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Religion Stats: compare key data on India & Malaysia

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STAT India Malaysia HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 40
Ranked 40th. 21% more than Malaysia
33
Ranked 47th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 10,958
Ranked 46th. 22% more than Malaysia
8,967
Ranked 53th.
Christianity > Christians 26.4 million
Ranked 5th. 10 times more than Malaysia
2.56 million
Ranked 12th.
Christianity > Percent Christian 2.3%
Ranked 32nd.
9.2%
Ranked 17th. 4 times more than India
Islam > Percentage Muslim 13.4%
Ranked 72nd.
60.4%
Ranked 44th. 5 times more than India
Jehovahs Witnesses 26,333
Ranked 38th. 10 times more than Malaysia
2,615
Ranked 98th.
Major religion(s) Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Buddhism Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 14.4%
Ranked 66th.
61.4%
Ranked 43th. 4 times more than India
Muslim > Muslim population 217.29 million
Ranked 2nd. 13 times more than Malaysia
17.14 million
Ranked 20th.
Religions Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1% 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 Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1% (2001 census) Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 79%
Ranked 79th.
95.5%
Ranked 27th. 21% more than India
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 17%
Ranked 66th. 5 times more than Malaysia
3.5%
Ranked 121st.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 917,207
Ranked 3rd. 21 times more than Malaysia
42,919
Ranked 50th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.826
Ranked 104th.
1.69
Ranked 92nd. 2 times more than India
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 1.9%
Ranked 18th.
19.5%
Ranked 9th. 10 times more than India
Hindus 1.01 billion
Ranked 1st. 620 times more than Malaysia
1.63 million
Ranked 8th.
Religious diversity score 0.326
Ranked 141st.
0.666
Ranked 37th. 2 times more than India
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 0.0245
Ranked 153th.
0.107
Ranked 138th. 4 times more than India
Muslim > Islamist organizations Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party ·   United Malays National Organisation
Hindus per thousand people 827.1
Ranked 2nd. 15 times more than Malaysia
56.68
Ranked 13th.
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Av bible studies 40,085
Ranked 4th. 6 times more than Malaysia
7,207
Ranked 9th.

SOURCES: 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; 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: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html; 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: Islamism (Parties and Organizations); https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html. 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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