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Trinidad and Tobago | 22,056 | 1.74% | 82 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 | Trinidad and Tobago | 20,843 | 1.64% | - | - | 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. |
| Mennonite Church of Trinidad and Tobago | Trinidad and Tobago | 160 | - | 3 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Mennonite World Conference web site. Directory 1998. Web page: "Carribean, Central & South America: Mennonite & Brethren in Christ Churches " | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Mennonite Church of Trinidad and Tobago; Members: 160; Congregations: 3 |
| Mennonite World Conference | Trinidad and Tobago | 160 | - | - | - | 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. |
| Methodist | Trinidad and Tobago | 50,000 | - | - | - | 1979 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: OPERATION WORLD 1979); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Largest groups: Anglicans 120,000 adherents, Methodists 50,000, Nazarenes 8,000, Open Standard Churches 3,000, Pentecostal Assemblies 30,000. |
| Nonreligious | Trinidad and Tobago | - | 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% " |
| Open Bible Standard Churches | Trinidad and Tobago | 3,000 | - | - | - | 1979 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: OPERATION WORLD 1979); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Largest groups: Anglicans 120,000 adherents, Methodists 50,000, Nazarenes 8,000, Open Standard Churches 3,000, Pentecostal Assemblies 30,000. |
| other | Trinidad and Tobago | 143,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year. Pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Roman Catholic, Hinduism, Protestant, Anglican, Islam |
| Pentecostal | Trinidad and Tobago | 30,000 | - | - | - | 1979 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: OPERATION WORLD 1979); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Largest groups: Anglicans 120,000 adherents, Methodists 50,000, Nazarenes 8,000, Open Standard Churches 3,000, Pentecostal Assemblies 30,000. |
| Protestant | Trinidad and Tobago | 253,000 | 30.00% | - | - | 1979 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: OPERATION WORLD 1979); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Total population: 1,100,000. Hindus 23%, Muslims 8%, Roman Catholics 38%, Protestants 30%. Protestant Community 253,000. Denominations 16. Evangelical 6%. |
| Protestant | Trinidad and Tobago | - | 28.00% | - | - | 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 | Trinidad and Tobago | 237,000 | - | - | - | 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 | Trinidad and Tobago | - | 28.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Shango | Trinidad and Tobago | - | - | - | - | 1998 | Davis, Rod. American Voudou: Journey Into A Hidden World. Denton, Texas: University of North Texas Press (1998), pg. 9. | "In different areas, voudou has different rituals and doctrines, running a sectarian range roughly comparable to that from Judaism through Protestantism to Catholicism. In Haiti, the religion metamorphosed into vodun or vaudoux; in Cuba, santeria, in Brazil, candomble; in Trinidad, Shango Baptist; in Mexico, curanderismo; in Jamaica, obeah. In the American South, it became voodoo and, in the most extreme caricature, hoodoo... " |
| Shango | Trinidad and Tobago | - | - | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 2 - Americas. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 423-424. | "There are also religious sects that combine Christianity with African religious beliefs and practices. The best known of these is Shango, based on a religion practiced by the Yoruba tribe in Africa, that embraces both Shango, god of thunder lightning, and Christian saints. Through dance and drumming, its priests, called mogbas, summon spirits known as orishas. " |
| Shiloh Apostolic Temple | Trinidad and Tobago | - | - | 2 units |
- | 1980 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.). The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991), pg. 269. | "In 1980... reported 23 congregations, of which 8 were in England and 2 in Trinidad. " |
| Unity Church | Trinidad and Tobago | - | - | 7 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official organization web site (viewed 1998) | Counted the churches in their directory. |
| Universal Foundation for Better Living | Trinidad and Tobago | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official organization web site | directory |
| Yoruba religion | Trinidad and Tobago | - | - | - | - | 1993 | Brandon, George. Santeria from Africa to the New World: Dead Sell Memories. Bloomington and Indiana: Indiana University Press (1993), pg. 2. | "...Yoruba-based religious forms that exist in the Caribbean, in Central & South America... Santeria is the Cuban variant of this tradition. Shango in Trinidad and on Grenada, Xango and Candomble in Brazil, and Kele on St. Lucia are other examples... " |
| Catholic | Tunisia | 20,000 | 0.20% | 14 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. |
| Christianity | Tunisia | - | - | 4 units |
- | 1982 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: 9/17/82 issue of GLOBAL PRAYER DIGEST); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Worshipping Christian groups can be found in only four cities. |
| Christianity | Tunisia | 92,453 | 1.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Total population: 9,245,284. Muslim 98%, Christian 1%, Jewish 1% |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Tunisia | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 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] " |
| Islam | Tunisia | 6,100,000 | 99.00% | - | - | 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 | Tunisia | 6,000,000 | - | - | - | 1982 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: 9/17/82 issue of GLOBAL PRAYER DIGEST); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | 6 million Muslims in the country, |
| Islam | Tunisia | 7,000,000 | 95.00% | - | - | 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 | Tunisia | - | 99.00% | - | - | 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 | Tunisia | 9,060,378 | 98.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Total population: 9,245,284. Muslim 98%, Christian 1%, Jewish 1% |
| Islam | Tunisia | - | 98.00% | - | - | 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 | Tunisia | 10,806,000 | 99.60% | - | - | 2000 | K. F. Bin Mohd Noor. "Muslims Statistics... for Year 2000 " [orig. src: Barrett. World Christian Encyclopedia, 1982] | Table |
| Ismaili | Tunisia | - | - | - | - | 910 C.E. | Cavendish, Richard (ed.). Man, Myth & Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (vol. 11). New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp. (1970), pg. 1470. | "The Ismailites are a smaller branch of Shiites, but came into prominence earlier than the Imamites. They believe in seven imams. A dynasty was established in Tunisia in 910 headed by Ubaydallah, called the Mahdi, a reputed descendant of Mohammed's daughter Fatima. This was the Fatimid Caliphate which conquered Egypt and rujled there till overthrown by Saladin in 1171. " |
