World Distribution

of Quakers, 2006

The following are the membership statistics for bodies of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) for the year 2006, as published by the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC). FWCC lists them by its four geographical sections. Current statistics are not always available, so for some countries statistics may be old or estimated. With the exception of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the countries where the membership is listed as unknown do not have yearly meetings.



Country or Area

Number

AFRICA

43%

Burundi

12,000

Central & Southern Africa

200

Congo (Republic of)

unknown

Democratic Republic of Congo

unknown

Ghana

12

Kenya (15 YMs * )

133,825

Nigeria

unknown

Rwanda

3,234

Tanzania (2 YMs *

3,100

Uganda

3,500

Total:

155,871

AMERICAS

45%

Bolivia (5 YMs * )

30,300

Brazil

unknown

Canada

1,160

Columbia

20

Costa Rica

72

Cuba

373

El Salvador

550

Guatemala (3 YMs * )

20,630

Honduras

2,000

Jamaica

325

Mexico

800

Nicaragua

unknown

Peru

5,700

United States (32 YMs * & groups)

105,835

Total:

167,765

ASIA-WEST PACIFIC

4%

Australia

949

Cambodia

2,500

China

unknown

India (4 YMs * & groups)

712

Indonesia

3,000

Japan

185

Korea

12

Nepal

500

New Zealand

656

Phillipines

850

Singapore

unknown

Sri Lanka

unknown

Taiwan

3,200

Total:

12,564

EUROPE & MIDDLE EAST

6%

Belgium & Luxembourg

42

Britain

15,775

Central Europe (Abania, Hungary & Romania)

4,306

Croatia

unknown

Denmark

29

Egypt

unknown

Estonia

unknown

Finland

20

France

71

Germany & Austria

338

Greece

unknown

Iceland

unknown

Ireland

1,591

Italy

unknown

Latvia

unknown

Lebanon & Palestine

60

Lithuania

unknown

Netherlands

115

Norway

151

Russia

13

Spain

8

Sweden

100

Switzerland

104

Total:

22,723

GRAND TOTAL:

358,923

* YMs = Yearly meetings