Nations (population 200,000+) with the highest percentage of their population Bahá'ís:

      1) Belize, 7,742 adherents indicating 2.5% of the population.

      2) Bolivia, 215,359 adherents indicating 2.2% of the population.

      3) Zambia, 231,112 adherents indicating 1.8% of the population.

Nations (population 200,000+) with the highest number of Bahá'ís:

      1) India, 1,897,651 believers (0.2% of the population).

      2) United States, 512,864 believers (0.2% of the population).

      3) Kenya, 422,782 believers (0.1% of the population).

For the full dataset go to the ARDA website. [ARDA]

Table of contents :
Illustrations:
Acknowledgements:
Foreword:
Introduction:
1. Reforms in the Late Ottoman Empire:
2. Early Babis in the Ottoman Empire:
3. The Babis, Iran and the Ottoman Reform Elite:
4. The Baha'is and the 'Fathers' of Ottoman Constitutionalism:
5. Iranian Reformers, Young Turks and the 'Babis' in 19th Century Istanbul:
6. 'Abdu'l-Baha and the Ottomans, 1890s - 1910s:
7. From Empire to Republic: State and Religion in the Era of Kemalist reform:
Conclusions:
Appendices:
Illustration:
Bibliography:
Index

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