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Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Religion Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 390 2013 113th out of 130
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 60 2014 33th out of 175
Christian > Mormon > Members 23,117 2014 31st out of 195
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Congregations 1,031 2014 9th out of 42
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Memorial attendance 97,688 2014 9th out of 41
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Publishers 39,238 2014 8th out of 42
Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 33% 2014 36th out of 58
Christian > Protestant > Protestants 4.21 million 2014 20th out of 58
Christianity > Orthodox > Coptic population N/A 2003
Hindu percent of population 0.1% 2011 36th out of 49
Hindus 123,111 2011 31st out of 94
Hindus per thousand people 9.22 2011 29th out of 94
Islam > Percentage Muslim 1% 2004 124th out of 167
Jehovahs Witnesses 32,038 2002 33th out of 177
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 2.53 2002 64th out of 158
Jews 925 1998 66th out of 89
Jews per 1000 0.0756 1998 71st out of 86
Major religion(s) Christianity, indigenous beliefs 2013
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 0.9% 2014 129th out of 184
Muslim > Muslim population 109,000 2014 113th out of 177
Religions syncretic (part Christian, part indigenous beliefs) 50%, Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs 24%, Muslim and other 1% 2008
Religions > All syncretic (part Christian, part indigenous beliefs) 50%, Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs 24%, Muslim and other 1% 2006
Religious diversity score 0.736 2001 16th out of 214
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 87.5% 2014 62nd out of 143
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 12.5% 2014 80th out of 143
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 471,649 2004 9th out of 230
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 37.16 2004 22nd 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); Wikipedia: Coptic Orthodox Church in Africa (Coptic Orthodoxy in Sub-Saharan Africa); 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 .); 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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