Source: adpated from Philip M. Parker, Religious Cultures of the World: A Statistical Reference, Greenwood Press, 1997.
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Characteristics	Population Covered (k)	Countries represented, #	Average representation %	Vital Stats: Death rate	: Birth rate	: Fertility	: Female life exp., years	: Male life exp., years	: Infant mortality	: # of major diseases	Demography: Migration	: Population of Country	: Urbanization, %	: Population growth	: Females, % of pop	Male % ages: 0-9 years	: 10-19 years	: 20-29 years	: 30-39 years	: 40-49 years	: 50-59 years	: 60-69 years	: 70+ years	Education: Literacy, adult %	Cities: earliest settled, year	: Largest settled, year	: Largest, % pop	Politics: # of parties	: Largest party %	: Top two parties, %	: Chambers in leg., #	: # of changes 60	: Independence year	Laws: Censorship (1=high)	: Metric system (1=yes)	: Visas needed (3=high)	: Full soc security (1=yes)	: Military service (1=yes)	Crime: Murders/100k pop	: Thefts/100k pop	: Suicide/100k pop	: Prisoners/000 pop	: Death penalty (1=yes)	Unrest: Border disputes, #	: International wars, #	: # of civil wars	: # of civil riots	Macroecon: GNP/capita	: Saving rate	: Inflation rate	: Convert currency (1=yes)	Communist, former (1=yes)	Labor: Unemployment, %	: Nonemployment, %	: Agriculture, %	: Industry, %	: Services, %	: Unionization, %	Air Trans: # of aircraft	: # aircraft/cap	: # of airports	Runways: Permanent Surf	: Large	: Medium	: Small	Roads: Total km	: Motorways km	: Highways total km	: Paved km	: Gravel km	: Improved earth km	: Unimproved earth km	: Ownership car/1000 cap	Railways km	Telecom: # AM stations	: # of cables systems	: # of TV stations	: # of FM stations	: # of SAT earth stations	: # of daily papers	: Television/1000 cap	: Radios/1000 pop	: Telephones/1000 pop	: Digital % 1993	: Main Lines/1000 pop	: Cellular subs/cap	: Pagers/cap	Piped water, % dwellings	Food: Sugar/cap	: Protein 1985 grm/day/cap	: Calories/cap/day	: Meat prod/cap 1988	Energy: Consumption/cap	: Electricity/cap
Adventist	95	2	0	13	34	5	64	60	94	3	-3	75100	41	2	52	50	51	47	47	48	49	46	42	65	1630	1720	6	1	89	100	2	2	1850	0.7	0.3	2	0.3	0	9	5350	13	0.3	1	2	0.5	0.7	0.7	6650	5	12	0.3	0	6	62	49	14	36	5	2250	10	3860	1310	17	89	688	1730000	22900	1730000	950	.	900	2150	158	73400	1350	0	1980	1410	17	465	225	571	216	.	168	93	95	99	130	62	2370	0	2790	3250
Afro-Amer. Spiritists	4540	20	2	7	25	3	70	65	80	5	-0.4	142000	74	2	50	50	50	50	50	49	49	49	46	82	1540	1560	8	5	28	45	2	3	1830	0	0	3	1	1	8	.	3	0.6	0.1	3	0.1	1	0	2620	16	56	0	0	5	64	31	28	41	25	183	2	3230	383	2	20	498	1510000	4540	1310000	44500	1270000	2420	8150	4	27800	1110	3	104	1	3	265	199	384	94	31	101	2	1	54	381	62	2660	0	827	1560
