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Religion Stats: compare key data on Ireland & Portugal

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STAT Ireland Portugal HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 9,552
Ranked 60th.
75,595
Ranked 24th. 8 times more than Ireland
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 13
Ranked 75th.
68
Ranked 32nd. 5 times more than Ireland
Christian > Mormon > Members 3,013
Ranked 75th.
40,941
Ranked 25th. 14 times more than Ireland
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population 45,223
Ranked 8th.
56,550
Ranked 6th. 25% more than Ireland

Islam > Percentage Muslim 0.49%
Ranked 135th. 40% more than Portugal
0.35%
Ranked 136th.
Islam in Europe > Muslim population 22,000
Ranked 17th. 47% more than Portugal
15,000
Ranked 18th.
Jehovahs Witnesses 5,096
Ranked 80th.
48,165
Ranked 30th. 9 times more than Ireland
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 0.9%
Ranked 130th. 50% more than Portugal
0.6%
Ranked 138th.
Muslim > Muslim population 43,000
Ranked 127th.
65,000
Ranked 120th. 51% more than Ireland
Religions Roman Catholic 87.4%, Church of Ireland 2.9%, other Christian 1.9%, other 2.1%, unspecified 1.5%, none 4.2% Roman Catholic 84.5%, other Christian 2.2%, other 0.3%, unknown 9%, none 3.9%
Religions > All Roman Catholic 88.4%, Church of Ireland 3%, other Christian 1.6%, other 1.5%, unspecified 2%, none 3.5% (2002 census) Roman Catholic 94%, Protestant (1995)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 53.5%
Ranked 104th.
71.5%
Ranked 93th. 34% more than Ireland
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 46.5%
Ranked 39th. 79% more than Portugal
26%
Ranked 53th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 145
Ranked 182nd.
8,579
Ranked 83th. 59 times more than Ireland
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.0356
Ranked 172nd.
0.817
Ranked 105th. 23 times more than Ireland
Jews 1,000
Ranked 64th. 11% more than Portugal
900
Ranked 67th.
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 0.2%
Ranked 66th.
0.7%
Ranked 30th. 3 times more than Ireland
Hindus 10,688
Ranked 51st. 45% more than Portugal
7,396
Ranked 57th.
Secularism and atheism > Does not believe in spirit, God or life force 7%
Ranked 21st.
12%
Ranked 19th. 71% more than Ireland
Religious diversity score 0.155
Ranked 182nd. 8% more than Portugal
0.144
Ranked 186th.
Hindu percent of population 0.23%
Ranked 30th. 3 times more than Portugal
0.07%
Ranked 42nd.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 1.3
Ranked 103th.
4.65
Ranked 23th. 4 times more than Ireland
Religions > Roman Catholic 88.4%
Ranked 20th.
94%
Ranked 11th. 6% more than Ireland
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population per thousand people 9.88
Ranked 6th. 84% more than Portugal
5.36
Ranked 8th.

Jews per 1000 0.269
Ranked 56th. 3 times more than Portugal
0.0889
Ranked 68th.
Secularism and atheism > Believes there is a god 70%
Ranked 7th. The same as Portugal
70%
Ranked 8th.
Secularism and atheism > Believes in spirit or life force 20%
Ranked 21st. 33% more than Portugal
15%
Ranked 23th.
Christian > Catholic > Urban catholics 885
Ranked 14th.
4.18 million
Ranked 2nd. 4724 times more than Ireland

Catholic > Cardinals 1
Ranked 59th.
2
Ranked 25th. Twice as much as Ireland
Christian > Catholic > Female catholics 733
Ranked 13th.
3.95 million
Ranked 1st. 5394 times more than Ireland

Hindus per thousand people 2.34
Ranked 44th. 3 times more than Portugal
0.701
Ranked 69th.
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics 546
Ranked 13th.
3.33 million
Ranked 1st. 6096 times more than Ireland

Christian > Orthodox > Male orthodox population 21,942
Ranked 8th.
28,253
Ranked 6th. 29% more than Ireland

Christian > Orthodox > Male orthodox population per thousand people 4.79
Ranked 6th. 79% more than Portugal
2.68
Ranked 8th.

Catholic > Cardinals per million 0.24
Ranked 13th. 27% more than Portugal
0.19
Ranked 17th.
Christian > Orthodox > Urban orthodox population 41,772
Ranked 5th. 1% more than Portugal
41,317
Ranked 6th.

