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Religion Stats: compare key data on Ethiopia & South Africa

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STAT Ethiopia South Africa HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 5
Ranked 99th.
152
Ranked 19th. 30 times more than Ethiopia
Christian > Mormon > Members 1,678
Ranked 86th.
59,807
Ranked 21st. 36 times more than Ethiopia
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population 45 million
Ranked 2nd. 1065 times more than South Africa
42,251
Ranked 7th.

Islam > Percentage Muslim 47.5%
Ranked 50th. 32 times more than South Africa
1.5%
Ranked 111th.
Jehovahs Witnesses 7,563
Ranked 74th.
77,954
Ranked 24th. 10 times more than Ethiopia
Jews 500
Ranked 72nd.
106,000
Ranked 10th. 212 times more than Ethiopia
Major religion(s) Christianity, Islam Christianity, Islam, indigenous beliefs
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 33.8%
Ranked 54th. 23 times more than South Africa
1.5%
Ranked 116th.
Muslim > Muslim population 28.72 million
Ranked 14th. 39 times more than South Africa
737,000
Ranked 77th.
Religions Orthodox 43.5%, Muslim 33.9%, Protestant 18.6%, traditional 2.6%, Catholic 0.7%, other 0.7% 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 Muslim 45%-50%, Ethiopian Orthodox 35%-40%, animist 12%, other 3%-8% 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 91%
Ranked 54th. 8% more than South Africa
84.5%
Ranked 69th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 9%
Ranked 90th.
15.5%
Ranked 71st. 72% more than Ethiopia
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 140,181
Ranked 30th. 89% more than South Africa
74,151
Ranked 38th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 1.89
Ranked 89th. 19% more than South Africa
1.59
Ranked 97th.
Religious diversity score 0.625
Ranked 55th.
0.86
Ranked 1st. 38% more than Ethiopia
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 0.108
Ranked 137th.
1.71
Ranked 96th. 16 times more than Ethiopia
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population per thousand people 398.95
Ranked 1st. 424 times more than South Africa
0.941
Ranked 11th.

Jews per 1000 0.00802
Ranked 80th.
2.53
Ranked 20th. 315 times more than Ethiopia
Christian > Catholic > Female catholics 265,463
Ranked 3rd.
1.68 million
Ranked 4th. 6 times more than Ethiopia

Christian > Catholic > Male catholics 266,724
Ranked 3rd.
1.5 million
Ranked 3rd. 6 times more than Ethiopia

Christian > Orthodox > Male orthodox population 16.03 million
Ranked 1st. 796 times more than South Africa
20,125
Ranked 8th.

Christian > Orthodox > Male orthodox population per thousand people 199.26
Ranked 1st. 445 times more than South Africa
0.448
Ranked 13th.

Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Congregations 195
Ranked 17th.
1,892
Ranked 4th. 10 times more than Ethiopia
Christian > Prostestant > Lutherans 5.6 million
Ranked 6th. 8 times more than South Africa
669,725
Ranked 17th.
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics per thousand people 3.32
Ranked 3rd.
33.5
Ranked 8th. 10 times more than Ethiopia

Christian > Orthodox > Female orthodox population 16.06 million
Ranked 1st. 726 times more than South Africa
22,125
Ranked 8th.

Christian > Prostestant > Lutherans per thousand people 64.25
Ranked 11th. 5 times more than South Africa
13.4
Ranked 14th.
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Memorial attendance 23,762
Ranked 18th.
217,952
Ranked 7th. 9 times more than Ethiopia
Christian > Catholic > Female catholics per thousand people 3.3
Ranked 3rd.
37.34
Ranked 12th. 11 times more than Ethiopia

Christian > Orthodox > Female orthodox population per thousand people 199.69
Ranked 1st. 405 times more than South Africa
0.493
Ranked 11th.

Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Publishers 9,502
Ranked 17th.
92,321
Ranked 4th. 10 times more than Ethiopia

SOURCES: Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; 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.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. 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); 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.

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