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Religion Stats: compare key data on Kenya & Tanzania

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STAT Kenya Tanzania HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 2,248.5
Ranked 87th.
22,006.5
Ranked 43th. 10 times more than Kenya
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 41
Ranked 38th. 7 times more than Tanzania
6
Ranked 93th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 11,869
Ranked 42nd. 10 times more than Tanzania
1,220
Ranked 97th.
Hindus 369,137
Ranked 16th. 4% more than Tanzania
354,458
Ranked 17th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 7%
Ranked 80th.
35%
Ranked 55th. 5 times more than Kenya
Jehovahs Witnesses 20,286
Ranked 47th. 48% more than Tanzania
13,697
Ranked 60th.
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity, Islam
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 7%
Ranked 79th.
29.9%
Ranked 55th. 4 times more than Kenya
Muslim > Muslim population 2.87 million
Ranked 51st.
13.45 million
Ranked 23th. 5 times more than Kenya
Religions Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, Muslim 10%, indigenous beliefs 10%, other 2%; <i>note:</i> a large majority of Kenyans are Christian, but estimates for the percentage of the population that adheres to Islam or indigenous beliefs vary widely mainland - Christian 30%, Muslim 35%, indigenous beliefs 35%; Zanzibar - more than 99% Muslim
Religions > All Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, indigenous beliefs 10%, Muslim 10%, other 2% mainland - Christian 30%, Muslim 35%, indigenous beliefs 35%; Zanzibar - more than 99% Muslim
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 94%
Ranked 37th.
96.5%
Ranked 21st. 3% more than Kenya
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 6%
Ranked 100th. 71% more than Tanzania
3.5%
Ranked 123th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 530,341
Ranked 7th. 65% more than Tanzania
320,643
Ranked 13th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 15.22
Ranked 38th. 79% more than Tanzania
8.49
Ranked 55th.
Religious diversity score 0.776
Ranked 13th. 23% more than Tanzania
0.633
Ranked 52nd.
Hindu percent of population 1%
Ranked 19th. 11% more than Tanzania
0.9%
Ranked 20th.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 0.615
Ranked 124th. 61% more than Tanzania
0.383
Ranked 128th.
Religions > Muslim 10%
Ranked 66th.
35%
Ranked 45th. 4 times more than Kenya
Hindus per thousand people 8.78
Ranked 31st. 15% more than Tanzania
7.65
Ranked 33th.
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Congregations 566
Ranked 11th. 25% more than Tanzania
454
Ranked 13th.
Christianity > Orthodox > Coptic population ~2000 families (or 8000 people) 45 families (or 150 people)
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Memorial attendance 60,162
Ranked 13th. 20% more than Tanzania
50,125
Ranked 15th.
Christian > Protestant > Quakers 133,825
Ranked 1st. 43 times more than Tanzania
3,100
Ranked 6th.

Christian > Protestant > Quakers per million people 3,544.82
Ranked 1st. 47 times more than Tanzania
75.39
Ranked 6th.
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Publishers 25,417
Ranked 11th. 54% more than Tanzania
16,476
Ranked 14th.

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); 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; 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.; 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.; Wikipedia: Jehovah's Witnesses by country (Africa); Wikipedia: Coptic Orthodox Church in Africa (Coptic Orthodoxy in Sub-Saharan Africa); 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, ); 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, ). 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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