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Religion Stats: compare key data on Canada & Kenya

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STAT Canada Kenya HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 795,068.5
Ranked 14th. 354 times more than Kenya
2,248.5
Ranked 87th.
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 472
Ranked 3rd. 12 times more than Kenya
41
Ranked 38th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 187,982
Ranked 4th. 16 times more than Kenya
11,869
Ranked 42nd.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 2%
Ranked 108th.
7%
Ranked 80th. 4 times more than Canada
Jehovahs Witnesses 109,604
Ranked 17th. 5 times more than Kenya
20,286
Ranked 47th.
Jews 360,000
Ranked 6th. 900 times more than Kenya
400
Ranked 73th.
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 2.8%
Ranked 103th.
7%
Ranked 79th. 3 times more than Canada
Muslim > Muslim population 940,000
Ranked 73th.
2.87 million
Ranked 51st. 3 times more than Canada
Religions Roman Catholic 42.6%, Protestant 23.3% (including United Church 9.5%, Anglican 6.8%, Baptist 2.4%, Lutheran 2%), other Christian 4.4%, Muslim 1.9%, other and unspecified 11.8%, none 16% Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, Muslim 10%, indigenous beliefs 10%, other 2%; <i>note:</i> a large majority of Kenyans are Christian, but estimates for the percentage of the population that adheres to Islam or indigenous beliefs vary widely
Religions > All Roman Catholic 42.6%, Protestant 23.3% (including United Church 9.5%, Anglican 6.8%, Baptist 2.4%, Lutheran 2%), other Christian 4.4%, Muslim 1.9%, other and unspecified 11.8%, none 16% (2001 census) Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, indigenous beliefs 10%, Muslim 10%, other 2%
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 42%
Ranked 116th.
94%
Ranked 37th. 2 times more than Canada
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 57%
Ranked 26th. 10 times more than Kenya
6%
Ranked 100th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 53,797
Ranked 45th.
530,341
Ranked 7th. 10 times more than Canada
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 1.68
Ranked 94th.
15.22
Ranked 38th. 9 times more than Canada
Hindus 497,200
Ranked 15th. 35% more than Kenya
369,137
Ranked 16th.
Religious diversity score 0.696
Ranked 26th.
0.776
Ranked 13th. 12% more than Canada
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 3.49
Ranked 47th. 6 times more than Kenya
0.615
Ranked 124th.
Religions > Roman Catholic 42.6%
Ranked 54th. 29% more than Kenya
33%
Ranked 61st.
Religions > Muslim 1.9%
Ranked 90th.
10%
Ranked 66th. 5 times more than Canada
Jews per 1000 11.9
Ranked 4th. 884 times more than Kenya
0.0135
Ranked 79th.
Religions > Protestant 23.3%
Ranked 19th.
45%
Ranked 8th. 93% more than Canada
Hindus per thousand people 14.42
Ranked 25th. 64% more than Kenya
8.78
Ranked 31st.
Religions > A note based on the 1991 census a large majority of Kenyans are <a href=/kp/Christian>Christian</a>, but estimates for the percentage of the <a href=/graph-T/peo_pop>population</a> that adheres to Islam or <a href=/kp/indigenous+beliefs>indigenous beliefs</a> vary widely
Christian > Protestant > Quakers 1,216
Ranked 8th.
133,825
Ranked 1st. 110 times more than Canada

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide; World Jewish Congress (WJC), 1998; 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.; 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.; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; Wikipedia: Quakers (Africa) (Nuttall, Geoffrey (1955). "Early Quakerism in the Netherlands: Its wider context" . The Bulletin of the Friends Historical Association 44 (1): 3–18. Gragg, Larry (2009). The Quaker community on Barbados : challenging the culture of the planter class ([Online-Ausg.] ed.). Columbia: University of Missouri Press. ISBN 9780826218476 . Friends World Committee for Consultation (2007) 'Finding Quakers around the World http://www.fwccamericas.org/publications/images/fwcc_map_2007_sm.gif, )

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