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Total estimated membership in the 200 Mennonite, Brethren in Christ (BIC) and related churches in 65 countries now stands at 1,297,716 — up from 1,203,995 members in 197 bodies in 63 countries in 2000.

Africa now has more baptized Mennonite, BIC and related church members than any other continent. Membership in Africa stands at 451,959, slightly more than the 451,180 members in North America.

With an increase of 45,980 members since 2000, Africa has for the first time moved ahead of North America, where growth in the same time period was 7,262.

Membership statistics indicate baptized members. Information is based on the most recent data available at the time of printing, from 2002 to 2003, unless otherwise indicated.

Listing in the Mennonite and Brethren in Christ World Directory does not denote membership or participation in Mennonite World Conference.

Continent	Countries	Membership	Organized Bodies
AFRICA	Angola Burkina Faso Dem. Rep. Congo Ethiopia Ghana Ivory Coast Kenya Malawi Mozambique Namibia Nigeria South Africa Tanzania Togo Zambia Zimbabwe TOTAL	11,176 230 194,119 98,025 4,101 1,300 31,556 3,500 718 180 11,373 950 50,000 144 15,374 29,213 451,959	3 1 3 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 25
ASIA & PACIFIC	Australia China India Indonesia Japan Nepal Philippines Singapore South Korea Taiwan Vietnam TOTAL	50 90 127,348 71,302 3,292 750 2,437 48 60 1,678 1,100 208,155	1 1 7 3 5 1 2 1 1 1 1 24
CARIBBEAN, CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA	Argentina Belize Bolivia Brazil Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Trinidad & Tobago Uruguay Venezuela TOTAL	4,448 3,575 13,275 8,262 2,910 2,719 2,070 4,626 810 535 6,673 1,265 20,716 731 19,688 9,275 750 27,693 515 540 130 1,220 704 133,150	3 8 6 4 3 2 2 4 1 2 4 3 3 1 10 3 1 21 2 2 1 3 5 94
EUROPE	Austria Belgium CIS France Germany Ireland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Portugal Spain Switzerland United Kingdom TOTAL	300 35 5,000 2,050 31,677 15 258 110 11,000 55 160 2,500 112 53,272	1 1 1 1 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 22
NORTH AMERICA	Canada USA Canada/USA TOTAL	127,851 323,329 - 451,180	17 9 9 35