| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Universal Christian Apostolic Church | Canada | - | - | 2 units |
- | 1978 | Melton, J. Gordon. The Encyclopedia of American Religions, vol. 1. McGrath Publishing Co.: Wilmington, NC (1978). Pg. 47. | |
| Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches | Canada | 1,500 | - | 12 units |
- | 1992 | Bedell, Kenneth (ed.). Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches 1993. Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn (1993). Pg. 244-247. | Table 1: Canadian Current Statistics. (# of adherents is from table's "inclusive membership " column, not the sometimes smaller "full communicant or confirmed members " col.) Listed in table as "Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches. " |
| Universal Foundation for Better Living | Canada | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official organization web site | directory |
| Urantia Book Readers, Fellowship of | Canada | - | - | 25 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official organization web site (1998) | directory: "1996-1997 International Study Group Directory for readers of The Urantia Book " |
| Vedanta Societies | Canada | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1993 | Bedell, Kenneth (ed.). Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches 1993. Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn (1993). Pg. 140. | "There are 13 such Centers in the United States and one in Canada. All are under the spiritual guidance of the Ramakrishna Mission, organized by Swami Vivekananda in India. " |
| Vineyard Churches | Canada | - | - | 4 units |
- | 1986 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.). The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991), pg. 245. Chapter: Pentecostal Family; section: White Trinitarian Pentecostals. | Church reporting. |
| Vipassana Meditation Centers | Canada | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 1999 | *LINK* web site: "Vipassana Meditation "; web page: "Vipassana Meditation Centers in North America " (viewed 13 Feb. 1999) | Centers listed in directory: Massachusetts; California; Texas; Pacific Northwest (Ethel, Wash); British Columbia, Canada |
| Wesleyan Church | Canada | - | - | 81 units |
- | 1987 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.). The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991), pg. 216-217. Chapter: Holiness Family; section: 19th Century Holiness. | "Wesleyan Church... Membership: In 1987... There were 81 congregations and 149 ministers in Canada. " |
| Wesleyan Church | Canada | 5,232 | - | 72 units |
- | 1992 | Bedell, Kenneth (ed.). Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches 1993. Abingdon Press: Nashville, Tenn (1993). Pg. 244-247. | Table 1: Canadian Current Statistics. (# of adherents is from table's "inclusive membership " column, not the sometimes smaller "full communicant or confirmed members " col.) Listed in table as "Wesleyan Church of Canada. " |
| Wesleyan Church | Canada | 5,256 | - | 82 units |
- | 1996 | World Almanac and Book of Facts 1998; K-III Reference Corp.: Macwah, NJ (1997), pg. 653. [Original sources: 1997 Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches; World Almanac research] | Table: "Membership of Religious Groups in Canada "; Membership figs. based on reports from group officials. Figs. are inclusive: refer to all "members, " not simply full communicants. Listed as "Wesleyan Church of Canada. " |
| Wesleyan Church | Canada | 5,374 | - | 82 units |
- | 1998 | World Almanac and Book of Facts 2000. Mahwah, NJ: PRIMEDIA Reference Inc. (1999), pg. 694. [Original sources: 1999 Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches; World Almanac research] | Table: "Membership of Religious Groups in U.S. "; Based on reports from officials by each group. Figs. inclusive; refer to all "members ". Listed as Wesleyan Church of Canada |
| Zoroastrianism | Canada | 3,190 | - | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance (viewed circa Nov. 1998); web page: "Zoroastrianism " | "The 1991 census counted 3,190 Zoroastrians in Canada. The actual number is believed to be much higher. " |
| Zoroastrianism | Canada | 2,000 | - | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "United Church of Canada Inter-Faith Dialogue "; web page: "Zoroastrianism " (viewed 19 Feb. 1999), written by Fritz B. Voll, "Updated: Tue Jun 9 23:39:38 1998 " | "About 2,000 [Zoroastrians] reside in Canada. " |
| Catholic | Canary Islands | - | - | - | - | 1995 | 1998 Catholic Almanac: Our Sunday Visitor: USA (1997), pg. 333-367. | "Two Spanish provinces, consisting of seven islands... Almost all of the one million inhabitants are Catholic. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Canary Islands | 3,500 | - | 18 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 | Canary Islands | 3,500 | 0.26% | 18 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. |
