Once again, inflated Baha'i Statistics Exposed!

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Inspired by this old post but with more countries and not exclusively reliant on census numbers. I have statistics for more countries, but I only included ones where the ARDA/WCE numbers are notably higher. These numbers are of course tentative.

Country

Realistic estimate

World Christian Encyclopedia[1]

India

4,572[2]

1,897,651

United States

77,290[3]

512,864

Uganda

29,601[4]

95,098

Canada

18,945[5]

46,826

Australia

13,989[6]

19,365

Mauritius

639[7]

23,742

United Kingdom

5,021[8]

47,554

Germany

5,000-6,000[9]

12,356

Zambia

3,891[10]

241,112

Costa Rica

4,000[11]

13,457

El Salvador

1,500[12]

27,345

Egypt

1,000-2,000[13]

6,946

Sweden

>1,000[14]

6,814

Israel

650[15]

11,705

Morocco

350-400[16]

32,598

Afghanistan

>400[17]

16,541

Bahamas

65[18]

1,375

Barbados

178[19]

3,337

Belize

202[20]

7,742

Botswana

2,074[21]

16,464

Finland

568[22]

1,674

Ghana

>3,000[23]

14,106

Guyana

500[24]

11,787

Norway

1,015[25]

2,737

Sources

1. Most Baha'i Nations (2010)

2. 2011 Indian Census. See C-01 Appendix : Details of Religious Community Shown Under 'Other Religions And Persuasions' In Main Table C-1- 2011 (India & States/UTs).

3. US NSA, 2020 Ridvan Report. See total # of Baha'is with good addresses. See also the 2001 American Religious Identification Survey which recorded 84,000 Baha'is in the United States.

4. 2014 Ugandan census.

5. 2011 Canadian census.

6. 2016 Australian census.

7. 2011 Mauritian census.

8. "Census 2011 data on religion reveals Jedi Knights are in decline," in The Guardian, 2012.

9. "Verschiedene Gemeinschaften / neuere religiöse Bewegungen (Weltanschauungen / alternative Religiosität & Spiritualität)," Religious Studies Media and Information Service. (German).

10.             UN Data (2010 Zambian census). Filter to Zambia. Note that this census has received serious criticism.

11.             NSA of Costa Rica (Spanish).

12.             NSA of El Salvador (Spanish).

13.             2019 Report on International Religious Freedom: Egypt, U.S. Department of State. Statistic comes from "Baha'i representatives."

14.             NSA of Sweden (2012). See also NSA of Sweden (2016) (Swedish).

15.             https://www.ganbahai.org.il/en/learn-more/bahai-community/worldwide-community (No permanent residents).

16.             2019 Report on International Religious Freedom: Morocco, U.S. Department of State. Statistic from "leaders of the Baha'i community."

17.             2007 Report on International Religious Freedom: Afghanistan, U.S. Department of State.

18.             UN Data (2010). Filter to the Bahamas.

19.             2010 Barbados census.

20.             2010 Belize census.

21.             UN Data (2011). Filter to Botswana.

22.             UN Data (2010). Filter to Finland.

23.             Baha'i Community in Ghana to Honor Their FounderNews Ghana, 2017.

24.             2002 Guyana census.

25.             2007 Norwegian census.

 

 

 

 

 

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