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Religion Stats: compare key data on Canada & Finland

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STAT Canada Finland HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 795,068.5
Ranked 14th. 151 times more than Finland
5,266
Ranked 75th.
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 472
Ranked 3rd. 16 times more than Finland
30
Ranked 50th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 187,982
Ranked 4th. 40 times more than Finland
4,745
Ranked 65th.
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population 581,553
Ranked 23th. 10 times more than Finland
59,028
Ranked 40th.

Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 29%
Ranked 39th.
85.1%
Ranked 7th. 3 times more than Canada
Islam > Percentage Muslim 2%
Ranked 108th. 10 times more than Finland
0.2%
Ranked 145th.
Jehovahs Witnesses 109,604
Ranked 17th. 6 times more than Finland
19,044
Ranked 48th.
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 2.8%
Ranked 103th. 3 times more than Finland
0.8%
Ranked 134th.
Muslim > Muslim population 940,000
Ranked 73th. 22 times more than Finland
42,000
Ranked 128th.
Religions Roman Catholic 42.6%, Protestant 23.3% (including United Church 9.5%, Anglican 6.8%, Baptist 2.4%, Lutheran 2%), other Christian 4.4%, Muslim 1.9%, other and unspecified 11.8%, none 16% Lutheran Church of Finland 82.5%, Orthodox Church 1.1%, other Christian 1.1%, other 0.1%, none 15.1%
Religions > All Roman Catholic 42.6%, Protestant 23.3% (including United Church 9.5%, Anglican 6.8%, Baptist 2.4%, Lutheran 2%), other Christian 4.4%, Muslim 1.9%, other and unspecified 11.8%, none 16% (2001 census) Lutheran National Church 84.2%, Greek Orthodox in Finland 1.1%, other Christian 1.1%, other 0.1%, none 13.5% (2003)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 42%
Ranked 116th. 50% more than Finland
28%
Ranked 134th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 57%
Ranked 26th.
70%
Ranked 10th. 23% more than Canada
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 53,797
Ranked 45th. 10 times more than Finland
5,264
Ranked 96th.
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox percent of population 1.7
Ranked 34th. 55% more than Finland
1.1
Ranked 38th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 1.68
Ranked 94th. 67% more than Finland
1.01
Ranked 101st.
Jews 360,000
Ranked 6th. 300 times more than Finland
1,200
Ranked 60th.
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 2.3%
Ranked 16th. 23 times more than Finland
0.1%
Ranked 87th.
Hindus 497,200
Ranked 15th. 949 times more than Finland
524
Ranked 82nd.
Religious diversity score 0.696
Ranked 26th. 3 times more than Finland
0.253
Ranked 152nd.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 3.49
Ranked 47th.
3.66
Ranked 39th. 5% more than Canada
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population per thousand people 0.661
Ranked 13th. 48% more than Finland
0.448
Ranked 4th.

Christian > Protestant > Protestants 9.51 million
Ranked 7th. 2 times more than Finland
4.45 million
Ranked 17th.
Jews per 1000 11.9
Ranked 4th. 51 times more than Finland
0.233
Ranked 59th.
Christian > Catholic > Urban catholics 41,565
Ranked 6th. 4 times more than Finland
9,645
Ranked 4th.
Christian > Catholic > Female catholics 14,420
Ranked 9th. 3 times more than Finland
5,543
Ranked 8th.

Hindus per thousand people 14.42
Ranked 25th. 148 times more than Finland
0.0972
Ranked 88th.
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox share of world population 0.21
Ranked 23th. 11 times more than Finland
0.02
Ranked 41st.
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics 14,435
Ranked 7th. 3 times more than Finland
5,097
Ranked 8th.

Christian > Mormon > Temples 8
Ranked 3rd. 8 times more than Finland
1
Ranked 34th.
Christian > Orthodox > Male orthodox population 10,850
Ranked 9th.
25,924
Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than Canada

Christian > Orthodox > Male orthodox population per thousand people 0.315
Ranked 12th.
4.83
Ranked 2nd. 15 times more than Canada

Christian > Orthodox > Urban orthodox population 24,105
Ranked 9th.
41,974
Ranked 2nd. 74% more than Canada
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics per thousand people 0.419
Ranked 11th.
0.95
Ranked 10th. 2 times more than Canada

Christian > Catholic > Rural catholics 10,225
Ranked 11th. 10 times more than Finland
995
Ranked 5th.
Christian > Orthodox > Female orthodox population 7,845
Ranked 10th.
32,525
Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than Canada

