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Religion Stats: compare key data on Iran & Iraq

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STAT Iran Iraq HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 917.5
Ranked 104th. 56% more than Iraq
589
Ranked 110th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 50
Ranked 164th.
1,300
Ranked 93th. 26 times more than Iran
Christianity > Christians 300,000
Ranked 34th.
1.13 million
Ranked 18th. 4 times more than Iran
Christianity > Percent Christian 0.4%
Ranked 43th.
4%
Ranked 29th. 10 times more than Iran
Islam > Percentage Muslim 99%
Ranked 10th. 2% more than Iraq
97%
Ranked 16th.
Major religion(s) Islam Islam
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 99.6%
Ranked 4th. 1% more than Iraq
98.9%
Ranked 9th.
Muslim > Muslim population 74.82 million
Ranked 7th. 2 times more than Iraq
31.11 million
Ranked 11th.
Religions Muslim 98% (Shia 89%, Sunni 9%), other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i) 2% Muslim 97% (Shia 60%-65%, Sunni 32%-37%), Christian or other 3%
Religions > All Shi'a Muslim 89%, Sunni Muslim 9%, Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i 2% Muslim 97% (Shi'a 60%-65%, Sunni 32%-37%), Christian or other 3%
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 82.5%
Ranked 74th.
86%
Ranked 65th. 4% more than Iran
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 15.5%
Ranked 70th. 48% more than Iraq
10.5%
Ranked 83th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 20
Ranked 200th.
185
Ranked 178th. 9 times more than Iran
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.000288
Ranked 187th.
0.00694
Ranked 181st. 24 times more than Iran
Shia Islam population > Number of Shia muslims 66,000,000 - 70,000,000 19,000,000 - 22,000,000
Jews 25,000
Ranked 24th. 208 times more than Iraq
120
Ranked 88th.
Religious diversity score 0.115
Ranked 193th.
0.484
Ranked 101st. 4 times more than Iran
Religions > Muslim 89%
Ranked 19th.
97%
Ranked 8th. 9% more than Iran
Muslim > Islamist organizations Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran ·   Islamic Iran Participation Front State of Law Coalition ·   National Iraqi Alliance
Jews per 1000 0.392
Ranked 49th. 73 times more than Iraq
0.00536
Ranked 83th.

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; 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.; Miller, Tracy: Mapping the Global Muslim Population A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Muslim Population, Pew Research Center, October 7, 2009.; World Jewish Congress (WJC), 1998; 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: Islamism (Parties and Organizations); 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.

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