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Religion Stats: compare key data on Finland & New Zealand

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STAT Finland New Zealand HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 30
Ranked 50th.
207
Ranked 14th. 7 times more than Finland
Christian > Mormon > Members 4,745
Ranked 65th.
107,511
Ranked 15th. 23 times more than Finland
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population 59,028
Ranked 40th. 4 times more than New Zealand
13,194
Ranked 3rd.

Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 85.1%
Ranked 7th. 81% more than New Zealand
47%
Ranked 23th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 0.2%
Ranked 145th. 18% more than New Zealand
0.17%
Ranked 146th.
Jehovahs Witnesses 19,044
Ranked 48th. 42% more than New Zealand
13,427
Ranked 62nd.
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 0.8%
Ranked 134th.
0.9%
Ranked 127th. 13% more than Finland
Muslim > Muslim population 42,000
Ranked 128th. 2% more than New Zealand
41,000
Ranked 129th.
Religions Lutheran Church of Finland 82.5%, Orthodox Church 1.1%, other Christian 1.1%, other 0.1%, none 15.1% Anglican 13.8%, Roman Catholic 12.6%, Presbyterian, Congregational, and Reformed 10%, Christian (no denomination specified) 4.6%, Methodist 3%, Pentecostal 2%, Baptist 1.4%, other Christian 3.8%, Maori Christian 1.6%, Hindu 1.6%, Buddhist 1.3%, other religions 2.2%, none 32.2%, other or unidentified 9.9%
Religions > All Lutheran National Church 84.2%, Greek Orthodox in Finland 1.1%, other Christian 1.1%, other 0.1%, none 13.5% (2003) Anglican 14.9%, Roman Catholic 12.4%, Presbyterian 10.9%, Methodist 2.9%, Pentecostal 1.7%, Baptist 1.3%, other Christian 9.4%, other 3.3%, unspecified 17.2%, none 26% (2001 census)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 28%
Ranked 134th.
33%
Ranked 128th. 18% more than Finland
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 70%
Ranked 10th. 6% more than New Zealand
66%
Ranked 14th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 5,264
Ranked 96th.
11,376
Ranked 74th. 2 times more than Finland
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 1.01
Ranked 101st.
2.78
Ranked 78th. 3 times more than Finland
Jews 1,200
Ranked 60th.
5,000
Ranked 44th. 4 times more than Finland
Hindus 524
Ranked 82nd.
41,158
Ranked 41st. 79 times more than Finland
Religious diversity score 0.253
Ranked 152nd.
0.811
Ranked 5th. 3 times more than Finland
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 3.66
Ranked 39th. 8% more than New Zealand
3.4
Ranked 49th.
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population per thousand people 0.448
Ranked 4th.
3.15
Ranked 2nd. 7 times more than Finland

Christian > Protestant > Protestants 4.45 million
Ranked 17th. 2 times more than New Zealand
1.9 million
Ranked 28th.
Jews per 1000 0.233
Ranked 59th.
1.31
Ranked 30th. 6 times more than Finland
Christian > Catholic > Urban catholics 9,645
Ranked 4th.
447,039
Ranked 3rd. 46 times more than Finland

Christian > Catholic > Female catholics 5,543
Ranked 8th.
271,884
Ranked 3rd. 49 times more than Finland

Hindus per thousand people 0.0972
Ranked 88th.
9.34
Ranked 28th. 96 times more than Finland
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics 5,097
Ranked 8th.
236,553
Ranked 3rd. 46 times more than Finland

Christian > Mormon > Temples 1
Ranked 34th. The same as New Zealand
1
Ranked 8th.
Christian > Orthodox > Male orthodox population 25,924
Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than New Zealand
6,210
Ranked 3rd.

Christian > Orthodox > Male orthodox population per thousand people 4.83
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than New Zealand
1.48
Ranked 3rd.

Christian > Orthodox > Urban orthodox population 41,974
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than New Zealand
12,828
Ranked 3rd.

