A brief collection of statistics on the Baha'i Community

Worldwide Statistics

• Number of Baha’is in the world: more than 5,000,000
• National/Regional Spiritual Assemblies: 182
• Countries opened to the Faith: 236 (190 Independent countries and 46 significant territories and islands)
• Number of localities where Baha’is reside: 127,381
• Number of Local Spiritual Assemblies: 11,740
• Number of languages into which Baha’i literature has been translated: 802
• Tribes, races and ethnic groups represented in the Baha’i community: 2,112

United States Statistics (as of Sept. 2008)

• Number of Baha’is in the United States: 162,578
• Number of localities where Baha’is reside: 6,527
• Number of local Spiritual Assemblies: 1,084

NOTE: The National Spiritual Assembly is the nine-member, national governing body of a country’s Baha’i community. It is elected annually at a national convention. Local Spiritual Assemblies are elected annually by the local Baha’is in communities where there are nine or more adult believers.