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Religion Stats: compare key data on Canada & Norway

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STAT Canada Norway HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 472
Ranked 3rd. 21 times more than Norway
23
Ranked 61st.
Christian > Mormon > Members 187,982
Ranked 4th. 41 times more than Norway
4,556
Ranked 67th.
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population 581,553
Ranked 23th. 59 times more than Norway
9,894
Ranked 43th.
Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 29%
Ranked 39th.
90%
Ranked 4th. 3 times more than Canada
Christianity > Regular church attendance 7.8 million
Ranked 3rd. 31 times more than Norway
250,000
Ranked 6th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 2%
Ranked 108th. 25% more than Norway
1.6%
Ranked 110th.
Jehovahs Witnesses 109,604
Ranked 17th. 11 times more than Norway
9,953
Ranked 68th.
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 2.8%
Ranked 103th.
3%
Ranked 101st. 7% more than Canada
Muslim > Muslim population 940,000
Ranked 73th. 7 times more than Norway
144,000
Ranked 109th.
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% Church of Norway 85.7%, Pentecostal 1%, Roman Catholic 1%, other Christian 2.4%, Muslim 1.8%, other 8.1%
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) Church of Norway 85.7%, Pentecostal 1%, Roman Catholic 1%, other Christian 2.4%, Muslim 1.8%, other 8.1% (2004)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 42%
Ranked 116th. 2 times more than Norway
20.5%
Ranked 140th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 57%
Ranked 26th.
78%
Ranked 4th. 37% more than Canada
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 53,797
Ranked 45th. 11 times more than Norway
4,697
Ranked 101st.
Buddhism > Buddhists 795,068.5
Ranked 14th. 20 times more than Norway
40,143
Ranked 34th.
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox percent of population 1.7
Ranked 34th. 85 times more than Norway
0.02
Ranked 43th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 1.68
Ranked 94th. 64% more than Norway
1.02
Ranked 100th.
Jews 360,000
Ranked 6th. 240 times more than Norway
1,500
Ranked 57th.
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 2.3%
Ranked 16th. 3 times more than Norway
0.85%
Ranked 24th.
Hindus 497,200
Ranked 15th. 21 times more than Norway
23,140
Ranked 45th.
Religious diversity score 0.696
Ranked 26th. 3 times more than Norway
0.205
Ranked 170th.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 3.49
Ranked 47th. 59% more than Norway
2.19
Ranked 74th.
Religions > Roman Catholic 42.6%
Ranked 54th. 43 times more than Norway
1%
Ranked 96th.
Christian > Protestant > Protestants 9.51 million
Ranked 7th. 2 times more than Norway
4.13 million
Ranked 21st.
Religions > Muslim 1.9%
Ranked 90th. 6% more than Norway
1.8%
Ranked 91st.
Jews per 1000 11.9
Ranked 4th. 35 times more than Norway
0.338
Ranked 53th.
Hindus per thousand people 14.42
Ranked 25th. 3 times more than Norway
4.67
Ranked 36th.
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox share of world population 0.21
Ranked 23th. 53 times more than Norway
0.004
Ranked 43th.
Christian > Protestant > Quakers 1,216
Ranked 8th. 8 times more than Norway
151
Ranked 15th.

SOURCES: Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; 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; Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); Wikipedia: Orthodoxy by country (Statistics); 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: 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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