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Religion Stats: compare key data on Brazil & United Kingdom

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STAT Brazil United Kingdom
Buddhism > Buddhists 633,180.5
Ranked 15th. 25% more than United Kingdom
507,164.5
Ranked 19th.
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 1,941
Ranked 1st. 6 times more than United Kingdom
332
Ranked 7th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 1.21 million
Ranked 1st. 6 times more than United Kingdom
188,462
Ranked 7th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 0.02%
Ranked 158th.
2.7%
Ranked 101st. 135 times more than Brazil
Jehovahs Witnesses 637,655
Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than United Kingdom
127,206
Ranked 13th.
Jews 130,000
Ranked 9th.
300,000
Ranked 7th. 2 times more than Brazil
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 0.1%
Ranked 167th.
4.6%
Ranked 92nd. 46 times more than Brazil
Muslim > Muslim population 204,000
Ranked 100th.
2.87 million
Ranked 50th. 14 times more than Brazil
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% Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1%
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) Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1% (2001 census)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 86.5%
Ranked 64th. 3 times more than United Kingdom
26.5%
Ranked 135th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 13%
Ranked 78th.
73%
Ranked 9th. 6 times more than Brazil
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 1.33 million
Ranked 1st. 55 times more than United Kingdom
24,083
Ranked 59th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 7.23
Ranked 58th. 18 times more than United Kingdom
0.402
Ranked 122nd.
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 0.315%
Ranked 46th.
0.8%
Ranked 26th. 3 times more than Brazil
Hindus 3,040
Ranked 72nd.
832,000
Ranked 13th. 274 times more than Brazil
Religious diversity score 0.605
Ranked 63th.
0.694
Ranked 27th. 15% more than Brazil
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 3.55
Ranked 44th. 66% more than United Kingdom
2.14
Ranked 80th.
Jews per 1000 0.767
Ranked 37th.
5.13
Ranked 14th. 7 times more than Brazil
Hindus per thousand people 0.0154
Ranked 93th.
13.26
Ranked 26th. 859 times more than Brazil
Christian > Mormon > Temples 6
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than United Kingdom
2
Ranked 4th.

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; 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.; https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html; 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.; Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics (Caribbean)

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