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Europe > France > Religion

FRENCH RELIGION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Buddhism > By country > Buddhism > % of Buddhists 1.2 % [23rd of 63]
Buddhism > By country > Buddhism > Buddhist total 730,514 [22nd of 63]
Catholic > Cardinal electors 5 [5th of 63]
Catholic > Cardinals 7 [6th of 65]
    Catholic > Cardinals (per $ GDP) 0.057 per $14.1 billion [53rd of 64]
    Catholic > Cardinals (per capita) 0.115 per 1 million population [27th of 65]
Catholic > Diocesan priests 18,179 [4th of 143]
    Catholic > Diocesan priests (per capita) 0.299707 per 1,000 people [15th of 143]
Catholic > Dioceses 98 [6th of 150]
    Catholic > Dioceses (per capita) 0.00161567 per 1,000 people [39th of 148]
Catholic > Parishes 19,835 [3rd of 149]
    Catholic > Parishes (per capita) 0.327008 per 1,000 people [10th of 147]
Catholic > Permanent Deacons 1,684 [4th of 90]
    Catholic > Permanent Deacons (per capita) 27.7631 per 1 million people [11th of 90]
Catholic > Religious Priests 4,910 [7th of 148]
    Catholic > Religious Priests (per capita) 0.0809483 per 1,000 people [23rd of 147]
Catholic > Total Priests 23,089 [5th of 149]
    Catholic > Total Priests (per capita) 0.380655 per 1,000 people [17th of 148]
Catholics 45,345,000 [5th of 140]
Catholics as percentage 77.42 [30th of 150]
Church attendance 21% [28th of 53]
Islam > Number of Muslim 5,980,000 [35th of 67]
Islam > Percentage 7.5% [77th of 164]
Islam > Percentage Muslim 7.5% [79th of 168]
Islam > Population 4,549,213 [38th of 165]
Islam > Shia 358,800 [31st of 67]
Islam > Shia to Muslim 6 % [31st of 67]
Islam > Sunni 5,621,200 [34th of 67]
Islam > Sunni to Muslim 94 % [36th of 67]
Jehovahs Witnesses 119,131 [16th of 178]
    Jehovahs Witnesses (per capita) 1.90276 per 1,000 people [95th of 177]
Jews 600,000 [3rd of 89]
    Jews (per capita) 9.89185 per 1,000 people [6th of 89]
Muslim 10 % [55th of 66]
Neocatechumenal Way > Statistics of the Neocatechumenal Way > Communities 60 [8th of 33]
Protestantism > By country > Protestants 1,213,124 [52nd of 167]
Protestantism > By country > Protestants > % Protestant 2 % [114th of 163]
Religions
Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated 4%
Religions > All
Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated 4%
Religions > Jewish 1 % [10th of 12]
Religions > Muslim 5 % [76th of 100]
Religions > Protestant 2 % [44th of 51]
Religions > Roman Catholic 83 % [27th of 96]
Roman Catholicism > By country > Roman Catholicism > % Catholic 90 % [21st of 170]
Roman Catholicism > By country > Roman Catholicism > Catholic total 54,601,560 [6th of 170]
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 10,698 [77th of 232]
    Seventh-day Adventist Membership (per capita) 1,763.717 per 10 million people [155th of 222]
State religion > Established churches and former state churches > Denomination Catholic
State religion > Established churches and former state churches > Disestablished 1905

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country ; Catholic.com - College of Cardinals; Catholic Hierarchy.org; World Values Survey; Wikipedia: Demographics of Islam ; CIA World Factbook; International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide; World Jewish Congress (WJC), 1998; Wikipedia: Neocatechumenal Way; 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; Wikipedia: State religion

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: France, French Republic, Republique Francaise

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