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Religion Stats: compare key data on China & South Africa

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STAT China South Africa HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 34
Ranked 45th.
152
Ranked 19th. 4 times more than China
Christian > Mormon > Members 10,500
Ranked 48th.
59,807
Ranked 21st. 6 times more than China
Christian > Protestant > Quakers 95
Ranked 14th.
144
Ranked 12th. 52% more than China

Christian > Protestant > Quakers per million people 0.0721
Ranked 16th.
2.98
Ranked 10th. 41 times more than China
Islam > Percentage Muslim 3%
Ranked 99th. Twice as much as South Africa
1.5%
Ranked 111th.
Major religion(s) Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Taoism Christianity, Islam, indigenous beliefs
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 1.8%
Ranked 111th. 20% more than South Africa
1.5%
Ranked 116th.
Muslim > Muslim population 23.31 million
Ranked 18th. 32 times more than South Africa
737,000
Ranked 77th.
Religions Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Christian 3%-4%, Muslim 1%-2%; <i>note:</i> officially atheist Zion Christian 11.1%, Pentecostal/Charismatic 8.2%, Catholic 7.1%, Methodist 6.8%, Dutch Reformed 6.7%, Anglican 3.8%, Muslim 1.5%, other Christian 36%, other 2.3%, unspecified 1.4%, none 15.1%
Religions > All Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Christian 3%-4%, Muslim 1%-2% Zion Christian 11.1%, Pentecostal/Charismatic 8.2%, Catholic 7.1%, Methodist 6.8%, Dutch Reformed 6.7%, Anglican 3.8%, other Christian 36%, Islam 1.5%, other 2.3%, unspecified 1.4%, none 15.1% (2001 census)
Religious diversity score 0.664
Ranked 38th.
0.86
Ranked 1st. 30% more than China
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 338,277
Ranked 12th. 5 times more than South Africa
74,151
Ranked 38th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.261
Ranked 134th.
1.59
Ranked 97th. 6 times more than China

SOURCES: Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); 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, ); 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, ). 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.; International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; 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: 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 .); 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.

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