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Religion Stats: compare key data on Costa Rica & Panama

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.
  • 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.
  • Religions > Roman Catholic: Percent of population who are Roman Catholics. Note: categories sometimes vary from country to country, extracted from CIA data.
  • 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.
  • Jews per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Religions > Protestant: Percent of population who are Protestants. Note: categories sometimes vary from country to country, extracted from CIA data.
  • Christian > Mormon > Members per thousand people: Membership. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Christian > Mormon > Temples: Temples.

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  • Christian > Mormon > Congregations per million people: Total Congregations. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
  • Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Av. bible studies: Av. Bible Studies.

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  • Christian > Mormon > Temples per million people: Temples.

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    . Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
STAT Costa Rica Panama HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 73
Ranked 8th. 1% more than Panama
72
Ranked 9th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 41,353
Ranked 9th.
48,669
Ranked 8th. 18% more than Costa Rica
Islam > Percentage Muslim 0.1%
Ranked 149th.
0.3%
Ranked 140th. 3 times more than Costa Rica
Jehovahs Witnesses 21,024
Ranked 45th. 80% more than Panama
11,704
Ranked 65th.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 5.14
Ranked 19th. 39% more than Panama
3.68
Ranked 38th.
Jews 2,500
Ranked 52nd.
7,000
Ranked 38th. 3 times more than Costa Rica
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Religions Roman Catholic 76.3%, Evangelical 13.7%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.3%, other Protestant 0.7%, other 4.8%, none 3.2% Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 15%
Religions > All Roman Catholic 76.3%, Evangelical 13.7%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.3%, other Protestant 0.7%, other 4.8%, none 3.2% Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 15%
Religions > Roman Catholic 76.3%
Ranked 37th.
85%
Ranked 26th. 11% more than Costa Rica
Religious diversity score 0.241
Ranked 154th.
0.334
Ranked 138th. 39% more than Costa Rica
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 79%
Ranked 81st.
88%
Ranked 61st. 11% more than Costa Rica
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 19.5%
Ranked 63th. 86% more than Panama
10.5%
Ranked 86th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 44,022
Ranked 49th.
54,857
Ranked 44th. 25% more than Costa Rica
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 10.37
Ranked 46th.
16.61
Ranked 36th. 60% more than Costa Rica
Jews per 1000 0.667
Ranked 40th.
2.39
Ranked 21st. 4 times more than Costa Rica
Religions > Protestant 0.7%
Ranked 49th.
15%
Ranked 27th. 21 times more than Costa Rica
Christian > Mormon > Members per thousand people 8.61
Ranked 9th.
12.8
Ranked 7th. 49% more than Costa Rica
Christian > Mormon > Temples 1
Ranked 8th. The same as Panama
1
Ranked 7th.
Christian > Mormon > Congregations per million people 15.19
Ranked 10th.
18.94
Ranked 6th. 25% more than Costa Rica
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Av. bible studies 34,437
Ranked 6th. 58% more than Panama
21,767
Ranked 7th.
Christian > Mormon > Temples per million people 0.208
Ranked 4th.
0.263
Ranked 1st. 26% 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; 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.; 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.; Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics). 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: Jehovah's Witnesses by country (North America); Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics (Caribbean). 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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