Religion of Papua New Guinea - Papua New Guinean Religion statistics

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Buddhism > By country > Buddhism > % of Buddhists	0.2 %	[43rd of 63]
Catholic > Diocesan priests	171	[80th of 143]
DEFINITION: Number of Diocesan Priests
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country
Catholic > Dioceses	19	[29th of 150]
DEFINITION: Number of Dioceses. The term "diocese" is used to indicate any Catholic ecclesial jurisdiction. In most cases a diocese is a specific geographic area. Dioceses within the same rite do not normally overlap.
SOURCE: Catholic Hierarchy.org
Catholic > Parishes	323	[54th of 149]
DEFINITION: Number of Parishes
SOURCE: Catholic Hierarchy.org
Catholic > Permanent Deacons	9	[42nd of 90]
DEFINITION: Number of Permanent Deacons
SOURCE: Catholic Hierarchy.org
Catholic > Religious Priests	350	[47th of 148]
DEFINITION: Number of Religious Priests
SOURCE: Catholic Hierarchy.org
Catholic > Total Priests	521	[62nd of 149]
DEFINITION: Total number of Priests
SOURCE: Catholic Hierarchy.org
Catholics	1,620,000	[63rd of 140]
DEFINITION: Number of Catholics
SOURCE: Catholic Hierarchy.org
Catholics as percentage	32.97	[57th of 150]
DEFINITION: Percentage of the total population who are Catholic
SOURCE: Catholic Hierarchy.org
Islam > Percentage Muslim	0.04%	[154th of 168]
DEFINITION: Percent of Muslims in each country.
SOURCE: Catholic Hierarchy.org
Islam > Population	2,218	[154th 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	3,506	[90th of 178]
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook
Protestantism > By country > Protestants	3,410,340	[33rd of 167]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide
Protestantism > By country > Protestants > % Protestant	61.5 %	[17th of 163]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Protestantism by country
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%
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 > Protestant	10 %	[32nd of 51]
DEFINITION: Percent of population who are Protestants. Note: categories sometimes vary from country to country, extracted from CIA data.
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Religions > Roman Catholic	22 %	[71st 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	32.97 %	[60th of 170]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Roman Catholicism > By country > Roman Catholicism > Catholic total	1,828,274	[67th of 170]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Roman Catholicism by country
Seventh-day Adventist Membership	224,469	[19th 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