- Summary
- Adherents
- Religious Freedom
- Socio-economic
- Public Opinion
Religious Adherents1 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Caribbean | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baha'i | 1.5% | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| Buddhist | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5.8% |
| Chinese Universalist | 0.0% | 0.1% | 5.8% |
| Christian | 88.7% | 83.1% | 33.3% |
| Confucianist | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| Ethnoreligionist | 0.2% | 0.0% | 4.0% |
| Hindu | 3.4% | 0.9% | 13.6% |
| Jain | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| Jewish | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% |
| Muslim | 1.5% | 0.3% | 20.8% |
| Shintoist | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Sikh | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.3% |
| Spiritist | 1.8% | 6.8% | 0.2% |
| Taoist | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| Zoroastrian | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Other Religions | 0.5% | 0.0% | 1.6% |
| Neo-religions | 0.5% | 0.0% | -- |
| Non-religious | 2.4% | 6.8% | 11.7% |
| Atheist | 0.0% | 1.8% | 2.3% |
Religious Demography
The country has an area of 150 square miles and a population of 119,000. Christianity is the dominant religion. According to the 2001 population and housing census, the Anglican Church and Pentecostal congregations each consist of approximately 19,000 members, the Methodist, Seventh-day Adventist, and Baptist churches each comprised 11,000 adherents, while 8,000 citizens claim to be Roman Catholic. Other denominations, such as evangelical groups, Church of God, and Jehovah's Witnesses are present in smaller numbers. According to the census, there are approximately 1,500 Rastafarians. Baha'is are present in smaller numbers.2
Sources
Note: All country histories and flags were obtained from The World Factbook, 2008.
1. The World Christian Database (WCD) is based on the 2600-page award-winning World Christian Encyclopedia and World Christian Trends, first published in 1982 and revised in 2001. This extensive work on World religion is now completely updated and integrated into the WCD online database. Designed for both the casual user and research scholar, information is readily available on religious activities, growth rates, religious literature, worker activity, and demographic statistics. Additional secular data is incorporated on population, health, education, and communications. A dataset with these and the other international measures highlighted on the country pages can be downloaded from this website. Used with permission.
2. The U.S. State Department's International Religious Freedom report is submitted to Congress annually by the Department of State in compliance with Section 102(b) of the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) of 1998. This report supplements the most recent Human Rights Reports by providing additional detailed information with respect to matters involving international religious freedom. It includes individual country chapters on the status of religious freedom worldwide. A dataset with these and the other international measures highlighted on the country pages can be downloaded from this website. These State Department reports are open source.
