TABLE OF
STATISTICS ON
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION IN THE AMERICAS
PLUS SPAIN AND PORTUGAL
Created by
Clifton L. Holland, Director of PROLADES
Last revised on March 27, 2004
SOURCE: DATA TAKEN FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES (SEE MEMO FIELD)
| REGION / COUNTRY (alfabetical order by country) |
DATE |
% |
% |
% |
% |
|
|
|
| NORTH AMERICA | ||||||||
| CANADA | 1991 |
45.7 |
36.2 |
5.5 |
12.6 |
100% |
CENSUS | 1991 NATIONAL CENSUS OF POPULATION |
| MEXICO | 2000 |
88.2 |
5.8 |
2.5 |
3.5 |
100% |
CENSUS | 2000 NATIONAL CENSUS OF POPULATION, INEGI |
| USA | 2000 |
26.0 |
58.0 |
6.0 |
10.0 |
100% |
POLL | MARCH 2000 GALLUP POLL |
| CENTRAL AMERICA | ||||||||
| BELIZE | 2000 |
49.6 |
27.0 |
14.0 |
9.4 |
100% |
CENSUS | 2000 NATIONAL CENSUS OF POPULATION |
| COSTA RICA | 2001 |
70.1 |
18.0 |
1.8 |
10.1 |
100% |
POLL | DEMOSCOPIA, NOV 2001 |
| EL SALVADOR | 2000 |
50.5 |
25.2 |
1.8 |
22.5 |
100% |
POLL | CID-GALLUP POLL, SEPT 2000 |
| GUATEMALA | 2001 |
55.1 |
29.8 |
2.3 |
12.7 |
100% |
POLL | CID-GALLUP POLL, NOV 2001 |
| HONDURAS | 1999 |
66.7 |
22.5 |
1.1 |
9.7 |
100% |
POLL | CID-GALLUP POLL, MAY 1999 |
| NICARAGUA | 1997 |
78.0 |
12.0 |
2.0 |
8.0 |
110% |
POLL | CID-GALLUP POLL, APRIL 1997 |
| PANAMA | 2000 |
81.8 |
10.2 |
4.1 |
4.0 |
100% |
POLL | CID-GALLUP POLL, SEPT 2000 |
| SOUTH AMERICA | ||||||||
| ARGENTINA | 2001 |
87.4 |
8.3 |
2.0 |
2.3 |
100% |
PROLADES | ESTIMATE |
| BOLIVIA | 1992 |
79.3 |
10.1 |
1.2 |
9.4 |
100% |
CENSUS | 1992 NATIONAL CENSUS OF POPULATION |
| BRAZIL | 1997 |
72.0 |
11.0 |
4.0 |
13.0 |
100% |
POLL | VOX POPULI, 1997 |
| CHILE | 2002 |
70.0 |
15.1 |
6.6 |
8.3 |
100% |
CENSUS | 2002 NATIONAL CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING |
| COLOMBIA | 2001 |
88.5 |
5.0 |
2.0 |
4.5 |
100% |
PROLADES | ESTIMATE |
| ECUADOR | 1995 |
87.0 |
10.0 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
100% |
PROLADES | ESTIMATE |
| FALKLAND-MALVINAS ISLANDS |
1995 |
11.0 | 67.0 | 7.0 | 15.0 | 100% | AM2000 | |
| GUAYANA FRANCESA | 1997 |
85.8 |
4.2 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
100% |
AM2000 | |
| GUYANA | 1995 |
18.0 |
34.0 |
52.0 |
-- |
104% |
AM2000 | CIA WORLD FACTBOOK, 2002; Christian 50%, Hindu 35%, Muslim 10%, other 5% |
| PARAGUAY | 2002 |
89.5 |
6.0 |
2.0 |
2.5 |
100% |
CENSUS | 2002 NATIONAL CENSUS OF POPULATION |
| PERU | 1995 |
87.0 |
10.0 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
100% |
PROLADES | ESTIMATE |
| SURINAM | 2000 |
22.8 |
25.2 |
52.0 |
-- |
100% |
WFB | CIA WORLD FACTBOOK, 2002; OTHERS INCLUDE HINDU, 27.4%; MUSLIM, 19.6%; INDIGENOUS BELIEFS, 5%. |
| URUGUAY | 1995 |
82.5 |
3.0 |
1.0 |
13.5 |
100% |
PROLADES | ESTIMATE |
| VENEZUELA | 1998 |
87.0 |
5.8 |
1.2 |
6.1 |
100% |
POLL | POLL SPONSORED BY STEIGENGA AND SMILDE AND CONDUCTED BY CONSULTORES 21, IN AUGUST 1998. |
| CARIBBEAN | ||||||||
| ANGUILLA | 1997 | 2.0 | 96.6 | 1.4 | -- | 100% | AM2000 | |
| ANTIGUA-BARBUDA | 1991 |
10.8 |
73.7 |
15.5 |
-- |
100% |
AM2000 | |
