MARGINAL CHRISTIAN GROUPS IN
MEMBERSHIP OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES AND MORMONS
BY COUNTRY, 1978 AND 2005
Created by
15 January 2008
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JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES |
LATTER-DAY SAINTS (MORMONS) |
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1978 |
2005 |
AAGR |
1978 |
2005 |
AAGR |
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GUATEMALA |
5,176 |
24,008 |
5.8% |
17,173 |
200,537 |
9.5% |
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EL SALVADOR |
6,017 |
30,687 |
6.2% |
13,924 |
94,296 |
7.3% |
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HONDURAS |
3,166 |
15,716 |
6.1% |
6,566 |
116,416 |
11.2% |
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NICARAGUA |
3,338 |
19,003 |
6.7% |
3,091 |
52,184 |
11.0% |
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COSTA RICA |
5,090 |
21,024 |
5.4% |
5,411 |
34,036 |
7.0% |
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PANAMA |
2,983 |
11,704 |
5.2% |
3,162 |
40,897 |
9.9% |
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CENTRAL AMERICA |
26,318 |
122,142 |
5.8% |
49,327 |
538,366 |
9.3% |
NOTE: AAGR = Average
Annual Growth Rate (1978 - 2005 = 27 years)
SOURCES:
(1) Jehovah's Witnesses: 1978 (PROCADES research based on 1979 JW
Yearbook); 2005 (Jehovah's Witnesses Official Website: http://www.watchtower.org/statistics/worldwide_report.htm).
(2) Mormons: 1978 (Joseph C. Muren, president,
"Progress Report-July 1977 to November 1979," Mission of Costa Rica: Honduras, Nicaragua,
Costa Rica and Panama [includes Kuna Indians in San Blas Islands]);
2005 (Deseret Morning News, 2007 Church
Almanac [Salt Lake City: Deseret Morning News, 2006]).