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Religion Stats: compare key data on Brazil & Philippines

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.
  • Church and state > Constitutional reference to God enactment date: Year in which constitution containing reference to God was adopted.
  • 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.

  • People who say religion is important: Percentage of country's population who believes religion is important. Results are from a Gallop Poll conducted in 2008.
  • 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.
  • Hindus: Number of Hindu residents.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Hindus per thousand people: Number of Hindu residents. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • 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.
  • 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 > Female 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.

STAT Brazil Philippines HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 633,180.5
Ranked 15th.
1.96 million
Ranked 11th. 3 times more than Brazil
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 1,941
Ranked 1st. 71% more than Philippines
1,134
Ranked 2nd.
Christian > Mormon > Members 1.21 million
Ranked 1st. 79% more than Philippines
675,166
Ranked 2nd.
Christianity > Percent Christian 90.4%
Ranked 5th.
90.5%
Ranked 3rd. About the same as Brazil

Church and state > Constitutional reference to God enactment date 1,988
Ranked 12th. The same as Philippines
1,987
Ranked 14th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 0.02%
Ranked 158th.
5%
Ranked 85th. 250 times more than Brazil
Jehovahs Witnesses 637,655
Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than Philippines
146,613
Ranked 8th.
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 0.1%
Ranked 167th.
5.1%
Ranked 87th. 51 times more than Brazil
Muslim > Muslim population 204,000
Ranked 100th.
4.74 million
Ranked 40th. 23 times more than Brazil
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 80.9%, Muslim 5%, Evangelical 2.8%, Iglesia ni Kristo 2.3%, Aglipayan 2%, other Christian 4.5%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.6%, none 0.1%
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) Roman Catholic 80.9%, Evangelical 2.8%, Iglesia ni Kristo 2.3%, Aglipayan 2%, other Christian 4.5%, Muslim 5%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.6%, none 0.1% (2000 census)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 86.5%
Ranked 64th.
95.5%
Ranked 25th. 10% more than Brazil
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 13%
Ranked 78th. 3 times more than Philippines
4%
Ranked 115th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 1.33 million
Ranked 1st. 77% more than Philippines
750,851
Ranked 4th.
State religion > Church Roman Catholic Church Roman Catholic Church
People who say religion is important 86.5%
Ranked 2nd.
95.5%
Ranked 1st. 10% more than Brazil
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 7.23
Ranked 58th.
8.91
Ranked 53th. 23% more than Brazil
Jews 130,000
Ranked 9th. 520 times more than Philippines
250
Ranked 81st.
Hindus 3,040
Ranked 72nd.
2 million
Ranked 7th. 658 times more than Brazil
Religious diversity score 0.605
Ranked 63th. 98% more than Philippines
0.306
Ranked 146th.
State religion > Denomination Catholic Catholic
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 3.55
Ranked 44th. 96% more than Philippines
1.81
Ranked 90th.
Jews per 1000 0.767
Ranked 37th. 228 times more than Philippines
0.00336
Ranked 85th.
Catholic > Cardinals 8
Ranked 5th. 3 times more than Philippines
3
Ranked 11th.
Christian > Catholic > Female catholics 62.1 million
Ranked 1st. 2 times more than Philippines
30.67 million
Ranked 3rd.
Hindus per thousand people 0.0154
Ranked 93th.
21.04
Ranked 20th. 1363 times more than Brazil
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics 61.18 million
Ranked 1st. 96% more than Philippines
31.2 million
Ranked 3rd.
Christian > Mormon > Temples 6
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Philippines
2
Ranked 5th.
Catholic > Cardinals per million 0.043
Ranked 47th. 23% more than Philippines
0.035
Ranked 51st.
Catholic > Cardinal electors 4
Ranked 7th. Twice as much as Philippines
2
Ranked 14th.
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics per thousand people 313.41
Ranked 4th.
401.76
Ranked 1st. 28% more than Brazil
Catholic > Cardinal electors per million 0.0215
Ranked 42nd.
0.0233
Ranked 41st. 8% more than Brazil
Catholic > Cardinals > Per $ GDP 0.076 per $14.1 billion
Ranked 48th.
0.098 per $14.1 billion
Ranked 43th. 29% more than Brazil
Christian > Catholic > Female catholics per thousand people 318.12
Ranked 4th.
394.91
Ranked 2nd. 24% more than Brazil
State religion > Disestablishment date 1890 1898

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; Wikipedia: Constitutional references to God (List); 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); Wikipedia: Christianity in Norway (Importance of religion) (GALLUP WorldView - data accessed on 17 january 2009); 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.; Catholic.com - College of Cardinals; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; 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); 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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