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Religion Stats: compare key data on Brazil & Paraguay

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STAT Brazil Paraguay HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 633,180.5
Ranked 15th. 48 times more than Paraguay
13,257
Ranked 54th.
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 1,941
Ranked 1st. 13 times more than Paraguay
145
Ranked 21st.
Christian > Mormon > Members 1.21 million
Ranked 1st. 14 times more than Paraguay
84,806
Ranked 18th.
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population 131,571
Ranked 1st. 91 times more than Paraguay
1,445
Ranked 8th.
Church and state > Constitutional reference to God enactment date 1,988
Ranked 12th.
1,992
Ranked 9th. About the same as Brazil
Islam > Percentage Muslim 0.02%
Ranked 158th. Twice as much as Paraguay
0.01%
Ranked 165th.
Jehovahs Witnesses 637,655
Ranked 2nd. 80 times more than Paraguay
7,943
Ranked 72nd.
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Muslim > Muslim population 204,000
Ranked 100th. 204 times more than Paraguay
1,000
Ranked 173th.
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% Roman Catholic 89.6%, Protestant 6.2%, other Christian 1.1%, other or unspecified 1.9%, none 1.1%
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) Roman Catholic 90%, Mennonite and other Protestant 10%
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 86.5%
Ranked 64th.
91.5%
Ranked 52nd. 6% more than Brazil
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 13%
Ranked 78th. 73% more than Paraguay
7.5%
Ranked 94th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 1.33 million
Ranked 1st. 107 times more than Paraguay
12,453
Ranked 70th.
State religion > Church Roman Catholic Church Roman Catholic Church
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 7.23
Ranked 58th. 3 times more than Paraguay
2.15
Ranked 84th.
Jews 130,000
Ranked 9th. 108 times more than Paraguay
1,200
Ranked 59th.
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 0.315%
Ranked 46th. 58% more than Paraguay
0.2%
Ranked 62nd.
Religious diversity score 0.605
Ranked 63th. 3 times more than Paraguay
0.212
Ranked 167th.
State religion > Denomination Catholic Catholic
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 3.55
Ranked 44th. 2 times more than Paraguay
1.43
Ranked 101st.
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population per thousand people 0.674
Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Paraguay
0.259
Ranked 8th.
Jews per 1000 0.767
Ranked 37th. 3 times more than Paraguay
0.234
Ranked 58th.
Religions > Protestant 15.4%
Ranked 24th. 54% more than Paraguay
10%
Ranked 32nd.
Christian > Catholic > Urban catholics 100.06 million
Ranked 1st. 49 times more than Paraguay
2.03 million
Ranked 2nd.
Christian > Catholic > Female catholics 62.1 million
Ranked 1st. 36 times more than Paraguay
1.73 million
Ranked 3rd.
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics 61.18 million
Ranked 1st. 35 times more than Paraguay
1.75 million
Ranked 3rd.
Christian > Mormon > Temples 6
Ranked 1st. 6 times more than Paraguay
1
Ranked 15th.
Christian > Orthodox > Male orthodox population 65,727
Ranked 1st. 87 times more than Paraguay
756
Ranked 8th.
Christian > Orthodox > Male orthodox population per thousand people 0.337
Ranked 4th. 2 times more than Paraguay
0.136
Ranked 8th.
Christian > Orthodox > Urban orthodox population 113,301
Ranked 1st. 156 times more than Paraguay
724
Ranked 6th.
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics per thousand people 313.41
Ranked 4th.
315
Ranked 2nd. 1% more than Brazil
Christian > Catholic > Rural catholics 118,537
Ranked 3rd.
1.45 million
Ranked 2nd. 12 times more than Brazil
Christian > Orthodox > Female orthodox population 65,844
Ranked 1st. 96 times more than Paraguay
689
Ranked 8th.
Christian > Orthodox > Rural male orthodox population 9,785
Ranked 1st. 24 times more than Paraguay
404
Ranked 5th.
Christian > Orthodox > Urban female orthodox population 57,359
Ranked 1st. 154 times more than Paraguay
372
Ranked 6th.
Christian > Orthodox > Rural female orthodox population per thousand people 0.0435
Ranked 2nd.
0.0569
Ranked 5th. 31% more than Brazil
Christian > Orthodox > Rural orthodox population 18,270
Ranked 1st. 25 times more than Paraguay
721
Ranked 5th.
Christian > Orthodox > Rural male orthodox population per thousand people 0.0501
Ranked 3rd.
0.0725
Ranked 5th. 45% more than Brazil
Christian > Catholic > Female catholics per thousand people 318.12
Ranked 4th. 2% more than Paraguay
311.08
Ranked 2nd.
Christian > Orthodox > Urban male orthodox population per thousand people 0.287
Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than Paraguay
0.0632
Ranked 6th.
Christian > Orthodox > Urban female orthodox population per thousand people 0.294
Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than Paraguay
0.0668
Ranked 6th.
Christian > Catholic > Urban female catholics per thousand people 262.19
Ranked 2nd. 38% more than Paraguay
190.1
Ranked 3rd.
Christian > Catholic > Rural catholics per thousand people 0.607
Ranked 4th.
261.14
Ranked 3rd. 430 times more than Brazil
Christian > Orthodox > Urban orthodox population per thousand people 0.58
Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than Paraguay
0.13
Ranked 6th.
Christian > Catholic > Urban male catholics 48.87 million
Ranked 1st. 50 times more than Paraguay
974,033
Ranked 2nd.
State religion > Disestablishment date 1890 1992
Christian > Orthodox > Urban male orthodox population 55,942
Ranked 1st. 159 times more than Paraguay
352
Ranked 6th.
Christian > Catholic > Urban male catholics per thousand people 250.36
Ranked 2nd. 43% more than Paraguay
174.83
Ranked 2nd.
Christian > Orthodox > Female orthodox population per thousand people 0.337
Ranked 4th. 3 times more than Paraguay
0.124
Ranked 8th.
Christian > Catholic > Rural female catholics 10.92 million
Ranked 1st. 16 times more than Paraguay
673,991
Ranked 2nd.
Christian > Catholic > Urban catholics per thousand people 512.55
Ranked 2nd. 40% more than Paraguay
364.93
Ranked 2nd.
Christian > Catholic > Urban female catholics 51.18 million
Ranked 1st. 48 times more than Paraguay
1.06 million
Ranked 3rd.
Christian > Catholic > Rural male catholics per thousand people 0.327
Ranked 4th.
140.17
Ranked 2nd. 428 times more than Brazil
Christian > Catholic > Rural female catholics per thousand people 55.92
Ranked 3rd.
120.97
Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than Brazil
Christian > Orthodox > Rural female orthodox population 8,485
Ranked 1st. 27 times more than Paraguay
317
Ranked 5th.
Christian > Catholic > Rural male catholics 63,904
Ranked 3rd.
780,925
Ranked 2nd. 12 times more than Brazil
Christian > Orthodox > Rural orthodox population per thousand people 0.0936
Ranked 3rd.
0.129
Ranked 5th. 38% more than Brazil

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; Wikipedia: Constitutional references to God (List); 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; Wikipedia: State religion (Established churches and former state churches); 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.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. 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.; Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics (Caribbean)

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