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* Baháʼís did enter Korea in 1921 before the Division of Korea. "[http://bahai-library.com/east-asia/korea/korea.1.html The First Mention of the Baháʼí Faith in Korea]" in ''[http://bahai-library.com/sims_raising_banner_korea Raising the Banner in Korea; An Early Baháʼí History]'', by Barbara R. Sims, published by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baháʼís of Korea, 1996</ref> Third-parties estimated 7.1 million Baháʼís in the world in 2000, representing 218 countries,<ref>"[http://www.bible.ca/global-religion-statistics-world-christian-encyclopedia.htm Global statistics for all religions: 2001 AD]" in ''World Christian Encyclopedia'', 2001, ed David A. Barrett, page 4</ref> and 7.3 million in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |last=Association of Religion Data Archives |year=2010 |title= Most Baha'i Nations (2010)|url=http://www.thearda.com/QL2010/QuickList_40.asp |access-date=20 August 2013}}</ref> They further state: "The Baha'i Faith is the only religion to have grown faster in every United Nations region over the past 100 years than the general population; Bahaʼi was thus the fastest-growing religion between 1910 and 2010, growing at least twice as fast as the population of almost every UN region."<ref>"[https://bahai-library.com/pdf/j/johnson_grim_bahais.pdf Global Religious Populations, 1910–2010]" in ''The World's Religions in Figures: An Introduction to International Religious Demography'', by Todd M. Johnson, Brian J. Grim, published by John Wiley & Sons, 26 March 2013, pages 59–62, doi 10.1002/9781118555767.ch1, isbn 9781118555767, oclc 871758035</ref> | * Baháʼís did enter Korea in 1921 before the Division of Korea. "[http://bahai-library.com/east-asia/korea/korea.1.html The First Mention of the Baháʼí Faith in Korea]" in ''[http://bahai-library.com/sims_raising_banner_korea Raising the Banner in Korea; An Early Baháʼí History]'', by Barbara R. Sims, published by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baháʼís of Korea, 1996</ref> Third-parties estimated 7.1 million Baháʼís in the world in 2000, representing 218 countries,<ref>"[http://www.bible.ca/global-religion-statistics-world-christian-encyclopedia.htm Global statistics for all religions: 2001 AD]" in ''World Christian Encyclopedia'', 2001, ed David A. Barrett, page 4</ref> and 7.3 million in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |last=Association of Religion Data Archives |year=2010 |title= Most Baha'i Nations (2010)|url=http://www.thearda.com/QL2010/QuickList_40.asp |access-date=20 August 2013}}</ref> They further state: "The Baha'i Faith is the only religion to have grown faster in every United Nations region over the past 100 years than the general population; Bahaʼi was thus the fastest-growing religion between 1910 and 2010, growing at least twice as fast as the population of almost every UN region."<ref>"[https://bahai-library.com/pdf/j/johnson_grim_bahais.pdf Global Religious Populations, 1910–2010]" in ''The World's Religions in Figures: An Introduction to International Religious Demography'', by Todd M. Johnson, Brian J. Grim, published by John Wiley & Sons, 26 March 2013, pages 59–62, doi 10.1002/9781118555767.ch1, isbn 9781118555767, oclc 871758035</ref> | ||
Because of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Baháʼís | Because of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Baháʼís persecution of Baháʼís], the ability to look up names of past individuals is limited especially in some countries and statistics are sometimes not published. | ||
==A list of sources== | ==A list of sources== | ||