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Religion Stats: compare key data on Finland & United Kingdom

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STAT Finland United Kingdom HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 5,266
Ranked 75th.
507,164.5
Ranked 19th. 96 times more than Finland
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 30
Ranked 50th.
332
Ranked 7th. 11 times more than Finland
Christian > Mormon > Members 4,745
Ranked 65th.
188,462
Ranked 7th. 40 times more than Finland
Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 85.1%
Ranked 7th. 42% more than United Kingdom
60%
Ranked 18th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 0.2%
Ranked 145th.
2.7%
Ranked 101st. 14 times more than Finland
Jehovahs Witnesses 19,044
Ranked 48th.
127,206
Ranked 13th. 7 times more than Finland
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 0.8%
Ranked 134th.
4.6%
Ranked 92nd. 6 times more than Finland
Muslim > Muslim population 42,000
Ranked 128th.
2.87 million
Ranked 50th. 68 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% Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1%
Religions > All Lutheran National Church 84.2%, Greek Orthodox in Finland 1.1%, other Christian 1.1%, other 0.1%, none 13.5% (2003) Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1% (2001 census)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 28%
Ranked 134th. 6% more than United Kingdom
26.5%
Ranked 135th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 70%
Ranked 10th.
73%
Ranked 9th. 4% more than Finland
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 5,264
Ranked 96th.
24,083
Ranked 59th. 5 times more than Finland
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 1.01
Ranked 101st. 3 times more than United Kingdom
0.402
Ranked 122nd.
Jews 1,200
Ranked 60th.
300,000
Ranked 7th. 250 times more than Finland
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 0.1%
Ranked 87th.
0.8%
Ranked 26th. 8 times more than Finland
Hindus 524
Ranked 82nd.
832,000
Ranked 13th. 1588 times more than Finland
Secularism and atheism > Does not believe in spirit, God or life force 22%
Ranked 12th.
25%
Ranked 9th. 14% more than Finland
Religious diversity score 0.253
Ranked 152nd.
0.694
Ranked 27th. 3 times more than Finland
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 3.66
Ranked 39th. 71% more than United Kingdom
2.14
Ranked 80th.
Christian > Protestant > Protestants 4.45 million
Ranked 17th.
36 million
Ranked 2nd. 8 times more than Finland
Muslim > Islamist organizations Finnish Islamic Party Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah ·   Islam4UK
Jews per 1000 0.233
Ranked 59th.
5.13
Ranked 14th. 22 times more than Finland
Secularism and atheism > Believes there is a god 33%
Ranked 20th.
37%
Ranked 17th. 12% more than Finland
Secularism and atheism > Believes in spirit or life force 42%
Ranked 7th. 27% more than United Kingdom
33%
Ranked 13th.
Hindus per thousand people 0.0972
Ranked 88th.
13.26
Ranked 26th. 136 times more than Finland
Christian > Protestant > Baptist church members per thousand people 0.435
Ranked 19th.
2.48
Ranked 6th. 6 times more than Finland
Christian > Mormon > Temples 1
Ranked 34th.
2
Ranked 4th. Twice as much as Finland
Christian > Protestant > Baptist church members 2,345
Ranked 25th.
155,891
Ranked 1st. 66 times more than Finland
Christian > Protestant > Baptist churches 32
Ranked 26th.
2,590
Ranked 1st. 81 times more than Finland
Christian > Protestant > Baptist churches per million people 5.94
Ranked 19th.
41.27
Ranked 7th. 7 times more than Finland

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); 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; 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.; Wikipedia: Islamism (Parties and Organizations); 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.; http://www.bwanet.org/about-us2/statistics. 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); http://www.bwanet.org/about-us2/statistics

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