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Religion Stats: compare key data on Canada & Ghana

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  • Buddhism > Buddhists: Amount of Buddhist residents.
  • Christian > Mormon > Congregations: Total Congregations.
  • Christian > Mormon > Members: Membership.
  • Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent: Protestant.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Islam > Percentage Muslim: Percent of Muslims in each country.
  • Major religion(s): Country major religions.
  • Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population: Muslim percentage (%) of total population 2014 Pew Report.
  • Muslim > Muslim population: Muslim population 2014 Pew Report.
  • Religions: This entry includes a rank ordering of religions by adherents starting with the largest group and sometimes includes the percent of total population.
  • Religions > All: This entry includes a rank ordering of religions by adherents starting with the largest group and sometimes includes the percent of total population.
  • Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important: Percentage of population surveyed in a Gallup Poll who answered the question “Is religion important in your daily life?” with “yes”. (Other possible answers were “no”, “don’t know” and “refuse to answer”).
  • Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant: Percentage of population who says religion is not important in their daily lives. The survey was carried out within the Gallup Poll.
  • Seventh-day Adventist Membership: This entry lists Seventh-day Adventist membership worldwide as of 2004. Membership is defined as baptised and active.
  • Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000: This entry lists Seventh-day Adventist membership worldwide as of 2004. Membership is defined as baptised and active. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Hindus: Number of Hindu residents.
  • Religious diversity score: The probability of two people chosen at random having different religions. For instance, if you take two people from anywhere in the country of South Africa, there's an 86% chance they will be of different religious sects or different religions altogether.
  • Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Christian > Protestant > Protestants: Protestants.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Religions > Muslim: Percent of population who are Muslims. Note: categories sometimes vary from country to country, extracted from CIA data.
  • Christian > Catholic > Urban catholics: Population by religion, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Catholic > Cardinals: The Cardinal Electors are those members of the College of Cardinals who have not reached their 80th Birthday on the day on which a Pope dies. That is, if they turn 80 years of age before the Pope dies, or on the day he dies, they are ineligible to vote in the Conclave to elect his successor. However, if they turn 80 years of age the day after the Pope dies they are eligible. Interestingly, even if they cannot vote they can be elected. As of Wednesday, April 20, 2005, there are 183 Cardinals from 66 different countries, 117 of whom are eligible to vote and 66 of whom are ineligible.
  • Christian > Catholic > Female catholics: Population by religion, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Hindus per thousand people: Number of Hindu residents. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Christian > Catholic > Male catholics: Population by religion, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Christian > Mormon > Temples: Temples.

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    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

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  • Catholic > Cardinals per million: The Cardinal Electors are those members of the College of Cardinals who have not reached their 80th Birthday on the day on which a Pope dies. That is, if they turn 80 years of age before the Pope dies, or on the day he dies, they are ineligible to vote in the Conclave to elect his successor. However, if they turn 80 years of age the day after the Pope dies they are eligible. Interestingly, even if they cannot vote they can be elected. As of Wednesday, April 20, 2005, there are 183 Cardinals from 66 different countries, 117 of whom are eligible to vote and 66 of whom are ineligible. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Catholic > Cardinal electors: The Cardinal Electors are those members of the College of Cardinals who have not reached their 80th Birthday on the day on which a Pope dies. That is, if they turn 80 years of age before the Pope dies, or on the day he dies, they are ineligible to vote in the Conclave to elect his successor. However, if they turn 80 years of age the day after the Pope dies they are eligible. Interestingly, even if they cannot vote they can be elected. As of Wednesday, April 20, 2005, there are 183 Cardinals from 66 different countries, 117 of whom are cardinal electors (eligible to vote) and 66 of whom are ineligible.
  • Christian > Catholic > Male catholics per thousand people: Population by religion, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Christian > Catholic > Rural catholics: Population by religion, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Catholic > Cardinal electors per million: The Cardinal Electors are those members of the College of Cardinals who have not reached their 80th Birthday on the day on which a Pope dies. That is, if they turn 80 years of age before the Pope dies, or on the day he dies, they are ineligible to vote in the Conclave to elect his successor. However, if they turn 80 years of age the day after the Pope dies they are eligible. Interestingly, even if they cannot vote they can be elected. As of Wednesday, April 20, 2005, there are 183 Cardinals from 66 different countries, 117 of whom are cardinal electors (eligible to vote) and 66 of whom are ineligible. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Catholic > Cardinals > Per $ GDP: The Cardinal Electors are those members of the College of Cardinals who have not reached their 80th Birthday on the day on which a Pope dies. That is, if they turn 80 years of age before the Pope dies, or on the day he dies, they are ineligible to vote in the Conclave to elect his successor. However, if they turn 80 years of age the day after the Pope dies they are eligible. Interestingly, even if they cannot vote they can be elected. As of Wednesday, April 20, 2005, there are 183 Cardinals from 66 different countries, 117 of whom are eligible to vote and 66 of whom are ineligible. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 14.1 billion $ gross domestic product.
  • Christian > Catholic > Urban female catholics: Population by religion, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Christian > Catholic > Urban male catholics: Population by religion, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Christian > Catholic > Rural male catholics per thousand people: Population by religion, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Christian > Catholic > Rural female catholics per thousand people: Population by religion, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Christian > Catholic > Rural male catholics: Population by religion, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Christian > Catholic > Urban female catholics per thousand people: Population by religion, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Christian > Catholic > Urban male catholics per thousand people: Population by religion, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Christian > Catholic > Rural catholics per thousand people: Population by religion, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Christian > Catholic > Female catholics per thousand people: Population by religion, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Christian > Catholic > Urban catholics per thousand people: Population by religion, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Christian > Catholic > Rural female catholics: Population by religion, sex and urban/rural residence.
STAT Canada Ghana HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 795,068.5
Ranked 14th. 945 times more than Ghana
841.5
Ranked 105th.
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 472
Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Ghana
148
Ranked 20th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 187,982
Ranked 4th. 3 times more than Ghana
57,000
Ranked 22nd.
Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 29%
Ranked 39th.
33%
Ranked 34th. 14% more than Canada
Islam > Percentage Muslim 2%
Ranked 108th.
16%
Ranked 66th. 8 times more than Canada
Jehovahs Witnesses 109,604
Ranked 17th. 41% more than Ghana
78,002
Ranked 23th.
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity, indigenous beliefs, Islam
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 2.8%
Ranked 103th.
16.1%
Ranked 63th. 6 times more than Canada
Muslim > Muslim population 940,000
Ranked 73th.
3.91 million
Ranked 46th. 4 times more than Canada
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% Christian 68.8% (Pentecostal/Charismatic 24.1%, Protestant 18.6%, Catholic 15.1%, other 11%), Muslim 15.9%, traditional 8.5%, other 0.7%, none 6.1%
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) Christian 63%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 21%
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 42%
Ranked 116th.
94.5%
Ranked 33th. 2 times more than Canada
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 57%
Ranked 26th. 11 times more than Ghana
5%
Ranked 111th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 53,797
Ranked 45th.
304,010
Ranked 14th. 6 times more than Canada
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 1.68
Ranked 94th.
14.59
Ranked 39th. 9 times more than Canada
Hindus 497,200
Ranked 15th. 43 times more than Ghana
11,466
Ranked 50th.
Religious diversity score 0.696
Ranked 26th.
0.799
Ranked 6th. 15% more than Canada
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 3.49
Ranked 47th.
3.94
Ranked 35th. 13% more than Canada
Christian > Protestant > Protestants 9.51 million
Ranked 7th. 37% more than Ghana
6.94 million
Ranked 12th.
Religions > Muslim 1.9%
Ranked 90th.
16%
Ranked 56th. 8 times more than Canada
Christian > Catholic > Urban catholics 41,565
Ranked 6th.
1.41 million
Ranked 3rd. 34 times more than Canada
Catholic > Cardinals 5
Ranked 10th. 5 times more than Ghana
1
Ranked 34th.
Christian > Catholic > Female catholics 14,420
Ranked 9th.
1.66 million
Ranked 3rd. 115 times more than Canada

