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Religion Stats: compare key data on Australia & Lesotho

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STAT Australia Lesotho HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 290
Ranked 9th. 145 times more than Lesotho
2
Ranked 124th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 136,617
Ranked 11th. 155 times more than Lesotho
880
Ranked 104th.
Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 38%
Ranked 30th. 90% more than Lesotho
20%
Ranked 50th.
Christian > Protestant > Protestants 7.63 million
Ranked 10th. 20 times more than Lesotho
373,407
Ranked 43th.
Hindus 276,000
Ranked 21st. 130 times more than Lesotho
2,125
Ranked 76th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 1.5%
Ranked 113th.
2%
Ranked 105th. 33% more than Australia
Jehovahs Witnesses 61,444
Ranked 27th. 20 times more than Lesotho
3,133
Ranked 91st.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 3.13
Ranked 52nd. 88% more than Lesotho
1.66
Ranked 97th.
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Muslim > Muslim population 399,000
Ranked 91st. 399 times more than Lesotho
1,000
Ranked 170th.
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) Christian 80%, indigenous beliefs 20%
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) Christian 80%, indigenous beliefs 20%
Religious diversity score 0.821
Ranked 3rd. 14% more than Lesotho
0.721
Ranked 20th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 51,843
Ranked 47th. 10 times more than Lesotho
5,141
Ranked 98th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 2.58
Ranked 81st.
2.69
Ranked 79th. 4% more than Australia
Hindus per thousand people 12.36
Ranked 27th. 12 times more than Lesotho
1.05
Ranked 53th.

SOURCES: 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); https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html; International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide; 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.; 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: 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 .); 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. 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.

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