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Religion Stats: compare key data on Finland & France

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STAT Finland France HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 5,266
Ranked 75th.
896,941.5
Ranked 13th. 170 times more than Finland
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 30
Ranked 50th.
108
Ranked 26th. 4 times more than Finland
Christian > Mormon > Members 4,745
Ranked 65th.
36,968
Ranked 27th. 8 times more than Finland
Islam > Percentage Muslim 0.2%
Ranked 145th.
7.5%
Ranked 78th. 38 times more than Finland
Islam in Europe > Muslim population 24,000
Ranked 16th.
3.55 million
Ranked 2nd. 148 times more than Finland
Jehovahs Witnesses 19,044
Ranked 48th.
119,131
Ranked 16th. 6 times more than Finland
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 0.8%
Ranked 134th.
7.5%
Ranked 77th. 9 times more than Finland
Muslim > Muslim population 42,000
Ranked 128th.
4.7 million
Ranked 41st. 112 times more than Finland
Religions Lutheran Church of Finland 82.5%, Orthodox Church 1.1%, other Christian 1.1%, other 0.1%, none 15.1% Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated 4%
Religions > All Lutheran National Church 84.2%, Greek Orthodox in Finland 1.1%, other Christian 1.1%, other 0.1%, none 13.5% (2003) Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated 4%
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 28%
Ranked 134th.
29.5%
Ranked 133th. 5% more than Finland
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 70%
Ranked 10th. 1% more than France
69.5%
Ranked 12th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 5,264
Ranked 96th.
10,698
Ranked 77th. 2 times more than Finland
State religion > Church Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland Roman Catholic Church
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 1.01
Ranked 101st. 6 times more than France
0.171
Ranked 140th.
Jews 1,200
Ranked 60th.
600,000
Ranked 3rd. 500 times more than Finland
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 0.1%
Ranked 87th.
1.35%
Ranked 20th. 14 times more than Finland
Hindus 524
Ranked 82nd.
63,718
Ranked 36th. 122 times more than Finland
Secularism and atheism > Does not believe in spirit, God or life force 22%
Ranked 12th.
40%
Ranked 1st. 82% more than Finland
Religious diversity score 0.253
Ranked 152nd.
0.403
Ranked 126th. 59% more than Finland
State religion > Denomination Lutheran Catholic
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 3.66
Ranked 39th. 90% more than France
1.93
Ranked 88th.
Jews per 1000 0.233
Ranked 59th.
9.97
Ranked 5th. 43 times more than Finland
Secularism and atheism > Believes there is a god 33%
Ranked 20th. 22% more than France
27%
Ranked 24th.
Secularism and atheism > Believes in spirit or life force 42%
Ranked 7th. 56% more than France
27%
Ranked 15th.
Hindus per thousand people 0.0972
Ranked 88th.
0.975
Ranked 58th. 10 times more than Finland
Christian > Protestant > Baptist church members per thousand people 0.435
Ranked 19th. 4 times more than France
0.0997
Ranked 29th.
Christian > Protestant > Baptist church members 2,345
Ranked 25th.
6,519
Ranked 12th. 3 times more than Finland
State religion > Established churches and former state churches > Disestablished 1870/1919 1905
Christian > Protestant > Baptist churches 32
Ranked 26th.
119
Ranked 12th. 4 times more than Finland
Christian > Protestant > Quakers 20
Ranked 22nd.
71
Ranked 20th. 4 times more than Finland
Buddhism > By Country > Buddhism > Population > 2007[49] 5.24 million
Ranked 32nd.
63.72 million
Ranked 5th. 12 times more than Finland
Christian > Protestant > Baptist churches per million people 5.94
Ranked 19th. 3 times more than France
1.82
Ranked 32nd.
State religion > Disestablishment date 1869 1905

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; Miller, Tracy, ed (October 2009) (PDF).ÿ apping the Global Muslim Population: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World?s Muslim Population.ÿPew Research Center. pp.ÿ31?32. Retrieved 2009-11-11.; 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); 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; Biotechnology Report, Special Eurobarometer, European Commission, October 2010, p. 381; 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.;

Biotechnology Report, Special Eurobarometer, European Commission, October 2010, p. 381

; Biotechnology Report, Special Eurobarometer, European Commission, October 2010, p. 381; 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.; http://www.bwanet.org/about-us2/statistics. 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.; http://www.bwanet.org/about-us2/statistics; Wikipedia: State religion; 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: Buddhism by country

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