NationMaster - Mauritanian Religion statistics

Catholic > Diocesan priests	1	[141st of 143]
Catholic > Dioceses	1	[134th of 150]
Catholic > Parishes	6	[134th of 149]
Catholic > Religious Priests	10	[125th of 148]
Catholic > Total Priests	11	[134th of 149]
Catholics	4,000	[137th of 140]
Catholics as percentage	0.15	[134th of 150]
Islam > Number of Muslim	3,100,000	[42nd of 67]
Islam > Percentage Muslim	99.9%	[4th of 168]
Islam > Population	3,083,772	[50th of 165]
Islam > Shia	31,000	[56th of 67]
Islam > Shia to Muslim	1 %	[66th of 67]
Islam > Sunni	3,069,000	[41st of 67]
Islam > Sunni to Muslim	99 %	[1st of 67]
Islam in Africa > Islamic population in Africa and population percentage > Population	99.9 %	[2nd of 45]
Muslim	99 %	[8th of 66]
Religions	Muslim 100%
Religions > All	Muslim 100%
Religions > Muslim	100 %	[1st of 100]
Seventh-day Adventist Membership	4	[205th 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 ; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; adventiststatistics.org 2004 Annual Report 31 December 2004

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Mauritania, Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Al Jumhuriyah al Islamiyah al Muritaniyah, Muritaniyah

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