To Index| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic - nuns | El Salvador | 705 | - | - | - | 1972 | *LINK* web site: "Religion in Latin America " (Providence College); web page: "Statistics " (viewed 14 Aug. 1999). [Orig. source: Statistical Yearbook of the Church 1996; Catholic Almanac 1975. | Table 3.1: "Growth or Decline in Religious Sisters, 1972-1996 " |
| Catholic - nuns | El Salvador | 1,234 | - | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* web site: "Religion in Latin America " (Providence College); web page: "Statistics " (viewed 14 Aug. 1999). [Orig. source: Statistical Yearbook of the Church 1996; Catholic Almanac 1975. | Table 3.1: "Growth or Decline in Religious Sisters, 1972-1996 " |
| Catholic - priests | El Salvador | 406 | - | - | - | 1972 | *LINK* web site: "Religion in Latin America " (Providence College); web page: "Statistics " (viewed 14 Aug. 1999). [Orig. source: Statistical Yearbook of the Church 1996; Catholic Almanac 1975. | Table 2: "Increase in Priests, 1972-1996 " |
| Catholic - priests | El Salvador | 558 | - | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* web site: "Religion in Latin America " (Providence College); web page: "Statistics " (viewed 14 Aug. 1999). [Orig. source: Statistical Yearbook of the Church 1996; Catholic Almanac 1975. | Table 2: "Increase in Priests, 1972-1996 " |
| Catholic - seminarians | El Salvador | 34 | - | - | - | 1972 | *LINK* web site: "Religion in Latin America " (Providence College); web page: "Statistics " (viewed 14 Aug. 1999). [Orig. source: Statistical Yearbook of the Church 1996; Catholic Almanac 1975. | Table 1.1: "Increase in Seminarians " |
| Catholic - seminarians | El Salvador | 330 | - | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* web site: "Religion in Latin America " (Providence College); web page: "Statistics " (viewed 14 Aug. 1999). [Orig. source: Statistical Yearbook of the Church 1996; Catholic Almanac 1975. | Table 1.1: "Increase in Seminarians " |
| Central American Mission | El Salvador | - | - | - | - | 1974 | Haverstock, Nathan A. & John P. Hoover. El Salvador in Pictures (Visual Geography Series). New York: Sterling Publishing, Inc. (1974), pg. 40. | "The Central American Mission and the Baptist Home Mission Societies are active. " |
| Church of God | El Salvador | 3,000 | 0.08% | - | - | 1974 | Haverstock, Nathan A. & John P. Hoover. El Salvador in Pictures (Visual Geography Series). New York: Sterling Publishing, Inc. (1974), pg. 28, 40. | "El Salvador has nearly 3,900,000 people... "; Pg. 40: "Most Protestants in El Salvador are affiliated with the Pentecostal churches, with about 10,000 members, and the Assemblies of God, with 9,000. The Seventh Day Adventists and the Church of God each claim to have more than 3,000 members. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | El Salvador | 64,000 | 1.00% | 120 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 | El Salvador | 77,000 | 1.30% | 136 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 Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | El Salvador | 79,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | "The Church in Central America " in Ensign (Aug. 1998), pg. 79. | "Today the work is going well, with about 79,000 members presently. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | El Salvador | - | 0.50% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Church of the Nazarene | El Salvador | 4,385 | 0.07% | 36 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official organization web site: Nazarene World Mission Society | Church Statistics: Churches; 9 Jan 1998; total population: 5,943,000 |
| Iglesia Evangelica Menonita de El Salvador | El Salvador | 325 | - | 6 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* Mennonite World Conference web site. Directory 1998. Web page: "Carribean, Central & South America: Mennonite & Brethren in Christ Churches " | EL SALVADOR... Iglesia Evangelica Menonita de El Salvador; Members: 325; Congregations: 6 |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | El Salvador | 12,008 | 0.23% | 200 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 | El Salvador | 26,010 | 0.44% | 439 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official organization web site | Adherent/member count is for "1997 Peak Witnesses "; Memorial attendance (annual sacrament meeting) for same year: 73,157. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | El Salvador | 26,991 | 0.45% | 443 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 | El Salvador | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | El Salvador | 44,967 | - | 200 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 | El Salvador | 73,157 | 1.24% | 439 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 | El Salvador | 71,159 | 1.18% | - | - | 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 | El Salvador | 120 | - | - | - | 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 | El Salvador | 462 | - | - | - | 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: 2. |