| Catholic | Cape Verde | - | 98.00% | - | - | 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 | Cape Verde | 390,000 | 96.00% | 31 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 | Cape Verde | 387,000 | - | - | - | 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 | Cape Verde | - | - | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Roman Catholicism fused with indigenous beliefs; Total population: 393,943. |
| Catholic | Cape Verde | - | - | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 1 - Africa. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998), pg. 78-79. | "Location: Cape Verde; Population: 300,000 "; "Most Cape Verdeans are devout Catholics, and very active church life provides for core values and stability in the community. " |
| Catholic | Cape Verde | - | 95.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* official Church of the Nazarene web site (Nazarene World Mission Society); (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions ": R. Catholic: 95%; Protestants: 3.5%; Jeh's Witness: 1.0%; other: 0.5%. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Cape Verde | 3,000 | 0.70% | 17 units |
- | 1995 | Deseret News 1997-98 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1996), pg. 188-408. | "Year-end 1995: Est. population [of country]; Members, [number shown in '# of adherents' column to left] " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Cape Verde | 2,600 | - | - | - | 1996 | "Winds of Gospel Change Reach Cape Verde " in Ensign (Apr. 1996), pg. 78. | "More than 2,600 Cape Verdeans have joined the Church since November 1099, when Marion K. Hamblin... sent a pair of missionaries to proselyte. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Cape Verde | 3,500 | 0.88% | 18 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 | Cape Verde | - | 5.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* web site: "The Church and the People of Cape Verde " (1998); Adapted in 1997 from articles by Raymond A. Almeida originally published in the TCHUBA Newsletter in 1977. | "Most demographic data would suggest that as few as 9 or 10 percent of the Cape Verdean people identify themselves as 'Protestant.' Fully half of Cape Verdean Protestants are members of the Church of the Nazarene. " |
| Church of the Nazarene | Cape Verde | 3,604 | 2.50% | 28 units |
- | 1998 | *LINK* official organization web site: Nazarene World Mission Society | Church Statistics: Churches - 28; Members - 3604; "*Nazarenes account for 70% of this [Protestants = 3.5% of total pop.] figure or 2.5% of the population of the islands. " |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Cape Verde | 155 | 0.05% | 6 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 | Cape Verde | 1,295 | 0.29% | 23 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official organization web site | Adherent/member count is for "1997 Peak Witnesses "; Memorial attendance (annual sacrament meeting) for same year: 4,914. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Cape Verde | 1,385 | 0.30% | 24 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 | Cape Verde | - | 0.50% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* official Church of the Nazarene web site (Nazarene World Mission Society); (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions ": R. Catholic: 95%; Protestants: 3.5%; Jeh's Witness: 1.0%; other: 0.5%. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses - Memorial attendance | Cape Verde | 563 | - | 6 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 | Cape Verde | 4,914 | 1.08% | 23 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 | Cape Verde | 4,780 | 1.03% | - | - | 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. |
| Protestant | Cape Verde | 16,000 | - | - | - | 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 | Cape Verde | - | 10.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* web site: "The Church and the People of Cape Verde " (1998); Adapted in 1997 from articles by Raymond A. Almeida originally published in the TCHUBA Newsletter in 1977. | "Most demographic data would suggest that as few as 9 or 10 percent of the Cape Verdean people identify themselves as 'Protestant.' Fully half of Cape Verdean Protestants are members of the Church of the Nazarene. " |
| Protestant | Cape Verde | - | 3.50% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* official Church of the Nazarene web site (Nazarene World Mission Society); (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions ": R. Catholic: 95%; Protestants: 3.5%; Jeh's Witness: 1.0%; other: 0.5%. |
| Baptist World Alliance | Caribbean | 204,218 | - | 1,403 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 " |
| Christianity - affiliated | Caribbean | - | 69.20% | - | - | 1993 | Johnstone. Operation World. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1993, p. 21. | Table |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Caribbean | 85,000 | - | 253 units |
