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STAT Finland Sweden HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 30
Ranked 50th.
40
Ranked 39th. 33% more than Finland
Christian > Mormon > Members 4,745
Ranked 65th.
9,404
Ranked 49th. 98% more than Finland
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population 59,028
Ranked 40th.
103,027
Ranked 36th. 75% more than Finland
Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 85.1%
Ranked 7th.
86%
Ranked 6th. 1% more than Finland
Christianity > Percent Christian 82.2%
Ranked 8th. 3% more than Sweden
79.9%
Ranked 9th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 0.2%
Ranked 145th.
4%
Ranked 92nd. 20 times more than Finland
Jehovahs Witnesses 19,044
Ranked 48th.
22,561
Ranked 43th. 18% more than Finland
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 0.8%
Ranked 134th.
4.9%
Ranked 89th. 6 times more than Finland
Muslim > Muslim population 42,000
Ranked 128th.
451,000
Ranked 87th. 11 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% Lutheran 87%, other (includes Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist) 13%
Religions > All Lutheran National Church 84.2%, Greek Orthodox in Finland 1.1%, other Christian 1.1%, other 0.1%, none 13.5% (2003) Lutheran 87%, Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 28%
Ranked 134th. 70% more than Sweden
16.5%
Ranked 142nd.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 70%
Ranked 10th.
83%
Ranked 1st. 19% more than Finland
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 5,264
Ranked 96th. 90% more than Sweden
2,767
Ranked 121st.
Buddhism > Buddhists 5,266
Ranked 75th.
63,836
Ranked 28th. 12 times more than Finland
Islam in Europe > Muslim population 24,000
Ranked 16th.
149,000
Ranked 9th. 6 times more than Finland
State religion > Church Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland Church of Sweden
People who say religion is important 28%
Ranked 9th. 70% more than Sweden
16.5%
Ranked 12th.
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox percent of population 1.1
Ranked 38th. The same as Sweden
1.1
Ranked 37th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 1.01
Ranked 101st. 3 times more than Sweden
0.308
Ranked 127th.
Jews 1,200
Ranked 60th.
18,000
Ranked 27th. 15 times more than Finland
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 0.1%
Ranked 87th.
0.7%
Ranked 29th. 7 times more than Finland
Hindus 524
Ranked 82nd.
8,940.5
Ranked 53th. 17 times more than Finland
Secularism and atheism > Does not believe in spirit, God or life force 22%
Ranked 12th.
34%
Ranked 3rd. 55% more than Finland
Religious diversity score 0.253
Ranked 152nd. 8% more than Sweden
0.234
Ranked 157th.
State religion > Denomination Lutheran Lutheran
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 3.66
Ranked 39th. 45% more than Sweden
2.53
Ranked 66th.
Christian > Protestant > Protestants 4.45 million
Ranked 17th.
7.74 million
Ranked 9th. 74% more than Finland
Jews per 1000 0.233
Ranked 59th.
2.03
Ranked 23th. 9 times more than Finland
Secularism and atheism > Believes there is a god 33%
Ranked 20th. 83% more than Sweden
18%
Ranked 26th.
Secularism and atheism > Believes in spirit or life force 42%
Ranked 7th.
45%
Ranked 4th. 7% more than Finland
Hindus per thousand people 0.0972
Ranked 88th.
0.946
Ranked 61st. 10 times more than Finland
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox share of world population 0.02
Ranked 41st.
0.04
Ranked 37th. Twice as much as Finland
Christian > Protestant > Baptist church members per thousand people 0.435
Ranked 19th.
1.76
Ranked 7th. 4 times more than Finland
Christian > Mormon > Temples 1
Ranked 34th. The same as Sweden
1
Ranked 28th.
Christian > Protestant > Baptist church members 2,345
Ranked 25th.
16,609
Ranked 6th. 7 times more than Finland
State religion > Established churches and former state churches > Disestablished 1870/1919 January 2000
Christian > Prostestant > Lutherans 4.39 million
Ranked 8th.
6.7 million
Ranked 3rd. 53% more than Finland
Christian > Protestant > Baptist churches 32
Ranked 26th.
192
Ranked 8th. 6 times more than Finland
Christian > Prostestant > Lutherans per thousand people 817.97
Ranked 2nd. 14% more than Sweden
714.51
Ranked 4th.
Christian > Protestant > Quakers 20
Ranked 22nd.
100
Ranked 18th. 5 times more than Finland
Christian > Protestant > Baptist churches per million people 5.94
Ranked 19th.
20.32
Ranked 10th. 3 times more than Finland
State religion > Disestablishment date 1869 2000

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); 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: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); 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.; Wikipedia: State religion (Established churches and former state churches); Wikipedia: Christianity in Norway (Importance of religion) (GALLUP WorldView - data accessed on 17 january 2009); 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; 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.; Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics (Caribbean); http://www.bwanet.org/about-us2/statistics; Wikipedia: State religion; Wikipedia: Lutheranism by region (Countries with more than 500,000 Lutherans) ([1] The Lutheran World Federation 2010 Membership Figures); Wikipedia: Lutheranism by region (Countries with more than 500,000 Lutherans) ([1] The Lutheran World Federation 2010 Membership Figures). 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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