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Europe > Switzerland > Religion

SWISS RELIGION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Buddhism > By country > Buddhism > % of Buddhists 0.1 % [55th of 63]
Buddhism > By country > Buddhism > Buddhist total 7,489 [54th of 63]
Catholic > Cardinal electors 1 [26th of 63]
Catholic > Cardinals 3 [13th of 65]
    Catholic > Cardinals (per $ GDP) 0.168 per $14.1 billion [33rd of 64]
    Catholic > Cardinals (per capita) 0.401 per 1 million population [5th of 65]
Catholic > Diocesan priests 1,817 [25th of 143]
    Catholic > Diocesan priests (per capita) 0.242623 per 1,000 people [17th of 143]
Catholic > Dioceses 8 [63rd of 150]
    Catholic > Dioceses (per capita) 0.00106823 per 1,000 people [65th of 148]
Catholic > Parishes 1,662 [22nd of 149]
    Catholic > Parishes (per capita) 0.221925 per 1,000 people [16th of 147]
Catholic > Permanent Deacons 148 [18th of 90]
    Catholic > Permanent Deacons (per capita) 19.7623 per 1 million people [15th of 90]
Catholic > Religious Priests 1,274 [21st of 148]
    Catholic > Religious Priests (per capita) 0.170116 per 1,000 people [11th of 147]
Catholic > Total Priests 3,091 [21st of 149]
    Catholic > Total Priests (per capita) 0.412739 per 1,000 people [15th of 148]
Catholics 3,140,000 [50th of 140]
Catholics as percentage 46.26 [50th of 150]
Church attendance 16% [31st of 53]
Islam > Percentage 4.4% [88th of 164]
Islam > Percentage Muslim 4.4% [90th of 168]
Islam > Population 329,532 [96th of 165]
Jehovahs Witnesses 17,958 [52nd of 178]
    Jehovahs Witnesses (per capita) 2.37989 per 1,000 people [78th of 177]
Jews 18,000 [26th of 89]
    Jews (per capita) 2.40353 per 1,000 people [21st of 89]
Neocatechumenal Way > Statistics of the Neocatechumenal Way > Communities 35 [18th of 33]
Protestantism > By country > Protestants 3,669,791 [32nd of 167]
Protestantism > By country > Protestants > % Protestant 49 % [22nd of 163]
Religion in national flags > Christianity > Religious characteristics
Greek Orthodox Church cross
Religions
Roman Catholic 41.8%, Protestant 35.3%, Muslim 4.3%, Orthodox 1.8%, other Christian 0.4%, other 1%, unspecified 4.3%, none 11.1%
Religions > All
Roman Catholic 41.8%, Protestant 35.3%, Orthodox 1.8%, other Christian 0.4%, Muslim 4.3%, other 1%, unspecified 4.3%, none 11.1% (2000 census)
Religions > Muslim 4.3 % [79th of 100]
Religions > Protestant 35.3 % [9th of 51]
Religions > Roman Catholic 41.8 % [55th of 96]
Roman Catholicism > By country > Roman Catholicism > % Catholic 48 % [49th of 170]
Roman Catholicism > By country > Roman Catholicism > Catholic total 3,633,600 [53rd of 170]
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 4,258 [107th of 232]
    Seventh-day Adventist Membership (per capita) 5,685.672 per 10 million people [123rd of 222]
State religion > Established churches and former state churches > Denomination
none since the adoption of the Federal Constitution (1848)
State religion > Established churches and former state churches > Disestablished
none since the adoption of the Federal Constitution (1848)

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country ; Catholic.com - College of Cardinals; Catholic Hierarchy.org; World Values Survey; 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 ; Wikipedia: Religion in national flags ; 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: Switzerland, Swiss Confederation, Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, Confederation Suisse, Confederazione Svizzera, Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera

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