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Religion Stats: compare key data on Brazil & Iceland

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STAT Brazil Iceland HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 633,180.5
Ranked 15th. 669 times more than Iceland
946
Ranked 103th.
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 0.315%
Ranked 46th. 5% more than Iceland
0.3%
Ranked 47th.
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 1,941
Ranked 1st. 971 times more than Iceland
2
Ranked 119th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 1.21 million
Ranked 1st. 4566 times more than Iceland
265
Ranked 126th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 0.02%
Ranked 158th.
0.1%
Ranked 148th. 5 times more than Brazil
Jehovahs Witnesses 637,655
Ranked 2nd. 2111 times more than Iceland
302
Ranked 143th.
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 0.1%
Ranked 167th. The same as Iceland
0.1%
Ranked 166th.
Religions Roman Catholic (nominal) 73.6%, Protestant 15.4%, Spiritualist 1.3%, Bantu/voodoo 0.3%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.2%, none 7.4% Lutheran Church of Iceland 82.1%, Roman Catholic Church 2.4%, Reykjavik Free Church 2.3%, Hafnarfjorour Free Church 1.6%, other Christian 2.8%, other religions 0.9%, unaffiliated 2.6%, other or unspecified 5.5%
Religions > All Roman Catholic (nominal) 73.6%, Protestant 15.4%, Spiritualist 1.3%, Bantu/voodoo 0.3%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.2%, none 7.4% (2000 census) Lutheran Church of Iceland 85.5%, Reykjavik Free Church 2.1%, Roman Catholic Church 2%, Hafnarfjorour Free Church 1.5%, other Christian 2.7%, other or unspecified 3.8%, unaffiliated 2.4% (2004)
Religious diversity score 0.605
Ranked 63th. 3 times more than Iceland
0.191
Ranked 177th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 1.33 million
Ranked 1st. 2362 times more than Iceland
563
Ranked 164th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 7.23
Ranked 58th. 4 times more than Iceland
1.93
Ranked 88th.
State religion > Church Roman Catholic Church Lutheran Evangelical Church
State religion > Denomination Catholic Lutheran
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 3.55
Ranked 44th. 3 times more than Iceland
1.05
Ranked 107th.
Buddhism > By Country > Buddhism > Population > 2007[49] 190.01 million
Ranked 2nd. 629 times more than Iceland
301,931
Ranked 46th.

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: 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.; Wikipedia: State religion (Established churches and former state churches); 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: Buddhism by country

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