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Middle East > Syria > Religion

SYRIAN RELIGION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Catholic > Cardinal electors 1 [47th of 63]
Catholic > Cardinals 1 [60th of 65]
Catholic > Diocesan priests 195 [73rd of 143]
Catholic > Permanent Deacons 12 [40th of 90]
Catholic > Total Priests 269 [80th of 149]
Catholics 365,000 [94th of 140]
Catholics as percentage 36.5 [55th of 150]
Islam > Number of Muslim 16,560,000 [21st of 67]
Islam > Percentage Muslim 88% [32nd of 168]
Islam > Population 16,234,901 [20th of 165]
Islam > Shia 2,484,000 [12th of 67]
Islam > Shia to Muslim 15 % [16th of 67]
Islam > Sunni 14,076,000 [18th of 67]
Jews 250 [84th of 89]
Muslim 90 % [29th of 66]
Religions
Sunni Muslim 74%, other Muslim (includes Alawite, Druze) 16%, Christian (various denominations) 10%, Jewish (tiny communities in Damascus, Al Qamishli, and Aleppo)
Religions > All
Sunni Muslim 74%, Alawite, Druze, and other Muslim sects 16%, Christian (various sects) 10%, Jewish (tiny communities in Damascus, Al Qamishli, and Aleppo)
Religions > Muslim 74 % [33rd of 100]
Roman Catholicism > By country > Roman Catholicism > % Catholic 2 % [120th of 170]
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 0 [212nd of 232]

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SOURCES: Catholic.com - College of Cardinals; Catholic Hierarchy.org; Wikipedia: Demographics of Islam ; International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; CIA World Factbook; World Jewish Congress (WJC), 1998; 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: Syria, Syrian Arab Republic, Al Jumhuriyah al Arabiyah as Suriyah, Suriyah

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