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Kuwait

Kuwait Religion Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 88,945.5 2013 23th out of 130
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 3.3% 2013 13th out of 96
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 1 2014 136th out of 175
Christian > Mormon > Members 223 2014 130th out of 195
Christianity > Christians 324,570 2014 33th out of 45
Christianity > Percent Christian 12.5% 2014 12th out of 45
Church and state > Constitutional reference to God enactment date 1,962 2014 23th out of 29
Hindu percent of population 12% 2011 6th out of 49
Hindus 300,667 2011 19th out of 94
Hindus per thousand people 96.22 2011 12th out of 94
Islam > Percentage Muslim 85% 2004 33th out of 167
Major religion(s) Islam 2013
Muslim > Islamist organizations Hadas 2014
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 86.4% 2014 33th out of 184
Muslim > Muslim population 2.64 million 2014 52nd out of 177
Religions Muslim 85% (Sunni 70%, Shia 30%), other (includes Christian, Hindu, Parsi) 15% 2008
Religions > All Muslim 85% (Sunni 70%, Shi'a 30%), Christian, Hindu, Parsi, and other 15% 2006
Religions > Muslim 85% 2006 23th out of 99
Religious diversity score 0.674 2001 34th out of 214
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 92.5% 2014 48th out of 143
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 5.5% 2014 106th out of 143
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 159 2004 180th out of 230
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.0724 2004 160th out of 200
Shia Islam population > Number of Shia muslims 500,000 - 700,000 2009

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; Wikipedia: Constitutional references to God (List); https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html; 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.; International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; Wikipedia: Islamism (Parties and Organizations); 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.; Miller, Tracy: Mapping the Global Muslim Population A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Muslim Population, Pew Research Center, October 7, 2009.

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