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Africa > Libya > Religion

LIBYAN RELIGION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Catholic > Diocesan priests 5 [134th of 143]
Catholic > Parishes 13 [124th of 149]
Catholic > Total Priests 22 [123rd of 149]
Catholics 75,000 [112nd of 140]
Catholics as percentage 1.38 [111st of 150]
Islam > Number of Muslim 5,626,000 [36th of 67]
Islam > Percentage Muslim 97% [16th of 168]
Islam > Population 5,592,596 [35th of 165]
Islam > Shia 56,260 [53rd of 67]
Islam > Shia to Muslim 1 % [67th of 67]
Islam > Sunni 5,569,740 [35th of 67]
Islam > Sunni to Muslim 99 % [4th of 67]
Islam in Africa > Islamic population in Africa and population percentage > Population 97 % [8th of 45]
Muslim 97 % [18th of 66]
Religion in national flags > Islam > Religious characteristics
Entirely green (symbolizes the tribe of Muhammed and Gaddafi's Green Revolution)
Religions
Sunni Muslim 97%, other 3%
Religions > All Sunni Muslim 97%
Religions > Muslim 97 % [7th of 100]
Roman Catholicism > By country > Roman Catholicism > % Catholic 0.7 % [138th of 170]
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 68 [188th of 232]

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SOURCES: Catholic Hierarchy.org; Wikipedia: Demographics of Islam ; International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; CIA World Factbook; Wikipedia: Islam in Africa ; Wikipedia: Religion in national flags ; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; Wikipedia: Roman Catholicism by country ; adventiststatistics.org 2004 Annual Report 31 December 2004

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Libya, Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah al Uzma, libyan arab jamahiriya, the libyan arab jamahiriya

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