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Religion Stats: compare key data on Australia & Jamaica

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STAT Australia Jamaica HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 556,563
Ranked 18th. 96 times more than Jamaica
5,819.5
Ranked 72nd.
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 290
Ranked 9th. 15 times more than Jamaica
19
Ranked 66th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 136,617
Ranked 11th. 24 times more than Jamaica
5,580
Ranked 61st.
Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 38%
Ranked 30th.
60%
Ranked 17th. 58% more than Australia
Islam > Percentage Muslim 1.5%
Ranked 113th. 8 times more than Jamaica
0.2%
Ranked 143th.
Jehovahs Witnesses 61,444
Ranked 27th. 5 times more than Jamaica
11,174
Ranked 66th.
Jews 100,000
Ranked 11th. 333 times more than Jamaica
300
Ranked 79th.
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Muslim > Muslim population 399,000
Ranked 91st. 399 times more than Jamaica
1,000
Ranked 171st.
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) Protestant 62.5% (Seventh-Day Adventist 10.8%, Pentecostal 9.5%, Other Church of God 8.3%, Baptist 7.2%, New Testament Church of God 6.3%, Church of God in Jamaica 4.8%, Church of God of Prophecy 4.3%, Anglican 3.6%, other Christian 7.7%), Roman Catholic 2.6%, other or unspecified 14.2%, none 20.9%
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) Protestant 61.3% (Church of God 21.2%, Seventh-Day Adventist 9%, Baptist 8.8%, Pentecostal 7.6%, Anglican 5.5%, Methodist 2.7%, United Church 2.7%, Jehovah's Witness 1.6%, Brethren 1.1%, Moravian 1.1%), Roman Catholic 4%, other including some spiritual cults 34.7%
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 32%
Ranked 131st.
70%
Ranked 95th. 2 times more than Australia
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 67.5%
Ranked 13th. 2 times more than Jamaica
29.5%
Ranked 48th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 51,843
Ranked 47th.
209,189
Ranked 22nd. 4 times more than Australia
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 2.58
Ranked 81st.
79.3
Ranked 7th. 31 times more than Australia
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 2.5%
Ranked 15th. 13 times more than Jamaica
0.2%
Ranked 60th.
Hindus 276,000
Ranked 21st. 165 times more than Jamaica
1,668
Ranked 78th.
Religious diversity score 0.821
Ranked 3rd. 33% more than Jamaica
0.616
Ranked 58th.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 3.13
Ranked 52nd.
4.27
Ranked 27th. 37% more than Australia
Christian > Protestant > Protestants 7.63 million
Ranked 10th. 5 times more than Jamaica
1.64 million
Ranked 29th.
Jews per 1000 5.34
Ranked 13th. 46 times more than Jamaica
0.117
Ranked 65th.
Christian > Catholic > Urban catholics 4.92 million
Ranked 1st. 110 times more than Jamaica
44,627
Ranked 5th.

Christian > Catholic > Female catholics 2.83 million
Ranked 2nd. 92 times more than Jamaica
30,704
Ranked 7th.

Hindus per thousand people 12.36
Ranked 27th. 20 times more than Jamaica
0.616
Ranked 71st.
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics 2.61 million
Ranked 2nd. 95 times more than Jamaica
27,306
Ranked 5th.

Christian > Catholic > Male catholics per thousand people 116.79
Ranked 4th. 12 times more than Jamaica
10.09
Ranked 8th.

Christian > Catholic > Rural catholics 512,695
Ranked 3rd. 38 times more than Jamaica
13,383
Ranked 8th.

Christian > Protestant > Quakers 1,984
Ranked 5th. 6 times more than Jamaica
330
Ranked 14th.
Christian > Catholic > Female catholics per thousand people 126.86
Ranked 5th. 11 times more than Jamaica
11.34
Ranked 10th.

Christian > Catholic > Rural male catholics per thousand people 11.64
Ranked 3rd. 5 times more than Jamaica
2.48
Ranked 6th.

Christian > Catholic > Rural female catholics per thousand people 11.32
Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than Jamaica
2.46
Ranked 6th.

Christian > Catholic > Rural male catholics 259,935
Ranked 3rd. 39 times more than Jamaica
6,724
Ranked 6th.

Christian > Catholic > Urban male catholics per thousand people 104.96
Ranked 3rd. 14 times more than Jamaica
7.6
Ranked 6th.

Christian > Catholic > Urban female catholics per thousand people 115.38
Ranked 4th. 13 times more than Jamaica
8.88
Ranked 8th.

Christian > Catholic > Urban catholics per thousand people 220.33
Ranked 3rd. 13 times more than Jamaica
16.49
Ranked 6th.

Christian > Catholic > Rural catholics per thousand people 22.97
Ranked 4th. 5 times more than Jamaica
4.94
Ranked 9th.

Christian > Catholic > Urban female catholics 2.58 million
Ranked 1st. 107 times more than Jamaica
24,045
Ranked 8th.

Christian > Catholic > Urban male catholics 2.34 million
Ranked 1st. 114 times more than Jamaica
20,582
Ranked 6th.

Christian > Catholic > Rural female catholics 252,760
Ranked 2nd. 38 times more than Jamaica
6,659
Ranked 5th.

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); Wikipedia: Protestantism by country (Top sixty countries by number and percentage of Protestants); International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide; World Jewish Congress (WJC), 1998; 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; 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.; 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.; 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.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; 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.; 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.; 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, )

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