Bahá'í Community of the Isle of Wight

Statistics

 

In just over a century and a half the Bahá'í Faith has established itself in every continent and is now the second most widely spread faith after Christianity.

ESTIMATED NUMBERS OF BAHÁ'ÍS WORLDWIDE

                                                
                        Africa                          1,923,000
                        Asia                            3,230,000
                        Europe                          95,000
                        Latin Am.                       722,000
                        North Am.                       357,000
                        Oceania                         77,000

                        World                           6,404,000

                        Countries                       210             

Source:   1997 Britannica Year Book  ©  Encyclopaedia Britannica

In just over a century and a half the Bahá'í Faith has become the world's seventh-largest organised religion.

HOW DOES IT COMPARE?

                                                      est. number of followers
        1               Christianity                            1,927,953,000
        2               Islam                                   1,099,634,000
        3               Hinduism                                780,547,000
        4               Buddhism                                323,894,000
        5               Sikhism                                 19,161,000
        6               Judaism                                 14,117,000
        7               Baha'i Faith                            6,104,000
        8               Confucianism                            5,254,000
        9               Jainism                                 4,886,000
        10              Shintoism                               2,844,000

Source: "The Top Ten of Everything 1998" by Russell Ash, DK Publishing, Inc.

 

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