The following estimates, by M. Fournier de Flaix, are the latest that have been made by a competent authority. (See Quarterly of the American Statistical Association for March, 1892.)

Creeds.

No. of Followers.

1

Christianity.................

477,088,158

2

Worship of Ancestors and Confucianism

256,000,000

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Hindooism........

190,000,000

4

Mahommedanisni

176,834,372

Creeds.

No. of Followers.

5

Buddhism.....................

147,900,000

6

Taoism......................

43,000,000

7

Shintoism..............

14,000,000

8

Judaism...................

7,056,000

9

Polytheism................

117,681,669

Christianity

Churches.

Total.

Catholic Church..........

230,866,533

Protestant Churches.....

143,237,625

Orthodox Greek Church.

98,016,000

Church of Abyssinia............

3,000,000

Coptic Church...........

120,000

Churches.

Total.

Armenian Church......

1,690,000

Nestorians.............

80,000

Jacobites................

70,000

477,080,158