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Religion Stats: compare key data on Ghana & Kenya

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STAT Ghana Kenya HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 841.5
Ranked 105th.
2,248.5
Ranked 87th. 3 times more than Ghana
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 148
Ranked 20th. 4 times more than Kenya
41
Ranked 38th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 57,000
Ranked 22nd. 5 times more than Kenya
11,869
Ranked 42nd.
Hindus 11,466
Ranked 50th.
369,137
Ranked 16th. 32 times more than Ghana
Islam > Percentage Muslim 16%
Ranked 66th. 2 times more than Kenya
7%
Ranked 80th.
Jehovahs Witnesses 78,002
Ranked 23th. 4 times more than Kenya
20,286
Ranked 47th.
Major religion(s) Christianity, indigenous beliefs, Islam Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 16.1%
Ranked 63th. 2 times more than Kenya
7%
Ranked 79th.
Muslim > Muslim population 3.91 million
Ranked 46th. 36% more than Kenya
2.87 million
Ranked 51st.
Religions Christian 68.8% (Pentecostal/Charismatic 24.1%, Protestant 18.6%, Catholic 15.1%, other 11%), Muslim 15.9%, traditional 8.5%, other 0.7%, none 6.1% Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, Muslim 10%, indigenous beliefs 10%, other 2%; <i>note:</i> a large majority of Kenyans are Christian, but estimates for the percentage of the population that adheres to Islam or indigenous beliefs vary widely
Religions > All Christian 63%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 21% Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, indigenous beliefs 10%, Muslim 10%, other 2%
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 94.5%
Ranked 33th. 1% more than Kenya
94%
Ranked 37th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 5%
Ranked 111th.
6%
Ranked 100th. 20% more than Ghana
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 304,010
Ranked 14th.
530,341
Ranked 7th. 74% more than Ghana
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 14.59
Ranked 39th.
15.22
Ranked 38th. 4% more than Ghana
Religious diversity score 0.799
Ranked 6th. 3% more than Kenya
0.776
Ranked 13th.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 3.94
Ranked 35th. 6 times more than Kenya
0.615
Ranked 124th.
Religions > Muslim 16%
Ranked 56th. 60% more than Kenya
10%
Ranked 66th.
Hindus per thousand people 0.462
Ranked 74th.
8.78
Ranked 31st. 19 times more than Ghana
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Congregations 1,594
Ranked 5th. 3 times more than Kenya
566
Ranked 11th.
Christianity > Orthodox > Coptic population N/A ~2000 families (or 8000 people)
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Memorial attendance 290,127
Ranked 4th. 5 times more than Kenya
60,162
Ranked 13th.
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Publishers 113,896
Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than Kenya
25,417
Ranked 11th.

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html; 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.; 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.; 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: Jehovah's Witnesses by country (Africa); Wikipedia: Coptic Orthodox Church in Africa (Coptic Orthodoxy in Sub-Saharan Africa)

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