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Religion Stats: compare key data on China & Egypt

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STAT China Egypt HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 472.36 million
Ranked 1st. 279997 times more than Egypt
1,687
Ranked 95th.
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 34
Ranked 45th. 34 times more than Egypt
1
Ranked 141st.
Christian > Mormon > Members 10,500
Ranked 48th. 150 times more than Egypt
70
Ranked 158th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 3%
Ranked 99th.
91%
Ranked 24th. 30 times more than China
Major religion(s) Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Taoism Islam, Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 1.8%
Ranked 111th.
94.7%
Ranked 26th. 53 times more than China
Muslim > Muslim population 23.31 million
Ranked 18th.
80.02 million
Ranked 5th. 3 times more than China
Religions Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Christian 3%-4%, Muslim 1%-2%; <i>note:</i> officially atheist Muslim (mostly Sunni) 90%, Coptic 9%, other Christian 1%
Religions > All Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Christian 3%-4%, Muslim 1%-2% Muslim (mostly Sunni) 90%, Coptic 9%, other Christian 1%
Religious diversity score 0.664
Ranked 38th. 3 times more than Egypt
0.198
Ranked 173th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 338,277
Ranked 12th. 419 times more than Egypt
807
Ranked 153th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.261
Ranked 134th. 23 times more than Egypt
0.0114
Ranked 180th.

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; 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: 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 .); 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.

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