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Religion Stats: compare key data on Finland & Ireland

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STAT Finland Ireland HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 5,266
Ranked 75th.
9,552
Ranked 60th. 81% more than Finland
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 30
Ranked 50th. 2 times more than Ireland
13
Ranked 75th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 4,745
Ranked 65th. 57% more than Ireland
3,013
Ranked 75th.

Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population 59,028
Ranked 40th. 31% more than Ireland
45,223
Ranked 8th.

Christianity > Percent Christian 82.2%
Ranked 8th.
92.3%
Ranked 4th. 12% more than Finland
Islam > Percentage Muslim 0.2%
Ranked 145th.
0.49%
Ranked 135th. 2 times more than Finland
Jehovahs Witnesses 19,044
Ranked 48th. 4 times more than Ireland
5,096
Ranked 80th.
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 0.8%
Ranked 134th.
0.9%
Ranked 130th. 13% more than Finland
Muslim > Muslim population 42,000
Ranked 128th.
43,000
Ranked 127th. 2% more than Finland
Religions Lutheran Church of Finland 82.5%, Orthodox Church 1.1%, other Christian 1.1%, other 0.1%, none 15.1% Roman Catholic 87.4%, Church of Ireland 2.9%, other Christian 1.9%, other 2.1%, unspecified 1.5%, none 4.2%
Religions > All Lutheran National Church 84.2%, Greek Orthodox in Finland 1.1%, other Christian 1.1%, other 0.1%, none 13.5% (2003) Roman Catholic 88.4%, Church of Ireland 3%, other Christian 1.6%, other 1.5%, unspecified 2%, none 3.5% (2002 census)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 28%
Ranked 134th.
53.5%
Ranked 104th. 91% more than Finland
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 70%
Ranked 10th. 51% more than Ireland
46.5%
Ranked 39th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 5,264
Ranked 96th. 36 times more than Ireland
145
Ranked 182nd.
Islam in Europe > Muslim population 24,000
Ranked 16th. 9% more than Ireland
22,000
Ranked 17th.
People who say religion is important 28%
Ranked 9th.
53.5%
Ranked 6th. 91% more than Finland
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 1.01
Ranked 101st. 28 times more than Ireland
0.0356
Ranked 172nd.
Jews 1,200
Ranked 60th. 20% more than Ireland
1,000
Ranked 64th.
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 0.1%
Ranked 87th.
0.2%
Ranked 66th. Twice as much as Finland
Hindus 524
Ranked 82nd.
10,688
Ranked 51st. 20 times more than Finland
Secularism and atheism > Does not believe in spirit, God or life force 22%
Ranked 12th. 3 times more than Ireland
7%
Ranked 21st.
Religious diversity score 0.253
Ranked 152nd. 63% more than Ireland
0.155
Ranked 182nd.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 3.66
Ranked 39th. 3 times more than Ireland
1.3
Ranked 103th.
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population per thousand people 0.448
Ranked 4th.
9.88
Ranked 6th. 22 times more than Finland

Jews per 1000 0.233
Ranked 59th.
0.269
Ranked 56th. 16% more than Finland
Secularism and atheism > Believes there is a god 33%
Ranked 20th.
70%
Ranked 7th. 2 times more than Finland
Secularism and atheism > Believes in spirit or life force 42%
Ranked 7th. 2 times more than Ireland
20%
Ranked 21st.
Christian > Catholic > Urban catholics 9,645
Ranked 4th. 11 times more than Ireland
885
Ranked 14th.

Christian > Catholic > Female catholics 5,543
Ranked 8th. 8 times more than Ireland
733
Ranked 13th.

Hindus per thousand people 0.0972
Ranked 88th.
2.34
Ranked 44th. 24 times more than Finland
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics 5,097
Ranked 8th. 9 times more than Ireland
546
Ranked 13th.

Christian > Orthodox > Male orthodox population 25,924
Ranked 2nd. 18% more than Ireland
21,942
Ranked 8th.

Christian > Orthodox > Male orthodox population per thousand people 4.83
Ranked 2nd. 1% more than Ireland
4.79
Ranked 6th.

Christian > Orthodox > Urban orthodox population 41,974
Ranked 2nd. About the same as Ireland
41,772
Ranked 5th.

State religion > Established churches and former state churches > Disestablished 1870/1919 1869
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics per thousand people 0.95
Ranked 10th. 8 times more than Ireland
0.119
Ranked 13th.

