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Buddhism > By country > Buddhism > % of Buddhists	1.01 %	[26th of 63]
Catholic > Permanent Deacons	8	[44th of 90]
DEFINITION: Number of Permanent Deacons
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country
Catholic > Total Priests	19,040	[6th of 149]
DEFINITION: Total number of Priests
SOURCE: Catholic Hierarchy.org
Catholics	16,758,000	[14th of 140]
DEFINITION: Number of Catholics
SOURCE: Catholic Hierarchy.org
Catholics as percentage	1.58	[108th of 150]
DEFINITION: Percentage of the total population who are Catholic
SOURCE: Catholic Hierarchy.org
Church attendance	42%	[15th of 53]
DEFINITION: The percentage of adults surveyed who claimed that they attend Church services one or more times per week.
SOURCE: Catholic Hierarchy.org
Islam > Number of Muslim	154,500,000	[3rd of 67]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: World Values Survey
Islam > Percentage Muslim	13.4%	[73rd of 168]
DEFINITION: Percent of Muslims in each country.
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Demographics of Islam
Islam > Population	138,188,726	[3rd of 165]
DEFINITION: Muslim population by country. Note: West Bank includes Gaza Strip.
SOURCE: International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department
Islam > Sunni	123,600,000	[3rd of 67]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook
Jehovahs Witnesses	26,333	[38th of 178]
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Demographics of Islam
Jews	6,000	[39th of 89]
SOURCE: watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide
Muslim	14 %	[52nd of 66]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: World Jewish Congress (WJC), 1998
Protestantism > By country > Protestants	7,561,851	[16th of 167]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Demographics of Islam
Protestantism > By country > Protestants > % Protestant	0.7 %	[137th of 163]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Protestantism by country
Religions > All Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1% (2001 census)
DEFINITION: This entry includes a rank ordering of religions by adherents starting with the largest group and sometimes includes the percent of total population.
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Protestantism by country
Religions > Hindu	80.5 %	[2nd of 17]
DEFINITION: Percent of population who are Hindu. Note: categories sometimes vary from country to country, extracted from CIA data.
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Religions > Muslim	13.4 %	[61st of 100]
DEFINITION: Percent of population who are Muslims. Note: categories sometimes vary from country to country, extracted from CIA data.
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Roman Catholicism > By country > Roman Catholicism > % Catholic	1.58 %	[124th of 170]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Seventh-day Adventist Membership	917,207	[3rd of 232]
DEFINITION: This entry lists Seventh-day Adventist membership worldwide as of 2004. Membership is defined as baptised and active.
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Roman Catholicism by country

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SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country ; Catholic Hierarchy.org; World Values Survey; Wikipedia: Demographics of Islam ; International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; CIA World Factbook; watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide; World Jewish Congress (WJC), 1998; Wikipedia: Protestantism by country ; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; Wikipedia: Roman Catholicism by country ; adventiststatistics.org 2004 Annual Report 31 December 2004

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Imran (Banglore) 15th September 2010	I think this Estimation is rong Each and every city Muslim is minimum 30%. you can chk any state...........
Darrius 11th November 2009	India is BORING!! Not.. it is a very rapidly developing nation with lots to offer the world... not to mention really good food when its not too spicy. You should go. Seriously. Make a trip. And they grow ganja!! Bless up! Jah rein!
RMAESH SINGH SUMAN 11th November 2009	ACCORDING TO ME THERE ARE NO ANY RELIGION WHICH IS IS KNOWN BY US / THERE IS ONLY ONE RELIGION - HUMAN RELIGION,< MANAV RELIGION
jeevanandam,India (Chennai) 16th June 2005	In India it is mentioned that 81.3% is Hindu. The funny thing is this is the only religion in the world which has NO CLEAR DEFINITION whereas all other religions have.I feel this estimation is not correct.

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