Capital Baptist Deaf College

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.

Country

North America

Canada

Mexico

United States

Deaf & Hard
of Hearing

1,704,551

5,590,207

15,807,089

Highest %
Religion

Catholic

Protestant

Country

Europe

Albania

Andorra

Austria

Deaf & Hard
of Hearing

204,565

3,880

482,311

Highest %
Religion

Islam

Catholic

Central America

Belize

Costa Rica

El Salvador

Guatemala

Honduras

Nicaragua

Panama

12,671

202,625

348,804

650,014

322,248

248,401

159,456

Catholic

Belgium

Bulgaria

Cyprus

Czechoslovakia

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

610,119

533,544

44,259

631,037

314,548

307,333

3,506,839

9,700,800

Catholic

Orthodox

Atheist

Lutheran

Catholic

Protestant

South America

Argentina

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Ecuador

Guyana

Paraguay

Peru

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela

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

Catholic

Christian

Catholic

Christian

Catholic

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Malta

Monaco

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

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

Orthodox

Catholic

Lutheran

Catholic

Caribbean Region

Antigua & Barbuda

Bahamas

Barbados

Cuba

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Grenada

Haiti

Jamaica

St. Lucia

St. Vincent & Grenadines

Trinidad & Tobago

3,940

16,551

15,521

670,810

5,335

474,490

5,699

93,549

154,909

8,791

6,972

80,516

Church of England

Baptist

Protestant

Catholic

Protestant

Catholic

Anglican

Catholic

Romania

Russia

San Marino

Serbia, Bosnia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

United Kingdom

Oceania

Australia

Fiji

Kiribati

Nauru

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

Catholic

Orthodox

Catholic

Orthodox, Muslim

Catholic

Lutheran

Catholic

Church of England

Catholic

Christian

Protestant

Christian

Middle East

Bahrain

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Jordan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Oman

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Syria

Turkey

United Arab Emirates

Yemen

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

Islam

Jewish

Islam

Africa(some of)

Mozambique

Niger

Nigeria

Rwanda

Sao Tome & Principe

Senegal

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Somalia

South Africa

Sudan

Swaziland

Tanzania

Togo

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

Animist

Islam

Christian

Islam

Catholic

Animist

Islam

Christian

Islam

Christian

Animist

Far East

China

Taiwan

Japan

North Korea

South Korea

Mongolia

Philippines

72,175,831

1,303,969

7,585,237

1,398,552

2,733,382

147,330

4,232,519

Buddhist

Christian

Buddhist

Catholic

Transkei

Tunisia

Uganda

Upper Volta

Zaire

Zambia

Zimbabwe

158,472

529,118

120,345

473,435

2,587,930

557,068

665,414

Christian

Islam

Christian

Animist

Christian

Southeast Asia

Bangladesh

Bhutan

Burma

Cambodia

India

Maldives

Nepal

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

7,591,511

105,435

2,684,514

622,366

55,773,718

15,278

1,275,776

7,398,229

1,093,340

Islam

Buddhist

Catholic

Buddhist

Hindu

Islam

Hindu

Islam

Buddhist