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Catholics
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1,561,000 |
766,000 |
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DEFINITION: |
Number of Catholics |
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SOURCE: |
Catholic Hierarchy.org |
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Ranked 64th. 104% more than Malaysia |
Ranked 78th. |
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Catholics as percentage
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23.18 |
3.3 |
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DEFINITION: |
Percentage of the total population who are Catholic |
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SOURCE: |
Catholic Hierarchy.org |
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Ranked 66th. 6 times more than Malaysia |
Ranked 101st. |
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Catholic > Diocesan priests
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334 |
183 |
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DEFINITION: |
Number of Diocesan Priests |
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SOURCE: |
Catholic Hierarchy.org |
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Ranked 58th. 83% more than Malaysia |
Ranked 76th. |
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Catholic > Total Priests
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440 |
233 |
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DEFINITION: |
Total number of Priests |
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SOURCE: |
Catholic Hierarchy.org |
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Ranked 68th. 89% more than Malaysia |
Ranked 87th. |
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Islam > Number of Muslim
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1,680,000
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14,030,000
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DEFINITION: |
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SOURCE: |
Wikipedia: Demographics of Islam
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Ranked 49th. |
Ranked 22nd. 7 times more than Benin |
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Islam > Percentage Muslim
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20% |
60.4% |
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DEFINITION: |
Percent of Muslims in each country. |
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SOURCE: |
International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department |
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Ranked 62nd. |
Ranked 44th. 2 times more than Benin |
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Islam > Population
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1,492,005 |
14,467,694 |
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DEFINITION: |
Muslim population by country. Note: West Bank includes Gaza Strip. |
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SOURCE: |
CIA World Factbook |
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Ranked 64th. |
Ranked 21st. 9 times more than Benin |
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Islam > Shia
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50,400
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280,600
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DEFINITION: |
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SOURCE: |
Wikipedia: Demographics of Islam
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Ranked 54th. |
Ranked 37th. 5 times more than Benin |
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Islam > Shia to Muslim
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3 %
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2 %
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DEFINITION: |
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SOURCE: |
Wikipedia: Demographics of Islam
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Ranked 49th. 50% more than Malaysia |
Ranked 53rd. |
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Islam > Sunni
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1,629,600
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13,749,400
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DEFINITION: |
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SOURCE: |
Wikipedia: Demographics of Islam
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Ranked 46th. |
Ranked 19th. 7 times more than Benin |
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Jehovahs Witnesses
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8,366 |
2,615 |
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SOURCE: |
watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide |
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Ranked 70th. 2 times more than Malaysia |
Ranked 98th. |
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Muslim
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20 %
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61 %
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DEFINITION: |
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SOURCE: |
Wikipedia: Demographics of Islam
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Ranked 48th. |
Ranked 37th. 2 times more than Benin |
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Protestantism > By country > Protestants
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298,401
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503,016
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DEFINITION: |
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SOURCE: |
Wikipedia: Protestantism by country
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Ranked 89th. |
Ranked 74th. 69% more than Benin |
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Protestantism > By country > Protestants > % Protestant
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4 %
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2.1 %
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DEFINITION: |
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SOURCE: |
Wikipedia: Protestantism by country
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Ranked 98th. 90% more than Malaysia |
Ranked 111st. |
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Religions > All
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indigenous beliefs 50%, Christian 30%, Muslim 20% |
Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia |
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DEFINITION: |
This entry includes a rank ordering of religions by adherents starting with the largest group and sometimes includes the percent of total population.
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SOURCE: |
CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
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Roman Catholicism > By country > Roman Catholicism > % Catholic
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23.18 %
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3.3 %
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DEFINITION: |
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SOURCE: |
Wikipedia: Roman Catholicism by country
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Ranked 72nd. 6 times more than Malaysia |
Ranked 113rd. |
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Seventh-day Adventist Membership
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3,356 |
42,919 |
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DEFINITION: |
This entry lists Seventh-day Adventist membership worldwide as of 2004. Membership is defined as baptised and active. |
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SOURCE: |
adventiststatistics.org
2004 Annual Report
31 December 2004 |
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Ranked 116th. |
Ranked 50th. 12 times more than Benin |
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