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Southeast Asia > Malaysia > Religion

MALAYSIAN RELIGION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Catholic > Diocesan priests 183 [76th of 143]
Catholic > Dioceses 8 [71st of 150]
Catholic > Parishes 139 [80th of 149]
Catholic > Permanent Deacons 1 [88th of 90]
Catholic > Total Priests 233 [87th of 149]
Catholics 766,000 [78th of 140]
Catholics as percentage 3.3 [101st of 150]
Islam > Percentage Muslim 60.4% [44th of 168]
Islam > Population 14,467,694 [21st of 165]
Islam > Sunni to Muslim 98 % [15th of 67]
Jehovahs Witnesses 2,615 [98th of 178]
Muslim 61 % [37th of 66]
Protestantism > By country > Protestants 503,016 [74th of 167]
Protestantism > By country > Protestants > % Protestant 2.1 % [111st of 163]
Religions
Muslim 60.4%, Buddhist 19.2%, Christian 9.1%, Hindu 6.3%, Confucianism, Taoism, other traditional Chinese religions 2.6%, other or unknown 1.5%, none 0.8% (2000 census)
Religions > All
Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia
Roman Catholicism > By country > Roman Catholicism > % Catholic 3.3 % [113rd of 170]
Roman Catholicism > By country > Roman Catholicism > Catholic total 790,453 [81st of 170]
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 42,919 [50th of 232]
Southeast Asia > Religions
Islam (60.4%), Mahayana Buddhism (19.2%), Christianity (9.1%), Hinduism (6.1%), Animism (5.2%)

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SOURCES: Catholic Hierarchy.org; International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; CIA World Factbook; Wikipedia: Demographics of Islam ; watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide; Wikipedia: Protestantism by country ; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007 ; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006 ; Wikipedia: Roman Catholicism by country ; adventiststatistics.org 2004 Annual Report 31 December 2004; Wikipedia: Southeast Asia

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