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Botswana

Batswana Religion Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK
Buddhism > Buddhists 1,175.5 2013 101st out of 130
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 8 2014 85th out of 175
Christian > Mormon > Members 2,152 2014 82nd out of 195
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Congregations 46 2014 24th out of 42
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Memorial attendance 5,790 2014 27th out of 41
Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 41% 2014 27th out of 58
Christian > Protestant > Protestants 672,447 2014 41st out of 58
Christianity > Orthodox > Coptic population N/A 2003
Hindus 3,086 2011 71st out of 94
Hindus per thousand people 1.55 2011 49th out of 94
Islam > Percentage Muslim 1% 2004 123th out of 167
Jehovahs Witnesses 1,486 2002 118th out of 177
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 0.821 2002 118th out of 158
Major religion(s) Christianity, indigenous beliefs 2013
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 0.4% 2014 143th out of 184
Muslim > Muslim population 8,000 2014 143th out of 177
Religions Christian 71.6%, Badimo 6%, other 1.4%, unspecified 0.4%, none 20.6% 2001
Religions > All Christian 71.6%, Badimo 6%, other 1.4%, unspecified 0.4%, none 20.6% (2001 census) 2006
Religious diversity score 0.599 2001 64th out of 214
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 77% 2014 83th out of 143
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 23% 2014 58th out of 143
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 24,873 2004 55th out of 230
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 13.41 2004 40th out of 200

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); Wikipedia: Jehovah's Witnesses by country (Africa); Wikipedia: Protestantism by country (Top sixty countries by number and percentage of Protestants); Wikipedia: Coptic Orthodox Church in Africa (Coptic Orthodoxy in Sub-Saharan Africa); https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html; https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide; watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; Wikipedia: Islam by country (Table) ("Muslim Population by Country" . The Future of the Global Muslim Population . Pew Research Center . Retrieved 22 December 2011 .); CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006; Wikipedia: List of countries ranked by ethnic and cultural diversity level (Ethnic, Linguistic and Religious Fractionalization) (Natalka Patsiurko, John L. Campbell and John A. Hall (2012). "Measuring cultural diversity: ethnic, linguistic and religious fractionalization in the OECD" . Ethnic and Racial Studies 35 (2): 195–217 . Retrieved September 13, 2012 .); Wikipedia: Importance of religion by country (Countries); adventiststatistics.org 2004 Annual Report 31 December 2004; adventiststatistics.org 2004 Annual Report 31 December 2004. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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  • Botswana ranked first for seventh-day adventist membership amongst Tourist destinations in 2004.

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