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Religion Stats: compare key data on Ethiopia & Kenya

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STAT Ethiopia Kenya HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 1,327
Ranked 99th.
2,248.5
Ranked 87th. 69% more than Ethiopia
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 5
Ranked 99th.
41
Ranked 38th. 8 times more than Ethiopia
Christian > Mormon > Members 1,678
Ranked 86th.
11,869
Ranked 42nd. 7 times more than Ethiopia
Islam > Percentage Muslim 47.5%
Ranked 50th. 7 times more than Kenya
7%
Ranked 80th.
Jehovahs Witnesses 7,563
Ranked 74th.
20,286
Ranked 47th. 3 times more than Ethiopia
Jews 500
Ranked 72nd. 25% more than Kenya
400
Ranked 73th.
Major religion(s) Christianity, Islam Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 33.8%
Ranked 54th. 5 times more than Kenya
7%
Ranked 79th.
Muslim > Muslim population 28.72 million
Ranked 14th. 10 times more than Kenya
2.87 million
Ranked 51st.
Religions Orthodox 43.5%, Muslim 33.9%, Protestant 18.6%, traditional 2.6%, Catholic 0.7%, other 0.7% Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, Muslim 10%, indigenous beliefs 10%, other 2%; <i>note:</i> a large majority of Kenyans are Christian, but estimates for the percentage of the population that adheres to Islam or indigenous beliefs vary widely
Religions > All Muslim 45%-50%, Ethiopian Orthodox 35%-40%, animist 12%, other 3%-8% Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, indigenous beliefs 10%, Muslim 10%, other 2%
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 91%
Ranked 54th.
94%
Ranked 37th. 3% more than Ethiopia
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 9%
Ranked 90th. 50% more than Kenya
6%
Ranked 100th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 140,181
Ranked 30th.
530,341
Ranked 7th. 4 times more than Ethiopia
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 1.89
Ranked 89th.
15.22
Ranked 38th. 8 times more than Ethiopia
Religious diversity score 0.625
Ranked 55th.
0.776
Ranked 13th. 24% more than Ethiopia
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 0.108
Ranked 137th.
0.615
Ranked 124th. 6 times more than Ethiopia
Religions > Muslim 45%
Ranked 43th. 5 times more than Kenya
10%
Ranked 66th.
Jews per 1000 0.00802
Ranked 80th.
0.0135
Ranked 79th. 68% more than Ethiopia
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Congregations 195
Ranked 17th.
566
Ranked 11th. 3 times more than Ethiopia
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Memorial attendance 23,762
Ranked 18th.
60,162
Ranked 13th. 3 times more than Ethiopia
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Publishers 9,502
Ranked 17th.
25,417
Ranked 11th. 3 times more than Ethiopia

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; 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.; 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.; Wikipedia: Jehovah's Witnesses by country (Africa)

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