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Religion Stats: compare key data on Australia & Canada

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STAT Australia Canada HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 290
Ranked 9th.
472
Ranked 3rd. 63% more than Australia
Christian > Mormon > Members 136,617
Ranked 11th.
187,982
Ranked 4th. 38% more than Australia
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population 563,100
Ranked 24th.
581,553
Ranked 23th. 3% more than Australia

Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 38%
Ranked 30th. 31% more than Canada
29%
Ranked 39th.
Church and state > Constitutional reference to God enactment date 1,900
Ranked 28th.
1,982
Ranked 16th. 4% more than Australia
Islam > Percentage Muslim 1.5%
Ranked 113th.
2%
Ranked 108th. 33% more than Australia
Jehovahs Witnesses 61,444
Ranked 27th.
109,604
Ranked 17th. 78% more than Australia
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 1.9%
Ranked 110th.
2.8%
Ranked 103th. 47% more than Australia
Muslim > Muslim population 399,000
Ranked 91st.
940,000
Ranked 73th. 2 times more than Australia
Religions Catholic 26.4%, Anglican 20.5%, other Christian 20.5%, Buddhist 1.9%, Muslim 1.5%, other 1.2%, unspecified 12.7%, none 15.3% (2001 Census) Roman Catholic 42.6%, Protestant 23.3% (including United Church 9.5%, Anglican 6.8%, Baptist 2.4%, Lutheran 2%), other Christian 4.4%, Muslim 1.9%, other and unspecified 11.8%, none 16%
Religions > All Catholic 26.4%, Anglican 20.5%, other Christian 20.5%, Buddhist 1.9%, Muslim 1.5%, other 1.2%, unspecified 12.7%, none 15.3% (2001 Census) Roman Catholic 42.6%, Protestant 23.3% (including United Church 9.5%, Anglican 6.8%, Baptist 2.4%, Lutheran 2%), other Christian 4.4%, Muslim 1.9%, other and unspecified 11.8%, none 16% (2001 census)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 32%
Ranked 131st.
42%
Ranked 116th. 31% more than Australia
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 67.5%
Ranked 13th. 18% more than Canada
57%
Ranked 26th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 51,843
Ranked 47th.
53,797
Ranked 45th. 4% more than Australia
Christianity > Regular church attendance 1.5 million
Ranked 5th.
7.8 million
Ranked 3rd. 5 times more than Australia
Buddhism > Buddhists 556,563
Ranked 18th.
795,068.5
Ranked 14th. 43% more than Australia
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox percent of population 2.7
Ranked 28th. 59% more than Canada
1.7
Ranked 34th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 2.58
Ranked 81st. 53% more than Canada
1.68
Ranked 94th.
Jews 100,000
Ranked 11th.
360,000
Ranked 6th. 4 times more than Australia
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 2.5%
Ranked 15th. 9% more than Canada
2.3%
Ranked 16th.
Hindus 276,000
Ranked 21st.
497,200
Ranked 15th. 80% more than Australia
Religious diversity score 0.821
Ranked 3rd. 18% more than Canada
0.696
Ranked 26th.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 3.13
Ranked 52nd.
3.49
Ranked 47th. 12% more than Australia
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population per thousand people 1.85
Ranked 11th. 3 times more than Canada
0.661
Ranked 13th.

Christian > Protestant > Protestants 7.63 million
Ranked 10th.
9.51 million
Ranked 7th. 25% more than Australia
Religions > Muslim 1.5%
Ranked 92nd.
1.9%
Ranked 90th. 27% more than Australia
Jews per 1000 5.34
Ranked 13th.
11.9
Ranked 4th. 2 times more than Australia
Christian > Catholic > Urban catholics 4.92 million
Ranked 1st. 118 times more than Canada
41,565
Ranked 6th.

Catholic > Cardinals 3
Ranked 15th.
5
Ranked 10th. 67% more than Australia
Christian > Catholic > Female catholics 2.83 million
Ranked 2nd. 196 times more than Canada
14,420
Ranked 9th.

Hindus per thousand people 12.36
Ranked 27th.
14.42
Ranked 25th. 17% more than Australia
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox share of world population 0.26
Ranked 20th. 24% more than Canada
0.21
Ranked 23th.
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics 2.61 million
Ranked 2nd. 181 times more than Canada
14,435
Ranked 7th.

Christian > Mormon > Temples 5
Ranked 2nd.
8
Ranked 3rd. 60% more than Australia
Christian > Orthodox > Male orthodox population 278,398
Ranked 3rd. 26 times more than Canada
10,850
Ranked 9th.

Christian > Orthodox > Male orthodox population per thousand people 12.47
Ranked 5th. 40 times more than Canada
0.315
Ranked 12th.

Catholic > Cardinals per million 0.147
Ranked 22nd.
0.155
Ranked 21st. 5% more than Australia
Christian > Orthodox > Urban orthodox population 40,882
Ranked 7th. 70% more than Canada
24,105
Ranked 9th.

Catholic > Cardinal electors 1
Ranked 46th.
3
Ranked 10th. 3 times more than Australia
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics per thousand people 116.79
Ranked 4th. 279 times more than Canada
0.419
Ranked 11th.

Christian > Catholic > Rural catholics 512,695
Ranked 3rd. 50 times more than Canada
10,225
Ranked 11th.

Christian > Orthodox > Female orthodox population 284,674
Ranked 3rd. 36 times more than Canada
7,845
Ranked 10th.

