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Religion Stats: compare key data on Ghana & Nigeria

Definitions

  • Buddhism > Buddhists: Amount of Buddhist residents.
  • Christian > Mormon > Congregations: Total Congregations.
  • Christian > Mormon > Members: Membership.
  • Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent: Protestant.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Islam > Percentage Muslim: Percent of Muslims in each country.
  • Major religion(s): Country major religions.
  • Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population: Muslim percentage (%) of total population 2014 Pew Report.
  • Muslim > Muslim population: Muslim population 2014 Pew Report.
  • 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.
  • Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important: Percentage of population surveyed in a Gallup Poll who answered the question “Is religion important in your daily life?” with “yes”. (Other possible answers were “no”, “don’t know” and “refuse to answer”).
  • Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant: Percentage of population who says religion is not important in their daily lives. The survey was carried out within the Gallup Poll.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Christian > Protestant > Protestants: Protestants.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Religions > Muslim: Percent of population who are Muslims. Note: categories sometimes vary from country to country, extracted from CIA data.
  • Catholic > Cardinals: The Cardinal Electors are those members of the College of Cardinals who have not reached their 80th Birthday on the day on which a Pope dies. That is, if they turn 80 years of age before the Pope dies, or on the day he dies, they are ineligible to vote in the Conclave to elect his successor. However, if they turn 80 years of age the day after the Pope dies they are eligible. Interestingly, even if they cannot vote they can be elected. As of Wednesday, April 20, 2005, there are 183 Cardinals from 66 different countries, 117 of whom are eligible to vote and 66 of whom are ineligible.
  • Christian > Mormon > Temples: Temples.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

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  • Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Congregations: Congregations.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Catholic > Cardinals per million: The Cardinal Electors are those members of the College of Cardinals who have not reached their 80th Birthday on the day on which a Pope dies. That is, if they turn 80 years of age before the Pope dies, or on the day he dies, they are ineligible to vote in the Conclave to elect his successor. However, if they turn 80 years of age the day after the Pope dies they are eligible. Interestingly, even if they cannot vote they can be elected. As of Wednesday, April 20, 2005, there are 183 Cardinals from 66 different countries, 117 of whom are eligible to vote and 66 of whom are ineligible. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Catholic > Cardinal electors: The Cardinal Electors are those members of the College of Cardinals who have not reached their 80th Birthday on the day on which a Pope dies. That is, if they turn 80 years of age before the Pope dies, or on the day he dies, they are ineligible to vote in the Conclave to elect his successor. However, if they turn 80 years of age the day after the Pope dies they are eligible. Interestingly, even if they cannot vote they can be elected. As of Wednesday, April 20, 2005, there are 183 Cardinals from 66 different countries, 117 of whom are cardinal electors (eligible to vote) and 66 of whom are ineligible.
  • Christianity > Orthodox > Coptic population: Coptic orthodox population in countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.
  • Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Memorial attendance: Memorial Attendance.

    No date was available from the Wikipedia article, so we used the date of retrieval.

  • Catholic > Cardinal electors per million: The Cardinal Electors are those members of the College of Cardinals who have not reached their 80th Birthday on the day on which a Pope dies. That is, if they turn 80 years of age before the Pope dies, or on the day he dies, they are ineligible to vote in the Conclave to elect his successor. However, if they turn 80 years of age the day after the Pope dies they are eligible. Interestingly, even if they cannot vote they can be elected. As of Wednesday, April 20, 2005, there are 183 Cardinals from 66 different countries, 117 of whom are cardinal electors (eligible to vote) and 66 of whom are ineligible. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Catholic > Cardinals > Per $ GDP: The Cardinal Electors are those members of the College of Cardinals who have not reached their 80th Birthday on the day on which a Pope dies. That is, if they turn 80 years of age before the Pope dies, or on the day he dies, they are ineligible to vote in the Conclave to elect his successor. However, if they turn 80 years of age the day after the Pope dies they are eligible. Interestingly, even if they cannot vote they can be elected. As of Wednesday, April 20, 2005, there are 183 Cardinals from 66 different countries, 117 of whom are eligible to vote and 66 of whom are ineligible. Per $ GDP figures expressed per 14.1 billion $ gross domestic product.
  • Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Publishers: Publishers.

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STAT Ghana Nigeria HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 841.5
Ranked 105th.
10,795.5
Ranked 57th. 13 times more than Ghana
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 148
Ranked 20th.
350
Ranked 6th. 2 times more than Ghana
Christian > Mormon > Members 57,000
Ranked 22nd.
118,000
Ranked 14th. 2 times more than Ghana
Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 33%
Ranked 34th. 25% more than Nigeria
26.5%
Ranked 42nd.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 16%
Ranked 66th.
50%
Ranked 49th. 3 times more than Ghana
Jehovahs Witnesses 78,002
Ranked 23th.
276,756
Ranked 4th. 4 times more than Ghana
Major religion(s) Christianity, indigenous beliefs, Islam Islam, Christianity, indigenous beliefs
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 16.1%
Ranked 63th.
47.9%
Ranked 49th. 3 times more than Ghana
Muslim > Muslim population 3.91 million
Ranked 46th.
75.73 million
Ranked 6th. 19 times more than Ghana
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% Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10%
Religions > All Christian 63%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 21% Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10%
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 94.5%
Ranked 33th.
95.5%
Ranked 26th. 1% more than Ghana
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 5%
Ranked 111th. Twice as much as Nigeria
2.5%
Ranked 132nd.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 304,010
Ranked 14th. 33% more than Nigeria
228,705
Ranked 18th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 14.59
Ranked 39th. 9 times more than Nigeria
1.68
Ranked 93th.
Religious diversity score 0.799
Ranked 6th. 8% more than Nigeria
0.742
Ranked 15th.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 3.94
Ranked 35th. 84% more than Nigeria
2.14
Ranked 81st.
Christian > Protestant > Protestants 6.94 million
Ranked 12th.
34.12 million
Ranked 3rd. 5 times more than Ghana
Religions > Muslim 16%
Ranked 56th.
50%
Ranked 39th. 3 times more than Ghana
Catholic > Cardinals 1
Ranked 34th.
2
Ranked 23th. Twice as much as Ghana
Christian > Mormon > Temples 1
Ranked 19th. The same as Nigeria
1
Ranked 31st.
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Congregations 1,594
Ranked 5th.
5,605
Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than Ghana
Catholic > Cardinals per million 0.0468
Ranked 44th. 3 times more than Nigeria
0.0143
Ranked 61st.
Catholic > Cardinal electors 1
Ranked 25th.
2
Ranked 16th. Twice as much as Ghana
Christianity > Orthodox > Coptic population N/A 160 families (or 600 people)
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Memorial attendance 290,127
Ranked 4th.
673,264
Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than Ghana
Catholic > Cardinal electors per million 0.0468
Ranked 32nd. 3 times more than Nigeria
0.0143
Ranked 47th.
Catholic > Cardinals > Per $ GDP 0.292 per $14.1 billion
Ranked 21st. 30% more than Nigeria
0.224 per $14.1 billion
Ranked 27th.
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Publishers 113,896
Ranked 3rd.
344,342
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Ghana

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.; 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.; Catholic.com - College of Cardinals; Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics (Caribbean); Wikipedia: Jehovah's Witnesses by country (Africa); Catholic.com - College of Cardinals. 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: Coptic Orthodox Church in Africa (Coptic Orthodoxy in Sub-Saharan Africa)

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