| ARUBA | 1996 | 94.5 | -- | 5.5 | -- | 100% | AM2000 | PROTESTANTS ARE INCLUDED IN "OTHER." |
| BAHAMAS, THE | 2000 |
19.0 |
76.0 |
2.0 |
3.0 |
100% |
WFB | CIA WORLD FACTBOOK, 2002: Baptist 32%, Anglican 20%, Roman Catholic 19%, Methodist 6%, Church of God 6%, other Protestant 12%, none or unknown 3%, other 2% |
| BARBADOS | 1997 | 4.4 | 65.5 | 9.9 | 20.2 | 100% | AM2000 | |
| BERMUDA | 1996 | 21.6 | 62.6 | 11.9 | 3.9 | 100% | AM2000 | |
| CAYMAN ISLANDS |
1995 |
3.0 | 88.0 | 5.9 | 3.1 | 100% | AM2000 | |
| CUBA | 1980 |
39.6 |
3.3 |
2.0 |
55.1 |
100% |
AM2000 | |
| DOMINICA | 1991 |
70.1 |
17.2 |
8.9 |
2.9 |
99.1% |
AM2000 | |
| DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | 1995 |
87.0 |
10.0 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
100% |
PROLADES | ESTIMATE |
| GRANADA | 1995 |
57.6 |
37.6 |
4.6 |
-- |
99.8% |
AM2000 | PROTESTANT, 37.6% (INCLUDED ARE ANGLICANS, 14.4%; ADVENTISTS, 8.6%; PENTECOSTALS, 8.3%; OTHERS, 7.4%) |
| GUADALUPE | 1997 |
92.0 |
-- |
1.8 |
4.5 |
98.3% |
AM2000 | PROTESTANTS ARE INCLUDED IN "OTHER." |
| HAITI | 1995 |
68.5 |
24.1 |
7.4 |
-- | 100% |
AM2000 | PENTECOSTAL ( 5.3%) INCLUDED IN PROTESTANT |
| JAMAICA | 1991 |
4.0 |
61.3 |
34.7 |
-- | 100% |
WFB | CIA WORLD FACTBOOK, 1999 |
| MARTINICA | 1997 |
92.9 |
2.4 |
0.9 |
3.8 |
100% |
AM2000 | |
| MONTSERRAT |
1995 |
15.0 | 80.2 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 100% | AM2000 | |
| NETHERLANDS ANTILLES | 1996 | 74.0 | -- | 26.0 | -- | 100% | AM2000 | PROTESTANTS ARE INCLUDED IN "OTHER." |
| PUERTO RICO | 1995 |
67.7 |
27.0 |
3.0 |
2.3 |
100% |
PROLADES | ESTIMATE |
| ST. KITTS (CRISTOBAL)- NEVIS | 1992 |
6.7 |
84.6 |
8.7 |
-- | 100% |
AM2000 | PROTESTANTS, 84.6% (ANGLICANS, 25.2%; METHODISTS, 25.2%; PENTECOSTALS, 8.4%; MORAVIANS, 7.6%) |
| ST. LUCIA | 1993 |
79.2 |
19.4 |
1.4 |
-- | 100% |
AM2000 | PENTECOSTALS ARE INCLUDED IN THE DEFINITION OF PROTESTANTS |
| ST. VINCENT- GRANADINES | 1992 |
10.7 |
57.0 |
32.3 |
-- | 100% |
AM2000 | PROTESTANTS, 57.0% (ANGLICANS, 17.9%; PENTECOSTALS, 14.9%; METHODISTS, 10.5%) |
| TRINIDAD-TOBAGO | 1995 |
29.4 |
29.7 |
40.9 |
-- |
100% |
AM2000 | |
| TURKS-CAICOS |
1997 |
8.3 | 90.0 | 1.7 | -- | 100% | AM2000 | |
| VIRGIN ISLANDS-BR |
1995 |
15.0 | 70.8 | 5.8 | 8.4 | 100% | AM2000 | |
| VIRGIN ISLANDS-USA | 1995 | 36.1 | 55.4 | 6.3 | 2.2 | 100% | AM2000 | |
| IBERIAN PENINSULA | ||||||||
| PORTUGAL | 1998 |
89.3 |
-- | 2.9 | 7.8 | 100% | POLL | ISSP, PROTESTANTS ARE INCLUDED IN "OTHER." |
| SPAIN | 2002 |
82.1 |
-- | 2.0 | 14.6 | 100% | POLL | CIS: PROTESTANTS ARE INCLUDED IN "OTHER." |
| FOOTNOTES: | ||||||||
| 1. PROLADES =
Spanish acronym for LATIN AMERICAN SOCIO-RELIGIOUS STUDIES PROGRAM,
located in San José, Costa Rica. 2. AM2000 = ALMANAQUE MUNDIAL 2000, published by EDITORIAL TELEVISA in Mexico City, 1999 3. WFB = CIA WORLD FACTBOOK, 1999 and 2002 (web version) 4. ROW = RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD, Edited by J. GORDON MELTON and MARTIN BAUMANN (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO Publishers, 2002) |
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