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Religion Stats: compare key data on Ireland & Switzerland

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STAT Ireland Switzerland HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 13
Ranked 75th.
36
Ranked 43th. 3 times more than Ireland
Christian > Mormon > Members 3,013
Ranked 75th.
8,456
Ranked 54th. 3 times more than Ireland
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population 45,223
Ranked 8th.
131,851
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than Ireland
Church and state > Constitutional reference to God enactment date 1,937
Ranked 27th.
1,999
Ranked 2nd. 3% more than Ireland
Islam > Percentage Muslim 0.49%
Ranked 135th.
4.4%
Ranked 89th. 9 times more than Ireland
Jehovahs Witnesses 5,096
Ranked 80th.
17,958
Ranked 52nd. 4 times more than Ireland
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 0.9%
Ranked 130th.
5.7%
Ranked 84th. 6 times more than Ireland
Muslim > Muslim population 43,000
Ranked 127th.
433,000
Ranked 89th. 10 times 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 41.8%, Protestant 35.3%, Muslim 4.3%, Orthodox 1.8%, other Christian 0.4%, other 1%, unspecified 4.3%, none 11.1%
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 41.8%, Protestant 35.3%, Orthodox 1.8%, other Christian 0.4%, Muslim 4.3%, other 1%, unspecified 4.3%, none 11.1% (2000 census)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 53.5%
Ranked 104th. 29% more than Switzerland
41.5%
Ranked 117th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 46.5%
Ranked 39th.
56%
Ranked 27th. 20% more than Ireland
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 145
Ranked 182nd.
4,258
Ranked 107th. 29 times more than Ireland
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.0356
Ranked 172nd.
0.576
Ranked 109th. 16 times more than Ireland
Jews 1,000
Ranked 64th.
18,000
Ranked 26th. 18 times more than Ireland
Hindus 10,688
Ranked 51st.
28,708
Ranked 42nd. 3 times more than Ireland
Religious diversity score 0.155
Ranked 182nd.
0.608
Ranked 62nd. 4 times more than Ireland
Hindu percent of population 0.23%
Ranked 30th.
0.38%
Ranked 28th. 65% more than Ireland
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 1.3
Ranked 103th.
2.47
Ranked 69th. 90% more than Ireland
Religions > Roman Catholic 88.4%
Ranked 20th. 2 times more than Switzerland
41.8%
Ranked 55th.
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population per thousand people 9.88
Ranked 6th.
18.35
Ranked 2nd. 86% more than Ireland
Jews per 1000 0.269
Ranked 56th.
2.53
Ranked 19th. 9 times more than Ireland
Christian > Catholic > Urban catholics 885
Ranked 14th.
11,178
Ranked 6th. 13 times more than Ireland
Catholic > Cardinals 1
Ranked 59th.
3
Ranked 13th. 3 times more than Ireland
Christian > Catholic > Female catholics 733
Ranked 13th.
1.57 million
Ranked 5th. 2144 times more than Ireland
Hindus per thousand people 2.34
Ranked 44th.
3.63
Ranked 41st. 55% more than Ireland
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics 546
Ranked 13th.
6,134
Ranked 12th. 11 times more than Ireland
Christian > Orthodox > Male orthodox population 21,942
Ranked 8th.
64,276
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Ireland
Christian > Orthodox > Male orthodox population per thousand people 4.79
Ranked 6th.
8.95
Ranked 2nd. 87% more than Ireland
Catholic > Cardinals per million 0.24
Ranked 13th.
0.403
Ranked 5th. 68% more than Ireland
Christian > Orthodox > Urban orthodox population 41,772
Ranked 5th.
110,536
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Ireland
Catholic > Cardinal electors 1
Ranked 47th. The same as Switzerland
1
Ranked 35th.
State religion > Established churches and former state churches > Disestablished 1869 none since the adoption of the Federal Constitution (1848)
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics per thousand people 0.119
Ranked 13th.
0.854
Ranked 16th. 7 times more than Ireland
Christian > Catholic > Rural catholics 1.55 million
Ranked 2nd. 74% more than Switzerland
892,566
Ranked 4th.
Christian > Orthodox > Female orthodox population 23,281
Ranked 8th.
67,575
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than Ireland
