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Buddhism > By country > Buddhism > % of Buddhists	0.1 %	[51st of 63]
Catholic > Diocesan priests	29	[107th of 143]
DEFINITION: Number of Diocesan Priests
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country
Catholic > Permanent Deacons	3	[55th of 90]
DEFINITION: Number of Permanent Deacons
SOURCE: Catholic Hierarchy.org
Catholic > Total Priests	65	[108th of 149]
DEFINITION: Total number of Priests
SOURCE: Catholic Hierarchy.org
Catholics	52,000	[115th of 140]
DEFINITION: Number of Catholics
SOURCE: Catholic Hierarchy.org
Catholics as percentage	1.12	[114th of 150]
DEFINITION: Percentage of the total population who are Catholic
SOURCE: Catholic Hierarchy.org
Church attendance	5%	[46th 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 > Percentage Muslim	1.6%	[111st of 168]
DEFINITION: Percent of Muslims in each country.
SOURCE: World Values Survey
Islam > Population	73,488	[115th of 165]
DEFINITION: Muslim population by country. Note: West Bank includes Gaza Strip.
SOURCE: International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department
Jehovahs Witnesses	9,953	[68th of 178]
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook
Jews	1,500	[58th of 89]
SOURCE: watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide
Protestantism > By country > Protestants	4,133,737	[30th of 167]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: World Jewish Congress (WJC), 1998
Protestantism > By country > Protestants > % Protestant	90 %	[4th of 163]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Protestantism by country
Religions > All Church of Norway 85.7%, Pentecostal 1%, Roman Catholic 1%, other Christian 2.4%, Muslim 1.8%, other 8.1% (2004)
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 > Muslim	1.8 %	[92nd 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
Religions > Roman Catholic	1 %	[96th of 96]
DEFINITION: Percent of population who are Roman Catholics. 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	1.12 %	[131st of 170]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Seventh-day Adventist Membership	4,697	[101st 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
State religion > Established churches and former state churches > Denomination	Lutheran
SOURCE: adventiststatistics.org 2004 Annual Report 31 December 2004
State religion > Established churches and former state churches > Disestablished	no
SOURCE: Wikipedia: State religion