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Religion Stats: compare key data on Brazil & Mexico

Definitions

  • Buddhism > Buddhists: Amount of Buddhist residents.
  • Christian > Mormon > Congregations: Total Congregations.
  • Christian > Mormon > Members: Membership.
  • Christianity > Percent Christian: Percentage of population that is Christian.
  • Islam > Percentage Muslim: Percent of Muslims in each country.
  • Major religion(s): Country major religions.
  • Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population: Muslim percentage (%) of total population 2014 Pew Report.
  • Muslim > Muslim population: Muslim population 2014 Pew Report.
  • Religions: This entry includes a rank ordering of religions by adherents starting with the largest group and sometimes includes the percent of total population.
  • Religions > All: This entry includes a rank ordering of religions by adherents starting with the largest group and sometimes includes the percent of total population.
  • Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important: Percentage of population surveyed in a Gallup Poll who answered the question “Is religion important in your daily life?” with “yes”. (Other possible answers were “no”, “don’t know” and “refuse to answer”).
  • Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant: Percentage of population who says religion is not important in their daily lives. The survey was carried out within the Gallup Poll.
  • Seventh-day Adventist Membership: This entry lists Seventh-day Adventist membership worldwide as of 2004. Membership is defined as baptised and active.
  • State religion > Church: Church.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000: This entry lists Seventh-day Adventist membership worldwide as of 2004. Membership is defined as baptised and active. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Buddhism > Percent Buddhist: Percentage of population that is Buddhist.
  • Religious diversity score: The probability of two people chosen at random having different religions. For instance, if you take two people from anywhere in the country of South Africa, there's an 86% chance they will be of different religious sects or different religions altogether.
  • State religion > Denomination: Denomination.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Jews per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Religions > Protestant: Percent of population who are Protestants. Note: categories sometimes vary from country to country, extracted from CIA data.
  • Christian > Catholic > Urban catholics: Population by religion, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Catholic > Cardinals: The Cardinal Electors are those members of the College of Cardinals who have not reached their 80th Birthday on the day on which a Pope dies. That is, if they turn 80 years of age before the Pope dies, or on the day he dies, they are ineligible to vote in the Conclave to elect his successor. However, if they turn 80 years of age the day after the Pope dies they are eligible. Interestingly, even if they cannot vote they can be elected. As of Wednesday, April 20, 2005, there are 183 Cardinals from 66 different countries, 117 of whom are eligible to vote and 66 of whom are ineligible.
  • Christian > Catholic > Female catholics: Population by religion, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Christian > Catholic > Male catholics: Population by religion, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Christian > Mormon > Temples: Temples.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Catholic > Cardinals per million: The Cardinal Electors are those members of the College of Cardinals who have not reached their 80th Birthday on the day on which a Pope dies. That is, if they turn 80 years of age before the Pope dies, or on the day he dies, they are ineligible to vote in the Conclave to elect his successor. However, if they turn 80 years of age the day after the Pope dies they are eligible. Interestingly, even if they cannot vote they can be elected. As of Wednesday, April 20, 2005, there are 183 Cardinals from 66 different countries, 117 of whom are eligible to vote and 66 of whom are ineligible. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Catholic > Cardinal electors: The Cardinal Electors are those members of the College of Cardinals who have not reached their 80th Birthday on the day on which a Pope dies. That is, if they turn 80 years of age before the Pope dies, or on the day he dies, they are ineligible to vote in the Conclave to elect his successor. However, if they turn 80 years of age the day after the Pope dies they are eligible. Interestingly, even if they cannot vote they can be elected. As of Wednesday, April 20, 2005, there are 183 Cardinals from 66 different countries, 117 of whom are cardinal electors (eligible to vote) and 66 of whom are ineligible.