Aglipayan	3980	1	6	7	28	4	68	63	71	5	-1	66500	42	3	50	51	51	51	50	49	49	48	47	90	1400	1400	3	7	36	53	2	2	1950	0.5	0	2	0	0	30	72	0.5	0.2	1	2	0	2	0	860	24	8	1	0	10	64	46	20	34	24	53	0.8	278	72	0	9	53	162000	0	156000	29000	77000	.	50000	7	592	267	5	33	55	3	30	41	45	17	36	14	1	3	48	184	53	2350	0	295	402
Anglican	50100	43	10	11	20	3	75	70	28	1	0.6	44900	75	0.9	51	51	51	50	50	50	49	47	39	91	179	653	11	5	59	92	2	0.6	1930	0.1	0.7	2	0.8	0	7	5950	12	0.9	0.1	6	1	0.3	0.1	13600	20	8	0.9	0	11	58	16	28	64	33	444	9	455	204	1	28	132	350000	2240	352000	269000	84400	32500	161000	307	21000	200	27	154	361	5	13	391	830	435	68	401	43	15	90	267	84	3060	0.1	4520	5310
Anglican Off.	57800	1	100	11	14	2	79	73	10	0	0	57800	89	0.2	51	52	51	51	50	50	49	47	37	99	-600	43	12	6	52	94	2	0	1920	0	1	2	1	0	3	6680	.	0.9	0	9	2	0	0	16700	20	3	1	0	9	55	1	27	72	40	618	11	498	249	1	37	133	357000	3090	363000	339000	.	.	.	367	16600	225	40	207	525	5	12	479	993	523	.	492	45	14	99	293	88	3220	0	5040	5610
Animist	1740	2	13	12	47	7	57	53	116	5	3	13400	42	4	50	51	48	49	50	52	51	50	46	54	1900	1900	14	4	93	98	1	0	1960	1	0	3	0	0	.	.	.	.	0	0	0	0	1	804	17	1	1	0	14	57	85	8	7	20	14	1	45	7	0	3	15	54900	156	46600	3600	32000	170	11000	15	649	3	2	13	17	2	2	59	130	11	82	8	0	.	.	100	54	2550	0	183	192
Armenian Catholic	966	3	6	8	22	3	74	71	44	0.6	-1	5970	58	1	49	51	51	51	51	51	51	50	51	97	-700	-1500	26	5	41	46	1	0.9	1990	0.9	0	2	0	0.9	.	.	.	.	0.6	2	0.4	0.9	0.5	3940	.	1080	0	0.9	29	58	26	35	.	38	4	1	9	6	0	3	2	29800	0	31900	27700	54	78	4640	70	1610	5	3	13	3	1	137	208	797	100	11	102	0.5	.	.	287	82	3090	0	1450	2660
Atheist	193000	99	4	7	21	2	73	69	49	2	0.2	989000	36	2	49	52	51	51	52	52	52	49	42	77	-1640	1100	2	2	91	97	1	3	1910	0.8	0.1	3	0.1	0.9	3	690	14	1	0.9	10	0.2	2	0	3190	27	6	1	0.8	4	54	53	30	18	58	782	3	1230	528	12	95	331	1360000	6010	1300000	188000	603000	214000	48600	60	63000	556	0.8	860	1610	9	1540	112	237	101	61	90	8	15	73	85	68	2720	0	1650	1650
Atheist- Nonrelig.	5920	6	16	10	15	2	77	69	22	0.4	-0.5	9430	76	1	51	51	51	50	50	49	48	46	41	98	1420	1480	29	9	41	60	2	2	1920	0.1	0.3	2	0.1	0.9	5	3400	13	0.8	0.8	7	0.3	0.9	0	7150	9	9	0.9	0	6	51	14	35	50	13	31	5	208	31	0	8	27	52400	626	52400	23100	16000	21300	.	211	7700	73	5	71	6	3	12	294	363	292	15	216	7	14	64	324	71	2790	0.1	1800	5080
Baha'i	5510	187	0.1	10	35	5	63	60	91	5	0.2	275000	35	3	50	51	51	51	50	50	50	50	48	65	300	1220	6	4	64	80	2	2	1940	0.6	0.1	3	0.1	0.3	12	529	7	0.7	0.7	2	0.3	1	0.5	2080	20	239	0.7	0.1	18	77	60	20	25	16	223	2	557	177	3	28	110	770000	12300	732000	291000	332000	39700	32500	35	26300	178	1	262	109	3	673	70	174	58	47	52	8	22	34	121	59	2350	0	837	955
