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Religion Stats: compare key data on Belize & United States

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STAT Belize United States HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 11
Ranked 10th.
13,742
Ranked 1st. 1249 times more than Belize
Christian > Mormon > Members 4,240
Ranked 10th.
6.32 million
Ranked 1st. 1491 times more than Belize
Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 30%
Ranked 38th.
55%
Ranked 19th. 83% more than Belize
Hindus 6,771
Ranked 58th.
1.2 million
Ranked 9th. 178 times more than Belize
Islam > Percentage Muslim 1%
Ranked 125th.
1.4%
Ranked 114th. 40% more than Belize
Jehovahs Witnesses 1,560
Ranked 115th.
1.04 million
Ranked 1st. 664 times more than Belize
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 0.1%
Ranked 179th.
0.8%
Ranked 132nd. 8 times more than Belize
Religions Roman Catholic 49.6%, Protestant 27% (Pentecostal 7.4%, Anglican 5.3%, Seventh-Day Adventist 5.2%, Mennonite 4.1%, Methodist 3.5%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.5%), other 14%, none 9.4% Protestant 51.3%, Roman Catholic 23.9%, Mormon 1.7%, other Christian 1.6%, Jewish 1.7%, Buddhist 0.7%, Muslim 0.6%, other or unspecified 2.5%, unaffiliated 12.1%, none 4%
Religions > All Roman Catholic 49.6%, Protestant 27% (Pentecostal 7.4%, Anglican 5.3%, Seventh-Day Adventist 5.2%, Mennonite 4.1%, Methodist 3.5%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.5%), other 14%, none 9.4% (2000) Protestant 52%, Roman Catholic 24%, Mormon 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 1%, other 10%, none 10% (2002 est.)
Religious diversity score 0.581
Ranked 70th.
0.824
Ranked 2nd. 42% more than Belize
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 61.5%
Ranked 102nd.
65%
Ranked 100th. 6% more than Belize
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 33%
Ranked 44th.
34.5%
Ranked 42nd. 5% more than Belize
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 27,917
Ranked 54th.
948,892
Ranked 2nd. 34 times more than Belize
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 105.33
Ranked 2nd. 33 times more than United States
3.24
Ranked 73th.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 6.2
Ranked 11th. 72% more than United States
3.6
Ranked 42nd.
Religions > Roman Catholic 49.6%
Ranked 53th. 2 times more than United States
24%
Ranked 68th.
Christian > Protestant > Protestants 83,837
Ranked 51st.
162.65 million
Ranked 1st. 1940 times more than Belize
Religions > Protestant 27%
Ranked 15th.
52%
Ranked 6th. 93% more than Belize
Christian > Mormon > Members per thousand people 13.08
Ranked 6th.
20.14
Ranked 1st. 54% more than Belize
Hindus per thousand people 21.41
Ranked 19th. 6 times more than United States
3.87
Ranked 40th.
Christian > Mormon > Congregations per million people 33.94
Ranked 2nd.
43.78
Ranked 1st. 29% more than Belize

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