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Religion Stats: compare key data on Iceland & Japan

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STAT Iceland Japan HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 2
Ranked 119th.
281
Ranked 10th. 141 times more than Iceland
Christian > Mormon > Members 265
Ranked 126th.
126,407
Ranked 12th. 477 times more than Iceland
Islam > Percentage Muslim 0.1%
Ranked 148th.
0.2%
Ranked 141st. Twice as much as Iceland
Jehovahs Witnesses 302
Ranked 143th.
218,262
Ranked 6th. 723 times more than Iceland
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 1.05
Ranked 107th.
1.71
Ranked 95th. 63% more than Iceland
Major religion(s) Christianity Shintoism, Buddhism
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 0.1%
Ranked 166th. The same as Japan
0.1%
Ranked 168th.
Religions Lutheran Church of Iceland 82.1%, Roman Catholic Church 2.4%, Reykjavik Free Church 2.3%, Hafnarfjorour Free Church 1.6%, other Christian 2.8%, other religions 0.9%, unaffiliated 2.6%, other or unspecified 5.5% observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%)
Religions > All Lutheran Church of Iceland 85.5%, Reykjavik Free Church 2.1%, Roman Catholic Church 2%, Hafnarfjorour Free Church 1.5%, other Christian 2.7%, other or unspecified 3.8%, unaffiliated 2.4% (2004) observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%)
Religious diversity score 0.191
Ranked 177th.
0.541
Ranked 85th. 3 times more than Iceland
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 563
Ranked 164th.
15,061
Ranked 66th. 27 times more than Iceland
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 1.93
Ranked 88th. 16 times more than Japan
0.118
Ranked 148th.

SOURCES: Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; 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.; 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 .); 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.

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