Baptist	36800	18	13	9	15	2	80	73	17	0.1	2	250000	73	1	51	51	51	50	49	49	48	46	38	97	1540	1630	3	2	61	100	2	0.1	1960	0	1	2	1	0	9	5340	13	0.3	1	4	2	0	0	22700	19	4	1	0	7	51	5	29	66	16	7980	31	13700	4660	61	314	2440	6170000	81600	6160000	6700	8170	1300	2040	554	261000	4730	1	7060	5030	59	1650	790	1980	750	98	581	92	95	98	227	105	3600	0.1	9830	11400
Buddhism Off.	67500	3	100	7	23	3	68	64	64	3	0	49100	19	3	50	51	51	50	50	50	49	46	43	84	811	1720	10	6	27	51	2	3	1890	0.9	0	2	0	0	10	69	.	1	1	0.1	0.3	2	0.1	1670	20	18	0.8	0.1	4	49	62	24	17	1	35	0.6	99	43	0.8	11	24	63500	0	39300	24500	6070	515	4810	18	3320	169	0	9	84	2	26	93	141	37	66	41	6	11	42	115	49	2300	0	541	709
Buddhist	331000	27	10	8	21	3	72	68	50	3	-0.2	335000	38	2	50	51	51	51	51	51	50	47	43	85	-556	1010	6	4	69	80	1	2	1920	0.6	0.1	3	0.2	0.5	4	360	18	0.9	0.7	4	0.4	1	0.2	6740	25	8	0.7	0.4	5	55	48	27	27	43	173	1	168	110	3	32	70	542000	1550	522000	228000	310000	164000	11300	70	20600	173	1	2610	40	3	469	175	233	155	72	149	9	36	51	94	67	2530	0	1310	1950
Cadoaism	2100	1	3	8	29	4	67	63	69	5	-1	70100	21	2	52	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	88	-200	1700	5	1	100	100	1	3	1980	0.5	0	3	0	1	.	.	.	.	1	6	3	2	0	245	.	4	0	1	5	53	70	8	22	90	.	.	100	50	0	10	20	85700	0	85000	9400	48700	.	26900	0.8	2830	16	0	2	1	3	4	38	52	4	77	5	0.1	.	18	57	.	1950	0	132	124
Calvinist	2790	3	3	12	13	2	76	69	24	0.8	1	30400	68	0.4	52	51	51	51	51	49	47	42	37	98	-147	433	15	6	50	61	1	1	1940	0.4	0	2	1	1	3	2940	37	1	0	1	0.7	0	0	10100	25	16	1	0.7	13	51	15	46	39	51	91	3	199	84	3	18	28	201000	2790	225000	25900	2340	412	47900	236	17500	45	2	93	147	5	120	441	483	290	29	162	6	.	88	372	100	3460	0.1	4200	4660
Cargo Cult	111	3	2	9	35	5	61	58	80	4	0	3180	17	3	48	52	52	54	51	51	51	52	58	53	1880	1880	5	6	26	41	1	0.3	1980	0.4	1	2	0	0	.	.	.	.	0	0	0	0	0	989	5	6	0.8	0	5	64	77	11	10	1	11	3	385	14	0	0.9	30	15100	0	14700	575	8270	.	6890	7	0	24	0	1	1	1	1	13	98	18	100	12	42	.	.	62	49	2200	0	274	395
Catholic- Evangel.	14000	1	9	7	25	3	69	64	85	5	0	156000	76	2	50	50	50	50	50	49	49	49	46	81	1540	1550	6	5	22	40	2	3	1820	0	0	3	1	1	8	.	3	0.6	0	3	0	1	0	2680	16	.	0	0	4	63	31	27	42	23	198	1	3560	420	2	22	550	1670000	5000	1450000	48000	1400000	.	.	1	30100	1220	3	112	0	3	293	204	386	96	28	105	2	1	55	377	61	2640	0	791	1590
Chinese Folk	262000	54	7	7	22	2	73	69	49	2	0	1120000	31	2	49	52	51	51	52	53	53	49	43	74	-1960	1120	2	1	98	99	1	3	1910	1	0	3	0	1	2	181	11	1	1	11	0	2	0	1070	28	6	1	0.9	2	54	57	31	12	62	268	0.4	315	245	9	84	187	1020000	40	956000	160000	613000	203000	11200	8	50300	262	0.4	192	41	6	1640	45	83	42	78	46	3	14	53	55	62	2630	0	919	721