Catholic > Cardinal electors 1
Ranked 47th.
2
Ranked 18th. Twice as much as Ireland
State religion > Established churches and former state churches > Disestablished 1869 1976
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics per thousand people 0.119
Ranked 13th.
315.26
Ranked 1st. 2643 times more than Ireland

Christian > Catholic > Rural catholics 1.55 million
Ranked 2nd.
3.1 million
Ranked 1st. Twice as much as Ireland

Christian > Orthodox > Female orthodox population 23,281
Ranked 8th.
28,297
Ranked 6th. 22% more than Ireland

Christian > Orthodox > Urban female orthodox population 21,557
Ranked 7th. 2% more than Portugal
21,108
Ranked 8th.

Christian > Orthodox > Rural orthodox population 3,451
Ranked 8th.
15,233
Ranked 6th. 4 times more than Ireland

Christian > Orthodox > Rural female orthodox population per thousand people 0.377
Ranked 8th.
0.681
Ranked 6th. 81% more than Ireland

Christian > Orthodox > Rural male orthodox population 1,727
Ranked 9th.
8,044
Ranked 5th. 5 times more than Ireland

Catholic > Cardinal electors per million 0.24
Ranked 6th. 27% more than Portugal
0.19
Ranked 9th.
Catholic > Cardinals > Per $ GDP 0.112 per $14.1 billion
Ranked 41st.
0.149 per $14.1 billion
Ranked 38th. 33% more than Ireland
Christian > Orthodox > Rural orthodox population per thousand people 0.754
Ranked 7th.
1.44
Ranked 6th. 91% more than Ireland

Christian > Catholic > Rural catholics per thousand people 339.11
Ranked 1st. 15% more than Portugal
293.78
Ranked 2nd.

Christian > Catholic > Urban male catholics per thousand people 0.0789
Ranked 12th.
177.35
Ranked 1st. 2248 times more than Ireland

Christian > Orthodox > Female orthodox population per thousand people 5.09
Ranked 6th. 90% more than Portugal
2.68
Ranked 8th.

Christian > Orthodox > Rural female orthodox population 1,724
Ranked 8th.
7,189
Ranked 6th. 4 times more than Ireland

Christian > Catholic > Urban female catholics 1.21 million
Ranked 3rd.
2.31 million
Ranked 2nd. 91% more than Ireland

Christian > Catholic > Urban male catholics 361
Ranked 12th.
1.87 million
Ranked 2nd. 5186 times more than Ireland

Christian > Catholic > Female catholics per thousand people 0.16
Ranked 15th.
374.51
Ranked 2nd. 2338 times more than Ireland

Christian > Catholic > Urban catholics per thousand people 0.193
Ranked 11th.
395.99
Ranked 2nd. 2048 times more than Ireland

Christian > Orthodox > Rural male orthodox population per thousand people 0.377
Ranked 8th.
0.762
Ranked 7th. 2 times more than Ireland

Christian > Orthodox > Urban orthodox population per thousand people 9.13
Ranked 5th. 2 times more than Portugal
3.91
Ranked 7th.

Christian > Catholic > Rural female catholics 209
Ranked 11th.
1.65 million
Ranked 1st. 7873 times more than Ireland

Christian > Orthodox > Urban female orthodox population per thousand people 4.71
Ranked 6th. 2 times more than Portugal
2
Ranked 9th.

Christian > Catholic > Urban female catholics per thousand people 264.06
Ranked 1st. 21% more than Portugal
218.64
Ranked 2nd.

Christian > Catholic > Rural male catholics 185
Ranked 12th.
1.46 million
Ranked 1st. 7870 times more than Ireland

Christian > Orthodox > Urban male orthodox population per thousand people 4.42
Ranked 7th. 2 times more than Portugal
1.91
Ranked 9th.

Christian > Orthodox > Urban male orthodox population 20,215
Ranked 7th. The same as Portugal
20,209
Ranked 8th.

Christian > Catholic > Rural male catholics per thousand people 0.0404
Ranked 12th.
137.91
Ranked 2nd. 3412 times more than Ireland

Christian > Catholic > Rural female catholics per thousand people 0.0457
Ranked 10th.
155.87
Ranked 1st. 3413 times more than Ireland

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; Miller, Tracy, ed (October 2009) (PDF).ÿ apping the Global Muslim Population: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World?s Muslim Population.ÿPew Research Center. pp.ÿ31?32. Retrieved 2009-11-11.; 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.; World Jewish Congress (WJC), 1998; https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html; Biotechnology Report, Special Eurobarometer, European Commission, October 2010, p. 381; 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.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. 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.; 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.;

Biotechnology Report, Special Eurobarometer, European Commission, October 2010, p. 381

; Biotechnology Report, Special Eurobarometer, European Commission, October 2010, p. 381; Catholic.com - College of Cardinals; 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.; Catholic.com - College of Cardinals. 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: State religion

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