Christian > Catholic > Male catholics per thousand people 0.95
Ranked 10th.
56.53
Ranked 4th. 59 times more than Finland

Christian > Catholic > Rural catholics 995
Ranked 5th.
61,398
Ranked 4th. 62 times more than Finland

Christian > Orthodox > Female orthodox population 32,525
Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than New Zealand
6,981
Ranked 3rd.

Christian > Orthodox > Rural orthodox population 16,475
Ranked 2nd. 45 times more than New Zealand
363
Ranked 2nd.

Christian > Orthodox > Urban female orthodox population 1,350
Ranked 2nd.
6,783
Ranked 3rd. 5 times more than Finland

Christian > Orthodox > Rural male orthodox population 7,834
Ranked 2nd. 47 times more than New Zealand
168
Ranked 2nd.

Christian > Orthodox > Rural female orthodox population per thousand people 0.0097
Ranked 3rd.
0.0473
Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than Finland

Christian > Protestant > Quakers 20
Ranked 22nd.
656
Ranked 10th. 33 times more than Finland
Christian > Catholic > Urban male catholics per thousand people 0.865
Ranked 6th.
49.25
Ranked 2nd. 57 times more than Finland

Christian > Orthodox > Female orthodox population per thousand people 6.06
Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than New Zealand
1.67
Ranked 3rd.

Christian > Catholic > Female catholics per thousand people 1.03
Ranked 10th.
64.97
Ranked 4th. 63 times more than Finland

Christian > Orthodox > Rural male orthodox population per thousand people 1.46
Ranked 2nd. 36 times more than New Zealand
0.0401
Ranked 2nd.

Christian > Catholic > Rural female catholics 535
Ranked 5th.
30,945
Ranked 3rd. 58 times more than Finland

Christian > Orthodox > Rural female orthodox population 52
Ranked 3rd.
198
Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than Finland

Christian > Orthodox > Urban female orthodox population per thousand people 0.252
Ranked 3rd.
1.62
Ranked 2nd. 6 times more than Finland

Christian > Orthodox > Rural orthodox population per thousand people 3.07
Ranked 2nd. 35 times more than New Zealand
0.0867
Ranked 2nd.

Christian > Catholic > Rural catholics per thousand people 0.186
Ranked 5th.
14.67
Ranked 5th. 79 times more than Finland

Christian > Orthodox > Urban orthodox population per thousand people 7.83
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than New Zealand
3.07
Ranked 2nd.

Christian > Catholic > Urban catholics per thousand people 1.8
Ranked 6th.
106.83
Ranked 2nd. 59 times more than Finland

Christian > Catholic > Urban female catholics 5,008
Ranked 4th.
240,942
Ranked 4th. 48 times more than Finland

Christian > Catholic > Urban male catholics 4,637
Ranked 5th.
206,100
Ranked 3rd. 44 times more than Finland

Christian > Catholic > Rural male catholics per thousand people 0.0858
Ranked 5th.
7.28
Ranked 4th. 85 times more than Finland

Christian > Catholic > Rural female catholics per thousand people 0.0998
Ranked 5th.
7.39
Ranked 4th. 74 times more than Finland

Christian > Catholic > Rural male catholics 460
Ranked 5th.
30,453
Ranked 3rd. 66 times more than Finland

Christian > Orthodox > Urban male orthodox population per thousand people 0.178
Ranked 3rd.
1.44
Ranked 3rd. 8 times more than Finland

Christian > Catholic > Urban female catholics per thousand people 0.934
Ranked 6th.
57.58
Ranked 3rd. 62 times more than Finland

Christian > Orthodox > Urban male orthodox population 954
Ranked 2nd.
6,042
Ranked 3rd. 6 times more than Finland

SOURCES: Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; Wikipedia: Protestantism by country (Top sixty countries by number and percentage of Protestants); 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; 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; 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.; 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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