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Religion Stats: compare key data on Iran & Russia

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STAT Iran Russia HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Members 50
Ranked 164th.
21,709
Ranked 33th. 434 times more than Iran
Christianity > Christians 300,000
Ranked 34th.
27.73 million
Ranked 3rd. 92 times more than Iran
Christianity > Percent Christian 0.4%
Ranked 43th.
19.5%
Ranked 9th. 49 times more than Iran
Hindus 13,079
Ranked 48th.
60,792
Ranked 37th. 5 times more than Iran
Islam > Percentage Muslim 99%
Ranked 10th. 7 times more than Russia
15%
Ranked 68th.
Jews 25,000
Ranked 24th.
550,000
Ranked 4th. 22 times more than Iran
Major religion(s) Islam Christianity, Islam
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 99.6%
Ranked 4th. 9 times more than Russia
11.7%
Ranked 72nd.
Muslim > Muslim population 74.82 million
Ranked 7th. 5 times more than Russia
16.38 million
Ranked 21st.
Religions Muslim 98% (Shia 89%, Sunni 9%), other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i) 2% Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2%; <i>note:</i> estimates are of practicing worshipers; Russia has large populations of non-practicing believers and non-believers, a legacy of over seven decades of Soviet rule
Religions > All Shi'a Muslim 89%, Sunni Muslim 9%, Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i 2% Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2% (2006 est.)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 82.5%
Ranked 74th. 3 times more than Russia
33%
Ranked 127th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 15.5%
Ranked 70th.
60.5%
Ranked 19th. 4 times more than Iran
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 20
Ranked 200th.
58,299
Ranked 42nd. 2915 times more than Iran
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.000288
Ranked 187th.
0.405
Ranked 121st. 1405 times more than Iran
Religious diversity score 0.115
Ranked 193th.
0.44
Ranked 114th. 4 times more than Iran
Jews per 1000 0.392
Ranked 49th.
3.74
Ranked 18th. 10 times more than Iran
Hindus per thousand people 0.173
Ranked 81st.
0.425
Ranked 75th. 2 times more than Iran

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; https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html; International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; World Jewish Congress (WJC), 1998; 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 .); 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.; 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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