| other | El Salvador | 1,470,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year. Pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Roman Catholic (mostly Protestant) |
| Pentecostal | El Salvador | 10,000 | 0.26% | - | - | 1974 | Haverstock, Nathan A. & John P. Hoover. El Salvador in Pictures (Visual Geography Series). New York: Sterling Publishing, Inc. (1974), pg. 28, 40. | "El Salvador has nearly 3,900,000 people... "; Pg. 40: "Most Protestants in El Salvador are affiliated with the Pentecostal churches, with about 10,000 members, and the Assemblies of God, with 9,000. " |
| Protestant | El Salvador | 117,000 | 3.00% | - | - | 1974 | Haverstock, Nathan A. & John P. Hoover. El Salvador in Pictures (Visual Geography Series). New York: Sterling Publishing, Inc. (1974), pg. 28, 39-40. | "El Salvador has nearly 3,900,000 people... "; Pg. 39: "About 80% of the Salvadoran population professes the Roman Catholic faith, between 2 and 3% Protestantism, and the rest apparently do not actively participate in any church. " |
| Protestant | El Salvador | - | - | - | - | 1974 | Haverstock, Nathan A. & John P. Hoover. El Salvador in Pictures (Visual Geography Series). New York: Sterling Publishing, Inc. (1974), pg. 28, 40. | "El Salvador has nearly 3,900,000 people... "; Pg. 40: "Most Protestants in El Salvador are affiliated with the Pentecostal churches, with about 10,000 members, and the Assemblies of God, with 9,000. The Seventh Day Adventists and the Church of God each claim to have more than 3,000 members. The Central American Mission and the Baptist Home Mission Societies are active. " |
| Protestant | El Salvador | - | 20.00% | - | - | 1997 | Scotchmer, David G. "Life of the Heart: A Maya Protestant Spirituality " in South and Meso-American Native Spirituality, ed. by Gary H. Gossen. New York: Crossroad Publishing Co. (1997), pg. 497. | "While statistics are difficult to verify and often inflated, observers believe that in Central America, Protestants comprise 20% or more of all Salvadorans, with Guatemala having the largest Protestant sector of any country south of the U.S. " |
| Protestant | El Salvador | 150,000 | 3.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 2 - Americas. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 394-395. | "El Salvador... Population: About 5 million ";Pg. 395: "About 3% of the population are Protestant. A number of groups, including the Baptists, Mormons, and Seventh-Day Adventists, have been active in missionary work... Evangelists preach a message of personal salvation through belief in Jesus rather than through social action. " |
| Protestant | El Salvador | - | 20.50% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Seventh-day Adventist | El Salvador | 3,000 | 0.08% | - | - | 1974 | Haverstock, Nathan A. & John P. Hoover. El Salvador in Pictures (Visual Geography Series). New York: Sterling Publishing, Inc. (1974), pg. 28, 40. | "El Salvador has nearly 3,900,000 people... "; Pg. 40: "The Seventh Day Adventists and the Church of God each claim to have more than 3,000 members. " |
| unaffiliated | El Salvador | 663,000 | 17.00% | - | - | 1974 | Haverstock, Nathan A. & John P. Hoover. El Salvador in Pictures (Visual Geography Series). New York: Sterling Publishing, Inc. (1974), pg. 28, 39-40. | "El Salvador has nearly 3,900,000 people... "; Pg. 39: "About 80% of the Salvadoran population professes the Roman Catholic faith, between 2 and 3% Protestantism, and the rest apparently do not actively participate in any church. " |
| African Traditional Religion | Equatorial Guinea | 113,500 | 94.60% | - | - | 1900 | *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 | Equatorial Guinea | 18,813 | 6.60% | - | - | 1970 | *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 | Equatorial Guinea | 17,400 | 5.60% | - | - | 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 | Equatorial Guinea | 15,600 | 4.60% | - | - | 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 | Equatorial Guinea | 15,600 | 2.00% | - | - | 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. |
