STATISTICS
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STATISTICS
Catholic Church ; 186 miUions, or 30 . 1 per cent are
r'rotestants; 127 J^^ millions, or 20-6 per cent, Greek
Orthodox; the rest are Oriental Schismatics or belong
o sects not separately mentioned in the table —
ism and Mohammedanism, of all religious denomina-
tions, approach nearest to Catholicism: they each have
more than 200 millions of followers. But their ex-
tension is not so universal as that of Catholicism;
Table VII. — America.
COCNTRIEB.
Catholica.
Protestants.
Jews.
Heathens.
Others and
Undenom-
inational.
3,017,231
14,347,027
13,533.013
4,353,000
1,824,897
1,000,000
1,488,000
600,000
303,928
400,000
77,539
2,640,000
4,300,000
1,270,000
4,500,000
2.150,000
3,800,000
6,100.000
1,080.000
580,000
20.250,000
4.332,769
66,000.000
51,795
15.000
20,000
7
60.000
1,777,000
8,972
50,000
500,000
120,060 12,000
7
5.500.000
13,219
4,000
160,000
12,000
300,000
986,000
2,000
600.000
18,000
12,000
80,000
63.3.i9
4,000
7
2,000
400
12,000
30,000
130,000
300,000
100,000
50,000
50,000
J
10,000
iolh-ia . .
36,600
80,000
25.000
1.000
250.000
1,000
50,000
600,000
3,000
12.000
87,614,635
70,868,923
1.858.372
2,622,000
6,089,219
lO Inclusive of British Honduras and British Guiana.
Laskolniks, Janaonists, Old Catholics etc. The
Loman Catholic Church alone compri.ses almost one-
fth of mankind, and has more followers than any
ther form of religion. Buddhism, Ancestor-worship,
locally and cthnographically they are much more
limited. In Table VIII the Jews probably appear
more numerous than they are in reality, as the great
emigration from Russia could not be determined
Table VIII. — Stnopbis of Tables III to VII.
(A) Christians.
■ Parts of the World.
Catholics.
Protestants.
Greek
Russian
(Orthodox)
Oriental
Schismatics.
Total
of
Christians.
188,577,058
12,661,498
1,244,0,55
2,689,839
87,614,635
106,200,177
2,354,817
3,997,047
2.634,660
70,868.923
113,735,718
13,806,000
232,000
2,919,000
410,826,865
32,272.905
5,823.989
11,148,488
merica
158,483 558
292,787,085
186.055,624
127.541.718
8.974,989
617,972,918
(B) Non-Christians.
'arts of the World.
Jews.
Moham-
medans.
Brahmins.
Buddhists.
Adherents of
Ancestor- Worship and Confu- cianism.
Taoists
and
Shintoists.
Fetish-Wor-
shippers
and
other
Heathens.
Others
and Unde- nomina- tional.
9,795,877
745,000
16.867
573,635
1.858,372
8,648,.395
155,100.000
20,000
43,299.445
1 050 061
■
210,000,000
125,000,000
70,000
240,000,000
49,000,000
16,870.000
1,112,000
71,000,000 2,622,000
174,000
100,000
200,000
6 089,219
Totals
12,989.751
207,067,840
210,100,000
125,270,000
240,000,000
49,000,000
91,604,000
7,313,280
^nd Confucianism, which, taken toget^ier, would in-
Ippd possess a Larger number of adherents, are not
lisfinrt religious bodies, but forms of religion and
ystems of religious customs all of which, as mentioned
ibove, are at times obsen'ed by the same individual.
iVith reference to the number of adherents, Brahmin-
numerically for want of reliable official statistics,
while in the most recent records from countries to
which they migrate, the .lews seem to be included.
Nevertheless the total number of Jews can scarcely
fail to reach 12 millions. (See also Migration:
Immigration to the United Slates.) The remaining
