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Suriname

Suriname Religion Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 4,251.5 2013 78th out of 130
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 0.75% 2013 27th out of 96
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 6 2014 91st out of 175
Christian > Mormon > Members 1,323 2014 91st out of 195
Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 22% 2014 47th out of 58
Christian > Protestant > Protestants 96,392 2014 50th out of 58
Hindu percent of population 23.7% 2011 3rd out of 49
Hindus 111,576 2011 32nd out of 94
Hindus per thousand people 210.62 2011 7th out of 94
Islam > Percentage Muslim 22% 2004 56th out of 167
Jehovahs Witnesses 2,045 2002 105th out of 177
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 4.26 2002 28th out of 158
Jews 200 1998 86th out of 89
Jews per 1000 0.441 1998 46th out of 86
Major religion(s) Hinduism, Islam, Christianity 2013
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 15.9% 2014 64th out of 184
Muslim > Muslim population 84,000 2014 116th out of 177
Religions Hindu 27.4%, Protestant 25.2% (predominantly Moravian), Roman Catholic 22.8%, Muslim 19.6%, indigenous beliefs 5% 2008
Religions > All Hindu 27.4%, Protestant 25.2% (predominantly Moravian), Roman Catholic 22.8%, Muslim 19.6%, indigenous beliefs 5% 2006
Religions > Hindu 27.4% 2006 6th out of 17
Religions > Muslim 19.6% 2006 51st out of 99
Religions > Protestant 25.2% 2006 17th out of 51
Religions > Roman Catholic 22.8% 2006 70th out of 96
Religious diversity score 0.791 2001 9th out of 214
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 3,415 2004 114th out of 230
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 6.92 2004 59th out of 200

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); 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); 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; 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.; World Jewish Congress (WJC), 1998; 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.; 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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Suriname Religion Profiles (Subcategories)

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  • Suriname ranked first for islam > percentage muslim amongst Latin America and Caribbean in 2004.

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