STATISTICS
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STATISTICS
Schismatic Orientals added to the "Greek-Catholics"
by Juraschek-Zeller and others) were a little below the
Protestants. In the total of Christians are included
2,056,000 Raskolniks in Russia (the real number
probably is much greater), 232,000 Gregorian Arme-
nians in Turkey, Bulgaria, and Rumania, 24,000 Old
CathoUcs in Austria, and about 9000 Jansenists in
Holland.
In Asia (see Table IV) government censuses of re- ligions have been taken only within Russian and British territories. Regarding the other countries only the number of Christian.s and Jews can be ascer-
nent and New Zealand; Buddhists and Mohamme-
dans are found among the immigrants in Hawaii and
on the continent. An official census of religions was
taken in New Zealand in 1906 and by the Common-
wealth in 1900. As, however, the population has
grown very considerably since the last census, we
have applied to the Catholics of the Australian Com-
monwealth the results of the ecclesiastical census of
1909 and raised in due proportion the number of Prot-
estants ascertained in 1900. With regard to the
other countries and islands, the Catholic and Prot-
estant missionary statistics have served as our chief
Table III.— Europe.
Countries.
Year.
Catholics.
Protestants.
Greek
Russian
Orthodox.
Total of
Christians.
Jews.
Moham-
medans.
Others and
Undenom-
inational.
E.
R.
E.
C.
C.
E.
R.
C.
E.
E.
E.
C.
C.
E.
E.
E.
E.
E.
E.
R.
C.
E.
E.
E.
R.
E.
1900
1907
1908
1909
1905
1906
1906
1905
1909
1907
1908
1906
1905
1909
1908 1908 1905 1907 1907 1906 1905 1907 1907 1907 1900
5,231
38,195,000
7,350,000
413,354
29,684
7,871
38,467,000
22,094,492
5,786,000
44,265
33,750,000
9,650
242,572
19,000
12,900
2,045,000
2,000
5,438,000
167,000
13,450,000
11,439
11,000
19,280,000
2,600
1,463,000
280,000
5,231
46.328.000
7.380.000
1.221.675
3.392,756
2,673,000
39,095,000
60.016.213
45.416.000
2.598.565
33.820.000
9.650
244.836
19.000
214.000
5.578.000
2.332.000
5,443,000
6,362.000
0114,623,000
11.439
2.665.500
19,288.000
5,372,600
3.497,000
(10)3,240.000
A tr Hnnirarv
4,488,666
30,000
3,621.000
103,000
Tl 1 •
4,000
11.481
3,000
Bosnia
808,321
3,344,806
100
616.628
6,051
Riilijnrin
5,644
2,664,200
628,000
(3)37,906,569
39,630,000
37.656 603.867
1,296
Dpnmark (M
(=) 3.500
55.000
607.S62
240.000
8,3.50
50,000
20,000
p. ^
102,000
fprman Einoire
1,991
17.203
Great Britain and Ireland (*)
100,000
2,554,300
24,000
1.000
70,000
40,000
T iiTpmhiirir
2,264
1,128
511
Montenegro
201,100
13.800
3,524,000
2,330,000
5,000
25,000
7,458,000
116.000
700
1,200
250,000
130,000
XT -T.-RV
100
15,000
6,160,000
91.661,000
.50.000
20,000
6,042,000 4,224.000
460,000
1,500
8,000
5.370,000
2,034,000
20,000
2,653.000
6.000 16.000
4.000
4.000
14.000
100.000
17,000
S .. i' ■ ■ j
14,000
2.740,000
3.100.660
188,577,058
106.200,177
113,735,718
410.826,465
9.795.877 8.648.395
1,050,061
(1) With dependencies.
(2) This number corresponds to the ratio (14 in 10.000) deducted from the last official census of religions; Jewish Year Book. London. 1910. the number of Jews in France runs up to 95.000.
(3) Inclusive of "other Christians."
(<) Together with Malta. Gibraltar and the Channel Islands. (») Without Madeira. (8) Together with Finland. P) Inclusive of 2.056.000 Raskolniks. (8) Without the Canary Islands. («) With Crete. (10) Inclusive of 200.000 An
tained with any degree of certainty. Of the wide-
spread reUgions of Eastern Asia we have nothing but
estimates of very doubtful value. The Christians of
the various creeds amount in all to about 32,270,000,
only 3-9 per cent of the total population of Asia, which
may be reckoned as 829 millions. Among the Chris-
tians the Greek Orthodox (in round numbers, 13,800,-
000) are the best represented; yet the Catholics
(12,660,000) come fairly close to them. The Prot-
estants (2,3.50,000) are far fewer, even if the high
estimates of Warneck regarding China and Korea be
accepted. The remainder (3,500,000) are Armenians,
Raskolniks, Thomas Christians in India, and what is
still left of the old Christian communities in Japan.
Of about 6,634,000 inhabitants of Australia and Oceania (see Table V), about 5,240,000 are Christians. The Protestant denominations take the lead (almost 77 per cent of the total). The Australian continent, Tasmania, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Fiji, the Tonga and Navigator Islands arc almost completely Christianized; whercastlioimpulationsof NewCJuinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands, and most of the sm.aller groups of islands are for the most part pagan. Jews are few on the Australian conti-
sources of information. Thus a fairly high degree of
accuracy is attained concerning the Christians, while
for the pagans mere estimates have had to suffice.
In Africa (see Table VI) there are, in a total of about 126 millions, more than 11 millions of Chris- tians, of whom more than half belong to the Mono- physites of Abyssinia and Egypt. Catholics and Protestants are in almost equal numbers, if we add to Africa the Canary Islands and Madeira, which ad- mini.stratively belong to the European posse.ssions of Spain and Portugal. The main stock of Protestants live in British South Africa, the numerous immigrants being for the most part of English and Dutch extrac- tion; but the Protestants have won many converts among the natives. Of Catholics the greater num- ber reside in the French, Spanish, and Portuguese colonies. With regard to the last-named, especially Angola, much higher figures were formerly given, but without sufficient foundation; hence we have inserted in our table the lowest estimate. Jews are somewhat more numerous in Abyssinia, Tunis, Algeria, and Morocco, their total being about half a million. ^Iore than one-third of Africa i)rofe.sses Mohammedanism, which is ever gaining ground and encroaching on