Christian > Orthodox > Rural orthodox population 3,451
Ranked 8th.
21,315
Ranked 1st. 6 times more than Ireland
Christian > Orthodox > Urban female orthodox population 21,557
Ranked 7th.
56,950
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Ireland
Christian > Orthodox > Rural male orthodox population 1,727
Ranked 9th.
10,690
Ranked 1st. 6 times more than Ireland
Christian > Orthodox > Rural female orthodox population per thousand people 0.377
Ranked 8th.
1.48
Ranked 1st. 4 times more than Ireland
Catholic > Cardinal electors per million 0.24
Ranked 6th. 79% more than Switzerland
0.134
Ranked 13th.
Christian > Protestant > Quakers 1,591
Ranked 7th. 15 times more than Switzerland
104
Ranked 17th.
Catholic > Cardinals > Per $ GDP 0.112 per $14.1 billion
Ranked 41st.
0.168 per $14.1 billion
Ranked 33th. 50% more than Ireland
Christian > Catholic > Female catholics per thousand people 0.16
Ranked 15th.
218.8
Ranked 7th. 1366 times more than Ireland
Christian > Catholic > Rural male catholics 185
Ranked 12th.
993
Ranked 6th. 5 times more than Ireland
Christian > Catholic > Urban female catholics per thousand people 264.06
Ranked 1st. 69% more than Switzerland
156.17
Ranked 3rd.
Christian > Orthodox > Urban male orthodox population per thousand people 4.42
Ranked 7th.
7.46
Ranked 1st. 69% more than Ireland
Christian > Orthodox > Urban male orthodox population 20,215
Ranked 7th.
53,586
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Ireland
Christian > Orthodox > Rural male orthodox population per thousand people 0.377
Ranked 8th.
1.49
Ranked 1st. 4 times more than Ireland
Christian > Catholic > Rural male catholics per thousand people 0.0404
Ranked 12th.
0.138
Ranked 6th. 3 times more than Ireland
Christian > Catholic > Rural female catholics per thousand people 0.0457
Ranked 10th.
0.159
Ranked 6th. 3 times more than Ireland
Christian > Orthodox > Urban orthodox population per thousand people 9.13
Ranked 5th.
15.39
Ranked 1st. 69% more than Ireland
Christian > Catholic > Urban male catholics per thousand people 0.0789
Ranked 12th.
143.84
Ranked 3rd. 1824 times more than Ireland
Christian > Orthodox > Female orthodox population per thousand people 5.09
Ranked 6th.
9.41
Ranked 2nd. 85% more than Ireland
Christian > Orthodox > Rural orthodox population per thousand people 0.754
Ranked 7th.
2.97
Ranked 1st. 4 times more than Ireland
Christian > Orthodox > Urban female orthodox population per thousand people 4.71
Ranked 6th.
7.93
Ranked 1st. 68% more than Ireland
Christian > Catholic > Rural catholics per thousand people 339.11
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Switzerland
124.24
Ranked 4th.
Christian > Catholic > Urban catholics per thousand people 0.193
Ranked 11th.
1.56
Ranked 6th. 8 times more than Ireland
Christian > Orthodox > Rural female orthodox population 1,724
Ranked 8th.
10,625
Ranked 1st. 6 times more than Ireland
Christian > Catholic > Urban female catholics 1.21 million
Ranked 3rd. 8% more than Switzerland
1.12 million
Ranked 3rd.
Christian > Catholic > Urban male catholics 361
Ranked 12th.
1.03 million
Ranked 4th. 2863 times more than Ireland
Christian > Catholic > Rural female catholics 209
Ranked 11th.
1,141
Ranked 6th. 5 times more than Ireland

SOURCES: Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; Wikipedia: Constitutional references to God (List); International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; 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; 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.; 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; Wikipedia: Quakers (Africa) (Nuttall, Geoffrey (1955). "Early Quakerism in the Netherlands: Its wider context" . The Bulletin of the Friends Historical Association 44 (1): 3–18. Gragg, Larry (2009). The Quaker community on Barbados : challenging the culture of the planter class ([Online-Ausg.] ed.). Columbia: University of Missouri Press. ISBN 9780826218476 . Friends World Committee for Consultation (2007) 'Finding Quakers around the World http://www.fwccamericas.org/publications/images/fwcc_map_2007_sm.gif, )

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