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Religion Stats: compare key data on Iran & United States

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STAT Iran United States HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Members 50
Ranked 164th.
6.32 million
Ranked 1st. 126428 times more than Iran
Hindus 13,079
Ranked 48th.
1.2 million
Ranked 9th. 92 times more than Iran
Islam > Percentage Muslim 99%
Ranked 10th. 71 times more than United States
1.4%
Ranked 114th.
Jews 25,000
Ranked 24th.
5.8 million
Ranked 1st. 232 times more than Iran
Major religion(s) Islam Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 99.6%
Ranked 4th. 124 times more than United States
0.8%
Ranked 132nd.
Muslim > Muslim population 74.82 million
Ranked 7th. 29 times more than United States
2.6 million
Ranked 54th.
Religions Muslim 98% (Shia 89%, Sunni 9%), other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i) 2% Protestant 51.3%, Roman Catholic 23.9%, Mormon 1.7%, other Christian 1.6%, Jewish 1.7%, Buddhist 0.7%, Muslim 0.6%, other or unspecified 2.5%, unaffiliated 12.1%, none 4%
Religions > All Shi'a Muslim 89%, Sunni Muslim 9%, Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i 2% Protestant 52%, Roman Catholic 24%, Mormon 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 1%, other 10%, none 10% (2002 est.)
Religious diversity score 0.115
Ranked 193th.
0.824
Ranked 2nd. 7 times more than Iran
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 82.5%
Ranked 74th. 27% more than United States
65%
Ranked 100th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 15.5%
Ranked 70th.
34.5%
Ranked 42nd. 2 times more than Iran
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 20
Ranked 200th.
948,892
Ranked 2nd. 47445 times more than Iran
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.000288
Ranked 187th.
3.24
Ranked 73th. 11236 times more than Iran
Shia Islam population > Number of Shia muslims 66,000,000 - 70,000,000 200,000 - 400,000
Religions > Muslim 89%
Ranked 19th. 89 times more than United States
1%
Ranked 96th.
Muslim > Islamist organizations Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran ·   Islamic Iran Participation Front Islamic Thinkers Society ·   Revolution Muslim
Jews per 1000 0.392
Ranked 49th.
21.03
Ranked 3rd. 54 times more than Iran
Hindus per thousand people 0.173
Ranked 81st.
3.87
Ranked 40th. 22 times more than Iran

SOURCES: Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html; International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; 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: 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 .); 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.; Miller, Tracy: Mapping the Global Muslim Population A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Muslim Population, Pew Research Center, October 7, 2009.; Wikipedia: Islamism (Parties and Organizations); 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.

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