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Religion Stats: compare key data on Indonesia & Malaysia

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STAT Indonesia Malaysia HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 3.04 million
Ranked 10th.
5.78 million
Ranked 6th. 90% more than Indonesia
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 23
Ranked 60th.
33
Ranked 47th. 43% more than Indonesia
Christian > Mormon > Members 6,904
Ranked 56th.
8,967
Ranked 53th. 30% more than Indonesia
Christianity > Christians 27.66 million
Ranked 4th. 11 times more than Malaysia
2.56 million
Ranked 12th.
Christianity > Percent Christian 12%
Ranked 13th. 30% more than Malaysia
9.2%
Ranked 17th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 88.22%
Ranked 30th. 46% more than Malaysia
60.4%
Ranked 44th.
Jehovahs Witnesses 18,576
Ranked 50th. 7 times more than Malaysia
2,615
Ranked 98th.
Major religion(s) Islam Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 86.1%
Ranked 34th. 40% more than Malaysia
61.4%
Ranked 43th.
Muslim > Muslim population 244.85 million
Ranked 1st. 14 times more than Malaysia
17.14 million
Ranked 20th.
Religions Muslim 86.1%, Protestant 5.7%, Roman Catholic 3%, Hindu 1.8%, other or unspecified 3.4% 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 Muslim 88%, Protestant 5%, Roman Catholic 3%, Hindu 2%, Buddhist 1%, other 1% (1998) Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 99%
Ranked 4th. 4% more than Malaysia
95.5%
Ranked 27th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 1%
Ranked 141st.
3.5%
Ranked 121st. 4 times more than Indonesia
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 191,800
Ranked 24th. 4 times more than Malaysia
42,919
Ranked 50th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.867
Ranked 103th.
1.69
Ranked 92nd. 95% more than Indonesia
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 1.21%
Ranked 21st.
19.5%
Ranked 9th. 16 times more than Indonesia
Hindus 4.69 million
Ranked 5th. 3 times more than Malaysia
1.63 million
Ranked 8th.
Religious diversity score 0.234
Ranked 158th.
0.666
Ranked 37th. 3 times more than Indonesia
Hindu percent of population 2%
Ranked 13th.
7%
Ranked 9th. 4 times more than Indonesia
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 0.0864
Ranked 142nd.
0.107
Ranked 138th. 24% more than Indonesia
Muslim > Islamist organizations Nahdlatul Ulama ·   Muhammadiyah ·   United Development Party ·   Prosperous Justice Party ·   National Awakening Party Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party ·   United Malays National Organisation
Hindus per thousand people 19.25
Ranked 21st.
56.68
Ranked 13th. 3 times more than Indonesia
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Av bible studies 27,740
Ranked 5th. 4 times more than Malaysia
7,207
Ranked 9th.

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; 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.; 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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