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Religion Stats: compare key data on Australia & Papua New Guinea

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STAT Australia Papua New Guinea HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 556,563
Ranked 18th. 35 times more than Papua New Guinea
16,080
Ranked 52nd.
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 2.5%
Ranked 15th. 10 times more than Papua New Guinea
0.25%
Ranked 54th.
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 290
Ranked 9th. 4 times more than Papua New Guinea
77
Ranked 31st.
Christian > Mormon > Members 136,617
Ranked 11th. 6 times more than Papua New Guinea
21,265
Ranked 34th.
Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 38%
Ranked 30th.
61.5%
Ranked 16th. 62% more than Australia
Islam > Percentage Muslim 1.5%
Ranked 113th. 38 times more than Papua New Guinea
0.04%
Ranked 155th.
Jehovahs Witnesses 61,444
Ranked 27th. 18 times more than Papua New Guinea
3,506
Ranked 90th.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 3.13
Ranked 52nd. 5 times more than Papua New Guinea
0.619
Ranked 123th.
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity, indigenous beliefs
Muslim > Muslim population 399,000
Ranked 91st. 200 times more than Papua New Guinea
2,000
Ranked 157th.
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 27%, Evangelical Lutheran 19.5%, United Church 11.5%, Seventh-Day Adventist 10%, Pentecostal 8.6%, Evangelical Alliance 5.2%, Anglican 3.2%, Baptist 2.5%, other Protestant 8.9%, Bahai 0.3%, indigenous beliefs and other 3.3%
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 22%, Lutheran 16%, Presbyterian/Methodist/London Missionary Society 8%, Anglican 5%, Evangelical Alliance 4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1%, other Protestant 10%, indigenous beliefs 34%
Religious diversity score 0.821
Ranked 3rd. 49% more than Papua New Guinea
0.552
Ranked 80th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 51,843
Ranked 47th.
224,469
Ranked 19th. 4 times more than Australia
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 2.58
Ranked 81st.
37.74
Ranked 21st. 15 times more than Australia
Christian > Protestant > Protestants 7.63 million
Ranked 10th. 2 times more than Papua New Guinea
3.41 million
Ranked 24th.

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; 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.

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