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Religion Stats: compare key data on France & Norway

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STAT France Norway HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 896,941.5
Ranked 13th. 22 times more than Norway
40,143
Ranked 34th.
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 108
Ranked 26th. 5 times more than Norway
23
Ranked 61st.
Christian > Mormon > Members 36,968
Ranked 27th. 8 times more than Norway
4,556
Ranked 67th.
Christianity > Regular church attendance 9.8 million
Ranked 2nd. 39 times more than Norway
250,000
Ranked 6th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 7.5%
Ranked 78th. 5 times more than Norway
1.6%
Ranked 110th.
Jehovahs Witnesses 119,131
Ranked 16th. 12 times more than Norway
9,953
Ranked 68th.
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 7.5%
Ranked 77th. 3 times more than Norway
3%
Ranked 101st.
Muslim > Muslim population 4.7 million
Ranked 41st. 33 times more than Norway
144,000
Ranked 109th.
Religions Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated 4% Church of Norway 85.7%, Pentecostal 1%, Roman Catholic 1%, other Christian 2.4%, Muslim 1.8%, other 8.1%
Religions > All Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated 4% Church of Norway 85.7%, Pentecostal 1%, Roman Catholic 1%, other Christian 2.4%, Muslim 1.8%, other 8.1% (2004)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 29.5%
Ranked 133th. 44% more than Norway
20.5%
Ranked 140th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 69.5%
Ranked 12th.
78%
Ranked 4th. 12% more than France
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 10,698
Ranked 77th. 2 times more than Norway
4,697
Ranked 101st.
State religion > Church Roman Catholic Church Church of Norway
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.171
Ranked 140th.
1.02
Ranked 100th. 6 times more than France
Jews 600,000
Ranked 3rd. 400 times more than Norway
1,500
Ranked 57th.
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 1.35%
Ranked 20th. 59% more than Norway
0.85%
Ranked 24th.
Hindus 63,718
Ranked 36th. 3 times more than Norway
23,140
Ranked 45th.
Religious diversity score 0.403
Ranked 126th. 97% more than Norway
0.205
Ranked 170th.
State religion > Denomination Catholic Lutheran
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 1.93
Ranked 88th.
2.19
Ranked 74th. 14% more than France
Religions > Roman Catholic 83%
Ranked 28th. 83 times more than Norway
1%
Ranked 96th.
Religions > Muslim 5%
Ranked 75th. 3 times more than Norway
1.8%
Ranked 91st.
Jews per 1000 9.97
Ranked 5th. 29 times more than Norway
0.338
Ranked 53th.
Hindus per thousand people 0.975
Ranked 58th.
4.67
Ranked 36th. 5 times more than France
Christian > Protestant > Baptist church members per thousand people 0.0997
Ranked 29th.
1.13
Ranked 11th. 11 times more than France
Christian > Protestant > Baptist church members 6,519
Ranked 12th. 16% more than Norway
5,619
Ranked 14th.
Christian > Protestant > Baptist churches 119
Ranked 12th. 34% more than Norway
89
Ranked 14th.
Christian > Protestant > Quakers 71
Ranked 20th.
151
Ranked 15th. 2 times more than France
Christian > Protestant > Baptist churches per million people 1.82
Ranked 32nd.
17.97
Ranked 11th. 10 times more than France

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); Wikipedia: Christianity in Norway (Church attendance); 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; Wikipedia: State religion (Established churches and former state churches); 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.; 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.; 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.; http://www.bwanet.org/about-us2/statistics; 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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