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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 persecution of Baháʼís], the ability to look up names of past individuals is limited especially in some countries and statistics are sometimes not published. | 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. Also Bahá'í sources typically report only adults on membership counts. | ||
==A list of sources== | ==A list of sources== | ||