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Religion Stats: compare key data on Italy & Russia

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STAT Italy Russia HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 100
Ranked 27th. 1% more than Russia
99
Ranked 29th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 24,970
Ranked 29th. 15% more than Russia
21,709
Ranked 33th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 1.7%
Ranked 109th.
15%
Ranked 68th. 9 times more than Italy
Jehovahs Witnesses 234,795
Ranked 5th. 65% more than Russia
142,439
Ranked 9th.
Jews 35,000
Ranked 18th.
550,000
Ranked 4th. 16 times more than Italy
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity, Islam
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 2.6%
Ranked 104th.
11.7%
Ranked 72nd. 5 times more than Italy
Muslim > Muslim population 1.58 million
Ranked 64th.
16.38 million
Ranked 21st. 10 times more than Italy
Religions Roman Catholic 90% (approximately; about one-third practicing), other 10% (includes mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community) 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 approximately 90% Roman Catholic (about one-third regularly attend services); mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2% (2006 est.)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 71.5%
Ranked 91st. 2 times more than Russia
33%
Ranked 127th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 26%
Ranked 52nd.
60.5%
Ranked 19th. 2 times more than Italy
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 7,092
Ranked 90th.
58,299
Ranked 42nd. 8 times more than Italy
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.122
Ranked 147th.
0.405
Ranked 121st. 3 times more than Italy
State religion > Church Roman Catholic Church Russian Orthodox Church
Hindus 108,950
Ranked 33th. 79% more than Russia
60,792
Ranked 37th.
Religious diversity score 0.303
Ranked 148th.
0.44
Ranked 114th. 45% more than Italy
State religion > Denomination Catholic Eastern Orthodox
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 4.11
Ranked 32nd. 4 times more than Russia
0.98
Ranked 111th.
Jews per 1000 0.615
Ranked 42nd.
3.74
Ranked 18th. 6 times more than Italy
Hindus per thousand people 1.79
Ranked 47th. 4 times more than Russia
0.425
Ranked 75th.
Christian > Protestant > Baptist church members per thousand people 0.0704
Ranked 33th.
0.641
Ranked 1st. 9 times more than Italy
Christian > Protestant > Baptist church members 4,277
Ranked 21st.
91,690
Ranked 1st. 21 times more than Italy
State religion > Established churches and former state churches > Disestablished 1984 1917
Christian > Protestant > Baptist churches 112
Ranked 13th.
2,047
Ranked 1st. 18 times more than Italy
Christian > Protestant > Baptist churches per million people 1.84
Ranked 31st.
14.3
Ranked 1st. 8 times more than Italy

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

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