A brief collection of statistics on the Baha'i Community

Worldwide Statistics

• Number of Baha’is in the world: more than 5,000,000
• Established in nearly every country and in many dependent territories
• Most nations and a few territories have a National Spiritual Assembly elected by the Baha'is of that jurisdiction*
• Number of localities where Baha’is reside: more than 100,000
• Number of Local Spiritual Assemblies: more than 10,000**
• Number of languages into which Baha’i literature has been translated: more than 800
• Tribes, races and ethnic groups represented in the Baha’i community: about 2,100

United States Statistics (as of February 1, 2010)

• Number of Baha’is in the United States: 167,145
• Number of localities where Baha’is reside: 6,626
• Number of Local Spiritual Assemblies: 1,098**

* 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.