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Buddhism > By Country > Buddhism > Buddhist total
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247014 |
824001 |
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DEFINITION: |
Population of Buddhists by country. |
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SOURCE: |
Wikipedia: Buddhism by country |
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Buddhism > By country > Buddhism > % of Buddhists
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0.125 %
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0.5 %
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DEFINITION: |
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SOURCE: |
Wikipedia: Buddhism by country
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Ranked 47th. |
Ranked 35th. 3 times more than Brazil |
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Catholics
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147,386,000 |
26,694,000 |
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DEFINITION: |
Number of Catholics |
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SOURCE: |
Catholic Hierarchy.org |
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Ranked 1st. 5 times more than Germany |
Ranked 11th. |
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Catholics as percentage
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79.97 |
33.05 |
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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 28th. 142% more than Germany |
Ranked 56th. |
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Catholic > Permanent Deacons
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1,241 |
2,365 |
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DEFINITION: |
Number of Permanent Deacons |
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SOURCE: |
Catholic Hierarchy.org |
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Ranked 5th. |
Ranked 3rd. 91% more than Brazil |
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Catholic > Total Priests
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16,355 |
18,812 |
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DEFINITION: |
Total number of Priests |
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SOURCE: |
Catholic Hierarchy.org |
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Ranked 8th. |
Ranked 7th. 15% more than Brazil |
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Islam > Number of Muslim
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921,000
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3,060,000
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DEFINITION: |
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SOURCE: |
Wikipedia: Demographics of Islam
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Ranked 53rd. |
Ranked 43rd. 2 times more than Brazil |
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Islam > Percentage Muslim
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0.02% |
3.7% |
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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 161st. |
Ranked 96th. 184 times more than Brazil |
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Islam > Population
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29,778 |
3,049,961 |
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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 131st. |
Ranked 51st. 101 times more than Brazil |
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Islam > Sunni
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644,700
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2,754,000
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DEFINITION: |
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SOURCE: |
Wikipedia: Demographics of Islam
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Ranked 57th. |
Ranked 42nd. 3 times more than Brazil |
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Jehovahs Witnesses
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637,655 |
164,593 |
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SOURCE: |
watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide |
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Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than Germany |
Ranked 7th. |
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Jews
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130,000 |
60,000 |
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SOURCE: |
World Jewish Congress (WJC), 1998 |
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Ranked 9th. 117% more than Germany |
Ranked 13th. |
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Muslim
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1 %
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4 %
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DEFINITION: |
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SOURCE: |
Wikipedia: Demographics of Islam
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Ranked 63rd. |
Ranked 57th. 3 times more than Brazil |
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Protestantism > By country > Protestants
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27,916,919
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27,065,000
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DEFINITION: |
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SOURCE: |
Wikipedia: Protestantism by country
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Ranked 5th. 3% more than Germany |
Ranked 6th. |
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Religions > All
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Roman Catholic (nominal) 73.6%, Protestant 15.4%, Spiritualist 1.3%, Bantu/voodoo 0.3%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.2%, none 7.4% (2000 census) |
Protestant 34%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 3.7%, unaffiliated or other 28.3% |
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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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Religions > Protestant
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15.4 %
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34 %
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DEFINITION: |
Percent of population who are Protestants. Note: categories sometimes vary from country to country, extracted from CIA data.
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SOURCE: |
CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
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Ranked 24th. |
Ranked 10th. 121% more than Brazil |
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Roman Catholicism > By country > Roman Catholicism > % Catholic
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74 %
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37 %
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DEFINITION: |
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SOURCE: |
Wikipedia: Roman Catholicism by country
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Ranked 40th. 100% more than Germany |
Ranked 58th. |
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Seventh-day Adventist Membership
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1,329,662 |
36,030 |
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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 1st. 36 times more than Germany |
Ranked 51st. |
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