- | 1995 | Deseret News 1997-98 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1996), pg. 525-529. | Table: "Membership and units by lands "; latest figures from year-end 1995 |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Caribbean | 75,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | "Caribbean Centers of Strength " in Ensign (Apr. 1996), pg. 77. | "...the Church continues to establish strong centers of faith in the islands of the Caribbean Sea, where membership is now approaching 75,000. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Caribbean | 95,000 | - | - | - | 1997 | Deseret News 1999-2000 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1998), pg. 114. | Graphic: "Church membership worldwide "; "Total: 10 million; Estimate Nov. 2, 1997. " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Caribbean | 97,000 | - | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* official organization web site; web page: "Membership Distribution " in "Global Media Guide " section, (viewed 22 March 1999). | Map, with membership figures shown for following areas: Canada, USA, Mexico, South America, Caribbean, Europe, Africa, Asia, Central America, South Pacific; "Membership Worldwide, Dec. 31, 1997 " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Caribbean | 97,000 | - | - | - | 1999 | *LINK* "Dateline: Monday-April-05-1999 - Barbados - News-General "; Barbados Nation Online newspaper (viewed online 6 April 1999). | "MEMBERSHIP IN the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints (CJCLDS) is growing in the Caribbean. About 97,000 people in the Caribbean are members of the CJCLDS... " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - black | Caribbean | 100,000 | - | - | - | 1997 | Deseret News 1999-2000 Church Almanac. Deseret News: Salt Lake City, UT (1998), pg. 119. | "A rough estimate would place the number of Church members with African roots at year-end 1997 at half a million, with about 100,000 each in Africa and the Caribbean, and another 300,000 in Brazil. " |
| Council for World Mission | Caribbean | 22,452 | - | 238 units |
- | 1999 | *LINK* Web site: "Council for World Mission "; web page: "Churches " (viewed 31 May 1999). | Added up memberships of constituent member bodies in region: United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands & Guyana Congregational Union. |
| Evangelical | Caribbean | - | 11.10% | - | - | 1993 | Johnstone. Operation World. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1993, p. 21. | Table. "Affiliated Evangelical " |
| Methodist Church | Caribbean | 68,898 | - | - | - | 1982 | Melton, J. Gordon (ed.). The Encyclopedia of American Religions: Vol. 1. Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books (1991), pg. 202. Section: Pietist-Methodist Family: British Methodism. | "The United Wesleyan Methodist Church of America was formed in 1905 by Methodists who immigrated to the U.S. from the West Indies and wished to carry on the tradition of the Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas... In 1976 the Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas entered into a concordant with the United Methodist Church which aligned their work and led to a number of jointly sponsored projects in the Islands... In 1982, the church in the West Indies reported 68,898 members. " |
| Obeah | Caribbean | - | - | - | - | 1970 | Cavendish, Richard (ed.). Man, Myth & Magic: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Supernatural (vol. 15). New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp. (1970), pg. 2039. | "Obeah. General term in Jamaica and other parts of the West Indies for supernatural power; also applied to evil magic involving the use of objects as containers for occult force, especially balls of earth mixed with feathers, hair or rags, tied up with string and sometimes studded with beads or parts of bodies of human beings, cats and dogs; soil from graves, eggshells, rum, blood and broken glass are also used in spells; practised by specialist magicians called obeah-men and women. " |
| Primal New Religious Movements | Caribbean | - | - | - | - | 1987 | Bishop, Peter & Michael Darton (editors). The Encyclopedia of World Faiths: An Illustrated Survey of the World's Living Faiths. New York: Facts on File Publications (1987), pg. 311. | Graphic: "Number of Primal New Religious Movements (PRINERMS) By Area (All numbers are approximate) "; Number of PRINERMS in Caribbean: 60. |
| primal-indigenous | Caribbean | 200,000 | 100.00% | - | - | 1492 C.E. | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993), pg. 23. | Table: "Some Estimates of Aboriginal American Population, ca. 1492 "; Figures from 5 different sources. Source: Kroeber (1939). |
| primal-indigenous | Caribbean | 200,000 | 100.00% | - | - | 1492 C.E. | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993), pg. 23. | Table: "Some Estimates of Aboriginal American Population, ca. 1492 "; Figures from 5 different sources. Source: Steward (1949). |
