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| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| African Traditional Religion | Chad | 998,700 | 24.80% | - | - | 1975 | *LINK* web page: "Geographical Distribution of Followers of ATR... " (viewed 13 March 1999); Arranged by Chidi Denis Isizoh from the entries made in: Barret, D.B. World Christian Encylopedia. Nairobi (1982). | Table: "Geographical Distribution of Adherents of African Traditional Religion in the Continent of Africa " |
| African Traditional Religion | Chad | 1,020,400 | 22.80% | - | - | 1980 | *LINK* web page: "Geographical Distribution of Followers of ATR in African Nations "; (viewed 13 March 1999); Arranged by Chidi Denis Isizoh from the entries made in: Barret, D.B. World Christian Encylopedia. Nairobi (1982). | Table: "Geographical Distribution of Adherents of African Traditional Religion in the Continent of Africa " |
| African Traditional Religion | Chad | 1,791,506 | 25.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Muslim 50%, Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs (mostly animism) 25%; Total population: 7,166,023. |
| African Traditional Religion | Chad | 2,135,000 | 35.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 1 - Africa. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 88-89. | "Location: Chad; Population: 6.1 million "; "In Chad, the religious and social spheres are closely intertwined. Nominally, Chadians profess one of three religious traditions: traditional African religion (35%), Islam (55%), or Christianity (10%). " |
| African Traditional Religion | Chad | 1,020,400 | 17.60% | - | - | 2000 | *LINK* web page: "Geographical Distribution of Followers of ATR in African Nations "; (viewed 13 March 1999); Arranged by Chidi Denis Isizoh from the entries made in: Barret, D.B. World Christian Encylopedia. Nairobi (1982). | Table: "Geographical Distribution of Adherents of African Traditional Religion in the Continent of Africa "; Projection, made circa 1982. |
| Catholic | Chad | 116,000 | - | - | - | 1970 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 1 - Africa. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 88-89. | "Catholics number about 116,000 (1970), most of whom live around the Pala diocese in Mayo-Kebbi. " |
| Catholic | Chad | - | 21.00% | - | - | 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 | Chad | 433,000 | 6.80% | 98 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 | Chad | 1,330,000 | - | - | - | 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. |
| Christianity | Chad | - | 34.00% | - | - | 1992 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: April, 1992 issue of GLOBAL PRAYER DIGEST); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Total Population: 5,200,000. Muslim 35%; Animist 31%; Christian 34% (17% nominal, 17% affiliated). |
| Christianity | Chad | 1,791,506 | 25.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Muslim 50%, Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs (mostly animism) 25%; Total population: 7,166,023. |
| Christianity | Chad | 600,000 | 10.00% | - | - | 1997 | Dostert, Pierre Etienne. Africa 1997 (The World Today Series). Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Stryker-Post Publications (1997), pg. 193. | Estimates of % of population in principal religions, & est. 1997 total pop. |
| Christianity | Chad | 610,000 | 10.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 1 - Africa. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 88-89. | "Location: Chad; Population: 6.1 million "; "In Chad, the religious and social spheres are closely intertwined. Nominally, Chadians profess one of three religious traditions: traditional African religion (35%), Islam (55%), or Christianity (10%). " |
| Churches of Christ | Chad | 25 | 0.00% | 3 units |
- | 1995 | *LINK* official organization web site | table: "STATUS OF CHURCHES OF CHRIST IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA--1995 " (Campbellite) |
| Daju | Chad | - | - | - | 1 country |
1995 | Haskins, J. From Afar to Zulu. New York: Walker Pub. (1995), pg. 191-7. | Table: Add'l African Cultures |
| Islam | Chad | 2,100,000 | 50.00% | - | - | 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 | Chad | 2,600,000 | 50.00% | - | - | 1985 | *LINK* Library of Congress Country Studies | Estimated at 5 million to 5.2 million in 1985 [total pop.]. More than half of population Muslim; rest adhere to traditional African religions or Christianity. |
| Islam | Chad | 4,000,000 | 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 | Chad | - | 44.00% | - | - | 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 | Chad | - | 35.00% | - | - | 1992 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: April, 1992 issue of GLOBAL PRAYER DIGEST); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Total Population: 5,200,000. Muslim 35%; Animist 31%; Christian 34% (17% nominal, 17% affiliated). |
