×

Religion Stats: compare key data on Finland & South Africa

Definitions

STAT Finland South Africa HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 30
Ranked 50th.
152
Ranked 19th. 5 times more than Finland
Christian > Mormon > Members 4,745
Ranked 65th.
59,807
Ranked 21st. 13 times more than Finland
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population 59,028
Ranked 40th. 40% more than South Africa
42,251
Ranked 7th.

Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 85.1%
Ranked 7th. 25% more than South Africa
68%
Ranked 12th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 0.2%
Ranked 145th.
1.5%
Ranked 111th. 8 times more than Finland
Jehovahs Witnesses 19,044
Ranked 48th.
77,954
Ranked 24th. 4 times more than Finland
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity, Islam, indigenous beliefs
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 0.8%
Ranked 134th.
1.5%
Ranked 116th. 88% more than Finland
Muslim > Muslim population 42,000
Ranked 128th.
737,000
Ranked 77th. 18 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% 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 Lutheran National Church 84.2%, Greek Orthodox in Finland 1.1%, other Christian 1.1%, other 0.1%, none 13.5% (2003) 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 28%
Ranked 134th.
84.5%
Ranked 69th. 3 times more than Finland
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 70%
Ranked 10th. 5 times more than South Africa
15.5%
Ranked 71st.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 5,264
Ranked 96th.
74,151
Ranked 38th. 14 times more than Finland
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 1.01
Ranked 101st.
1.59
Ranked 97th. 58% more than Finland
Jews 1,200
Ranked 60th.
106,000
Ranked 10th. 88 times more than Finland
Hindus 524
Ranked 82nd.
959,000
Ranked 10th. 1830 times more than Finland
Religious diversity score 0.253
Ranked 152nd.
0.86
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Finland
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 3.66
Ranked 39th. 2 times more than South Africa
1.71
Ranked 96th.
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population per thousand people 0.448
Ranked 4th.
0.941
Ranked 11th. 2 times more than Finland

Christian > Protestant > Protestants 4.45 million
Ranked 17th.
30.15 million
Ranked 5th. 7 times more than Finland
Jews per 1000 0.233
Ranked 59th.
2.53
Ranked 20th. 11 times more than Finland
Christian > Catholic > Female catholics 5,543
Ranked 8th.
1.68 million
Ranked 4th. 303 times more than Finland

Hindus per thousand people 0.0972
Ranked 88th.
18.96
Ranked 22nd. 195 times more than Finland
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics 5,097
Ranked 8th.
1.5 million
Ranked 3rd. 295 times more than Finland

Christian > Mormon > Temples 1
Ranked 34th. The same as South Africa
1
Ranked 25th.
Christian > Orthodox > Male orthodox population 25,924
Ranked 2nd. 29% more than South Africa
20,125
Ranked 8th.

Christian > Orthodox > Male orthodox population per thousand people 4.83
Ranked 2nd. 11 times more than South Africa
0.448
Ranked 13th.

Christian > Prostestant > Lutherans 4.39 million
Ranked 8th. 7 times more than South Africa
669,725
Ranked 17th.
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics per thousand people 0.95
Ranked 10th.
33.5
Ranked 8th. 35 times more than Finland

Christian > Orthodox > Female orthodox population 32,525
Ranked 2nd. 47% more than South Africa
22,125
Ranked 8th.

Christian > Prostestant > Lutherans per thousand people 817.97
Ranked 2nd. 61 times more than South Africa
13.4
Ranked 14th.
Christian > Protestant > Quakers 20
Ranked 22nd.
144
Ranked 12th. 7 times more than Finland

Christian > Orthodox > Female orthodox population per thousand people 6.06
Ranked 2nd. 12 times more than South Africa
0.493
Ranked 11th.

Christian > Catholic > Female catholics per thousand people 1.03
Ranked 10th.
37.34
Ranked 12th. 36 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: 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.; 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, )

Citation

Adblocker detected! Please consider reading this notice.

We've detected that you are using AdBlock Plus or some other adblocking software which is preventing the page from fully loading.

We don't have any banner, Flash, animation, obnoxious sound, or popup ad. We do not implement these annoying types of ads!

We need money to operate the site, and almost all of it comes from our online advertising.

Please add www.nationmaster.com to your ad blocking whitelist or disable your adblocking software.

×