Hindus per thousand people 14.42
Ranked 25th. 31 times more than Ghana
0.462
Ranked 74th.
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics 14,435
Ranked 7th.
1.57 million
Ranked 3rd. 109 times more than Canada

Christian > Mormon > Temples 8
Ranked 3rd. 8 times more than Ghana
1
Ranked 19th.
Catholic > Cardinals per million 0.155
Ranked 21st. 3 times more than Ghana
0.0468
Ranked 44th.
Catholic > Cardinal electors 3
Ranked 10th. 3 times more than Ghana
1
Ranked 25th.
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics per thousand people 0.419
Ranked 11th.
64.75
Ranked 8th. 155 times more than Canada

Christian > Catholic > Rural catholics 10,225
Ranked 11th.
1.83 million
Ranked 2nd. 179 times more than Canada
Catholic > Cardinal electors per million 0.0928
Ranked 20th. 99% more than Ghana
0.0468
Ranked 32nd.
Buddhism > By Country > Buddhism > Population > 2007[49] 33.39 million
Ranked 9th. 46% more than Ghana
22.93 million
Ranked 11th.
Catholic > Cardinals > Per $ GDP 0.069 per $14.1 billion
Ranked 50th.
0.292 per $14.1 billion
Ranked 21st. 4 times more than Canada
Christian > Catholic > Urban female catholics 13,120
Ranked 10th.
726,015
Ranked 3rd. 55 times more than Canada
Christian > Catholic > Urban male catholics 19,860
Ranked 7th.
679,560
Ranked 3rd. 34 times more than Canada
Christian > Catholic > Rural male catholics per thousand people 0.0461
Ranked 11th.
36.74
Ranked 3rd. 797 times more than Canada
Christian > Catholic > Rural female catholics per thousand people 0.0377
Ranked 11th.
38.49
Ranked 4th. 1021 times more than Canada
Christian > Catholic > Rural male catholics 1,590
Ranked 9th.
891,519
Ranked 2nd. 561 times more than Canada
Christian > Catholic > Urban female catholics per thousand people 0.38
Ranked 12th.
29.92
Ranked 5th. 79 times more than Canada
Christian > Catholic > Urban male catholics per thousand people 0.576
Ranked 9th.
28.01
Ranked 5th. 49 times more than Canada
Christian > Catholic > Rural catholics per thousand people 0.297
Ranked 13th.
75.24
Ranked 3rd. 254 times more than Canada
Christian > Catholic > Female catholics per thousand people 0.418
Ranked 14th.
68.41
Ranked 7th. 164 times more than Canada

Christian > Catholic > Urban catholics per thousand people 1.21
Ranked 9th.
57.93
Ranked 5th. 48 times more than Canada
Christian > Catholic > Rural female catholics 1,300
Ranked 9th.
933,902
Ranked 3rd. 718 times more than Canada

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); 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); 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; 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.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; Catholic.com - College of Cardinals; 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); Catholic.com - College of Cardinals. 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.; Wikipedia: Buddhism by country

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