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Religion Stats: compare key data on Australia & Malaysia

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STAT Australia Malaysia HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 556,563
Ranked 18th.
5.78 million
Ranked 6th. 10 times more than Australia
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 2.5%
Ranked 15th.
19.5%
Ranked 9th. 8 times more than Australia
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 290
Ranked 9th. 9 times more than Malaysia
33
Ranked 47th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 136,617
Ranked 11th. 15 times more than Malaysia
8,967
Ranked 53th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 1.5%
Ranked 113th.
60.4%
Ranked 44th. 40 times more than Australia
Jehovahs Witnesses 61,444
Ranked 27th. 23 times more than Malaysia
2,615
Ranked 98th.
Major religion(s) Christianity Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 1.9%
Ranked 110th.
61.4%
Ranked 43th. 32 times more than Australia
Muslim > Muslim population 399,000
Ranked 91st.
17.14 million
Ranked 20th. 43 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) Muslim 60.4%, Buddhist 19.2%, Christian 9.1%, Hindu 6.3%, Confucianism, Taoism, other traditional Chinese religions 2.6%, other or unknown 1.5%, none 0.8%
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) Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 32%
Ranked 131st.
95.5%
Ranked 27th. 3 times more than Australia
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 67.5%
Ranked 13th. 19 times more than Malaysia
3.5%
Ranked 121st.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 51,843
Ranked 47th. 21% more than Malaysia
42,919
Ranked 50th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 2.58
Ranked 81st. 52% more than Malaysia
1.69
Ranked 92nd.
Hindus 276,000
Ranked 21st.
1.63 million
Ranked 8th. 6 times more than Australia
Religious diversity score 0.821
Ranked 3rd. 23% more than Malaysia
0.666
Ranked 37th.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 3.13
Ranked 52nd. 29 times more than Malaysia
0.107
Ranked 138th.
Hindus per thousand people 12.36
Ranked 27th.
56.68
Ranked 13th. 5 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; 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.; 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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