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Religion Stats: compare key data on Hong Kong & Malaysia

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STAT Hong Kong Malaysia HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 3.77 million
Ranked 8th.
5.78 million
Ranked 6th. 53% more than Hong Kong
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 33
Ranked 46th. The same as Malaysia
33
Ranked 47th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 24,188
Ranked 30th. 3 times more than Malaysia
8,967
Ranked 53th.
Christianity > Christians 833,333
Ranked 23th.
2.56 million
Ranked 12th. 3 times more than Hong Kong
Christianity > Percent Christian 11.7%
Ranked 14th. 27% more than Malaysia
9.2%
Ranked 17th.
Jehovahs Witnesses 4,654
Ranked 81st. 78% more than Malaysia
2,615
Ranked 98th.
Major religion(s) Buddhism, Taoism Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 1.3%
Ranked 119th.
61.4%
Ranked 43th. 47 times more than Hong Kong
Muslim > Muslim population 91,000
Ranked 115th.
17.14 million
Ranked 20th. 188 times more than Hong Kong
Religions eclectic mixture of local religions 90%, Christian 10% 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 eclectic mixture of local religions 90%, Christian 10% Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 23%
Ranked 138th.
95.5%
Ranked 27th. 4 times more than Hong Kong
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 75.5%
Ranked 5th. 22 times more than Malaysia
3.5%
Ranked 121st.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 4,065
Ranked 109th.
42,919
Ranked 50th. 11 times more than Hong Kong
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.599
Ranked 108th.
1.69
Ranked 92nd. 3 times more than Hong Kong
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 52.5%
Ranked 6th. 3 times more than Malaysia
19.5%
Ranked 9th.
Religious diversity score 0.419
Ranked 121st.
0.666
Ranked 37th. 59% more than Hong Kong
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 0.69
Ranked 121st. 6 times more than Malaysia
0.107
Ranked 138th.
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Av bible studies 6,718
Ranked 11th.
7,207
Ranked 9th. 7% more than Hong Kong

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_by_country#Sovereign_states; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_by_country#Sovereign_states; 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.; Wikipedia: Jehovah's Witnesses by country (Asia)

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