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Religion Stats: compare key data on Italy & Norway

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STAT Italy Norway HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 122,965
Ranked 21st. 3 times more than Norway
40,143
Ranked 34th.
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 100
Ranked 27th. 4 times more than Norway
23
Ranked 61st.
Christian > Mormon > Members 24,970
Ranked 29th. 5 times more than Norway
4,556
Ranked 67th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 1.7%
Ranked 109th. 6% more than Norway
1.6%
Ranked 110th.
Jehovahs Witnesses 234,795
Ranked 5th. 24 times more than Norway
9,953
Ranked 68th.
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 2.6%
Ranked 104th.
3%
Ranked 101st. 15% more than Italy
Muslim > Muslim population 1.58 million
Ranked 64th. 11 times more than Norway
144,000
Ranked 109th.
Religions Roman Catholic 90% (approximately; about one-third practicing), other 10% (includes mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community) Church of Norway 85.7%, Pentecostal 1%, Roman Catholic 1%, other Christian 2.4%, Muslim 1.8%, other 8.1%
Religions > All approximately 90% Roman Catholic (about one-third regularly attend services); mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community Church of Norway 85.7%, Pentecostal 1%, Roman Catholic 1%, other Christian 2.4%, Muslim 1.8%, other 8.1% (2004)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 71.5%
Ranked 91st. 3 times more than Norway
20.5%
Ranked 140th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 26%
Ranked 52nd.
78%
Ranked 4th. 3 times more than Italy
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 7,092
Ranked 90th. 51% more than Norway
4,697
Ranked 101st.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.122
Ranked 147th.
1.02
Ranked 100th. 8 times more than Italy
State religion > Church Roman Catholic Church Church of Norway
Jews 35,000
Ranked 18th. 23 times more than Norway
1,500
Ranked 57th.
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 0.2%
Ranked 63th.
0.85%
Ranked 24th. 4 times more than Italy
Hindus 108,950
Ranked 33th. 5 times more than Norway
23,140
Ranked 45th.
Religious diversity score 0.303
Ranked 148th. 48% more than Norway
0.205
Ranked 170th.
State religion > Denomination Catholic Lutheran
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 4.11
Ranked 32nd. 87% more than Norway
2.19
Ranked 74th.
Jews per 1000 0.615
Ranked 42nd. 82% more than Norway
0.338
Ranked 53th.
Hindus per thousand people 1.79
Ranked 47th.
4.67
Ranked 36th. 3 times more than Italy
Christian > Protestant > Baptist church members per thousand people 0.0704
Ranked 33th.
1.13
Ranked 11th. 16 times more than Italy
Christian > Protestant > Baptist church members 4,277
Ranked 21st.
5,619
Ranked 14th. 31% more than Italy
Christian > Protestant > Baptist churches 112
Ranked 13th. 26% more than Norway
89
Ranked 14th.
Christian > Protestant > Baptist churches per million people 1.84
Ranked 31st.
17.97
Ranked 11th. 10 times more than Italy

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; 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: State religion (Established churches and former state churches); World Jewish Congress (WJC), 1998; 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

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