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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