This site is a refernce source for membership information and other statistics on more than 4,200 worldwide religions, churches, sects, denominations, religious movements, and other faith groups. The database contains more than 43,870 individual statistics and is still growing. Because of the way the data is organized, a visitor to the site can find answers to specific questions such as "How many Methodists live in Kentucky?", "What percentage of the world population is Muslim?", or "What are the largest religions of India?". The data is obtained from primary research sources such as government census reports and statistical sampling surveys, as well as some secondary literature from various sources.
Another feature of the site is its detailed lists of famous adherents of more than one hundred different religious groups, such as famous Methodists, famous Catholics, famous Jews, famous Zoroastrians, and famous Theosophists. There are also lists of prominent politicians, authors, U.S. presidents, Supreme Court justices, artists, musicians, actors, and other famous people classified by religious affiliation. The site also contains detailed religious biographies of thousands of famous people.
To visit this website, go to Adherents.com. The site is designed for use by students, researchers, journalists, teachers or anyone who is looking for statistical data about the size or geographic spread of a particular religion, or who wants to get information about the religious makeup of a specific country, region, state or province.