| primal-indigenous | Caribbean | 300,000 | 100.00% | - | - | 1492 C.E. | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993), pg. 23. | Table: "Some Estimates of Aboriginal American Population, ca. 1492 "; Figures from 5 different sources. Source: Rosenblat (1954). |
| primal-indigenous | Caribbean | 600,000 | 100.00% | - | - | 1492 C.E. | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993), pg. 23. | Table: "Some Estimates of Aboriginal American Population, ca. 1492 "; Figures from 5 different sources. Source: Dobyns (1966). |
| primal-indigenous | Caribbean | 4,000,000 | 100.00% | - | - | 1492 C.E. | Utter, Jack. American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions. Lake Ann, MI: National Woodlands Publishing Co. (1993), pg. 23. | Table: "Some Estimates of Aboriginal American Population, ca. 1492 "; Figures from 5 different sources. Source: Sapper (1924). |
| Protestant - affiliated | Caribbean | - | 16.50% | - | - | 1993 | Johnstone. Operation World. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1993, p. 21. | Table |
| Rastafarian | Caribbean | - | - | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* Wilson, Andrew (ed). "The World Religions and their Scriptures " in World Scripture. International Religious Foundation, 1991. (viewed 9 July 1999) | "In the twentieth century, new Christian groups tend to be more charismatic. They include the independent churches in Africa such as the Kimbanguists in Zaire... The Rastafarians are prominent in the Caribbean. " |
| Catholic | Caroline Islands | 64,089 | - | 21 units |
- | 1996 | 1998 Catholic Almanac: Our Sunday Visitor: USA (1997), pg. 432-437. | Tables: "Catholic Population of the United States " and "Percentage of Catholics in Total Population in U.S. ". Figures are as of Jan. 1, 1997. |
| Catholic | Cayman Islands | 4,000 | 13.79% | 1 unit |
- | 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 | Cayman Islands | - | - | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | United Church (Presbyterian and Congregational), Anglican, Baptist, Roman Catholic, Church of God, other Protestant denomination; Total population: 36,153. |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Cayman Islands | - | - | 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] " |
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Cayman Islands | - | - | 1 unit |
- | 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. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Cayman Islands | 51 | 0.30% | 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 | Cayman Islands | 110 | 0.34% | 1 unit |
- | 1997 | *LINK* official organization web site | Adherent/member count is for "1997 Peak Witnesses "; Memorial attendance (annual sacrament meeting) for same year: 315. |
| Jehovah's Witnesses | Cayman Islands | 129 | 0.40% | 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 | Cayman Islands | 118 | - | 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 | Cayman Islands | 315 | 0.98% | 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 | Cayman Islands | 300 | 0.94% | - | - | 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. |
| African Traditional Religion | Central Africa | 766,950 | 99.60% | - | - | 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 " [ "Central Africa " is listed separately from "Central African Republic " in this table.] |
| African Traditional Religion | Central Africa | 327,300 | 20.30% | - | - | 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 " [ "Central Africa " is listed separately from "Central African Republic " in this table.] |
| African Traditional Religion | Central Africa | 286,800 | 16.00% | - | - | 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 " [ "Central Africa " is listed separately from "Central African Republic " in this table.] |
| Lega | Central Africa | - | - | - | 1 country |
1995 | Haskins, J. From Afar to Zulu. New York: Walker Pub. (1995), pg. 191-7. | Table: Add'l African Cultures |
| African indigenous churches | Central African Republic | - | 1.00% | - | - | 1979 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: STL Publications, P. O. Box 48, Bromley, Kent, England 1979); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Total Population: 2,370,000. African Independent Churches 1%. |
| African Traditional Religion | Central African Republic | - | 7.00% | - | - | 1979 | *LINK* Nance Profiles web site (orig. source: STL Publications, P. O. Box 48, Bromley, Kent, England 1979); (viewed Aug. 1998; now restricted.) | Total Population: 2,370,000. African Traditionals 7%. |
| African Traditional Religion | Central African Republic | 240,000 | 12.00% | - | - | 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 " [ "Central Africa " is listed separately from "Central African Republic " in this table.] |
Central African Republic, continued