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Religion Stats: compare key data on Canada & Panama

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STAT Canada Panama HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 472
Ranked 3rd. 7 times more than Panama
72
Ranked 9th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 187,982
Ranked 4th. 4 times more than Panama
48,669
Ranked 8th.
Hindus 497,200
Ranked 15th. 51 times more than Panama
9,726
Ranked 52nd.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 2%
Ranked 108th. 7 times more than Panama
0.3%
Ranked 140th.
Jehovahs Witnesses 109,604
Ranked 17th. 9 times more than Panama
11,704
Ranked 65th.
Jews 360,000
Ranked 6th. 51 times more than Panama
7,000
Ranked 38th.
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 2.8%
Ranked 103th. 4 times more than Panama
0.7%
Ranked 136th.
Muslim > Muslim population 940,000
Ranked 73th. 38 times more than Panama
25,000
Ranked 133th.
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% Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 15%
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) Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 15%
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 42%
Ranked 116th.
88%
Ranked 61st. 2 times more than Canada
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 57%
Ranked 26th. 5 times more than Panama
10.5%
Ranked 86th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 53,797
Ranked 45th.
54,857
Ranked 44th. 2% more than Canada
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 1.68
Ranked 94th.
16.61
Ranked 36th. 10 times more than Canada
Religious diversity score 0.696
Ranked 26th. 2 times more than Panama
0.334
Ranked 138th.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 3.49
Ranked 47th.
3.68
Ranked 38th. 5% more than Canada
Religions > Roman Catholic 42.6%
Ranked 54th.
85%
Ranked 26th. Twice as much as Canada
Jews per 1000 11.9
Ranked 4th. 5 times more than Panama
2.39
Ranked 21st.
Religions > Protestant 23.3%
Ranked 19th. 55% more than Panama
15%
Ranked 27th.
Christian > Mormon > Members per thousand people 5.39
Ranked 10th.
12.8
Ranked 7th. 2 times more than Canada
Hindus per thousand people 14.42
Ranked 25th. 6 times more than Panama
2.6
Ranked 43th.
Christian > Mormon > Temples 8
Ranked 3rd. 8 times more than Panama
1
Ranked 7th.
Christian > Mormon > Congregations per million people 13.53
Ranked 11th.
18.94
Ranked 6th. 40% more than Canada
Christian > Mormon > Temples per million people 0.229
Ranked 3rd.
0.263
Ranked 1st. 15% more than Canada
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Av. bible studies 50,538
Ranked 3rd. 2 times more than Panama
21,767
Ranked 7th.

SOURCES: Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html; 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.; 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.; Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics). 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: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics (Caribbean). 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: Jehovah's Witnesses by country (North America)

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