Professor Juan Cole of the University of Michigan commented in April 2001 that, since 1968, 50% of the people who entered the Baha’i faith have left it. According to him, the usual figure for most Christian denominations is approximately 80% retention, meaning about only 20% decide to leave once they become a member. See Professor Cole's comment below that even 5 million Baha'is worldwide is exaggerated by the Baha'i administration.

50% is truly a remarkably high number and reveals emphatically that something is indeed wrong about the atmosphere within the Baha’i faith. Often the new adherent quickly comes to realize something is wrong behind the facade of love and brotherhood.

The FULL TEXT of the New Mexico lawsuit reveals what many of the problems are that are driving sensitive and thoughtful people out of the Baha’i faith in droves. 

Juan Cole has also stated that according to the official census figures of India there are approximately only 5,000 Baha’is that they were able to find in the country compare with the millions claimed by the Baha’i administration, a fact worth lingering on....

Nation        Census data        Baha’i-cited data

Barbados   178[1]                   3,138[2]

Belize         202[3][4]               7,776[2]

Canada      18,945[5]               30,000[6]; 46,587[2]

Guyana      500[7]                   13,045[2]

India           4,572[8][9]           1,880,000[2] 

                                                 over 2,000,000[11]

Mauritius   639[10]                 23,703[2]

Sources: 

1.   "Redatam". Census. Barbados Statistical Service. 2010. Archived from the original on 4 October 2010. Retrieved April 23, 2017.

2.   "Most Baha'i Nations (2005)". QuickLists > Compare Nations > Religions >. The Association of Religion Data Archives. 2005. Retrieved April 23, 2017.

3.   "2010 Census of Belize Overview". 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2017.

4.   "2010 Census of Belize Detailed Demographics of 2000 and 2010". 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2017.

5.   "2011 National Household Survey: Data tables". Statistics Canada. Retrieved April 23, 2017.

6.   "The Bahá'í Community Canada, Facts and Figures". The Baha’i Community Canada. Baha’i Community Canada. 2014. Retrieved April 23, 2017.

7.   "Chapter II, Population Composition, 2002 Census" (PDF). Statistics Bureau. 2002. Retrieved April 23, 2017.

8.   "C-01 Appendix : Details of Religious Community Shown Under 'Other Religions And Persuasions' In Main Table C-1- 2011 (India & States/UTs)". Retrieved September 17, 2016.

9.   "Population Enumeration Data (Final Population)". Retrieved April 23, 2017.

10.               "Resident population by religion and sex" (PDF). Statistics Mauritius. pp. 68,71. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 16, 2013. Retrieved April 23, 2017.

11.               "Baha'i Faith in India". Official Website of the Baha’is of India. National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of India. 2010. Retrieved April 24, 2017.

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