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Catholics
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34,573,000 |
4,669,000 |
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DEFINITION: |
Number of Catholics |
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SOURCE: |
Catholic Hierarchy.org |
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Ranked 8th. 6 times more than United Kingdom |
Ranked 38th. |
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Catholics as percentage
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95.84 |
8.45 |
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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 3rd. 10 times more than United Kingdom |
Ranked 87th. |
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Catholic > Diocesan priests
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21,462 |
4,274 |
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DEFINITION: |
Number of Diocesan Priests |
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SOURCE: |
Catholic Hierarchy.org |
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Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than United Kingdom |
Ranked 13th. |
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Catholic > Parishes
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10,036 |
3,168 |
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DEFINITION: |
Number of Parishes |
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SOURCE: |
Catholic Hierarchy.org |
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Ranked 6th. 2 times more than United Kingdom |
Ranked 14th. |
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Catholic > Permanent Deacons
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2 |
535 |
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DEFINITION: |
Number of Permanent Deacons |
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SOURCE: |
Catholic Hierarchy.org |
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Ranked 62nd. |
Ranked 10th. 267 times more than Poland |
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Catholic > Total Priests
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26,931 |
6,003 |
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DEFINITION: |
Total number of Priests |
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SOURCE: |
Catholic Hierarchy.org |
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Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than United Kingdom |
Ranked 13th. |
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Church attendance
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55% |
27% |
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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 5th. 104% more than United Kingdom |
Ranked 22nd. |
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Islam > Percentage Muslim
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0.08% |
2.7% |
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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 151st. |
Ranked 102nd. 33 times more than Poland |
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Islam > Population
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30,090 |
1,631,919 |
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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 130th. |
Ranked 62nd. 53 times more than Poland |
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Jehovahs Witnesses
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128,519 |
127,206 |
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SOURCE: |
watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide |
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Ranked 12th. 1% more than United Kingdom |
Ranked 13th. |
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Jews
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8,000 |
300,000 |
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SOURCE: |
World Jewish Congress (WJC), 1998 |
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Ranked 35th. |
Ranked 7th. 37 times more than Poland |
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Protestantism > By country > Protestants
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130,000
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36,000,000
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DEFINITION: |
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SOURCE: |
Wikipedia: Protestantism by country
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Ranked 106th. |
Ranked 2nd. 276 times more than Poland |
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Protestantism > By country > Protestants > % Protestant
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0.34 %
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60 %
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DEFINITION: |
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SOURCE: |
Wikipedia: Protestantism by country
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Ranked 143rd. |
Ranked 19th. 175 times more than Poland |
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Religions > All
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Roman Catholic 89.8% (about 75% practicing), Eastern Orthodox 1.3%, Protestant 0.3%, other 0.3%, unspecified 8.3% (2002) |
Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1% (2001 census) |
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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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96 %
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14 %
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DEFINITION: |
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SOURCE: |
Wikipedia: Roman Catholicism by country
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Ranked 9th. 6 times more than United Kingdom |
Ranked 84th. |
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Seventh-day Adventist Membership
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5,691 |
24,083 |
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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 95th. |
Ranked 59th. 3 times more than Poland |
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