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Religion Stats: compare key data on Iceland & United Kingdom

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STAT Iceland United Kingdom HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 946
Ranked 103th.
507,164.5
Ranked 19th. 536 times more than Iceland
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 0.3%
Ranked 47th.
0.8%
Ranked 26th. 3 times more than Iceland
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 2
Ranked 119th.
332
Ranked 7th. 166 times more than Iceland
Christian > Mormon > Members 265
Ranked 126th.
188,462
Ranked 7th. 711 times more than Iceland
Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 91%
Ranked 2nd. 52% more than United Kingdom
60%
Ranked 18th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 0.1%
Ranked 148th.
2.7%
Ranked 101st. 27 times more than Iceland
Jehovahs Witnesses 302
Ranked 143th.
127,206
Ranked 13th. 421 times more than Iceland
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 1.05
Ranked 107th.
2.14
Ranked 80th. 2 times more than Iceland
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 0.1%
Ranked 166th.
4.6%
Ranked 92nd. 46 times more than Iceland
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% Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1%
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) Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1% (2001 census)
Religious diversity score 0.191
Ranked 177th.
0.694
Ranked 27th. 4 times more than Iceland
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 563
Ranked 164th.
24,083
Ranked 59th. 43 times more than Iceland
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 1.93
Ranked 88th. 5 times more than United Kingdom
0.402
Ranked 122nd.
Christian > Protestant > Protestants 270,031
Ranked 46th.
36 million
Ranked 2nd. 133 times more than Iceland

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; 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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