| Bieri | Equatorial Guinea | - | - | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 1 - Africa. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 154. | "The earliest European accounts of necrophagy date from the mid-19th century. It is not clear however, the extent to which the slaving middle men, the Ndowe, invented stories to scare the Fang and the Europeans, both of whom came to depend on the Ndowe for slaves. Morever, European explorers may have misunderstood the significance of human skulls and body parts found stored in and near Fang homes. It is possible that what Europeans saw was earlier evidence of the modern Fang cult of Bieri. The Fang still conserve skulls and body parts as relics to which prayers are addressed and transmitted by the ancestors to God. " |
| Catholic | Equatorial Guinea | 364,000 | 88.00% | 48 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 | Equatorial Guinea | 390,000 | - | - | - | 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 | Equatorial Guinea | - | - | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan practices; Total Population: 442,516. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Equatorial Guinea | - | - | - | - | 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. "Members: fewer than 100. Equatorial Guinea was included in the Ivory Coat Abidjan Mission when it was created Feb. 1, 1992. " |
| Fang | Equatorial Guinea | - | 80.00% | - | - | 1995 | Haskins, Jim & Joann Biondi. From Afar to Zulu: A Dictionary of African Cultures. New York: Walker Publishing Co. (1995), pg. 70. | "Today, many Fang hold government, administrative, and academic positions in Equatorial Guinea, where they are the largest ethnic group in the country and make up 80 percent of the population. " |
| Islam | Equatorial Guinea | 70,000 | 25.00% | - | - | 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 | Equatorial 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% " |
| Islam | Equatorial Guinea | 2,500 | 0.50% | - | - | 2000 | K. F. Bin Mohd Noor. "Muslims Statistics... for Year 2000 " [orig. src: Barrett. World Christian Encyclopedia, 1982] | Table |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Equatorial Guinea | 77 | 0.03% | 3 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 | Equatorial Guinea | 485 | 0.12% | 4 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official organization web site | Adherent/member count is for "1997 Peak Witnesses "; Memorial attendance (annual sacrament meeting) for same year: 2,049. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Equatorial Guinea | 608 | 0.15% | 10 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 | Equatorial Guinea | 325 | - | 3 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 | Equatorial Guinea | 2,049 | 0.50% | 4 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 | Equatorial Guinea | 2,437 | 0.60% | - | - | 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. |
| Maciasism | Equatorial Guinea | - | - | - | - | 1974 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 1 - Africa. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 153-154. | "Since independence in 1968, [Equatorial Guinea] has been ruled by the despotic Nguema family... first head of state, Francisco Macias Nguema... was Africa's worst despot. "; Pg. 154: "Macias invented his own personality cult. In 1974 he ordered priests to read the following message during the mass: 'Never without Macias, always with Macias. Down with colonialism and with ambition.' He decreed that churches hang his own portrait... Inscribed was the message: 'Only and unceasing miracle of Equatorial Guinea. God created Equatorial Guinea thanks to Macias. Without Macias, Equatorial Guinea would not exist.' He recruited youth spies to report on 'subversive' clergy, and expelled, imprisoned, and executed bishops, priests, and pastors suspected of resisting. " |
| Maciasism | Equatorial Guinea | - | - | - | - | 1975 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 1 - Africa. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 154. | "Macias invented his own personality cult... In 1975, [Macias] closed all mission schools. Obiang [new leader who overthrew Macias in 1979] has permitted freedom of worship, but surveillance and repression of the clergy continues. " |
