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Religion Stats: compare key data on Iraq & Malaysia

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STAT Iraq Malaysia HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 589
Ranked 110th.
5.78 million
Ranked 6th. 9809 times more than Iraq
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 30
Ranked 49th.
33
Ranked 47th. 10% more than Iraq
Christian > Mormon > Members 1,300
Ranked 93th.
8,967
Ranked 53th. 7 times more than Iraq
Christianity > Christians 1.13 million
Ranked 18th.
2.56 million
Ranked 12th. 2 times more than Iraq
Christianity > Percent Christian 4%
Ranked 29th.
9.2%
Ranked 17th. 2 times more than Iraq
Islam > Percentage Muslim 97%
Ranked 16th. 61% more than Malaysia
60.4%
Ranked 44th.
Major religion(s) Islam Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 98.9%
Ranked 9th. 61% more than Malaysia
61.4%
Ranked 43th.
Muslim > Muslim population 31.11 million
Ranked 11th. 82% more than Malaysia
17.14 million
Ranked 20th.
Religions Muslim 97% (Shia 60%-65%, Sunni 32%-37%), Christian or other 3% 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 97% (Shi'a 60%-65%, Sunni 32%-37%), Christian or other 3% Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 86%
Ranked 65th.
95.5%
Ranked 27th. 11% more than Iraq
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 10.5%
Ranked 83th. 3 times more than Malaysia
3.5%
Ranked 121st.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 185
Ranked 178th.
42,919
Ranked 50th. 232 times more than Iraq
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.00694
Ranked 181st.
1.69
Ranked 92nd. 244 times more than Iraq
Religious diversity score 0.484
Ranked 101st.
0.666
Ranked 37th. 37% more than Iraq
Muslim > Islamist organizations State of Law Coalition ·   National Iraqi Alliance Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party ·   United Malays National Organisation

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.; 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)

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