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Religion Stats: compare key data on North Korea & South Korea

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STAT North Korea South Korea HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Members 5
Ranked 194th.
85,628
Ranked 17th. 17126 times more than North Korea
Christianity > Christians 836,958
Ranked 22nd.
14.38 million
Ranked 6th. 17 times more than North Korea
Christianity > Percent Christian 1.7%
Ranked 36th.
29.2%
Ranked 7th. 17 times more than North Korea

Major religion(s) Mainly atheist or non-religious, traditional beliefs Buddhism, Christianity; nearly half of adults profess no religion
Muslim > Muslim population 3,000
Ranked 149th.
75,000
Ranked 118th. 25 times more than North Korea
Religions traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist, some Christian and syncretic Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way) Christian 26.3% (Protestant 19.7%, Roman Catholic 6.6%), Buddhist 23.2%, other or unknown 1.3%, none 49.3%
Religions > All traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist, some Christian and syncretic Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way) no affiliation 46%, Christian 26%, Buddhist 26%, Confucianist 1%, other 1%
Religious diversity score 0.489
Ranked 98th.
0.66
Ranked 41st. 35% more than North Korea
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 866
Ranked 151st.
182,070
Ranked 25th. 210 times more than North Korea
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.0366
Ranked 170th.
3.79
Ranked 70th. 103 times more than North Korea

SOURCES: 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; 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 .); 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.

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