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Religion Stats: compare key data on Australia & Kenya

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STAT Australia Kenya HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 556,563
Ranked 18th. 248 times more than Kenya
2,248.5
Ranked 87th.
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 290
Ranked 9th. 7 times more than Kenya
41
Ranked 38th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 136,617
Ranked 11th. 12 times more than Kenya
11,869
Ranked 42nd.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 1.5%
Ranked 113th.
7%
Ranked 80th. 5 times more than Australia
Jehovahs Witnesses 61,444
Ranked 27th. 3 times more than Kenya
20,286
Ranked 47th.
Jews 100,000
Ranked 11th. 250 times more than Kenya
400
Ranked 73th.
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 1.9%
Ranked 110th.
7%
Ranked 79th. 4 times more than Australia
Muslim > Muslim population 399,000
Ranked 91st.
2.87 million
Ranked 51st. 7 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) Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, Muslim 10%, indigenous beliefs 10%, other 2%; <i>note:</i> a large majority of Kenyans are Christian, but estimates for the percentage of the population that adheres to Islam or indigenous beliefs vary widely
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 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, indigenous beliefs 10%, Muslim 10%, other 2%
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 32%
Ranked 131st.
94%
Ranked 37th. 3 times more than Australia
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 67.5%
Ranked 13th. 11 times more than Kenya
6%
Ranked 100th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 51,843
Ranked 47th.
530,341
Ranked 7th. 10 times more than Australia
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 2.58
Ranked 81st.
15.22
Ranked 38th. 6 times more than Australia
Hindus 276,000
Ranked 21st.
369,137
Ranked 16th. 34% more than Australia
Religious diversity score 0.821
Ranked 3rd. 6% more than Kenya
0.776
Ranked 13th.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 3.13
Ranked 52nd. 5 times more than Kenya
0.615
Ranked 124th.
Religions > Muslim 1.5%
Ranked 92nd.
10%
Ranked 66th. 7 times more than Australia
Jews per 1000 5.34
Ranked 13th. 397 times more than Kenya
0.0135
Ranked 79th.
Hindus per thousand people 12.36
Ranked 27th. 41% more than Kenya
8.78
Ranked 31st.
Christian > Protestant > Quakers 1,984
Ranked 5th.
133,825
Ranked 1st. 67 times more than Australia

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); 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.; 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: 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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