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Religion Stats: compare key data on Ghana & Jamaica

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STAT Ghana Jamaica HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 841.5
Ranked 105th.
5,819.5
Ranked 72nd. 7 times more than Ghana
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 148
Ranked 20th. 8 times more than Jamaica
19
Ranked 66th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 57,000
Ranked 22nd. 10 times more than Jamaica
5,580
Ranked 61st.
Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 33%
Ranked 34th.
60%
Ranked 17th. 82% more than Ghana
Hindus 11,466
Ranked 50th. 7 times more than Jamaica
1,668
Ranked 78th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 16%
Ranked 66th. 80 times more than Jamaica
0.2%
Ranked 143th.
Jehovahs Witnesses 78,002
Ranked 23th. 7 times more than Jamaica
11,174
Ranked 66th.
Major religion(s) Christianity, indigenous beliefs, Islam Christianity
Muslim > Muslim population 3.91 million
Ranked 46th. 3906 times more than Jamaica
1,000
Ranked 171st.
Religions Christian 68.8% (Pentecostal/Charismatic 24.1%, Protestant 18.6%, Catholic 15.1%, other 11%), Muslim 15.9%, traditional 8.5%, other 0.7%, none 6.1% Protestant 62.5% (Seventh-Day Adventist 10.8%, Pentecostal 9.5%, Other Church of God 8.3%, Baptist 7.2%, New Testament Church of God 6.3%, Church of God in Jamaica 4.8%, Church of God of Prophecy 4.3%, Anglican 3.6%, other Christian 7.7%), Roman Catholic 2.6%, other or unspecified 14.2%, none 20.9%
Religions > All Christian 63%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 21% Protestant 61.3% (Church of God 21.2%, Seventh-Day Adventist 9%, Baptist 8.8%, Pentecostal 7.6%, Anglican 5.5%, Methodist 2.7%, United Church 2.7%, Jehovah's Witness 1.6%, Brethren 1.1%, Moravian 1.1%), Roman Catholic 4%, other including some spiritual cults 34.7%
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 94.5%
Ranked 33th. 35% more than Jamaica
70%
Ranked 95th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 5%
Ranked 111th.
29.5%
Ranked 48th. 6 times more than Ghana
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 304,010
Ranked 14th. 45% more than Jamaica
209,189
Ranked 22nd.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 14.59
Ranked 39th.
79.3
Ranked 7th. 5 times more than Ghana
Religious diversity score 0.799
Ranked 6th. 30% more than Jamaica
0.616
Ranked 58th.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 3.94
Ranked 35th.
4.27
Ranked 27th. 8% more than Ghana
Christian > Protestant > Protestants 6.94 million
Ranked 12th. 4 times more than Jamaica
1.64 million
Ranked 29th.
Christian > Catholic > Urban catholics 1.41 million
Ranked 3rd. 31 times more than Jamaica
44,627
Ranked 5th.

Christian > Catholic > Female catholics 1.66 million
Ranked 3rd. 54 times more than Jamaica
30,704
Ranked 7th.

Hindus per thousand people 0.462
Ranked 74th.
0.616
Ranked 71st. 33% more than Ghana
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics 1.57 million
Ranked 3rd. 58 times more than Jamaica
27,306
Ranked 5th.

Christian > Catholic > Male catholics per thousand people 64.75
Ranked 8th. 6 times more than Jamaica
10.09
Ranked 8th.

Christian > Catholic > Rural catholics 1.83 million
Ranked 2nd. 136 times more than Jamaica
13,383
Ranked 8th.

Christian > Catholic > Urban catholics per thousand people 57.93
Ranked 5th. 4 times more than Jamaica
16.49
Ranked 6th.

Christian > Catholic > Urban male catholics per thousand people 28.01
Ranked 5th. 4 times more than Jamaica
7.6
Ranked 6th.

Christian > Catholic > Rural female catholics 933,902
Ranked 3rd. 140 times more than Jamaica
6,659
Ranked 5th.

Christian > Catholic > Rural catholics per thousand people 75.24
Ranked 3rd. 15 times more than Jamaica
4.94
Ranked 9th.

Christian > Catholic > Urban male catholics 679,560
Ranked 3rd. 33 times more than Jamaica
20,582
Ranked 6th.

Christian > Catholic > Rural male catholics per thousand people 36.74
Ranked 3rd. 15 times more than Jamaica
2.48
Ranked 6th.

Christian > Catholic > Rural female catholics per thousand people 38.49
Ranked 4th. 16 times more than Jamaica
2.46
Ranked 6th.

Christian > Catholic > Urban female catholics per thousand people 29.92
Ranked 5th. 3 times more than Jamaica
8.88
Ranked 8th.

Christian > Catholic > Female catholics per thousand people 68.41
Ranked 7th. 6 times more than Jamaica
11.34
Ranked 10th.

Christian > Catholic > Rural male catholics 891,519
Ranked 2nd. 133 times more than Jamaica
6,724
Ranked 6th.

Christian > Catholic > Urban female catholics 726,015
Ranked 3rd. 30 times more than Jamaica
24,045
Ranked 8th.

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); https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html; 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; 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: 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.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; 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.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. 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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