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Oceania > Papua New Guinea > Religion

PAPUA NEW GUINEAN RELIGION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Buddhism > By country > Buddhism > % of Buddhists 0.2 % [43rd of 63]
Buddhism > By country > Buddhism > Buddhist total 11,091 [51st of 63]
Catholic > Diocesan priests 171 [80th of 143]
Catholic > Dioceses 19 [29th of 150]
Catholic > Parishes 323 [54th of 149]
Catholic > Permanent Deacons 9 [42nd of 90]
Catholic > Total Priests 521 [62nd of 149]
Catholics 1,620,000 [63rd of 140]
Catholics as percentage 32.97 [57th of 150]
Islam > Percentage Muslim 0.04% [154th of 168]
Islam > Population 2,218 [154th of 165]
Jehovahs Witnesses 3,506 [90th of 178]
Protestantism > By country > Protestants 3,410,340 [33rd of 167]
Protestantism > By country > Protestants > % Protestant 61.5 % [17th of 163]
Religions
Roman Catholic 27%, Evangelical Lutheran 19.5%, United Church 11.5%, Seventh-Day Adventist 10%, Pentecostal 8.6%, Evangelical Alliance 5.2%, Anglican 3.2%, Baptist 2.5%, other Protestant 8.9%, Bahai 0.3%, indigenous beliefs and other 3.3%
Religions > All
Roman Catholic 22%, Lutheran 16%, Presbyterian/Methodist/London Missionary Society 8%, Anglican 5%, Evangelical Alliance 4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1%, other Protestant 10%, indigenous beliefs 34%
Religions > Protestant 10 % [32nd of 51]
Religions > Roman Catholic 22 % [71st of 96]
Roman Catholicism > By country > Roman Catholicism > % Catholic 32.97 % [60th of 170]
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 224,469 [19th of 232]

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SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country ; Catholic Hierarchy.org; International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; CIA World Factbook; watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide; Wikipedia: Protestantism by country ; 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: Papua New Guinea, Independent State of Papua New Guinea, new guinea, papua n.g.

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Jeremy+Punselie
19th October 2009
What does papua new guinea think about racism?
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