Chondo- gyo	4090	2	6	6	22	2	74	68	44	2	0.2	27700	64	2	50	50	50	50	50	50	49	48	47	98	-890	-879	14	2	89	96	1	0.2	1950	0.8	0	3	0.2	1	2	230	8	1	1	2	0.8	0	0.2	2530	.	11	0.2	0.8	0.5	59	42	27	52	18	42	1	66	37	4	21	27	30100	614	37200	450	29600	.	.	19	5300	31	0	64	10	1	19	86	262	87	.	88	12	136	95	60	90	3130	0	2680	2580
Christian Other	70100	59	2	10	29	4	67	63	78	4	7	365000	43	2	49	51	52	51	50	51	51	50	47	67	-409	817	6	4	62	80	2	1	1930	0.5	0.2	3	0.2	0.3	16	1080	11	0.6	0.7	3	0.6	0.8	0.6	5310	18	10	0.7	0	16	76	47	26	32	17	792	4	1460	526	7	60	284	1350000	19500	1310000	407000	453000	103000	13900	100	49700	485	3	1200	529	8	931	163	347	163	40	132	23	51	50	147	69	2650	0	1910	2470
Christian Total	1640000	218	30	9	23	3	72	67	53	2	0.7	93900	62	2	51	51	51	50	50	49	50	46	42	87	785	1170	8	6	51	74	2	1	1900	0.3	0.2	2	0.6	0.6	16	2700	9	0.7	0.4	3	0.4	0.7	0.3	8230	19	141	0.7	0.2	10	62	29	30	44	21	1060	6	2280	667	9	54	408	997000	11000	991000	171000	190000	79100	71500	164	48000	811	5	895	706	9	275	278	520	260	45	221	20	25	68	235	78	2880	0	3050	4120
Church of God	7460	6	3	9	15	2	80	73	17	0.1	1	241000	73	1	51	51	51	50	49	49	48	46	39	98	1540	1630	4	2	61	100	2	0.1	1960	0	1	2	0.9	0	9	5350	13	0.4	1	4	2	0	0	22000	19	7	0.9	0	8	51	6	29	65	17	7710	30	13200	4500	59	304	2360	5960000	78800	5950000	12200	3090	2400	.	535	252000	4570	3	6810	4860	57	1590	769	1940	727	100	565	88	95	95	238	103	3570	0.1	9520	11100
Confucian Korean	8460	1	19	6	16	2	74	68	30	0	1	44500	72	2	49	52	52	51	52	51	47	43	35	96	-57	-6	22	4	50	82	1	1	1950	0	0	2	1	1	2	230	8	1	1	1	0	0	1	6650	.	11	1	0	2	62	21	27	52	23	93	2	105	60	0	23	16	55800	1550	62900	.	.	.	.	49	6460	79	0	256	46	3	65	207	451	392	.	396	12	136	95	131	78	2880	0	2200	2670
Congreg- ational	279	7	0.1	8	26	3	73	67	45	0.7	-0.1	95300	43	1	50	51	51	50	50	49	48	47	41	97	1720	1760	14	2	63	98	1	1	1960	0	0.5	2	0.4	0	9	5350	13	0.4	0.4	1	0.7	0	0	9830	19	6	1	0	7	71	36	29	67	11	3420	25	5260	1790	23	121	1030	2610000	31300	2360000	318	8	168	.	241	99800	1810	0	2700	1930	23	696	360	1110	327	100	319	93	95	54	180	83	3040	0	4480	4720
Druze	272	2	3	7	26	3	74	70	47	3	6	3780	85	2	50	51	51	51	50	50	50	49	50	86	-1490	-1490	33	6	30	53	1	0	1950	0.3	0	3	0.3	0.3	2	2480	7	8	1	4	3	3	0.7	5530	2	70	0	0	36	76	9	67	51	56	23	6	23	13	0	4	5	9240	0	6430	6200	450	650	.	170	267	8	3	15	9	2	34	306	618	238	.	191	6	.	94	331	88	3070	0	2000	2590
Episcop- alian	2600	2	1	9	14	2	80	73	15	0	2	256000	74	1	51	51	51	50	49	49	48	46	38	98	1540	1620	3	2	60	100	2	0	1960	0	1	2	1	0	9	5350	13	0.3	1	4	2	0	0	23300	19	3	1	0	7	51	4	29	67	17	8200	32	14100	4790	63	323	2510	6370000	83800	6320000	.	.	.	.	570	268000	4860	1	7250	5160	61	1700	812	2030	769	.	598	93	95	99	227	107	3640	0.1	10100	11700
