FACTOID # 3: India has more Catholic Priests than Ireland, Austria and Portugal combined.
 
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Asia > India > Religion

INDIAN RELIGION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Catholic > Cardinal electors 3 [8th of 63]
Catholic > Cardinals 5 [8th of 65]
Catholic > Diocesan priests 10,928 [7th of 143]
Catholic > Dioceses 146 [4th of 150]
Catholic > Parishes 8,333 [8th of 149]
Catholic > Permanent Deacons 8 [44th of 90]
Catholic > Total Priests 19,040 [6th of 149]
Catholics 16,758,000 [14th of 140]
Catholics as percentage 1.58 [108th of 150]
Church attendance 42% [15th of 53]
Islam > Percentage Muslim 13.4% [73rd of 168]
Islam > Population 138,188,726 [3rd of 165]
Jehovahs Witnesses 26,333 [38th of 178]
Jews 6,000 [39th of 89]
Religions > All
Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1% (2001 census)
Religions > Hindu 80.5 % [2nd of 17]
Religions > Muslim 13.4 % [61st of 100]
Roman Catholicism > By country > Roman Catholicism > % Catholic 1.58 % [124th of 170]
Roman Catholicism > By country > Roman Catholicism > Catholic total 17,068,177 [15th of 170]
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 917,207 [3rd of 232]

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SOURCES: Catholic.com - College of Cardinals; Catholic Hierarchy.org; World Values Survey; 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; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; Wikipedia: Roman Catholicism by country ; adventiststatistics.org 2004 Annual Report 31 December 2004

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: India, Republic of India

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COMMENTARY     

jeevanandam
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.
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.
Paulraj Papaiah (India)
17th October 2007
According to the India census, percentage of Christian are 2.5%, but this shows 1.58%. I feed the statistics is not correct.
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