| Islam | Chad | 3,520,000 | - | - | - | 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 | Chad | 3,583,012 | 50.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Muslim 50%, Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs (mostly animism) 25%; Total population: 7,166,023. |
| Islam | Chad | 2,700,000 | 45.00% | - | - | 1997 | Dostert, Pierre Etienne. Africa 1997 (The World Today Series). Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Stryker-Post Publications (1997), pg. 193. | Estimates of % of population in principal religions, & est. 1997 total pop. |
| Islam | Chad | 3,355,000 | 55.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 1 - Africa. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 88-89. | "Location: Chad; Population: 6.1 million "; "In Chad, the religious and social spheres are closely intertwined. Nominally, Chadians profess one of three religious traditions: traditional African religion (35%), Islam (55%), or Christianity (10%). " |
| Islam | Chad | - | 50.00% | - | - | 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 | Chad | 3,249,000 | 47.00% | - | - | 2000 | K. F. Bin Mohd Noor. "Muslims Statistics... for Year 2000 " [orig. src: Barrett. World Christian Encyclopedia, 1982] | Table |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Chad | 155 | 0.00% | 10 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 | Chad | 535 | 0.01% | 15 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official organization web site | Adherent/member count is for "1997 Peak Witnesses "; Memorial attendance (annual sacrament meeting) for same year: 2,982. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Chad | 550 | 0.01% | 15 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 | Chad | 626 | - | 10 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 | Chad | 2,982 | 0.04% | 15 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 | Chad | 2,877 | 0.04% | - | - | 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. |
| Kirdi | Chad | - | - | - | 1 country |
1995 | Haskins, J. From Afar to Zulu. New York: Walker Pub. (1995), pg. 191-7. | Table: Add'l African Cultures |
| Maba | Chad | - | - | - | 1 country |
1995 | Haskins, J. From Afar to Zulu. New York: Walker Pub. (1995), pg. 191-7. | Table: Add'l African Cultures |
| Mesarit | Chad | - | - | - | 1 country |
1995 | Haskins, J. From Afar to Zulu. New York: Walker Pub. (1995), pg. 191-7. | Table: Add'l African Cultures |
| other | Chad | 270,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year. Pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Protestant, Roman Catholic, primal-indigenous, Islam |
| primal-indigenous | Chad | - | 23.00% | - | - | 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% "; Listed in table as "Traditional beliefs " |
| primal-indigenous | Chad | - | 31.00% | - | - | 1992 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: April, 1992 issue of GLOBAL PRAYER DIGEST); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Total Population: 5,200,000. Muslim 35%; Animist 31%; Christian 34% (17% nominal, 17% affiliated). |
| primal-indigenous | Chad | 480,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year. Pg. 781-783. | Table; listed as "traditional beliefs " |
| primal-indigenous | Chad | 1,791,506 | 25.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Muslim 50%, Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs (mostly animism) 25%; Total population: 7,166,023. |
| primal-indigenous | Chad | 2,700,000 | 45.00% | - | - | 1997 | Dostert, Pierre Etienne. Africa 1997 (The World Today Series). Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Stryker-Post Publications (1997), pg. 193. | Estimates of % of population in principal religions, & est. 1997 total pop. |
| Protestant | Chad | - | 12.00% | - | - | 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 | Chad | 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. |
| Protestant | Chad | 80,000 | 1.31% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 1 - Africa. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 88-89. | "Location: Chad; Population: 6.1 million "; "Approximately 80,000 Chadians living mainly in the south profess to be Protestants. " |
| Salamat | Chad | - | - | - | 1 country |
1995 | Haskins, J. From Afar to Zulu. New York: Walker Pub. (1995), pg. 191-7. | Table: Add'l African Cultures |
| Sara | Chad | - | - | - | - | 1995 | Haskins, J. From Afar to Zulu. New York: Walker Pub. (1995), pg. 191-7. | Table: Add'l African Cultures |
| Teda | Chad | - | - | - | 1 country |
1995 | Haskins, J. From Afar to Zulu. New York: Walker Pub. (1995), pg. 191-7. | Table: Add'l African Cultures |
