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Distribution of Quakers in the World

Submitted by QICadmin on Wed, 2011-06-08 10:48

Worldwide: most recent membership count = 358,923

  • For a list of yearly meetings (regional groupings of Friends) around the world, see the List of Meetings posted by Friends World Committee for Consultation (World Office).
  • Distribution worldwide of Friends:

    Africa = 43% North America = 30% Caribbean and Latin America = 17% Europe and Middle East = 6% Asia-West Pacific = 4%.

    (A colorful map of Quaker distributions around the world is sent free to those who sign up for the electronic newsletter of Friends World Committee for Consultation - Section of the Americas at www.fwccamericas.org.)

  • Distribution of Friends in the World (by country): the above mentioned map of the world with statistics by country and continent.
  • World map according to distribution of Quakers from worldmapper.org.

United States: 2007 membership count = 86,837*

*not including children and attenders.

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