  • Christian > Catholic > Male catholics per thousand people: Population by religion, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Christian > Catholic > Rural catholics: Population by religion, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Catholic > Cardinal electors per million: The Cardinal Electors are those members of the College of Cardinals who have not reached their 80th Birthday on the day on which a Pope dies. That is, if they turn 80 years of age before the Pope dies, or on the day he dies, they are ineligible to vote in the Conclave to elect his successor. However, if they turn 80 years of age the day after the Pope dies they are eligible. Interestingly, even if they cannot vote they can be elected. As of Wednesday, April 20, 2005, there are 183 Cardinals from 66 different countries, 117 of whom are cardinal electors (eligible to vote) and 66 of whom are ineligible. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Catholic > Cardinals > Per $ GDP: The Cardinal Electors are those members of the College of Cardinals who have not reached their 80th Birthday on the day on which a Pope dies. That is, if they turn 80 years of age before the Pope dies, or on the day he dies, they are ineligible to vote in the Conclave to elect his successor. However, if they turn 80 years of age the day after the Pope dies they are eligible. Interestingly, even if they cannot vote they can be elected. As of Wednesday, April 20, 2005, there are 183 Cardinals from 66 different countries, 117 of whom are eligible to vote and 66 of whom are ineligible. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 14.1 billion $ gross domestic product.
  • Christian > Catholic > Urban female catholics per thousand people: Population by religion, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Christian > Catholic > Urban male catholics per thousand people: Population by religion, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Christian > Catholic > Rural female catholics: Population by religion, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Christian > Catholic > Rural male catholics per thousand people: Population by religion, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Christian > Catholic > Rural female catholics per thousand people: Population by religion, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Christian > Catholic > Rural catholics per thousand people: Population by religion, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • State religion > Disestablishment date: Disestablished.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Christian > Catholic > Rural male catholics: Population by religion, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Christian > Catholic > Female catholics per thousand people: Population by religion, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Christian > Catholic > Urban catholics per thousand people: Population by religion, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Christian > Catholic > Urban female catholics: Population by religion, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Christian > Catholic > Urban male catholics: Population by religion, sex and urban/rural residence.
STAT Brazil Mexico HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 633,180.5
Ranked 15th. 34 times more than Mexico
18,595
Ranked 48th.
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 1,941
Ranked 1st.
1,985
Ranked 2nd. 2% more than Brazil
Christian > Mormon > Members 1.21 million
Ranked 1st.
1.32 million
Ranked 2nd. 9% more than Brazil
Christianity > Percent Christian 90.4%
Ranked 5th.
97.5%
Ranked 7th. 8% more than Brazil
Islam > Percentage Muslim 0.02%
Ranked 158th.
0.3%
Ranked 139th. 15 times more than Brazil
Jehovahs Witnesses 637,655
Ranked 2nd. 7% more than Mexico
593,802
Ranked 3rd.
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 0.1%
Ranked 167th. The same as Mexico
0.1%
Ranked 175th.
Muslim > Muslim population 204,000
Ranked 100th. 84% more than Mexico
111,000
Ranked 112th.
Religions Roman Catholic (nominal) 73.6%, Protestant 15.4%, Spiritualist 1.3%, Bantu/voodoo 0.3%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.2%, none 7.4% Roman Catholic 76.5%, Protestant 6.3% (Pentecostal 1.4%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.1%, other 3.8%), other 0.3%, unspecified 13.8%, none 3.1%
Religions > All Roman Catholic (nominal) 73.6%, Protestant 15.4%, Spiritualist 1.3%, Bantu/voodoo 0.3%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.2%, none 7.4% (2000 census) nominally Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 6%, other 5%
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 86.5%
Ranked 64th. 20% more than Mexico
72%
Ranked 89th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 13%
Ranked 78th.
25.5%
Ranked 54th. 96% more than Brazil
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 1.33 million
Ranked 1st. 2 times more than Mexico
548,104
Ranked 6th.
State religion > Church Roman Catholic Church Roman Catholic Church
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 7.23
Ranked 58th. 44% more than Mexico
5.01
Ranked 66th.
Jews 130,000
Ranked 9th. 3 times more than Mexico
40,700
Ranked 15th.
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 0.315%
Ranked 46th. 20 times more than Mexico
0.016%
Ranked 94th.
Religious diversity score 0.605
Ranked 63th. 3 times more than Mexico
0.18
Ranked 180th.
State religion > Denomination Catholic Catholic
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 3.55
Ranked 44th.
5.56
Ranked 12th. 57% more than Brazil
Jews per 1000 0.767
Ranked 37th. 90% more than Mexico
0.404
Ranked 48th.
Religions > Protestant 15.4%
Ranked 24th. 3 times more than Mexico
6%
Ranked 35th.
Christian > Catholic > Urban catholics 100.06 million
Ranked 1st. 40% more than Mexico
71.44 million
Ranked 2nd.

