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Zambia

Zambia Religion Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 8,115.5 2013 66th out of 130
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 12 2014 76th out of 175
Christian > Mormon > Members 3,044 2014 73th out of 195
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Congregations 2,488 2014 3rd out of 42
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Memorial attendance 738,978 2014 1st out of 41
Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 27% 2014 41st out of 58
Christian > Protestant > Protestants 3.04 million 2014 26th out of 58
Christianity > Christians 12.94 million 2014 9th out of 10
Christianity > Orthodox > Coptic population 220 families (or ~1000 people) 2003
Christianity > Percent Christian 97.6% 2014 6th out of 10
Hindu percent of population 0.14% 2011 32nd out of 49
Hindus 16,068 2011 47th out of 94
Hindus per thousand people 1.18 2011 51st out of 94
Islam > Percentage Muslim 1.1% 2004 117th out of 167
Jehovahs Witnesses 127,151 2002 14th out of 177
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 11.97 2002 1st out of 158
Major religion(s) Christianity, indigenous beliefs, Hinduism, Islam 2013
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 0.4% 2014 141st out of 184
Muslim > Muslim population 59,000 2014 122nd out of 177
Religions Christian 50%-75%, Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%, indigenous beliefs 1% 2008
Religions > All Christian 50%-75%, Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%, indigenous beliefs 1% 2006
Religions > Hindu 24% 2006 7th out of 17
Religious diversity score 0.736 2001 17th out of 214
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 97% 2014 13th out of 143
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 3% 2014 125th out of 143
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 471,095 2004 10th out of 230
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 42.16 2004 18th 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: Jehovah's Witnesses by country (Africa); Wikipedia: Protestantism by country (Top sixty countries by number and percentage of Protestants); http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_by_country#Sovereign_states; Wikipedia: Coptic Orthodox Church in Africa (Coptic Orthodoxy in Sub-Saharan Africa); http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_by_country#Sovereign_states; 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.; 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 .); 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.

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