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Religion Stats: compare key data on Belarus & Russia

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STAT Belarus Russia
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 3
Ranked 111th.
99
Ranked 29th. 33 times more than Belarus
Christian > Mormon > Members 500
Ranked 113th.
21,709
Ranked 33th. 43 times more than Belarus
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox percent of population 48.3
Ranked 12th. 18% more than Russia
41
Ranked 13th.
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population 4.8 million
Ranked 10th.
58.19 million
Ranked 1st. 12 times more than Belarus
Islam > Percentage Muslim 0.5%
Ranked 132nd.
15%
Ranked 68th. 30 times more than Belarus
Jehovahs Witnesses 3,872
Ranked 88th.
142,439
Ranked 9th. 37 times more than Belarus
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity, Islam
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 0.2%
Ranked 153th.
11.7%
Ranked 72nd. 58 times more than Belarus
Muslim > Muslim population 19,000
Ranked 136th.
16.38 million
Ranked 21st. 862 times more than Belarus
Religions Eastern Orthodox 80%, other (including Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 20% Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2%; <i>note:</i> estimates are of practicing worshipers; Russia has large populations of non-practicing believers and non-believers, a legacy of over seven decades of Soviet rule
Religions > All Eastern Orthodox 80%, other (including Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 20% (1997 est.) Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2% (2006 est.)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 33%
Ranked 126th. The same as Russia
33%
Ranked 127th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 57.5%
Ranked 25th.
60.5%
Ranked 19th. 5% more than Belarus
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 4,828
Ranked 100th.
58,299
Ranked 42nd. 12 times more than Belarus
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.496
Ranked 112th. 22% more than Russia
0.405
Ranked 121st.
Jews 60,000
Ranked 14th.
550,000
Ranked 4th. 9 times more than Belarus
Religious diversity score 0.612
Ranked 61st. 39% more than Russia
0.44
Ranked 114th.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 0.392
Ranked 127th.
0.98
Ranked 111th. 2 times more than Belarus
Jews per 1000 5.96
Ranked 12th. 59% more than Russia
3.74
Ranked 18th.
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox share of world population 2.74
Ranked 6th.
38.52
Ranked 1st. 14 times more than Belarus
Christian > Protestant > Baptist church members per thousand people 1.47
Ranked 9th. 2 times more than Russia
0.641
Ranked 1st.
Christian > Protestant > Baptist church members 13,884
Ranked 7th.
91,690
Ranked 1st. 7 times more than Belarus
Christian > Protestant > Baptist churches 312
Ranked 6th.
2,047
Ranked 1st. 7 times more than Belarus
Christian > Protestant > Baptist churches per million people 32.94
Ranked 8th. 2 times more than Russia
14.3
Ranked 1st.

SOURCES: Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); Wikipedia: Orthodoxy by country (Statistics); United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; 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.; World Jewish Congress (WJC), 1998; 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.; http://www.bwanet.org/about-us2/statistics. 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.; http://www.bwanet.org/about-us2/statistics

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