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Religion Stats: compare key data on Belgium & Russia

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STAT Belgium Russia HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 17
Ranked 68th.
99
Ranked 29th. 6 times more than Belgium
Christian > Mormon > Members 6,186
Ranked 57th.
21,709
Ranked 33th. 4 times more than Belgium
Hindus 6,235
Ranked 60th.
60,792
Ranked 37th. 10 times more than Belgium
Islam > Percentage Muslim 3.5%
Ranked 96th.
15%
Ranked 68th. 4 times more than Belgium
Jehovahs Witnesses 24,749
Ranked 40th.
142,439
Ranked 9th. 6 times more than Belgium
Jews 40,000
Ranked 16th.
550,000
Ranked 4th. 14 times more than Belgium
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity, Islam
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 6%
Ranked 81st.
11.7%
Ranked 72nd. 95% more than Belgium
Muslim > Muslim population 638,000
Ranked 82nd.
16.38 million
Ranked 21st. 26 times more than Belgium
Religions Roman Catholic 75%, other (includes Protestant) 25% 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 Roman Catholic 75%, Protestant or other 25% Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2% (2006 est.)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 33%
Ranked 125th. The same as Russia
33%
Ranked 127th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 57.5%
Ranked 24th.
60.5%
Ranked 19th. 5% more than Belgium
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 1,693
Ranked 133th.
58,299
Ranked 42nd. 34 times more than Belgium
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.162
Ranked 141st.
0.405
Ranked 121st. 2 times more than Belgium
Religious diversity score 0.213
Ranked 166th.
0.44
Ranked 114th. 2 times more than Belgium
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 2.4
Ranked 72nd. 2 times more than Russia
0.98
Ranked 111th.
Jews per 1000 3.92
Ranked 15th. 5% more than Russia
3.74
Ranked 18th.
Hindus per thousand people 0.564
Ranked 73th. 33% more than Russia
0.425
Ranked 75th.
Christian > Protestant > Baptist church members per thousand people 0.088
Ranked 31st.
0.641
Ranked 1st. 7 times more than Belgium
Christian > Protestant > Baptist church members 972
Ranked 31st.
91,690
Ranked 1st. 94 times more than Belgium
Christian > Protestant > Baptist churches 26
Ranked 27th.
2,047
Ranked 1st. 79 times more than Belgium
Christian > Protestant > Baptist churches per million people 2.35
Ranked 28th.
14.3
Ranked 1st. 6 times more than Belgium

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