Christian > Orthodox > Rural female orthodox population per thousand people 0.0175
Ranked 12th. 81% more than Finland
0.0097
Ranked 3rd.
Christian > Orthodox > Urban female orthodox population 105,120
Ranked 4th. 78 times more than Finland
1,350
Ranked 2nd.
Christian > Orthodox > Rural male orthodox population 535
Ranked 12th.
7,834
Ranked 2nd. 15 times more than Canada
Christian > Orthodox > Rural orthodox population 245
Ranked 12th.
16,475
Ranked 2nd. 67 times more than Canada
Christian > Protestant > Quakers 1,216
Ranked 8th. 61 times more than Finland
20
Ranked 22nd.
Buddhism > By Country > Buddhism > Population > 2007[49] 33.39 million
Ranked 9th. 6 times more than Finland
5.24 million
Ranked 32nd.
Christian > Orthodox > Rural female orthodox population 605
Ranked 11th. 12 times more than Finland
52
Ranked 3rd.
Christian > Catholic > Rural female catholics 1,300
Ranked 9th. 2 times more than Finland
535
Ranked 5th.
Christian > Orthodox > Urban orthodox population per thousand people 0.699
Ranked 12th.
7.83
Ranked 1st. 11 times more than Canada
Christian > Orthodox > Urban female orthodox population per thousand people 3.05
Ranked 7th. 12 times more than Finland
0.252
Ranked 3rd.
Christian > Orthodox > Urban male orthodox population per thousand people 0.24
Ranked 13th. 35% more than Finland
0.178
Ranked 3rd.
Christian > Catholic > Urban male catholics per thousand people 0.576
Ranked 9th.
0.865
Ranked 6th. 50% more than Canada
Christian > Orthodox > Female orthodox population per thousand people 0.227
Ranked 12th.
6.06
Ranked 2nd. 27 times more than Canada

Christian > Orthodox > Rural male orthodox population per thousand people 0.0155
Ranked 12th.
1.46
Ranked 2nd. 94 times more than Canada
Christian > Catholic > Urban catholics per thousand people 1.21
Ranked 9th.
1.8
Ranked 6th. 49% more than Canada
Christian > Catholic > Rural catholics per thousand people 0.297
Ranked 13th. 60% more than Finland
0.186
Ranked 5th.
Christian > Catholic > Female catholics per thousand people 0.418
Ranked 14th.
1.03
Ranked 10th. 2 times more than Canada

Christian > Orthodox > Rural orthodox population per thousand people 0.0071
Ranked 13th.
3.07
Ranked 2nd. 432 times more than Canada
Christian > Catholic > Rural male catholics per thousand people 0.0461
Ranked 11th.
0.0858
Ranked 5th. 86% more than Canada
Christian > Catholic > Rural female catholics per thousand people 0.0377
Ranked 11th.
0.0998
Ranked 5th. 3 times more than Canada
Christian > Catholic > Urban male catholics 19,860
Ranked 7th. 4 times more than Finland
4,637
Ranked 5th.
Christian > Orthodox > Urban male orthodox population 8,285
Ranked 11th. 9 times more than Finland
954
Ranked 2nd.
Christian > Catholic > Rural male catholics 1,590
Ranked 9th. 3 times more than Finland
460
Ranked 5th.
Christian > Catholic > Urban female catholics per thousand people 0.38
Ranked 12th.
0.934
Ranked 6th. 2 times more than Canada
Christian > Catholic > Urban female catholics 13,120
Ranked 10th. 3 times more than Finland
5,008
Ranked 4th.

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: Protestantism by country (Top sixty countries by number and percentage of Protestants); 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: Orthodoxy by country (Statistics); 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; 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.; 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.; 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); Wikipedia: Quakers (Africa) (Nuttall, Geoffrey (1955). "Early Quakerism in the Netherlands: Its wider context" . The Bulletin of the Friends Historical Association 44 (1): 3–18. Gragg, Larry (2009). The Quaker community on Barbados : challenging the culture of the planter class ([Online-Ausg.] ed.). Columbia: University of Missouri Press. ISBN 9780826218476 . Friends World Committee for Consultation (2007) 'Finding Quakers around the World http://www.fwccamericas.org/publications/images/fwcc_map_2007_sm.gif, ); Wikipedia: Buddhism by country

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