Christian > Catholic > Rural catholics 995
Ranked 5th.
1.55 million
Ranked 2nd. 1560 times more than Finland

Christian > Orthodox > Female orthodox population 32,525
Ranked 2nd. 40% more than Ireland
23,281
Ranked 8th.

Christian > Orthodox > Rural orthodox population 16,475
Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than Ireland
3,451
Ranked 8th.

Christian > Orthodox > Rural male orthodox population 7,834
Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than Ireland
1,727
Ranked 9th.

Christian > Orthodox > Urban female orthodox population 1,350
Ranked 2nd.
21,557
Ranked 7th. 16 times more than Finland

Christian > Orthodox > Rural female orthodox population per thousand people 0.0097
Ranked 3rd.
0.377
Ranked 8th. 39 times more than Finland

Christian > Protestant > Quakers 20
Ranked 22nd.
1,591
Ranked 7th. 80 times more than Finland
Christian > Orthodox > Urban male orthodox population per thousand people 0.178
Ranked 3rd.
4.42
Ranked 7th. 25 times more than Finland

Christian > Catholic > Urban female catholics 5,008
Ranked 4th.
1.21 million
Ranked 3rd. 241 times more than Finland

Christian > Orthodox > Rural female orthodox population 52
Ranked 3rd.
1,724
Ranked 8th. 33 times more than Finland

Christian > Catholic > Rural male catholics 460
Ranked 5th. 2 times more than Ireland
185
Ranked 12th.

Christian > Catholic > Rural catholics per thousand people 0.186
Ranked 5th.
339.11
Ranked 1st. 1828 times more than Finland

Christian > Orthodox > Rural orthodox population per thousand people 3.07
Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than Ireland
0.754
Ranked 7th.

Christian > Orthodox > Urban female orthodox population per thousand people 0.252
Ranked 3rd.
4.71
Ranked 6th. 19 times more than Finland

Christian > Catholic > Urban male catholics 4,637
Ranked 5th. 13 times more than Ireland
361
Ranked 12th.

Christian > Catholic > Female catholics per thousand people 1.03
Ranked 10th. 6 times more than Ireland
0.16
Ranked 15th.

Christian > Catholic > Urban catholics per thousand people 1.8
Ranked 6th. 9 times more than Ireland
0.193
Ranked 11th.

Christian > Orthodox > Urban orthodox population per thousand people 7.83
Ranked 1st.
9.13
Ranked 5th. 17% more than Finland

Christian > Catholic > Rural male catholics per thousand people 0.0858
Ranked 5th. 2 times more than Ireland
0.0404
Ranked 12th.

Christian > Catholic > Rural female catholics per thousand people 0.0998
Ranked 5th. 2 times more than Ireland
0.0457
Ranked 10th.

Christian > Orthodox > Female orthodox population per thousand people 6.06
Ranked 2nd. 19% more than Ireland
5.09
Ranked 6th.

Christian > Catholic > Urban female catholics per thousand people 0.934
Ranked 6th.
264.06
Ranked 1st. 283 times more than Finland

Christian > Catholic > Urban male catholics per thousand people 0.865
Ranked 6th. 11 times more than Ireland
0.0789
Ranked 12th.

Christian > Catholic > Rural female catholics 535
Ranked 5th. 3 times more than Ireland
209
Ranked 11th.

Christian > Orthodox > Urban male orthodox population 954
Ranked 2nd.
20,215
Ranked 7th. 21 times more than Finland

Christian > Orthodox > Rural male orthodox population per thousand people 1.46
Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than Ireland
0.377
Ranked 8th.

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; 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; 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; Miller, Tracy, ed (October 2009) (PDF).ÿ apping the Global Muslim Population: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World?s Muslim Population.ÿPew Research Center. pp.ÿ31?32. Retrieved 2009-11-11.; Wikipedia: Christianity in Norway (Importance of religion) (GALLUP WorldView - data accessed on 17 january 2009); 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.; World Jewish Congress (WJC), 1998; https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html; Biotechnology Report, Special Eurobarometer, European Commission, October 2010, p. 381; 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.;

Biotechnology Report, Special Eurobarometer, European Commission, October 2010, p. 381

; Biotechnology Report, Special Eurobarometer, European Commission, October 2010, p. 381; 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: State religion; 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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