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Religion Stats: compare key data on Kuwait & Malaysia

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STAT Kuwait Malaysia HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 88,945.5
Ranked 23th.
5.78 million
Ranked 6th. 65 times more than Kuwait
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 1
Ranked 136th.
33
Ranked 47th. 33 times more than Kuwait
Christian > Mormon > Members 223
Ranked 130th.
8,967
Ranked 53th. 40 times more than Kuwait
Christianity > Christians 324,570
Ranked 33th.
2.56 million
Ranked 12th. 8 times more than Kuwait
Christianity > Percent Christian 12.5%
Ranked 12th. 36% more than Malaysia
9.2%
Ranked 17th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 85%
Ranked 33th. 41% more than Malaysia
60.4%
Ranked 44th.
Major religion(s) Islam Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 86.4%
Ranked 33th. 41% more than Malaysia
61.4%
Ranked 43th.
Muslim > Muslim population 2.64 million
Ranked 52nd.
17.14 million
Ranked 20th. 7 times more than Kuwait
Religions Muslim 85% (Sunni 70%, Shia 30%), other (includes Christian, Hindu, Parsi) 15% Muslim 60.4%, Buddhist 19.2%, Christian 9.1%, Hindu 6.3%, Confucianism, Taoism, other traditional Chinese religions 2.6%, other or unknown 1.5%, none 0.8%
Religions > All Muslim 85% (Sunni 70%, Shi'a 30%), Christian, Hindu, Parsi, and other 15% Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 92.5%
Ranked 48th.
95.5%
Ranked 27th. 3% more than Kuwait
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 5.5%
Ranked 106th. 57% more than Malaysia
3.5%
Ranked 121st.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 159
Ranked 180th.
42,919
Ranked 50th. 270 times more than Kuwait
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.0724
Ranked 160th.
1.69
Ranked 92nd. 23 times more than Kuwait
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 3.3%
Ranked 13th.
19.5%
Ranked 9th. 6 times more than Kuwait
Hindus 300,667
Ranked 19th.
1.63 million
Ranked 8th. 5 times more than Kuwait
Religious diversity score 0.674
Ranked 34th. 1% more than Malaysia
0.666
Ranked 37th.
Hindu percent of population 12%
Ranked 6th. 71% more than Malaysia
7%
Ranked 9th.
Muslim > Islamist organizations Hadas Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party ·   United Malays National Organisation
Hindus per thousand people 96.22
Ranked 12th. 70% more than Malaysia
56.68
Ranked 13th.

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_by_country#Sovereign_states; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_by_country#Sovereign_states; International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; 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.; 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 .); Wikipedia: Islamism (Parties and Organizations); 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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