| Chechens | Chechnia | 1,000,000 | 83.33% | - | - | 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. | "Chechnya is situated in the eastern part of Caucasia and borders to the south to Georgia. The republic has a little more than 1.2 million inhabitants of which 1 million are Chechens. Most Chechens are Muslims. Chechnya proclaimed independence from the Russian Federation in 1991. Russia sent military forces to Chechnya in 1994. The war lasted for almost two years. In August 1996 a cease- fire agreement was signed. " |
| Chechens | Chechnia | 1,000,000 | 83.33% | - | - | 1999 | *LINK* Unrepresented Nations & Peoples Organisation web site; web page: "Chechen " (Viewed 16 Aug. 1999). | "The population of Chechnia is more than 1.2 million, of which one million are Chechen. The remainder consists mainly of Russians, Ingush and other North Caucasians " |
| Islam | Chechnia | - | - | 2,675 units |
- | 1925 | Gall, Carlotta & Thomas de Waal. Chechnya: Calamity in the Caucasus; New York University Press (1998), pg. 33. | "Chechnya became in its own way a strongly Islamic republic and in the 1920s there were an astonishing 2675 mosques and housees of prayer, 140 religious schools and 850 mullahs in Chechnya. " |
| Islam | Chechnia | - | 90.00% | - | - | 1955 | Gall, Carlotta & Thomas de Waal. Chechnya: Calamity in the Caucasus; New York University Press (1998), pg. 34. | "Willi Weisserth, a German who grew up with the Chechens... says the Chechens he first knew in the 1940s and 1950s stood out for their... religious feeling... '...they submitted completely, 90 per cent I would say, to Islam.' |
| Islam | Chechnia | - | - | - | - | 1980 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 4 - Europe. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 96. | "Islam is the traditional Chechen religion. Despite efforts of the atheistic Soviet regime to eradicate the practice of Islam, the Chechens continued to adhere strongly to their relgion throughout the years of Soviet power. However, because the practice of Islam was not permitted during these years, many conventions if Islam, particularly pubic prayers, were not maintained. Instead, a sect of Islam called Sufism gained strength in Chechnia. Because Sufism emphasized secrecy and mysticism, it was well-suited to the need to observe religion in secrecy during the Soviet period. " |
| Islam | Chechnia | 1,000,000 | - | - | - | 1995 | *LINK* Originally published in Religious Studies News, Sept. 1995, Vol. 10, No. 3., p. 10. The Religious Roots of Conflict: Russia and Chechnya, An Essay by David Damrel. | just under a million Muslim Chechens |
| Islam | Chechnia | - | - | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Carlotta & Thomas de Waal. Chechnya: Calamity in the Caucasus; New York University Press (1998), pg. 34. | "Soviet years had done enormous damage, wiping out a lot of tradition, & there are now very few Islamic teachers. Islam [the majority religion] was not a big factor in the 1991 nationalist movement and there is huge ignorance about it... " |
| Islam | Chechnia | - | - | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 4 - Europe. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 96. | "Islam remained a strong force among Chechens. The weakening of Soviet repression during the late 198s intensified the public expression of religion. The daily prayers (namaz) were heard again, religious publications became more widely available, and people began to make the traditional pilgrimage to Mecca. Traditional dress, featuring head-covering for both men and women, became more widespread. The public celebration of major Islamic festivals... also increased. However, like most cultural practices in Chechnia, the development and revival of organized, publicly-observed religion was disrupted by the war with Russia. " |
| Naqshbandiya | Chechnia | - | - | - | - | 1800 | Gall, Carlotta & Thomas de Waal. Chechnya: Calamity in the Caucasus; New York University Press (1998), pg. 32. | "The Naqshbandiya [a Sufi order] from Bukhara in Central Asia, which dominated Chechnya and Dagestan at the end of the eighteenth and the beginning of the nineteenth century, was preached by a series of imams... " |
| Qadiriya | Chechnia | - | - | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Carlotta & Thomas de Waal. Chechnya: Calamity in the Caucasus; New York University Press (1998), pg. 32. | "Most Chechens became members of one of two Sufi orders, the Naqshbandiya or the Qadiriya... still many Naqshbands in eastern Chechnya... but they are now outnumbered by adepts of the Qadiriya, which swept through [in mid-19th century] " |
