Machine summary:
"S. in the light of the information provided in the Rid’van 2016 Annual Report of the National Spiritual Assembly of Bahais of the United States30, with a view at the figures provided in the American official census: No. of believers(Bahais) 77,878 Adults (age 21 and older) 67,679 Youths (ages 15–20) 4,412 Junior Youth (ages 12–14) 1,784 Children (up to age 11) 4,003 Membership statistics Deaths 258 258 million.
Regional indicators of growth and activity level among the Bahais worldwide Number of localitiesa LSA activity level, 1986b Region 1986 1992 Growth All Feast Fund Active Europe 2,848 4,093 44% 715 627 547 82% USA and Canada 8,273 8,529 3% 1,918 1,401 1,306 71% Australia and New Zealand 625 501 –20% 211 188 195 91% Western World 11,746 13,123 12% 2,844 2,216 2,048 75% India 34,070 29,443 c0% 15,448 1,089 362 5% Other Asia, including: 14,660 21,676 48% 2,076 597 487 26% Bangladesh 1,977 4,973 152% 200 27 19 12% Philippines 5,496 7,300 33% 671 83 102 14% Japan 341 392 15% 55 22 16 35% Africa 35,657 33,270 –7% 7,258 2,175 1,044 22% Latin America 18,297 18,941 4% 4,582 760 455 13% Oceania 2,277 3,593 58% 646 359 200 43% Non-Western World 104,961 106,923 2% 30,010 4,980 2,548 13% World 16,707 120,046 3% 32,854 7,196 4,596 18% a The sources to the data are The Seven Year Plan 1979–1986.
A Suggestion for Reassessment of Bahai Membership Data The above discussion indicates a need for estimating the number of active Bahais in different regions of the world."