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Religion Stats: compare key data on Hong Kong & United States

Definitions

  • Christian > Mormon > Congregations: Total Congregations.
  • Christian > Mormon > Members: Membership.
  • Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Jews per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Christian > Mormon > Temples: Temples.

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STAT Hong Kong United States HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 33
Ranked 46th.
13,742
Ranked 1st. 416 times more than Hong Kong
Christian > Mormon > Members 24,188
Ranked 30th.
6.32 million
Ranked 1st. 261 times more than Hong Kong
Jehovahs Witnesses 4,654
Ranked 81st.
1.04 million
Ranked 1st. 223 times more than Hong Kong
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 0.69
Ranked 121st.
3.6
Ranked 42nd. 5 times more than Hong Kong
Jews 2,500
Ranked 51st.
5.8 million
Ranked 1st. 2320 times more than Hong Kong
Major religion(s) Buddhism, Taoism Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 1.3%
Ranked 119th. 63% more than United States
0.8%
Ranked 132nd.
Muslim > Muslim population 91,000
Ranked 115th.
2.6 million
Ranked 54th. 29 times more than Hong Kong
Religions eclectic mixture of local religions 90%, Christian 10% Protestant 51.3%, Roman Catholic 23.9%, Mormon 1.7%, other Christian 1.6%, Jewish 1.7%, Buddhist 0.7%, Muslim 0.6%, other or unspecified 2.5%, unaffiliated 12.1%, none 4%
Religions > All eclectic mixture of local religions 90%, Christian 10% Protestant 52%, Roman Catholic 24%, Mormon 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 1%, other 10%, none 10% (2002 est.)
Religious diversity score 0.419
Ranked 121st.
0.824
Ranked 2nd. 97% more than Hong Kong
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 23%
Ranked 138th.
65%
Ranked 100th. 3 times more than Hong Kong
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 75.5%
Ranked 5th. 2 times more than United States
34.5%
Ranked 42nd.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 4,065
Ranked 109th.
948,892
Ranked 2nd. 233 times more than Hong Kong
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.599
Ranked 108th.
3.24
Ranked 73th. 5 times more than Hong Kong
Jews per 1000 0.382
Ranked 50th.
21.03
Ranked 3rd. 55 times more than Hong Kong
Christian > Mormon > Temples 1
Ranked 27th.
80
Ranked 1st. 80 times more than Hong Kong

SOURCES: Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide; 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; 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: 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 .); 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. 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)

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