LATIN AMERICAN RELIGIONS DIRECTORY PROJECT

RELIGION-IN-THE-AMERICAS (RITA) PROJECT:
NUMBER OF RELIGIOUS GROUPS BY COUNTRY,
STATUS OF RESEARCH IN FEBRUARY 2003
AND POPULATION MID-2000

Compiled by Clifton L. Holland, Director of PROLADES
(last revised on September 9, 2003)

COUNTRY	COUNTRY CODE	NUMBER OF PROTESTANT DENOMIN- ATIONS	NUMBER OF OTHER RELIGIOUS GROUPS	TOTAL NUMBER OF RELIGIOUS GROUPS	CURRENT STATUS OF THE STUDY	ESTIMATED POPULATION MID-2000 (MILLIONS)
ANGUILLA	ANG	6	5	11	DB	.009
ANTIGUA-BARBUDA	ANT	19	9	28	DB	.068
ARGENTINA	ARG	105	84	189	DB, HCP	37.048
ARUBA	ARU	12	10	22	DB	.075
BAHAMAS	BAH	23	11	34	DB	.310
BARBADOS	BAR	21	12	33	DB	.259
BELIZE	BEL	63	15	78	DB, HCN	.254
BERMUDA	BER	13	7	20	DB	.062
BOLIVIA	BOL	132	22	154	DB, HCN	8.261
BRAZIL	BRA	155	108	263	DB	170.115
CANADA (HISPANIC & CARRIBEAN ORIGINS)*	CAN	3	16	19	DB	.430
CAYMAN ISLANDS	CAY	14	5	19	DB	.033
CHILE	CHI	72	34	106	DB	15.211
COLOMBIA	COL	117	98	215	DB, HCP	40.037
COSTA RICA	CRI	185	77	262	DB, HCN	3.589
CUBA	CUB	39	17	56	DB	11.1
DOMINICA	DOM	10	5	15	DB	.076
DOMINICAN REP.	DRP	128	21	149	DB, HCN	8.443
ECUADOR	ECU	68	37	105	DB, HCN	12.646
EL SALVADOR	ELS	77	19	96	DB, HCN	6.280
FALKLAND ISLANDS	FLK	4	4	8	DB	.003
FRENCH GUIANA	FGU	8	10	18	DB	.193
GRENADA	GRN	14	12	26	DB	.098
GUADELOUPE	GUA	8	13	21	DB	.449
GUATEMALA	GTE	227	31	258	DB, HCN	12.670
GUYANA	GUY	18	22	40	DB	.698
HAITI	HAI	122	15	137	DB, HCN	6.423
HONDURAS	HON	112	17	129	DB, HCN	6.130
JAMAICA	JAM	78	26	104	DB	2.609
MARTINIQUE	MAR	13	9	22	DB	.408
MEXICO	MEX	1556	130	1686	DB, HCP	99.639
MONSERRAT	MON	7	4	11	DB	.015
NETH. ANTILLES	NET	17	10	27	DB	.221
NICARAGUA	NIC	119	30	149	DB, HCN	5.074
PANAMA	PAN	53	32	85	DB, HCN	2.857
PARAGUAY	PAR	80	32	112	DB	5.505
PERU	PER	74	36	110	DB, HCN	27.136
PORTUGAL***	POR	38	26	64	DB	9.995
PUERTO RICO	PRI	89	42	131	DB	3.916
ST. HELENS	SHE	6	3	9	DB	.007
ST. KITTS-NEVIS**	STK	12	3	15	DB	.043
ST. LUCIA	STL	20	8	28	DB	.157
ST. VINCENT- GRANADA	STV	15	6	21	DB	.112
SPAIN***	SPN	77	114	191	DB	39.466
SURINAME	SUR	23	23	46	DB	.434
TRINIDAD-TOBAGO	TRT	33	27	60	DB	1.295
TURKS-CAICOS IS.	TUR	6	3	9	DB	.016
URUGUAY	URY	32	21	53	DB	3.313
USA (HISPANIC & CARIBBEAN GROUPS)	USA	105	42	147	DB	35.3
VENEZUELA	VEN	56	53	109	DB, HCP	24.170
VIRGIN IS. - BR.	VIB	10	6	16	DB	.022
VIRGIN IS. - USA	VIU	28	10	38	DB	.107
TOTALS	52***	4,322	1,432	5,754		498.552

DB = COMPUTER DATABASE
HCN = HARD COPY, NATIONAL STUDY
HCP = HARD COPY, PARTIAL STUDY (CITY OR REGION)

NOTES:
*We are still missing information on Hispanic and Caribbean religious groups in CANADA.
**The Island of SAINT KITTS is also known as SAINT CHRISTOPHER and is part of the British self-governing territory of ST. KITTS-NEVIS.
*** SPAIN and PORTUGAL are included in the above list, even though these countries are not part of the Americas (50 countries); they have been added for the sake of comparison and because not much is known about religious groups in countries of the Iberian Peninsula that have important cultural ties to many countries of the Americas.

Clifton L. Holland, Director
Latin American Socio-Religious Studies Program (PROLADES)
Apartado 1524-2050, San Pedro, Montes de Oca
COSTA RICA