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Religion Stats: compare key data on Finland & Japan

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STAT Finland Japan HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 30
Ranked 50th.
281
Ranked 10th. 9 times more than Finland
Christian > Mormon > Members 4,745
Ranked 65th.
126,407
Ranked 12th. 27 times more than Finland
Christianity > Percent Christian 82.2%
Ranked 8th. 41 times more than Japan
2%
Ranked 35th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 0.2%
Ranked 145th. The same as Japan
0.2%
Ranked 141st.
Jehovahs Witnesses 19,044
Ranked 48th.
218,262
Ranked 6th. 11 times more than Finland
Jews 1,200
Ranked 60th.
2,000
Ranked 55th. 67% more than Finland
Major religion(s) Christianity Shintoism, Buddhism
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 0.8%
Ranked 134th. 8 times more than Japan
0.1%
Ranked 168th.
Muslim > Muslim population 42,000
Ranked 128th.
185,000
Ranked 105th. 4 times more than Finland
Religions Lutheran Church of Finland 82.5%, Orthodox Church 1.1%, other Christian 1.1%, other 0.1%, none 15.1% observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%)
Religions > All Lutheran National Church 84.2%, Greek Orthodox in Finland 1.1%, other Christian 1.1%, other 0.1%, none 13.5% (2003) observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 28%
Ranked 134th. 19% more than Japan
23.5%
Ranked 137th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 70%
Ranked 10th.
75%
Ranked 7th. 7% more than Finland
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 5,264
Ranked 96th.
15,061
Ranked 66th. 3 times more than Finland
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 1.01
Ranked 101st. 9 times more than Japan
0.118
Ranked 148th.
Hindus 524
Ranked 82nd.
5,097
Ranked 64th. 10 times more than Finland
Religious diversity score 0.253
Ranked 152nd.
0.541
Ranked 85th. 2 times more than Finland
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 3.66
Ranked 39th. 2 times more than Japan
1.71
Ranked 95th.
Jews per 1000 0.233
Ranked 59th. 15 times more than Japan
0.0158
Ranked 78th.
Hindus per thousand people 0.0972
Ranked 88th. 2 times more than Japan
0.0399
Ranked 92nd.
Christian > Mormon > Temples 1
Ranked 34th.
2
Ranked 6th. Twice as much as Finland
Christian > Protestant > Quakers 20
Ranked 22nd.
135
Ranked 13th. 7 times more than Finland

SOURCES: Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); 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; 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: 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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