| Nonreligious | Equatorial Guinea | - | 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% " |
| other | Equatorial Guinea | 10,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year. Pg. 781-783. | Table; "other " = NOT Roman Catholic |
| primal-indigenous | Equatorial Guinea | - | 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% "; Listed in table as "Traditional beliefs " |
| unknown | Equatorial Guinea | - | 89.00% | - | - | 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 as "Unspecified " |
| miscellaneous regional info | Equatorial Guinea | - | - | - | - | 1997 | Dostert, Pierre Etienne. Africa 1997 (The World Today Series). Harpers Ferry, West Virginia: Stryker-Post Publications (1997), pg. 72. | "Principal Religions: Most people are nominally Roman Catholic; traditional tribal beliefs are intermingled with their Christian faith. " |
| Catholic | Eritrea | 126,000 | 3.00% | 94 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 | Eritrea | - | 4.50% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Christianity | Eritrea | 1,000,000 | 50.00% | - | - | 1991 | Kurtz, Jane. Ethiopia: The Roof of the World (series: Discovering Our Heritage). New York: Dillon Press (1991), pg. 33. | "Eritrea's two million people are divided almost evenly between Christianity and Islam. " |
| Christianity | Eritrea | 1,810,000 | 50.00% | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year. Pg. 781-783. | Table; Christian is "mostly Eastern Orthodox " |
| Christianity | Eritrea | 1,500,000 | 50.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 1 - Africa. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 157, 159. | "Eritrea: Location: Eritrea (Horn of Africa); Population: 3 million "; Pg. 159: "Eritreans are, roughly, half Christians and half Muslims. Some Roman Catholicism exists, centering on Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral in downtown Asmara. Enda Mariam is the principal Ehtiopian Orthodox house of worship in Asmara... " |
| Christianity | Eritrea | - | 50.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* official government web site | Eritreans are equally divided between Christians and Moslems with some animists. |
| Christianity | Eritrea | - | 50.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Eritrea Information Network " | About half of Eritrea's population (mainly highlanders) are Orthodox Christians, and about half (mainly lowlanders) are Muslims. |
| Eastern Orthodox | Eritrea | - | 40.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Islam | Eritrea | 1,000,000 | 50.00% | - | - | 1991 | Kurtz, Jane. Ethiopia: The Roof of the World (series: Discovering Our Heritage). New York: Dillon Press (1991), pg. 33. | "Eritrea's two million people are divided almost evenly between Christianity and Islam. " |
| Islam | Eritrea | 1,650,000 | 51.56% | - | - | 1994 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: 1/4/94 issue of GLOBAL PRAYER DIGEST); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | "PRAY FOR A STRONG CHURCH AMONG THE 1,650,000 MUSLIMS OF ERITREA BY THE YEAR 2000... Eritrea, with 3.2 million inhabitants... Though there are also Christians and animists in Eritrea, a major force in the fledgling country may well prove to be Islam. " |
| Islam | Eritrea | 1,810,000 | 50.00% | - | - | 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 | Eritrea | 1,500,000 | 50.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 1 - Africa. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 157, 159. | "Eritrea: Location: Eritrea (Horn of Africa); Population: 3 million "; Pg. 159: "Eritreans are, roughly, half Christians and half Muslims. " |
| Islam | Eritrea | - | 51.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Islam | Eritrea | - | 50.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* official government web site | Eritreans are equally divided between Christians and Moslems with some animists. |
| Islam | Eritrea | - | 50.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Eritrea Information Network " | About half of Eritrea's population (mainly highlanders) are Orthodox Christians, and about half (mainly lowlanders) are Muslims. |
| Kale Hiywot Church of Eritrea | Eritrea | 336 | - | 3 units |
- | 1999 | *LINK* "Eastern Africa " in SIM NOW, Feb. 1999 (vol. #85); (viewed online 6 July 1999); SIM International web site. | "Today the Kale Hiywot Church of Eritrea (KHCE) has an orphanage at Dekemhare and is composed of three functional churches and several fellowships with a total of 336 members. " |
