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Religion Stats: compare key data on China & Kenya

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STAT China Kenya HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 472.36 million
Ranked 1st. 210076 times more than Kenya
2,248.5
Ranked 87th.
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 34
Ranked 45th.
41
Ranked 38th. 21% more than China
Christian > Mormon > Members 10,500
Ranked 48th.
11,869
Ranked 42nd. 13% more than China
Islam > Percentage Muslim 3%
Ranked 99th.
7%
Ranked 80th. 2 times more than China
Major religion(s) Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Taoism Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 1.8%
Ranked 111th.
7%
Ranked 79th. 4 times more than China
Muslim > Muslim population 23.31 million
Ranked 18th. 8 times more than Kenya
2.87 million
Ranked 51st.
Religions Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Christian 3%-4%, Muslim 1%-2%; <i>note:</i> officially atheist Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, Muslim 10%, indigenous beliefs 10%, other 2%; <i>note:</i> a large majority of Kenyans are Christian, but estimates for the percentage of the population that adheres to Islam or indigenous beliefs vary widely
Religions > A note officially <a href=/encyclopedia/atheism><a href=/encyclopedia/atheism>atheist</a></a> (2002 est.) a large majority of Kenyans are <a href=/kp/Christian>Christian</a>, but estimates for the percentage of the <a href=/graph-T/peo_pop>population</a> that adheres to Islam or <a href=/kp/indigenous+beliefs>indigenous beliefs</a> vary widely
Religions > All Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Christian 3%-4%, Muslim 1%-2% Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, indigenous beliefs 10%, Muslim 10%, other 2%
Religions > Muslim 1%
Ranked 97th.
10%
Ranked 66th. 10 times more than China
Religions > Note officially atheist a large majority of Kenyans are Christian, but estimates for the percentage of the population that adheres to Islam or indigenous beliefs vary widely
Religious diversity score 0.664
Ranked 38th.
0.776
Ranked 13th. 17% more than China
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 338,277
Ranked 12th.
530,341
Ranked 7th. 57% more than China
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.261
Ranked 134th.
15.22
Ranked 38th. 58 times more than China
Christian > Protestant > Quakers 95
Ranked 14th.
133,825
Ranked 1st. 1409 times more than China

Christian > Protestant > Quakers per million people 0.0721
Ranked 16th.
3,544.82
Ranked 1st. 49175 times more than China

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, December 2003; 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.; 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: 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, ). 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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