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Buddhism > By Country > Buddhism > Buddhist total
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21909 |
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Population of Buddhists by country. |
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Wikipedia: Buddhism by country |
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Buddhism > By country > Buddhism > % of Buddhists
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0.1 %
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1 %
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Wikipedia: Buddhism by country
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Ranked 55th. |
Ranked 28th. 9 times more than Switzerland |
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Catholics
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3,140,000 |
4,669,000 |
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DEFINITION: |
Number of Catholics |
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SOURCE: |
Catholic Hierarchy.org |
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Ranked 50th. |
Ranked 38th. 49% more than Switzerland |
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Catholics as percentage
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46.26 |
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 50th. 4 times more than United Kingdom |
Ranked 87th. |
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Catholic > Permanent Deacons
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148 |
535 |
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DEFINITION: |
Number of Permanent Deacons |
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SOURCE: |
Catholic Hierarchy.org |
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Ranked 18th. |
Ranked 10th. 3 times more than Switzerland |
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Catholic > Total Priests
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3,091 |
6,003 |
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DEFINITION: |
Total number of Priests |
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SOURCE: |
Catholic Hierarchy.org |
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Ranked 21st. |
Ranked 13th. 94% more than Switzerland |
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Church attendance
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16% |
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 31st. |
Ranked 22nd. 69% more than Switzerland |
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Islam > Percentage Muslim
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4.4% |
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 90th. 63% more than United Kingdom |
Ranked 102nd. |
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Islam > Population
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329,532 |
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 96th. |
Ranked 62nd. 4 times more than Switzerland |
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Jehovahs Witnesses
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17,958 |
127,206 |
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SOURCE: |
watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide |
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Ranked 52nd. |
Ranked 13th. 6 times more than Switzerland |
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Jews
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18,000 |
300,000 |
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SOURCE: |
World Jewish Congress (WJC), 1998 |
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Ranked 26th. |
Ranked 7th. 16 times more than Switzerland |
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Protestantism > By country > Protestants
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3,669,791
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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 32nd. |
Ranked 2nd. 9 times more than Switzerland |
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Protestantism > By country > Protestants > % Protestant
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49 %
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60 %
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DEFINITION: |
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SOURCE: |
Wikipedia: Protestantism by country
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Ranked 22nd. |
Ranked 19th. 22% more than Switzerland |
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Religions > All
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Roman Catholic 41.8%, Protestant 35.3%, Orthodox 1.8%, other Christian 0.4%, Muslim 4.3%, other 1%, unspecified 4.3%, none 11.1% (2000 census) |
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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Religions > Muslim
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4.3 %
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2.7 %
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DEFINITION: |
Percent of population who are Muslims. 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 79th. 59% more than United Kingdom |
Ranked 87th. |
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Roman Catholicism > By country > Roman Catholicism > % Catholic
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48 %
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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 49th. 2 times more than United Kingdom |
Ranked 84th. |
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Seventh-day Adventist Membership
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4,258 |
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 107th. |
Ranked 59th. 5 times more than Switzerland |
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