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Religion Stats: compare key data on Denmark & South Africa

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STAT Denmark South Africa HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 23
Ranked 59th.
152
Ranked 19th. 7 times more than Denmark
Christian > Mormon > Members 4,376
Ranked 69th.
59,807
Ranked 21st. 14 times more than Denmark
Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 91%
Ranked 3rd. 34% more than South Africa
68%
Ranked 12th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 3%
Ranked 100th. Twice as much as South Africa
1.5%
Ranked 111th.
Jehovahs Witnesses 14,314
Ranked 58th.
77,954
Ranked 24th. 5 times more than Denmark
Jews 8,000
Ranked 36th.
106,000
Ranked 10th. 13 times more than Denmark
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity, Islam, indigenous beliefs
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 4.1%
Ranked 97th. 3 times more than South Africa
1.5%
Ranked 116th.
Muslim > Muslim population 226,000
Ranked 96th.
737,000
Ranked 77th. 3 times more than Denmark
Religions Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Christian (includes Protestant and Roman Catholic) 3%, Muslim 2% Zion Christian 11.1%, Pentecostal/Charismatic 8.2%, Catholic 7.1%, Methodist 6.8%, Dutch Reformed 6.7%, Anglican 3.8%, Muslim 1.5%, other Christian 36%, other 2.3%, unspecified 1.4%, none 15.1%
Religions > All Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%, Muslim 2% Zion Christian 11.1%, Pentecostal/Charismatic 8.2%, Catholic 7.1%, Methodist 6.8%, Dutch Reformed 6.7%, Anglican 3.8%, other Christian 36%, Islam 1.5%, other 2.3%, unspecified 1.4%, none 15.1% (2001 census)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 18%
Ranked 141st.
84.5%
Ranked 69th. 5 times more than Denmark
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 80.5%
Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than South Africa
15.5%
Ranked 71st.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 2,602
Ranked 124th.
74,151
Ranked 38th. 28 times more than Denmark
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.481
Ranked 114th.
1.59
Ranked 97th. 3 times more than Denmark
Hindus 5,468
Ranked 62nd.
959,000
Ranked 10th. 175 times more than Denmark
Religious diversity score 0.233
Ranked 160th.
0.86
Ranked 1st. 4 times more than Denmark
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 2.66
Ranked 61st. 56% more than South Africa
1.71
Ranked 96th.
Christian > Protestant > Protestants 4.94 million
Ranked 14th.
30.15 million
Ranked 5th. 6 times more than Denmark
Jews per 1000 1.51
Ranked 26th.
2.53
Ranked 20th. 68% more than Denmark
Hindus per thousand people 0.982
Ranked 57th.
18.96
Ranked 22nd. 19 times more than Denmark
Christian > Mormon > Temples 1
Ranked 26th. The same as South Africa
1
Ranked 25th.
Christian > Prostestant > Lutherans 4.48 million
Ranked 7th. 7 times more than South Africa
669,725
Ranked 17th.
Christian > Prostestant > Lutherans per thousand people 807.42
Ranked 3rd. 60 times more than South Africa
13.4
Ranked 14th.
Christian > Protestant > Quakers 29
Ranked 21st.
144
Ranked 12th. 5 times more than Denmark

SOURCES: Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); Wikipedia: Protestantism by country (Top sixty countries by number and percentage of Protestants); 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: Lutheranism by region (Countries with more than 500,000 Lutherans) ([1] The Lutheran World Federation 2010 Membership Figures); Wikipedia: Lutheranism by region (Countries with more than 500,000 Lutherans) ([1] The Lutheran World Federation 2010 Membership Figures). 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: 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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