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Religion Stats: compare key data on South Korea & Vietnam

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STAT South Korea Vietnam HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 128
Ranked 24th. 43 times more than Vietnam
3
Ranked 112th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 85,628
Ranked 17th. 66 times more than Vietnam
1,300
Ranked 94th.
Christianity > Christians 14.38 million
Ranked 6th. 2 times more than Vietnam
6.89 million
Ranked 7th.
Christianity > Percent Christian 29.2%
Ranked 7th. 4 times more than Vietnam
8%
Ranked 25th.
Hindus 12,452
Ranked 49th.
50,305
Ranked 38th. 4 times more than South Korea
Islam > Percentage Muslim 0.04%
Ranked 156th.
0.85%
Ranked 127th. 21 times more than South Korea
Major religion(s) Buddhism, Christianity; nearly half of adults profess no religion Buddhism
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 0.2%
Ranked 159th. The same as Vietnam
0.2%
Ranked 154th.
Muslim > Muslim population 75,000
Ranked 118th.
160,000
Ranked 107th. 2 times more than South Korea
Religions Christian 26.3% (Protestant 19.7%, Roman Catholic 6.6%), Buddhist 23.2%, other or unknown 1.3%, none 49.3% Buddhist 9.3%, Catholic 6.7%, Hoa Hao 1.5%, Cao Dai 1.1%, Protestant 0.5%, Muslim 0.1%, none 80.8%
Religions > All no affiliation 46%, Christian 26%, Buddhist 26%, Confucianist 1%, other 1% Buddhist 9.3%, Catholic 6.7%, Hoa Hao 1.5%, Cao Dai 1.1%, Protestant 0.5%, Muslim 0.1%, none 80.8% (1999 census)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 32.5%
Ranked 130th. 10% more than Vietnam
29.5%
Ranked 132nd.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 65.5%
Ranked 15th.
69.5%
Ranked 11th. 6% more than South Korea
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 182,070
Ranked 25th. 23 times more than Vietnam
7,891
Ranked 85th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 3.79
Ranked 70th. 39 times more than Vietnam
0.0969
Ranked 154th.
Religious diversity score 0.66
Ranked 41st. 30% more than Vietnam
0.508
Ranked 91st.
Christian > Catholic > Urban catholics 4.45 million
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Vietnam
1.43 million
Ranked 1st.
Catholic > Cardinals 1
Ranked 30th.
2
Ranked 17th. Twice as much as South Korea
Christian > Catholic > Female catholics 2.77 million
Ranked 1st. 6% more than Vietnam
2.61 million
Ranked 1st.
Hindus per thousand people 0.25
Ranked 77th.
0.573
Ranked 72nd. 2 times more than South Korea
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics 2.37 million
Ranked 1st.
2.5 million
Ranked 1st. 5% more than South Korea
Catholic > Cardinals per million 0.0208
Ranked 57th.
0.0243
Ranked 55th. 17% more than South Korea
Catholic > Cardinal electors 0.0
Ranked 52nd.
1
Ranked 33th.
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics per thousand people 49.29
Ranked 3rd. 51% more than Vietnam
32.63
Ranked 3rd.
Christian > Catholic > Rural catholics 691,368
Ranked 2nd.
3.69 million
Ranked 1st. 5 times more than South Korea
Catholic > Cardinal electors per million 0.0
Ranked 52nd.
0.0121
Ranked 48th.
Catholic > Cardinals > Per $ GDP 0.015 per $14.1 billion
Ranked 63th.
0.124 per $14.1 billion
Ranked 39th. 8 times more than South Korea
Christian > Catholic > Urban male catholics 2.05 million
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Vietnam
681,400
Ranked 1st.
Christian > Catholic > Rural male catholics per thousand people 6.73
Ranked 2nd.
23.74
Ranked 1st. 4 times more than South Korea
Christian > Catholic > Rural female catholics per thousand people 7.63
Ranked 2nd.
24.38
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than South Korea
Christian > Catholic > Urban female catholics 2.41 million
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Vietnam
743,964
Ranked 1st.
Christian > Catholic > Urban female catholics per thousand people 49.99
Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than Vietnam
9.71
Ranked 1st.
Christian > Catholic > Rural male catholics 323,914
Ranked 2nd.
1.82 million
Ranked 1st. 6 times more than South Korea
Christian > Catholic > Rural catholics per thousand people 14.36
Ranked 2nd.
48.12
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than South Korea
Christian > Catholic > Rural female catholics 367,454
Ranked 2nd.
1.87 million
Ranked 1st. 5 times more than South Korea
Christian > Catholic > Urban male catholics per thousand people 42.56
Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than Vietnam
8.9
Ranked 1st.
Christian > Catholic > Female catholics per thousand people 57.62
Ranked 3rd. 69% more than Vietnam
34.09
Ranked 3rd.
Christian > Catholic > Urban catholics per thousand people 92.54
Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than Vietnam
18.61
Ranked 1st.

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; https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html; 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.; 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 .); United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; Catholic.com - College of Cardinals; 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.; Catholic.com - College of Cardinals. 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.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. 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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