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Religion Stats: compare key data on Australia & United Kingdom

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STAT Australia United Kingdom HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 556,563
Ranked 18th. 10% more than United Kingdom
507,164.5
Ranked 19th.
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 290
Ranked 9th.
332
Ranked 7th. 14% more than Australia
Christian > Mormon > Members 136,617
Ranked 11th.
188,462
Ranked 7th. 38% more than Australia
Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 38%
Ranked 30th.
60%
Ranked 18th. 58% more than Australia
Christianity > Regular church attendance 1.5 million
Ranked 5th.
6 million
Ranked 4th. 4 times more than Australia
Islam > Percentage Muslim 1.5%
Ranked 113th.
2.7%
Ranked 101st. 80% more than Australia
Jehovahs Witnesses 61,444
Ranked 27th.
127,206
Ranked 13th. 2 times more than Australia
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 1.9%
Ranked 110th.
4.6%
Ranked 92nd. 2 times more than Australia
Muslim > Muslim population 399,000
Ranked 91st.
2.87 million
Ranked 50th. 7 times more than Australia
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) Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1%
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) Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1% (2001 census)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 32%
Ranked 131st. 21% more than United Kingdom
26.5%
Ranked 135th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 67.5%
Ranked 13th.
73%
Ranked 9th. 8% more than Australia
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 51,843
Ranked 47th. 2 times more than United Kingdom
24,083
Ranked 59th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 2.58
Ranked 81st. 6 times more than United Kingdom
0.402
Ranked 122nd.
Jews 100,000
Ranked 11th.
300,000
Ranked 7th. 3 times more than Australia
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 2.5%
Ranked 15th. 3 times more than United Kingdom
0.8%
Ranked 26th.
Hindus 276,000
Ranked 21st.
832,000
Ranked 13th. 3 times more than Australia
Religious diversity score 0.821
Ranked 3rd. 18% more than United Kingdom
0.694
Ranked 27th.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 3.13
Ranked 52nd. 46% more than United Kingdom
2.14
Ranked 80th.
Christian > Protestant > Protestants 7.63 million
Ranked 10th.
36 million
Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than Australia
Religions > Muslim 1.5%
Ranked 92nd.
2.7%
Ranked 86th. 80% more than Australia
Jews per 1000 5.34
Ranked 13th. 4% more than United Kingdom
5.13
Ranked 14th.
Hindus per thousand people 12.36
Ranked 27th.
13.26
Ranked 26th. 7% more than Australia
Christian > Mormon > Temples 5
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than United Kingdom
2
Ranked 4th.

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); Wikipedia: Christianity in Norway (Church attendance); International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide; 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: Importance of religion by country (Countries); 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.; World Jewish Congress (WJC), 1998; https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html; 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 .); 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.; World Jewish Congress (WJC), 1998. 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.; https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html. 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: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics (Caribbean)

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