Catholic > Cardinals 8
Ranked 5th. 60% more than Mexico
5
Ranked 9th.
Christian > Catholic > Female catholics 62.1 million
Ranked 1st. 30% more than Mexico
47.79 million
Ranked 2nd.

Christian > Catholic > Male catholics 61.18 million
Ranked 1st. 36% more than Mexico
45.14 million
Ranked 2nd.

Christian > Mormon > Temples 6
Ranked 1st.
12
Ranked 2nd. Twice as much as Brazil
Catholic > Cardinals per million 0.043
Ranked 47th.
0.0452
Ranked 45th. 5% more than Brazil
Catholic > Cardinal electors 4
Ranked 7th. The same as Mexico
4
Ranked 6th.
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics per thousand people 313.41
Ranked 4th.
382.88
Ranked 1st. 22% more than Brazil

Christian > Catholic > Rural catholics 118,537
Ranked 3rd.
21.48 million
Ranked 1st. 181 times more than Brazil

Catholic > Cardinal electors per million 0.0215
Ranked 42nd.
0.0361
Ranked 35th. 68% more than Brazil
Catholic > Cardinals > Per $ GDP 0.076 per $14.1 billion
Ranked 48th. 9% more than Mexico
0.07 per $14.1 billion
Ranked 49th.
Christian > Catholic > Urban female catholics per thousand people 262.19
Ranked 2nd.
313.15
Ranked 1st. 19% more than Brazil

Christian > Catholic > Urban male catholics per thousand people 250.36
Ranked 2nd.
292.89
Ranked 1st. 17% more than Brazil

Christian > Catholic > Rural female catholics 10.92 million
Ranked 1st. About the same as Mexico
10.87 million
Ranked 2nd.

Christian > Catholic > Rural male catholics per thousand people 0.327
Ranked 4th.
89.99
Ranked 2nd. 275 times more than Brazil

Christian > Catholic > Rural female catholics per thousand people 55.92
Ranked 3rd.
92.22
Ranked 2nd. 65% more than Brazil

Christian > Catholic > Rural catholics per thousand people 0.607
Ranked 4th.
182.22
Ranked 2nd. 300 times more than Brazil

State religion > Disestablishment date 1890 1874
Christian > Catholic > Rural male catholics 63,904
Ranked 3rd.
10.61 million
Ranked 1st. 166 times more than Brazil

Christian > Catholic > Female catholics per thousand people 318.12
Ranked 4th.
405.37
Ranked 1st. 27% more than Brazil

Christian > Catholic > Urban catholics per thousand people 512.55
Ranked 2nd.
606.04
Ranked 1st. 18% more than Brazil

Christian > Catholic > Urban female catholics 51.18 million
Ranked 1st. 39% more than Mexico
36.92 million
Ranked 2nd.

Christian > Catholic > Urban male catholics 48.87 million
Ranked 1st. 42% more than Mexico
34.53 million
Ranked 2nd.

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_by_country#Sovereign_states; 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; Wikipedia: State religion (Established churches and former state churches); 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; 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.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; Catholic.com - College of Cardinals; Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics (Caribbean); Catholic.com - College of Cardinals. 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.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. 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.

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