Religion Stats: compare key data on French Polynesia & Malaysia

Buddhism > Buddhists: Amount of Buddhist residents.
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist: Percentage of population that is Buddhist.
Christian > Mormon > Congregations: Total Congregations.
Christian > Mormon > Members: Membership.
Major religion(s): Country major religions.
Religions: This entry includes a rank ordering of religions by adherents starting with the largest group and sometimes includes the percent of total population.
Religions > All: This entry includes a rank ordering of religions by adherents starting with the largest group and sometimes includes the percent of total population.
Religious diversity score: The probability of two people chosen at random having different religions. For instance, if you take two people from anywhere in the country of South Africa, there's an 86% chance they will be of different religious sects or different religions altogether.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership: This entry lists Seventh-day Adventist membership worldwide as of 2004. Membership is defined as baptised and active.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000: This entry lists Seventh-day Adventist membership worldwide as of 2004. Membership is defined as baptised and active. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.

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STAT	French Polynesia	Malaysia
Buddhism > Buddhists	20,922 Ranked 45th.	5.78 million Ranked 6th. 276 times more than French Polynesia
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist	0.5% Ranked 38th.	19.5% Ranked 9th. 39 times more than French Polynesia
Christian > Mormon > Congregations	83 Ranked 30th. 3 times more than Malaysia	33 Ranked 47th.
Christian > Mormon > Members	22,659 Ranked 32nd. 3 times more than Malaysia	8,967 Ranked 53th.
Major religion(s)	Christian	Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism
Religions	Protestant 54%, Roman Catholic 30%, other 10%, no religion 6%	Muslim 60.4%, Buddhist 19.2%, Christian 9.1%, Hindu 6.3%, Confucianism, Taoism, other traditional Chinese religions 2.6%, other or unknown 1.5%, none 0.8%
Religions > All	Protestant 54%, Roman Catholic 30%, other 10%, no religion 6%	Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia
Religious diversity score	0.581 Ranked 69th.	0.666 Ranked 37th. 15% more than French Polynesia
Seventh-day Adventist Membership	4,565 Ranked 104th.	42,919 Ranked 50th. 9 times more than French Polynesia
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000	18.13 Ranked 33th. 11 times more than Malaysia	1.69 Ranked 92nd.

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006; 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 .); 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.

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