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Religion Stats: compare key data on Germany & United Kingdom

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STAT Germany United Kingdom HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 588,317.5
Ranked 16th. 16% more than United Kingdom
507,164.5
Ranked 19th.
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 171
Ranked 16th.
332
Ranked 7th. 94% more than Germany
Christian > Mormon > Members 38,739
Ranked 26th.
188,462
Ranked 7th. 5 times more than Germany
Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 38%
Ranked 29th.
60%
Ranked 18th. 58% more than Germany
Islam > Percentage Muslim 3.7%
Ranked 95th. 37% more than United Kingdom
2.7%
Ranked 101st.
Jehovahs Witnesses 164,593
Ranked 7th. 29% more than United Kingdom
127,206
Ranked 13th.
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 5%
Ranked 88th. 9% more than United Kingdom
4.6%
Ranked 92nd.
Muslim > Muslim population 4.12 million
Ranked 43th. 44% more than United Kingdom
2.87 million
Ranked 50th.
Religions Protestant 34%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 3.7%, unaffiliated or other 28.3% Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1%
Religions > All Protestant 34%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 3.7%, unaffiliated or other 28.3% 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 40.5%
Ranked 119th. 53% more than United Kingdom
26.5%
Ranked 135th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 59%
Ranked 20th.
73%
Ranked 9th. 24% more than Germany
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 36,030
Ranked 51st. 50% more than United Kingdom
24,083
Ranked 59th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.437
Ranked 118th. 9% more than United Kingdom
0.402
Ranked 122nd.
Jews 60,000
Ranked 13th.
300,000
Ranked 7th. 5 times more than Germany
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 0.725%
Ranked 28th.
0.8%
Ranked 26th. 10% more than Germany
Hindus 98,057
Ranked 34th.
832,000
Ranked 13th. 8 times more than Germany
Secularism and atheism > Does not believe in spirit, God or life force 27%
Ranked 6th. 8% more than United Kingdom
25%
Ranked 9th.
Religious diversity score 0.657
Ranked 44th.
0.694
Ranked 27th. 6% more than Germany
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 2
Ranked 86th.
2.14
Ranked 80th. 7% more than Germany
Christian > Protestant > Protestants 31.32 million
Ranked 4th.
36 million
Ranked 2nd. 15% more than Germany
Religions > Muslim 3.7%
Ranked 85th. 37% more than United Kingdom
2.7%
Ranked 86th.
Jews per 1000 0.731
Ranked 38th.
5.13
Ranked 14th. 7 times more than Germany
Secularism and atheism > Believes there is a god 44%
Ranked 14th. 19% more than United Kingdom
37%
Ranked 17th.
Secularism and atheism > Believes in spirit or life force 25%
Ranked 16th.
33%
Ranked 13th. 32% more than Germany
Hindus per thousand people 1.2
Ranked 50th.
13.26
Ranked 26th. 11 times more than Germany
Christian > Protestant > Baptist church members per thousand people 1.08
Ranked 13th.
2.48
Ranked 6th. 2 times more than Germany
Christian > Mormon > Temples 2
Ranked 3rd. The same as United Kingdom
2
Ranked 4th.
Christian > Protestant > Baptist church members 88,571
Ranked 4th.
155,891
Ranked 1st. 76% more than Germany
Christian > Protestant > Baptist churches 884
Ranked 4th.
2,590
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Germany
Christian > Protestant > Baptist churches per million people 10.81
Ranked 16th.
41.27
Ranked 7th. 4 times more than Germany

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.; 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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