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Bill Samuel, August 4, 2002
Bill Samuel
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World Distribution
of Quakers, 2000

The following are the membership statistics for bodies of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) for the year 2000, as published by the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC). FWCC lists them by its four geographical sections. They are published here with the permission of FWCC.

Country or Area
 Number
AFRICA
 45%
Burundi
 12,000
Central & Southern Africa
 200
Congo
 1,003
Kenya (14 YMs*)
 130,241
Pemba
 10
Rwanda
 4,234
Tanzania
 3,000
Uganda
 3,500
Total:
154,188
AMERICAS
 45%
Bolivia (3 YMs*)
 30,300
Canada
 1,200
Columbia
 20
Costa Rica
 72
Cuba
 373
El Salvador
 550
Guatemala (3 YMs*)
 20,630
Honduras
 2,000
Jamaica
 350
Mexico
 800
Peru
 5,000
United States (32 YMs* & groups)
 92,996
Total:
154,291
ASIA-WEST PACIFIC
 4%
Aotearoa-New Zealand
 658
Australia
 1,029
Hong Kong
 20
India (4 YMs* & groups)
 722
Indonesia
 5,000
Japan
 185
Korea
 12
Nepal
 400
Phillipines
 850
Taiwan
 3,200
Total:
12,076
EUROPE & MIDDLE EAST
 6%
Belgium & Luxembourg
 42
Britain
 16,729
Denmark
 30
Finland
 22
France
 60
Germany (including Austria)
 309
Ireland
 1,591
Middle East
 60
Moscow
 13
The Netherlands
 104
Norway
 144
Spain
 8
Sweden
 100
Switzerland
 112
Total:
19,324
International Members
 54
GRAND TOTAL:
339,933
* YMs = Yearly meetings

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