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World Distribution of Quakers, 2012
The following are the membership statistics for bodies of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) for the year 2012, as published by the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) (PDF map of membership distribution). FWCC lists them by its four geographical sections. Current statistics are not always available, so for some countries statistics may be old or estimated. The countries where the membership is listed as unknown do not have yearly meetings (some of the ones with numbers don't either).
Country or Area
Number
AFRICA
52%
Burundi (2 Yearly Meetings)
35,000
Central & Southern Africa (Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
140
Cameroon
unknown
Congo, Republic of
10
Congo, Democratic Republic of
3,000
Ghana
10
Kenya (17 Yearly Meetings)
146,300
Madagascar
20
Nigeria
20
Rwanda
4,200
Tanzania (2 Yearly Meetings)
3,100
Uganda
5,000
Total, Africa:
196,800
AMERICAS
35%
Argentina
unknown
Bolivia (6 Yearly Meetings)
22,300
Canada
1,300
Columbia
10
Costa Rica
90
Cuba
900
Dominican Republic
110
El Salvador
1,600
Guatemala (3 Yearly Meetings)
19,620
Haiti
1,000
Honduras
2,500
Jamaica
2,100
Mexico (3 Yearly Meetings/Associations)
1,400
Nicaragua
200
Peru
3,500
United States of America (32 Yearly Meetings/Associations)
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