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Catholics
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4,984,000 |
34,573,000 |
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DEFINITION: |
Number of Catholics |
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SOURCE: |
Catholic Hierarchy.org |
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Ranked 36th. |
Ranked 8th. 6 times more than Netherlands |
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Catholics as percentage
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31.27 |
95.84 |
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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 58th. |
Ranked 3rd. 2 times more than Netherlands |
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Catholic > Diocesan priests
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1,470 |
21,462 |
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DEFINITION: |
Number of Diocesan Priests |
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SOURCE: |
Catholic Hierarchy.org |
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Ranked 28th. |
Ranked 3rd. 14 times more than Netherlands |
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Catholic > Permanent Deacons
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290 |
2 |
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DEFINITION: |
Number of Permanent Deacons |
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SOURCE: |
Catholic Hierarchy.org |
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Ranked 13th. 144 times more than Poland |
Ranked 62nd. |
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Catholic > Total Priests
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3,599 |
26,931 |
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DEFINITION: |
Total number of Priests |
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SOURCE: |
Catholic Hierarchy.org |
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Ranked 20th. |
Ranked 3rd. 6 times more than Netherlands |
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Church attendance
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35% |
55% |
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DEFINITION: |
The percentage of adults surveyed who claimed that they attend Church services one or more times per week. |
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SOURCE: |
World Values Survey |
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Ranked 18th. |
Ranked 5th. 57% more than Netherlands |
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Islam > Percentage Muslim
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6% |
0.08% |
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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 84th. 74 times more than Poland |
Ranked 151st. |
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Islam > Population
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984,449 |
30,090 |
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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 71st. 32 times more than Poland |
Ranked 130th. |
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Jehovahs Witnesses
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30,728 |
128,519 |
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SOURCE: |
watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide |
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Ranked 34th. |
Ranked 12th. 3 times more than Netherlands |
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Jews
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30,000 |
8,000 |
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SOURCE: |
World Jewish Congress (WJC), 1998 |
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Ranked 21st. 3 times more than Poland |
Ranked 35th. |
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Protestantism > By country > Protestants
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5,414,472
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130,000
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DEFINITION: |
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SOURCE: |
Wikipedia: Protestantism by country
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Ranked 21st. 41 times more than Poland |
Ranked 106th. |
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Protestantism > By country > Protestants > % Protestant
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33 %
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0.34 %
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DEFINITION: |
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SOURCE: |
Wikipedia: Protestantism by country
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Ranked 38th. 96 times more than Poland |
Ranked 143rd. |
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Religions > All
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Roman Catholic 31%, Dutch Reformed 13%, Calvinist 7%, Muslim 5.5%, other 2.5%, none 41% (2002) |
Roman Catholic 89.8% (about 75% practicing), Eastern Orthodox 1.3%, Protestant 0.3%, other 0.3%, unspecified 8.3% (2002) |
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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 > Roman Catholic
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31 %
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89.8 %
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DEFINITION: |
Percent of population who are Roman Catholics. 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 62nd. |
Ranked 17th. 190% more than Netherlands |
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Roman Catholicism > By country > Roman Catholicism > % Catholic
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34 %
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96 %
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DEFINITION: |
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SOURCE: |
Wikipedia: Roman Catholicism by country
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Ranked 59th. |
Ranked 9th. 182% more than Netherlands |
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Seventh-day Adventist Membership
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4,507 |
5,691 |
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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 105th. |
Ranked 95th. 26% more than Netherlands |
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State religion > Established churches and former state churches > Denomination
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Reformed |
Catholic |
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SOURCE: |
Wikipedia: State religion |
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