RELIGIOUS STATISTICS FROM ALL THE COUNTRIES OF THE EARTH.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume VI, Issue 300, 31 January 1879, Page 9

RELIGIOUS STATISTICS FROM ALL THE COUNTRIES OF THE EARTH.

Accobding to Hubner's " Statistical Tables of all the Countries of the Earth," there are in the German Empire 5,600,000 Evangelical Christians, 14.900.000 Catholics, 28,000 Orthodox Greek Christians, 512,000 Jews, 0,000 of all other denominations or of none. In AustriaHungary there are 23,900,000 Catholics, 3,600,000 Evangelical Christians. 7,220,000 Greek and other Christians, 1,375,000 Jews, 5,000 Mahomedans and others. In France there are 35,390,000 Catholics, 600,000 Evangelical Christians, 118,000 Jews, 24,000 Mahomedans, and others. In Great Britain and Ireland there are 26,000,000 Protestants of various denominations, 5,(iOO,000 Catholics, 26,000 Greeks, etc., 46,000 Jews, 6,000 Mahomedans, and others. In Italy there arc 26,660,000 Catholics, 96,000 Evangelical Christians, 100,000 Greeks, etc., 36.000 Jews, 25 Mahomedans, and others. In Spain there arc 16,500,000 Catholics, and 180,000 adherents of other denominations (details not given). In European Russia there are 56,100,000 Orthodox Greek Christians etc., 2,680,000 Evangelical Christians, 7,500,000 Catholics, 2,700,000 Jews, and 2,600,000 Mahomedans and others. In Belgium there are 4,920,000 Catholics, 13,000 Reformed Church, 2,000 Jews, and 3,000 belonging to other denominations. In the Netherlands there 2,001,000 members of the Reformed Church, 1,235,000 Catholics, 64,000 Jews, and 4,000 of other denominations. In Sweden and Norway there arc 4,162,000 members of the Evangelical Church, 4,000 Greeks and other Christians, and 1.000 Jews ; the number of Catholics is not officially given — it is estimated at less than 1,000. For every 10,000 inhabitants there are yearly in — Children in Elementary Births Deaths. Marriages. Schools. The German Empire 406 292 90 1,500 Austria-Hungary 402 352 88 890 Great Britain and 1re1and..346 220 77 800 France 267 231 86 990 Italy 360 306 90 708 Russia has the smallest proportionate number in elementary schools, about 150 per 10,000 inhabitants, and the United States of America the largest, 2,180 for every 10,000 inhabitants.