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Religion Stats: compare key data on Denmark & Japan

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STAT Denmark Japan HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 23
Ranked 59th.
281
Ranked 10th. 12 times more than Denmark
Christian > Mormon > Members 4,376
Ranked 69th.
126,407
Ranked 12th. 29 times more than Denmark
Christianity > Percent Christian 89.4%
Ranked 6th. 45 times more than Japan
2%
Ranked 35th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 3%
Ranked 100th. 15 times more than Japan
0.2%
Ranked 141st.
Jehovahs Witnesses 14,314
Ranked 58th.
218,262
Ranked 6th. 15 times more than Denmark
Jews 8,000
Ranked 36th. 4 times more than Japan
2,000
Ranked 55th.
Major religion(s) Christianity Shintoism, Buddhism
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 4.1%
Ranked 97th. 41 times more than Japan
0.1%
Ranked 168th.
Muslim > Muslim population 226,000
Ranked 96th. 22% more than Japan
185,000
Ranked 105th.
Religions Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Christian (includes Protestant and Roman Catholic) 3%, Muslim 2% observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%)
Religions > All Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%, Muslim 2% observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 18%
Ranked 141st.
23.5%
Ranked 137th. 31% more than Denmark
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 80.5%
Ranked 2nd. 7% more than Japan
75%
Ranked 7th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 2,602
Ranked 124th.
15,061
Ranked 66th. 6 times more than Denmark
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.481
Ranked 114th. 4 times more than Japan
0.118
Ranked 148th.
Hindus 5,468
Ranked 62nd. 7% more than Japan
5,097
Ranked 64th.
Religious diversity score 0.233
Ranked 160th.
0.541
Ranked 85th. 2 times more than Denmark
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 2.66
Ranked 61st. 55% more than Japan
1.71
Ranked 95th.
Jews per 1000 1.51
Ranked 26th. 95 times more than Japan
0.0158
Ranked 78th.
Hindus per thousand people 0.982
Ranked 57th. 25 times more than Japan
0.0399
Ranked 92nd.
Christian > Mormon > Temples 1
Ranked 26th.
2
Ranked 6th. Twice as much as Denmark
Christian > Protestant > Quakers 29
Ranked 21st.
135
Ranked 13th. 5 times more than Denmark

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; International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide; World Jewish Congress (WJC), 1998; 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: 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.; https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html; 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 .); 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. 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.; https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html. 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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