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Religion Stats: compare key data on Costa Rica & Japan

Definitions

  • Christian > Mormon > Congregations: Total Congregations.
  • Christian > Mormon > Members: Membership.
  • Islam > Percentage Muslim: Percent of Muslims in each country.
  • Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Jews per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Major religion(s): Country major religions.
  • Religions: This entry includes a rank ordering of religions by adherents starting with the largest group and sometimes includes the percent of total population.
  • Religions > All: This entry includes a rank ordering of religions by adherents starting with the largest group and sometimes includes the percent of total population.
  • Religious diversity score: The probability of two people chosen at random having different religions. For instance, if you take two people from anywhere in the country of South Africa, there's an 86% chance they will be of different religious sects or different religions altogether.
  • Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important: Percentage of population surveyed in a Gallup Poll who answered the question “Is religion important in your daily life?” with “yes”. (Other possible answers were “no”, “don’t know” and “refuse to answer”).
  • Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant: Percentage of population who says religion is not important in their daily lives. The survey was carried out within the Gallup Poll.
  • Seventh-day Adventist Membership: This entry lists Seventh-day Adventist membership worldwide as of 2004. Membership is defined as baptised and active.
  • Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000: This entry lists Seventh-day Adventist membership worldwide as of 2004. Membership is defined as baptised and active. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Christian > Mormon > Temples: Temples.

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  • Christian > Protestant > Quakers: Number of Quakers.
STAT Costa Rica Japan HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 73
Ranked 8th.
281
Ranked 10th. 4 times more than Costa Rica
Christian > Mormon > Members 41,353
Ranked 9th.
126,407
Ranked 12th. 3 times more than Costa Rica
Islam > Percentage Muslim 0.1%
Ranked 149th.
0.2%
Ranked 141st. Twice as much as Costa Rica
Jehovahs Witnesses 21,024
Ranked 45th.
218,262
Ranked 6th. 10 times more than Costa Rica
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 5.14
Ranked 19th. 3 times more than Japan
1.71
Ranked 95th.
Jews 2,500
Ranked 52nd. 25% more than Japan
2,000
Ranked 55th.
Jews per 1000 0.667
Ranked 40th. 42 times more than Japan
0.0158
Ranked 78th.
Major religion(s) Christianity Shintoism, Buddhism
Religions Roman Catholic 76.3%, Evangelical 13.7%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.3%, other Protestant 0.7%, other 4.8%, none 3.2% observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%)
Religions > All Roman Catholic 76.3%, Evangelical 13.7%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.3%, other Protestant 0.7%, other 4.8%, none 3.2% observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%)
Religious diversity score 0.241
Ranked 154th.
0.541
Ranked 85th. 2 times more than Costa Rica
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 79%
Ranked 81st. 3 times more than Japan
23.5%
Ranked 137th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 19.5%
Ranked 63th.
75%
Ranked 7th. 4 times more than Costa Rica
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 44,022
Ranked 49th. 3 times more than Japan
15,061
Ranked 66th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 10.37
Ranked 46th. 88 times more than Japan
0.118
Ranked 148th.
Christian > Mormon > Temples 1
Ranked 8th.
2
Ranked 6th. Twice as much as Costa Rica
Christian > Protestant > Quakers 72
Ranked 19th.
135
Ranked 13th. 88% more than Costa Rica

SOURCES: Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide; 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; 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.; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; 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 .); 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.; Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics (Caribbean); 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, )

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