| Sufism | Chechnia | - | - | - | - | 1980 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 4 - Europe. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 96. | "Islam is the traditional Chechen religion. Despite efforts of the atheistic Soviet regime to eradicate the practice of Islam, the Chechens continued to adhere strongly to their relgion throughout the years of Soviet power. However, because the practice of Islam was not permitted during these years, many conventions if Islam, particularly pubic prayers, were not maintained. Instead, a sect of Islam called Sufism gained strength in Chechnia. Because Sufism emphasized secrecy and mysticism, it was well-suited to the need to observe religion in secrecy during the Soviet period. " |
| Sufism | Chechnia | 500,000 | - | - | - | 1995 | *LINK* Originally published in Religious Studies News, Sept. 1995, Vol. 10, No. 3., p. 10. The Religious Roots of Conflict: Russia and Chechnya, An Essay by David Damrel. | just under a million Muslim Chechens... Reliable membership figures are impossible to establish, but a 1975 Soviet survey in Chechnya claimed that half of the Muslim population there belonged to local Sufi orders |
| Alacaluf | Chile | - | - | - | - | 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. 702. | Chapter: "South American Tribal Religions "; map: "Tribal Locations " |
| attendance - weekly | Chile | - | 25.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* web site: "The University of Michigan News and Information Services "; web page: "Study identifies worldwide rates of religiosity, church attendance " (viewed 17 April 1999). "News Release: December 10, 1997 " By Diane Swanbrow. | Table: weekly church attendance in various nations. "Source: Based on latest avail. data from... World Values surveys. Results with an asterisk are from the 1990-1991 survey; all others are from 1995-1997 survey. " |
| Aymara | Chile | 20,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 2 - Americas. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 67. | "Aymara: Location: Bolivia, Peru, Chile; Population: About 2 million (Bolivia); 500,000 (Peru); 20,000 (Chile); Religion: Roman Catholicism with indigenous beliefs; Seventh Day Adventist " |
| Baptist Evangelical Convention Of Chile | Chile | 28,406 | - | 247 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 "; [Listed in table as "Baptist Evang. Conv. Of Chile "] |
| Baptist World Alliance | Chile | 30,163 | 0.20% | 285 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.] |
| Catholic | Chile | - | - | 784 units |
- | 1977 | *LINK* web site: "Religion in Latin America " (Providence College); web page: "Statistics " (viewed 14 Aug. 1999). [Orig. source: Catholic Almanac (various years) | Table 5: "Catholic Bishops and Parishes in South America " |
| Catholic | Chile | - | - | 803 units |
- | 1982 | *LINK* web site: "Religion in Latin America " (Providence College); web page: "Statistics " (viewed 14 Aug. 1999). [Orig. source: Catholic Almanac (various years) | Table 5: "Catholic Bishops and Parishes in South America " |
| Catholic | Chile | - | - | 815 units |
- | 1987 | *LINK* web site: "Religion in Latin America " (Providence College); web page: "Statistics " (viewed 14 Aug. 1999). [Orig. source: Catholic Almanac (various years) | Table 5: "Catholic Bishops and Parishes in South America " |
| Catholic | Chile | - | 81.00% | - | - | 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 | Chile | - | - | 849 units |
- | 1992 | *LINK* web site: "Religion in Latin America " (Providence College); web page: "Statistics " (viewed 14 Aug. 1999). [Orig. source: Catholic Almanac (various years) | Table 5: "Catholic Bishops and Parishes in South America " |
| Catholic | Chile | 7,497,425 | 76.70% | - | - | 1993 | *LINK* Library of Congress Country Studies | In 1992 census, population segment aged fourteen years and older (totaling 9,775,222), 76.7% declared Roman Catholic, 13.2% Evangelical or Protestant, 7% indifferent or atheist, and 4.2% other, including small Jewish, Muslim, and Christian Orthodox. |
| Catholic | Chile | 11,330,000 | 79.80% | 892 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 | Chile | 11,030,000 | - | - | - | 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 | Chile | 11,278,800 | 78.00% | - | - | 1996 | Caistor, Nick. Chile: A Guide to the People, Politics and Culture (In Focus series), Brooklyn, New York: Interlink Books (1998), pg. 81. | "Population... 1996 estimate 14.46 million... Religion: 78% Roman Catholic; 10% estimated Evangelicals; 10% other Christian denominations " |
| Catholic | Chile | 12,912,261 | 89.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 11%, Jewish; Total population: 14,508,158. |
| Catholic | Chile | - | - | 919 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* web site: "Religion in Latin America " (Providence College); web page: "Statistics " (viewed 14 Aug. 1999). [Orig. source: Catholic Almanac (various years) | Table 5: "Catholic Bishops and Parishes in South America " |
