Statistical Compendiums - Religion

Statistical Compendiums for Initital Research  - Religion

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United States

American Religion Data Archive (ARDA)

Social Explorer (UO only)
Contains InfoGroup data on religious congregations for the United States for 2009, and the Religious Congregations and Membership Study (RCMS) from 1980 to 2000. (To be updated in 2012.)

International & Foreign

CIA World Factbook - gives percentages of adherents for each country.

Adherents.com
A collection of religious adherents statistics and geographical information, from a wide variety of unfiltered sources. Due to the different sources, you will find differing, and non-comparable, statistics on the same faith. Use with caution.