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Religion Stats: compare key data on Egypt & Malaysia

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STAT Egypt Malaysia HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 1,687
Ranked 95th.
5.78 million
Ranked 6th. 3425 times more than Egypt
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 1
Ranked 141st.
33
Ranked 47th. 33 times more than Egypt
Christian > Mormon > Members 70
Ranked 158th.
8,967
Ranked 53th. 128 times more than Egypt
Islam > Percentage Muslim 91%
Ranked 24th. 51% more than Malaysia
60.4%
Ranked 44th.
Major religion(s) Islam, Christianity Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism
Muslim > Islamist organizations Freedom and Justice Party (Egypt) ·   Al-Nour Party ·   Al-Wasat Party Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party ·   United Malays National Organisation
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 94.7%
Ranked 26th. 54% more than Malaysia
61.4%
Ranked 43th.
Muslim > Muslim population 80.02 million
Ranked 5th. 5 times more than Malaysia
17.14 million
Ranked 20th.
Religions Muslim (mostly Sunni) 90%, Coptic 9%, other Christian 1% Muslim 60.4%, Buddhist 19.2%, Christian 9.1%, Hindu 6.3%, Confucianism, Taoism, other traditional Chinese religions 2.6%, other or unknown 1.5%, none 0.8%
Religions > All Muslim (mostly Sunni) 90%, Coptic 9%, other Christian 1% Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia
Religious diversity score 0.198
Ranked 173th.
0.666
Ranked 37th. 3 times more than Egypt
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 98%
Ranked 9th. 3% more than Malaysia
95.5%
Ranked 27th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 2%
Ranked 133th.
3.5%
Ranked 121st. 75% more than Egypt
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 807
Ranked 153th.
42,919
Ranked 50th. 53 times more than Egypt
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.0114
Ranked 180th.
1.69
Ranked 92nd. 148 times more than Egypt

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; Wikipedia: Islamism (Parties and Organizations); 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 .); 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.

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