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DEMOGRAPHIC STATISTICS

Worldwide Bahá’í population: More than 5 million

Countries/dependent territories where Bahá’í Faith is established: 188 countries/ 45 territories

National/Regional Spiritual Assemblies: 165

Local Spiritual Assemblies: 20,435

Localities where Bahá’ís reside: 120,046

Tribes, races and ethnic groups represented in the Bahá’í community: 2,112

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF LOCAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES BY CONTINENT

Americas 5931 Asia 7419 Africa 5904 Europe 845 Australasia 876 [Page 312]

GROWTH IN THE NUMBER OF LOCALITIES WHERE BAHÁ’ÍS RESIDE

120000 100000 80000 60000 40000 20000 1960 1954 1965 1970 1975 1992 1985 1980

PERCENTAGE OF WOMEN ON NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES BY CONTINENT

30 AMERICAS 37% BAD 20 AFRICA 21% ASIA 20% 10 EUROPE 33% AUSTRALASIA 27% ТИЗИТКОЙ А

1. Between 1986 and 1988, a numerical decrease of 6,100 localities occurred in India alone due to revised civil areas of jurisdiction; similar changes took place in other countries. [Page 313]

OTHER STATISTICS

Languages into which Bahá’u’lláh’s writings have been translated	802
Continental Counsellors:
Africa	18
Americas	17
Asia	17
Australasia	10
Europe	10
Bahá’í Publishing Trusts	29
Bahá’í radio stations	7
Bahá’í schools	178 Academic 488 Tutorial
Bahá’í literacy programs	186
Bahá’í conservation/environment projects	52
Bahá’í agricultural projects	21
Bahá’í health projects	56

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Bahá’í women and youth projects	52
Other Bahá’í development projects	311
Total number of Bahá’í social and economic development projects in 1992	1344
Growth in number of projects since 1979	1020%

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS BY CONTINENT

Americas	379
Africa	286
Europe	30
Australasia	117
Asia	532

NUMBER OF BAHÁ’ÍS KILLED IN IRAN SINCE THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION

40

30

1980 20

10

1985

1992 0