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Religion Stats: compare key data on South Africa & United Kingdom

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STAT South Africa United Kingdom
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 152
Ranked 19th.
332
Ranked 7th. 2 times more than South Africa
Christian > Mormon > Members 59,807
Ranked 21st.
188,462
Ranked 7th. 3 times more than South Africa
Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 68%
Ranked 12th. 13% more than United Kingdom
60%
Ranked 18th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 1.5%
Ranked 111th.
2.7%
Ranked 101st. 80% more than South Africa
Jehovahs Witnesses 77,954
Ranked 24th.
127,206
Ranked 13th. 63% more than South Africa
Jews 106,000
Ranked 10th.
300,000
Ranked 7th. 3 times more than South Africa
Major religion(s) Christianity, Islam, indigenous beliefs Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 1.5%
Ranked 116th.
4.6%
Ranked 92nd. 3 times more than South Africa
Muslim > Muslim population 737,000
Ranked 77th.
2.87 million
Ranked 50th. 4 times more than South Africa
Religions Zion Christian 11.1%, Pentecostal/Charismatic 8.2%, Catholic 7.1%, Methodist 6.8%, Dutch Reformed 6.7%, Anglican 3.8%, Muslim 1.5%, other Christian 36%, other 2.3%, unspecified 1.4%, none 15.1% Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1%
Religions > All Zion Christian 11.1%, Pentecostal/Charismatic 8.2%, Catholic 7.1%, Methodist 6.8%, Dutch Reformed 6.7%, Anglican 3.8%, other Christian 36%, Islam 1.5%, other 2.3%, unspecified 1.4%, none 15.1% (2001 census) Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1% (2001 census)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 84.5%
Ranked 69th. 3 times more than United Kingdom
26.5%
Ranked 135th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 15.5%
Ranked 71st.
73%
Ranked 9th. 5 times more than South Africa
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 74,151
Ranked 38th. 3 times more than United Kingdom
24,083
Ranked 59th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 1.59
Ranked 97th. 4 times more than United Kingdom
0.402
Ranked 122nd.
Hindus 959,000
Ranked 10th. 15% more than United Kingdom
832,000
Ranked 13th.
Religious diversity score 0.86
Ranked 1st. 24% more than United Kingdom
0.694
Ranked 27th.
Hindu percent of population 1.9%
Ranked 15th. 12% more than United Kingdom
1.7%
Ranked 16th.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 1.71
Ranked 96th.
2.14
Ranked 80th. 25% more than South Africa
Christian > Protestant > Protestants 30.15 million
Ranked 5th.
36 million
Ranked 2nd. 19% more than South Africa
Jews per 1000 2.53
Ranked 20th.
5.13
Ranked 14th. 2 times more than South Africa
Hindus per thousand people 18.96
Ranked 22nd. 43% more than United Kingdom
13.26
Ranked 26th.
Christian > Mormon > Temples 1
Ranked 25th.
2
Ranked 4th. Twice as much as South Africa

SOURCES: Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); Wikipedia: Protestantism by country (Top sixty countries by number and percentage of Protestants); 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.; 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.; Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics (Caribbean)

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