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Religion Stats: compare key data on Iran & Malaysia

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STAT Iran Malaysia HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 917.5
Ranked 104th.
5.78 million
Ranked 6th. 6297 times more than Iran
Christian > Mormon > Members 50
Ranked 164th.
8,967
Ranked 53th. 179 times more than Iran
Christianity > Christians 300,000
Ranked 34th.
2.56 million
Ranked 12th. 9 times more than Iran
Christianity > Percent Christian 0.4%
Ranked 43th.
9.2%
Ranked 17th. 23 times more than Iran
Hindus 13,079
Ranked 48th.
1.63 million
Ranked 8th. 125 times more than Iran
Islam > Percentage Muslim 99%
Ranked 10th. 64% more than Malaysia
60.4%
Ranked 44th.
Major religion(s) Islam Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 99.6%
Ranked 4th. 62% more than Malaysia
61.4%
Ranked 43th.
Muslim > Muslim population 74.82 million
Ranked 7th. 4 times more than Malaysia
17.14 million
Ranked 20th.
Religions Muslim 98% (Shia 89%, Sunni 9%), other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i) 2% 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 Shi'a Muslim 89%, Sunni Muslim 9%, Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i 2% Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 82.5%
Ranked 74th.
95.5%
Ranked 27th. 16% more than Iran
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 15.5%
Ranked 70th. 4 times more than Malaysia
3.5%
Ranked 121st.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 20
Ranked 200th.
42,919
Ranked 50th. 2146 times more than Iran
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.000288
Ranked 187th.
1.69
Ranked 92nd. 5867 times more than Iran
Religious diversity score 0.115
Ranked 193th.
0.666
Ranked 37th. 6 times more than Iran
Muslim > Islamist organizations Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran ·   Islamic Iran Participation Front Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party ·   United Malays National Organisation
Hindus per thousand people 0.173
Ranked 81st.
56.68
Ranked 13th. 327 times more than Iran

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; https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html; 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.; 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); 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.

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