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Religion Stats: compare key data on China & North Korea

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STAT China North Korea HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Members 10,500
Ranked 48th. 2100 times more than North Korea
5
Ranked 194th.
Christianity > Christians 46.27 million
Ranked 2nd. 55 times more than North Korea
836,958
Ranked 22nd.
Christianity > Percent Christian 3.5%
Ranked 30th. 2 times more than North Korea
1.7%
Ranked 36th.
Major religion(s) Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Taoism Mainly atheist or non-religious, traditional beliefs
Muslim > Muslim population 23.31 million
Ranked 18th. 7769 times more than North Korea
3,000
Ranked 149th.
Religions Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Christian 3%-4%, Muslim 1%-2%; <i>note:</i> officially atheist traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist, some Christian and syncretic Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way)
Religions > A note officially <a href=/encyclopedia/atheism><a href=/encyclopedia/atheism>atheist</a></a> (2002 est.) autonomous <a href=/encyclopedia/religion><a href=/encyclopedia/religion>religious</a></a> activities now almost nonexistent; government-sponsored <a href=/encyclopedia/religion><a href=/encyclopedia/religion>religious</a></a> groups exist to provide illusion of <a href=/encyclopedia/religion>religious</a> freedom
Religions > All Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Christian 3%-4%, Muslim 1%-2% traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist, some Christian and syncretic Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way)
Religions > Note officially atheist autonomous religious activities now almost nonexistent; government-sponsored religious groups exist to provide illusion of religious freedom
Religious diversity score 0.664
Ranked 38th. 36% more than North Korea
0.489
Ranked 98th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 338,277
Ranked 12th. 391 times more than North Korea
866
Ranked 151st.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.261
Ranked 134th. 7 times more than North Korea
0.0366
Ranked 170th.

SOURCES: Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_by_country#Sovereign_states; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_by_country#Sovereign_states; 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.

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