The source of the following statistics is The Bahá’í World 2000-2001 (official yearbook published by the Bahá’í World Centre, Haifa).
| Worldwide Bahá’í population | more than 5 million |
| Countries where the Bahá’í Faith is established | 190 |
| Territories where the Bahá’í Faith is established | 46 |
| Continental Counsellors | 81 |
| Auxiliary Board members (worldwide) | 990 |
| National/Regional Spiritual Assemblies | 182 |
| Local Spiritual Assemblies | 11,740 |
| Localities where Bahá’ís reside | 127,381 |
| Indigenous tribes, races, and ethnic groups represented in the Bahá’í community |
2,112 |
| Languages into which Bahá’u'lláh's
writings have been translated |
802 |
| Publishing Trusts | 33 |
Geographic Distribution of Local Spiritual Assemblies by Continent
| Africa | 3,808 |
| Americas | 3,152 |
| Asia | 2,948 |
| Australasia | 856 |
| Europe | 976 |