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DEAF POPULATION
From Randy Lindsey, Deaf Media Ministries
Figures below taken from the following sources: The World Almanac and Book of Facts
1995, Funk and Wagnalls Corporation, Operation World, Zondervan Publishing
House, National Association of the Deaf, Washington DC.
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Country
North
America
Canada
Mexico
United States
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Deaf
& Hard
of
Hearing
1,704,551
5,590,207 15,807,089 |
Highest
%
Religion
Catholic
Catholic
Protestant
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Country
Europe
Albania
Andorra
Austria
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Deaf
& Hard
of
Hearing
204,565
3,880
482,311
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Highest
%
Religion
Islam
Catholic
Catholic
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Central
America
Belize
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Panama
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12,671
202,625
348,804
650,014
322,248
248,401
159,456
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Catholic
Catholic
Catholic
Catholic
Catholic
Catholic
Catholic
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Belgium
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
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610,119
533,544
44,259
631,037
314,548
307,333
3,506,839
9,700,800
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Catholic
Orthodox
Orthodox
Atheist
Lutheran
Lutheran
Catholic
Protestant
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South
America
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela
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2,056,145
46,800
9,624,345
845,849
2,157,094
64,692
44,199
316,124
1,433,960
25,646
193,955
1,246,674
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Catholic
Catholic
Catholic
Catholic
Catholic
Christian
Catholic
Catholic
Christian
Catholic
Catholic
Catholic
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Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Malta
Monaco
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
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634,565
625,640
16,006
214,569
3,524,906
1,818
24,373
20,799
1,879
931,761
261,618
2,342,493
638,070
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Orthodox
Catholic
Lutheran
Catholic
Catholic
Catholic
Catholic
Catholic
Catholic
Catholic
Catholic
Catholic
Catholic
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Caribbean
Region
Antigua
& Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Haiti
Jamaica
St. Lucia
St.
Vincent
& Grenadines
Trinidad
& Tobago
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3,940
16,551
15,521
670,810
5,335
474,490
5,699
93,549
154,909
8,791
6,972
80,516
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Church
of
England
Baptist
Protestant
Catholic
Catholic
Catholic
Catholic
Catholic
Protestant
Catholic
Anglican
Catholic
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Romania
Russia
San Marino
Serbia,
Bosnia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United
Kingdom
Oceania
Australia
Fiji
Kiribati
Nauru
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1,405,464
907,079
1,455
652,378
2,382,940
532,210
426,835
3,524,725
1,096,008
46,321
4,729
606
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Catholic
Orthodox
Catholic
Orthodox,
Muslim
Catholic
Lutheran
Catholic
Church
of England
Catholic
Christian
Protestant
Christian
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Middle
East
Bahrain
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Oman
Qatar
Saudi
Arabia
Syria
Turkey
United
Arab Emirates
Yemen
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35,529
3,978,055
1,205,930
306,242
240,155
110,285
219,480
103,131
31,103
1,103,284
902,598
376,839
169,218
1,052,572
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Islam
Islam
Islam
Jewish
Islam
Islam
Islam
Islam
Islam
Islam
Islam
Islam
Islam
Islam
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Africa(some of)
Mozambique
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Sao Tome & Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
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1,051,687
523,540
5,947,257
507,715
8,306
529,360
4,365
280,716
404,220
2,663,526
1,783,734
56,749
1,696,791
257,980
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Animist
Islam
Christian
Christian
Christian
Islam
Catholic
Animist
Islam
Christian
Islam
Christian
Christian
Animist
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Far East
China
Taiwan
Japan
North
Korea
South
Korea
Mongolia
Philippines
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72,175,831
1,303,969
7,585,237
1,398,552
2,733,382
147,330
4,232,519
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Buddhist
Buddhist
Buddhist
Buddhist
Christian
Buddhist
Catholic
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Transkei
Tunisia
Uganda
Upper Volta
Zaire
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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158,472
529,118
120,345
473,435
2,587,930
557,068
665,414
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Christian
Islam
Christian
Animist
Christian
Christian
Christian
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Southeast
Asia
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Burma
Cambodia
India
Maldives
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri
Lanka
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7,591,511
105,435
2,684,514
622,366
55,773,718
15,278
1,275,776
7,398,229
1,093,340
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Islam
Buddhist
Catholic
Buddhist
Hindu
Islam
Hindu
Islam
Buddhist
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