Evangel- ical	588	2	0.2	9	14	2	78	70	18	0	0.9	116000	76	1	51	51	51	50	49	49	48	46	38	95	1540	1620	3	5	54	83	1	0	1980	0	1	2	1	0.6	9	5350	13	0.3	0.4	2	2	0	0	13700	19	13	1	0	13	52	8	31	67	16	8250	32	14200	4820	63	325	2520	2800000	37100	2800000	.	.	.	.	570	121000	4890	.	7300	5200	61	746	814	2040	439	.	370	41	95	99	227	107	3640	0.1	10100	7680
Evangelical Church	197	1	2	11	13	2	77	69	19	.	0	10400	77	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	99	.	.	.	11	38	56	2	.	1990	0	.	.	0	1	.	.	.	0.8	1	10	.	.	.	7300	.	2	1	.	3	48	12	37	51	8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	55500	366	55900	.	.	.	.	245	9440	.	.	.	.	.	9	309	.	314	4	218	2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	5990
Free Wesleyan	41	1	43	7	26	4	70	65	53	1	-11	96	27	0.9	50	51	50	50	51	51	51	50	50	100	1860	1860	28	0	100	100	1	1	1970	1	1	2	0	0	.	.	.	0.6	0	0	0	0	0	1500	.	11	1	0	13	75	45	.	27	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	1	433	0	198	.	.	.	.	14	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	789	37	.	.	.	.	.	.	70	2940	0	368	229
Hindu	763000	24	50	11	30	4	61	60	103	6	0	847000	27	2	48	51	52	52	51	52	52	53	50	51	-1370	204	1	5	43	65	2	1	1940	0.5	0	3	0	0	4	53	11	0.4	1	3	0	1	1	392	21	9	1	0	20	98	67	19	15	5	90	0.1	326	192	2	56	83	1980000	32000	1850000	908000	976000	7350	8260	4	58400	96	2	258	5	3	2150	27	63	10	32	10	3	9	12	97	54	2200	0	308	322
Hinduism Off.	21100	1	100	14	38	5	53	54	115	5	0	21100	8	2	49	52	52	50	49	51	53	53	53	26	723	723	1	5	54	88	2	2	1770	0	0	3	0	0	.	.	.	.	0	0	0	0	1	179	9	9	0	0	5	60	91	.	.	.	5	0.2	37	5	0	1	8	7080	0	7080	2900	1660	.	.	0.8	52	88	0	1	0	1	59	2	25	4	88	5	.	.	66	14	52	2050	0	24	35
Hoa-hao	1400	1	2	8	29	4	67	63	69	5	-1	70100	21	2	52	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	88	-200	1700	5	1	100	100	1	3	1980	0.5	0	3	0	1	.	.	.	.	1	6	3	2	0	245	.	4	0	1	5	53	70	8	22	90	.	.	100	50	0	10	20	85700	0	85000	9400	48700	.	26900	0.8	2830	16	0	2	1	3	4	38	52	4	77	5	0.1	.	18	57	.	1950	0	132	124
Hussites	1	1	0	11	13	2	77	69	19	.	0	10400	77	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	99	.	.	.	11	38	56	2	.	1990	0	.	.	0	1	.	.	.	0.8	1	10	.	.	.	7300	.	2	1	.	3	48	12	37	51	8	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	55500	366	55900	.	.	.	.	245	9440	.	.	.	.	.	9	309	.	314	4	218	2	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	5990
Indigenous Christian	42100	11	17	11	41	6	60	57	99	2	-0.2	52800	41	3	50	50	50	51	51	50	50	48	45	66	1460	1740	5	3	82	91	1	3	1950	0.7	0	3	0	0.3	83	946	17	0.4	0.4	1	0	2	0.9	1210	18	692	0.8