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Religion Stats: compare key data on France & Russia

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STAT France Russia HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 108
Ranked 26th. 9% more than Russia
99
Ranked 29th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 36,968
Ranked 27th. 70% more than Russia
21,709
Ranked 33th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 7.5%
Ranked 78th.
15%
Ranked 68th. Twice as much as France
Jehovahs Witnesses 119,131
Ranked 16th.
142,439
Ranked 9th. 20% more than France
Jews 600,000
Ranked 3rd. 9% more than Russia
550,000
Ranked 4th.
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity, Islam
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 7.5%
Ranked 77th.
11.7%
Ranked 72nd. 56% more than France
Muslim > Muslim population 4.7 million
Ranked 41st.
16.38 million
Ranked 21st. 3 times more than France
Religions Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated 4% Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2%; <i>note:</i> estimates are of practicing worshipers; Russia has large populations of non-practicing believers and non-believers, a legacy of over seven decades of Soviet rule
Religions > All Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated 4% Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2% (2006 est.)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 29.5%
Ranked 133th.
33%
Ranked 127th. 12% more than France
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 69.5%
Ranked 12th. 15% more than Russia
60.5%
Ranked 19th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 10,698
Ranked 77th.
58,299
Ranked 42nd. 5 times more than France
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.171
Ranked 140th.
0.405
Ranked 121st. 2 times more than France
State religion > Church Roman Catholic Church Russian Orthodox Church
Hindus 63,718
Ranked 36th. 5% more than Russia
60,792
Ranked 37th.
Religious diversity score 0.403
Ranked 126th.
0.44
Ranked 114th. 9% more than France
State religion > Denomination Catholic Eastern Orthodox
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 1.93
Ranked 88th. 97% more than Russia
0.98
Ranked 111th.
Jews per 1000 9.97
Ranked 5th. 3 times more than Russia
3.74
Ranked 18th.
Hindus per thousand people 0.975
Ranked 58th. 2 times more than Russia
0.425
Ranked 75th.
Christian > Protestant > Baptist church members per thousand people 0.0997
Ranked 29th.
0.641
Ranked 1st. 6 times more than France
Christian > Protestant > Baptist church members 6,519
Ranked 12th.
91,690
Ranked 1st. 14 times more than France
State religion > Established churches and former state churches > Disestablished 1905 1917
Christian > Protestant > Baptist churches 119
Ranked 12th.
2,047
Ranked 1st. 17 times more than France
Christian > Protestant > Quakers 71
Ranked 20th. 5 times more than Russia
13
Ranked 25th.
Christian > Protestant > Baptist churches per million people 1.82
Ranked 32nd.
14.3
Ranked 1st. 8 times more than France
State religion > Disestablishment date 1905 1917

SOURCES: Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide; World Jewish Congress (WJC), 1998; 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; 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.; Wikipedia: State religion (Established churches and former state churches); 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.; 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, )

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