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Religion Stats: compare key data on China & Russia

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STAT China Russia
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 34
Ranked 45th.
99
Ranked 29th. 3 times more than China
Christian > Mormon > Members 10,500
Ranked 48th.
21,709
Ranked 33th. 2 times more than China
Christian > Protestant > Quakers 95
Ranked 14th. 7 times more than Russia
13
Ranked 25th.
Christianity > Christians 46.27 million
Ranked 2nd. 67% more than Russia
27.73 million
Ranked 3rd.
Christianity > Percent Christian 3.5%
Ranked 30th.
19.5%
Ranked 9th. 6 times more than China
Islam > Percentage Muslim 3%
Ranked 99th.
15%
Ranked 68th. 5 times more than China
Major religion(s) Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Taoism Christianity, Islam
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 1.8%
Ranked 111th.
11.7%
Ranked 72nd. 6 times more than China
Muslim > Muslim population 23.31 million
Ranked 18th. 42% more than Russia
16.38 million
Ranked 21st.
Religions Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Christian 3%-4%, Muslim 1%-2%; <i>note:</i> officially atheist Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2%; <i>note:</i> estimates are of practicing worshipers; Russia has large populations of non-practicing believers and non-believers, a legacy of over seven decades of Soviet rule
Religions > All Daoist (Taoist), Buddhist, Christian 3%-4%, Muslim 1%-2% Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2% (2006 est.)
Religions > Note officially atheist estimates are of practicing worshipers; Russia has large populations of non-practicing believers and non-believers, a legacy of over seven decades of Soviet rule
Religious diversity score 0.664
Ranked 38th. 51% more than Russia
0.44
Ranked 114th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 338,277
Ranked 12th. 6 times more than Russia
58,299
Ranked 42nd.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.261
Ranked 134th.
0.405
Ranked 121st. 55% more than China

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