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Religion Stats: compare key data on Nigeria & Russia

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STAT Nigeria Russia HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 350
Ranked 6th. 4 times more than Russia
99
Ranked 29th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 118,000
Ranked 14th. 5 times more than Russia
21,709
Ranked 33th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 50%
Ranked 49th. 3 times more than Russia
15%
Ranked 68th.
Jehovahs Witnesses 276,756
Ranked 4th. 94% more than Russia
142,439
Ranked 9th.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 2.14
Ranked 81st. 2 times more than Russia
0.98
Ranked 111th.
Major religion(s) Islam, Christianity, indigenous beliefs Christianity, Islam
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 47.9%
Ranked 49th. 4 times more than Russia
11.7%
Ranked 72nd.
Muslim > Muslim population 75.73 million
Ranked 6th. 5 times more than Russia
16.38 million
Ranked 21st.
Religions Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10% 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 Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10% Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2% (2006 est.)
Religious diversity score 0.742
Ranked 15th. 69% more than Russia
0.44
Ranked 114th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 95.5%
Ranked 26th. 3 times more than Russia
33%
Ranked 127th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 2.5%
Ranked 132nd.
60.5%
Ranked 19th. 24 times more than Nigeria
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 228,705
Ranked 18th. 4 times more than Russia
58,299
Ranked 42nd.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 1.68
Ranked 93th. 4 times more than Russia
0.405
Ranked 121st.
Christian > Protestant > Quakers 16
Ranked 15th. 23% more than Russia
13
Ranked 25th.

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; 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.; 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.; 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, )

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