Christian > Orthodox > Rural female orthodox population per thousand people 0.006
Ranked 13th.
0.0175
Ranked 12th. 3 times more than Australia

Christian > Orthodox > Urban female orthodox population 20,228
Ranked 9th.
105,120
Ranked 4th. 5 times more than Australia

Christian > Orthodox > Rural orthodox population 339
Ranked 11th. 38% more than Canada
245
Ranked 12th.

Christian > Orthodox > Rural male orthodox population 205
Ranked 13th.
535
Ranked 12th. 3 times more than Australia

Catholic > Cardinal electors per million 0.049
Ranked 31st.
0.0928
Ranked 20th. 89% more than Australia
Christian > Protestant > Quakers 1,984
Ranked 5th. 63% more than Canada
1,216
Ranked 8th.
Buddhism > By Country > Buddhism > Population > 2007[49] 20.43 million
Ranked 12th.
33.39 million
Ranked 9th. 63% more than Australia
Catholic > Cardinals > Per $ GDP 0.069 per $14.1 billion
Ranked 51st. The same as Canada
0.069 per $14.1 billion
Ranked 50th.
Christian > Catholic > Rural male catholics per thousand people 11.64
Ranked 3rd. 253 times more than Canada
0.0461
Ranked 11th.

Christian > Catholic > Rural female catholics per thousand people 11.32
Ranked 2nd. 300 times more than Canada
0.0377
Ranked 11th.

Christian > Catholic > Rural male catholics 259,935
Ranked 3rd. 163 times more than Canada
1,590
Ranked 9th.

Christian > Catholic > Urban female catholics per thousand people 115.38
Ranked 4th. 303 times more than Canada
0.38
Ranked 12th.

Christian > Orthodox > Rural male orthodox population per thousand people 0.00918
Ranked 13th.
0.0155
Ranked 12th. 69% more than Australia

Christian > Catholic > Rural catholics per thousand people 22.97
Ranked 4th. 77 times more than Canada
0.297
Ranked 13th.

Christian > Catholic > Urban catholics per thousand people 220.33
Ranked 3rd. 183 times more than Canada
1.21
Ranked 9th.

Christian > Catholic > Female catholics per thousand people 126.86
Ranked 5th. 303 times more than Canada
0.418
Ranked 14th.

Christian > Orthodox > Urban female orthodox population per thousand people 0.906
Ranked 11th.
3.05
Ranked 7th. 3 times more than Australia

Christian > Orthodox > Rural orthodox population per thousand people 0.0152
Ranked 12th. 2 times more than Canada
0.0071
Ranked 13th.

Christian > Orthodox > Urban orthodox population per thousand people 1.83
Ranked 9th. 3 times more than Canada
0.699
Ranked 12th.

Christian > Catholic > Rural female catholics 252,760
Ranked 2nd. 194 times more than Canada
1,300
Ranked 9th.

Christian > Orthodox > Rural female orthodox population 134
Ranked 12th.
605
Ranked 11th. 5 times more than Australia

Christian > Orthodox > Urban male orthodox population 271,628
Ranked 3rd. 33 times more than Canada
8,285
Ranked 11th.

Christian > Catholic > Urban male catholics per thousand people 104.96
Ranked 3rd. 182 times more than Canada
0.576
Ranked 9th.

Christian > Orthodox > Female orthodox population per thousand people 12.75
Ranked 5th. 56 times more than Canada
0.227
Ranked 12th.

Christian > Catholic > Urban male catholics 2.34 million
Ranked 1st. 118 times more than Canada
19,860
Ranked 7th.

Christian > Catholic > Urban female catholics 2.58 million
Ranked 1st. 196 times more than Canada
13,120
Ranked 10th.

Christian > Orthodox > Urban male orthodox population per thousand people 12.17
Ranked 6th. 51 times more than Canada
0.24
Ranked 13th.

SOURCES: Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; Wikipedia: Protestantism by country (Top sixty countries by number and percentage of Protestants); Wikipedia: Constitutional references to God (List); International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; Wikipedia: Islam by country (Table) ("Muslim Population by Country" . The Future of the Global Muslim Population . Pew Research Center . Retrieved 22 December 2011 .); CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006; Wikipedia: Importance of religion by country (Countries); adventiststatistics.org 2004 Annual Report 31 December 2004; Wikipedia: Christianity in Norway (Church attendance); Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); Wikipedia: Orthodoxy by country (Statistics); adventiststatistics.org 2004 Annual Report 31 December 2004. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; World Jewish Congress (WJC), 1998; https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html; Wikipedia: List of countries ranked by ethnic and cultural diversity level (Ethnic, Linguistic and Religious Fractionalization) (Natalka Patsiurko, John L. Campbell and John A. Hall (2012). "Measuring cultural diversity: ethnic, linguistic and religious fractionalization in the OECD" . Ethnic and Racial Studies 35 (2): 195–217 . Retrieved September 13, 2012 .); watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; World Jewish Congress (WJC), 1998. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Catholic.com - College of Cardinals; https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics (Caribbean); Catholic.com - College of Cardinals. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Wikipedia: Quakers (Africa) (Nuttall, Geoffrey (1955). "Early Quakerism in the Netherlands: Its wider context" . The Bulletin of the Friends Historical Association 44 (1): 3–18. Gragg, Larry (2009). The Quaker community on Barbados : challenging the culture of the planter class ([Online-Ausg.] ed.). Columbia: University of Missouri Press. ISBN 9780826218476 . Friends World Committee for Consultation (2007) 'Finding Quakers around the World http://www.fwccamericas.org/publications/images/fwcc_map_2007_sm.gif, ); Wikipedia: Buddhism by country

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