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Religion Stats: compare key data on Canada & United Kingdom

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STAT Canada United Kingdom
Buddhism > Buddhists 795,068.5
Ranked 14th. 57% more than United Kingdom
507,164.5
Ranked 19th.
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 472
Ranked 3rd. 42% more than United Kingdom
332
Ranked 7th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 187,982
Ranked 4th.
188,462
Ranked 7th. About the same as Canada
Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 29%
Ranked 39th.
60%
Ranked 18th. 2 times more than Canada
Christianity > Regular church attendance 7.8 million
Ranked 3rd. 30% more than United Kingdom
6 million
Ranked 4th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 2%
Ranked 108th.
2.7%
Ranked 101st. 35% more than Canada
Jehovahs Witnesses 109,604
Ranked 17th.
127,206
Ranked 13th. 16% more than Canada
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 2.8%
Ranked 103th.
4.6%
Ranked 92nd. 64% more than Canada
Muslim > Muslim population 940,000
Ranked 73th.
2.87 million
Ranked 50th. 3 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 (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1%
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 (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 42%
Ranked 116th. 58% more than United Kingdom
26.5%
Ranked 135th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 57%
Ranked 26th.
73%
Ranked 9th. 28% more than Canada
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 53,797
Ranked 45th. 2 times more than United Kingdom
24,083
Ranked 59th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 1.68
Ranked 94th. 4 times more than United Kingdom
0.402
Ranked 122nd.
Jews 360,000
Ranked 6th. 20% more than United Kingdom
300,000
Ranked 7th.
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 2.3%
Ranked 16th. 3 times more than United Kingdom
0.8%
Ranked 26th.
Hindus 497,200
Ranked 15th.
832,000
Ranked 13th. 67% more than Canada
Religious diversity score 0.696
Ranked 26th. About the same as United Kingdom
0.694
Ranked 27th.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 3.49
Ranked 47th. 63% more than United Kingdom
2.14
Ranked 80th.
Christian > Protestant > Protestants 9.51 million
Ranked 7th.
36 million
Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than Canada
Religions > Muslim 1.9%
Ranked 90th.
2.7%
Ranked 86th. 42% more than Canada
Jews per 1000 11.9
Ranked 4th. 2 times more than United Kingdom
5.13
Ranked 14th.
Christian > Mormon > Members per thousand people 5.39
Ranked 10th. 81% more than United Kingdom
2.98
Ranked 1st.
Hindus per thousand people 14.42
Ranked 25th. 9% more than United Kingdom
13.26
Ranked 26th.
Christian > Mormon > Temples 8
Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than United Kingdom
2
Ranked 4th.
Christian > Mormon > Congregations per million people 13.53
Ranked 11th. 3 times more than United Kingdom
5.25
Ranked 1st.
Christian > Mormon > Temples per million people 0.229
Ranked 3rd. 7 times more than United Kingdom
0.0317
Ranked 1st.

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); Wikipedia: Christianity in Norway (Church attendance); 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.; 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.; 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.

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