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Religion Stats: compare key data on Australia & Iceland

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STAT Australia Iceland HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 556,563
Ranked 18th. 588 times more than Iceland
946
Ranked 103th.
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 2.5%
Ranked 15th. 8 times more than Iceland
0.3%
Ranked 47th.
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 290
Ranked 9th. 145 times more than Iceland
2
Ranked 119th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 136,617
Ranked 11th. 516 times more than Iceland
265
Ranked 126th.
Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 38%
Ranked 30th.
91%
Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than Australia
Islam > Percentage Muslim 1.5%
Ranked 113th. 15 times more than Iceland
0.1%
Ranked 148th.
Jehovahs Witnesses 61,444
Ranked 27th. 203 times more than Iceland
302
Ranked 143th.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 3.13
Ranked 52nd. 3 times more than Iceland
1.05
Ranked 107th.
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 1.9%
Ranked 110th. 19 times more than Iceland
0.1%
Ranked 166th.
Religions Catholic 26.4%, Anglican 20.5%, other Christian 20.5%, Buddhist 1.9%, Muslim 1.5%, other 1.2%, unspecified 12.7%, none 15.3% (2001 Census) Lutheran Church of Iceland 82.1%, Roman Catholic Church 2.4%, Reykjavik Free Church 2.3%, Hafnarfjorour Free Church 1.6%, other Christian 2.8%, other religions 0.9%, unaffiliated 2.6%, other or unspecified 5.5%
Religions > All Catholic 26.4%, Anglican 20.5%, other Christian 20.5%, Buddhist 1.9%, Muslim 1.5%, other 1.2%, unspecified 12.7%, none 15.3% (2001 Census) Lutheran Church of Iceland 85.5%, Reykjavik Free Church 2.1%, Roman Catholic Church 2%, Hafnarfjorour Free Church 1.5%, other Christian 2.7%, other or unspecified 3.8%, unaffiliated 2.4% (2004)
Religious diversity score 0.821
Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than Iceland
0.191
Ranked 177th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 51,843
Ranked 47th. 92 times more than Iceland
563
Ranked 164th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 2.58
Ranked 81st. 34% more than Iceland
1.93
Ranked 88th.
Christian > Protestant > Protestants 7.63 million
Ranked 10th. 28 times more than Iceland
270,031
Ranked 46th.
Buddhism > By Country > Buddhism > Population > 2007[49] 20.43 million
Ranked 12th. 68 times more than Iceland
301,931
Ranked 46th.

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); Wikipedia: Protestantism by country (Top sixty countries by number and percentage of Protestants); International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide; watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; Wikipedia: Islam by country (Table) ("Muslim Population by Country" . The Future of the Global Muslim Population . Pew Research Center . Retrieved 22 December 2011 .); CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006; Wikipedia: List of countries ranked by ethnic and cultural diversity level (Ethnic, Linguistic and Religious Fractionalization) (Natalka Patsiurko, John L. Campbell and John A. Hall (2012). "Measuring cultural diversity: ethnic, linguistic and religious fractionalization in the OECD" . Ethnic and Racial Studies 35 (2): 195–217 . Retrieved September 13, 2012 .); adventiststatistics.org 2004 Annual Report 31 December 2004; adventiststatistics.org 2004 Annual Report 31 December 2004. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Wikipedia: Buddhism by country

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