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This map shows the demographic distribution of Neopagans in the world. It's based on numerical figures and underlines countries in which Neopaganism is more active.

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Total number of Neopagans in the United States and other countries - 3 to 6 to 10 million adherents

• Adherents.com - Neopaganism
• David Waldron. Witchcraft for Sale! Commodity vs. Community in the Neopagan Movement. Nova Religio 9.1. University of California Press, 2005. (4.5 million in 1990, 10 million in 2000. Waldron talks about "Neopaganism and its cultural backgrounds")
• World Christian Encyclopedia estimates 10 million Neopagans (including Celtism, Heathenism and Native American spirituality). Religious Tolerance - Neopaganism/Religious terms/Religious information - What do "Paganism" and "Pagan" mean?

Wiccans in the United States and other countries - 800.000 to 5 to 10 million adherents

• Adherents.com - Wicca
• Religious Tolerance - How many Wiccans are there?
  • Religious Tolerance - Introduction to the topic
  • Religious Tolerance - Estimates of the number of Wiccans in the United States
  • Religious Tolerance - Best estimates for United States and Canada
• William Petersen. Those Curious New Cults in the 80s. Page 72. Keats Publishing, 1982. (4.5 million registered, 10 million unregistered)

One witch says there are nearly ten million practicing witches in America. The same supposedly authoritative source within witchcraft says that of these, four million are officially registered with witchcraft centers. That would mean there are more registered witches in America than there are registered Episcopalians or Presbyterians. We think that is a case of witchful thinking.

• Phyllis Curott. The Book of Shadows: A Modern Woman's Journey Into the Wisdom of Witchcraft and the Magic of the Goddess. 1998. (3 to 5 million)
• World Christian Encyclopedia (1982) reported 6 million Wiccans. Religious Tolerance - Neopaganism/Religious terms/Religious information - What do "Paganism" and "Pagan" mean?

Dodekatheics in Greece - 100.000 to 400.000 adherents of which 2000 registered

• New Statesman. The ancient gods of Greece are not extinct. 20 March 2007. (100.000 to 300.000)
• Telegraph.co.uk. Modern Athenians fight for the right to worship the ancient Greek gods. 08 May 2004. (100.000)
• EuroNews. Grecia, i seguaci degli dèi dell'Olimpo escono allo scoperto. 20 March 2007. (400.000)

Neopagans in Russia and Eastern Block - undeterminable thousands of adherents

• Adrian Ivakhiv. In Search of Deeper Identities: Neopaganism and Native Faith in Contemporary Ukraine. Nova Religio 8.3. University of California Press, 2005.
• Piotr Wiench. Neopaganism in Central-Eastern Europe. Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, 2007.
• Anne Ferlat. Neopaganism and New Age in Russia. Folklore. Institute of Estonian Language, 2003.
• Ukraine List - Ukraine's Pagan tradition

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