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Religion Stats: compare key data on Denmark & South Korea

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STAT Denmark South Korea HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 19,447.5
Ranked 47th.
17.87 million
Ranked 3rd. 919 times more than Denmark
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 23
Ranked 59th.
128
Ranked 24th. 6 times more than Denmark
Christian > Mormon > Members 4,376
Ranked 69th.
85,628
Ranked 17th. 20 times more than Denmark
Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 91%
Ranked 3rd. 5 times more than South Korea
18.1%
Ranked 54th.
Christianity > Percent Christian 89.4%
Ranked 6th. 3 times more than South Korea
29.2%
Ranked 7th.

Islam > Percentage Muslim 3%
Ranked 100th. 75 times more than South Korea
0.04%
Ranked 156th.
Jehovahs Witnesses 14,314
Ranked 58th.
91,996
Ranked 21st. 6 times more than Denmark
Major religion(s) Christianity Buddhism, Christianity; nearly half of adults profess no religion
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 4.1%
Ranked 97th. 20 times more than South Korea
0.2%
Ranked 159th.
Muslim > Muslim population 226,000
Ranked 96th. 3 times more than South Korea
75,000
Ranked 118th.
Religions Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Christian (includes Protestant and Roman Catholic) 3%, Muslim 2% Christian 26.3% (Protestant 19.7%, Roman Catholic 6.6%), Buddhist 23.2%, other or unknown 1.3%, none 49.3%
Religions > All Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%, Muslim 2% no affiliation 46%, Christian 26%, Buddhist 26%, Confucianist 1%, other 1%
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 18%
Ranked 141st.
32.5%
Ranked 130th. 81% more than Denmark
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 80.5%
Ranked 2nd. 23% more than South Korea
65.5%
Ranked 15th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 2,602
Ranked 124th.
182,070
Ranked 25th. 70 times more than Denmark
People who say religion is important 18%
Ranked 11th.
42.5%
Ranked 7th. 2 times more than Denmark
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.481
Ranked 114th.
3.79
Ranked 70th. 8 times more than Denmark
Jews 8,000
Ranked 36th. 53 times more than South Korea
150
Ranked 87th.
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 0.35%
Ranked 45th.
36.5%
Ranked 7th. 104 times more than Denmark
Hindus 5,468
Ranked 62nd.
12,452
Ranked 49th. 2 times more than Denmark
Religious diversity score 0.233
Ranked 160th.
0.66
Ranked 41st. 3 times more than Denmark
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 2.66
Ranked 61st. 38% more than South Korea
1.93
Ranked 87th.
Christian > Protestant > Protestants 4.94 million
Ranked 14th.
8.76 million
Ranked 8th. 77% more than Denmark
Jews per 1000 1.51
Ranked 26th. 465 times more than South Korea
0.00324
Ranked 86th.
Hindus per thousand people 0.982
Ranked 57th. 4 times more than South Korea
0.25
Ranked 77th.
Christian > Mormon > Temples 1
Ranked 26th. The same as South Korea
1
Ranked 10th.
Christian > Protestant > Quakers 29
Ranked 21st. 2 times more than South Korea
12
Ranked 17th.

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); Wikipedia: Protestantism by country (Top sixty countries by number and percentage of Protestants); 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: 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.; 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); 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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