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Religion Stats: compare key data on Ireland & United Kingdom

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STAT Ireland United Kingdom HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 9,552
Ranked 60th.
507,164.5
Ranked 19th. 53 times more than Ireland
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 13
Ranked 75th.
332
Ranked 7th. 26 times more than Ireland
Christian > Mormon > Members 3,013
Ranked 75th.
188,462
Ranked 7th. 63 times more than Ireland
Islam > Percentage Muslim 0.49%
Ranked 135th.
2.7%
Ranked 101st. 6 times more than Ireland
Jehovahs Witnesses 5,096
Ranked 80th.
127,206
Ranked 13th. 25 times more than Ireland
Jews 1,000
Ranked 64th.
300,000
Ranked 7th. 300 times more than Ireland
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 0.9%
Ranked 130th.
4.6%
Ranked 92nd. 5 times more than Ireland
Muslim > Muslim population 43,000
Ranked 127th.
2.87 million
Ranked 50th. 67 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% Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1%
Religions > All Roman Catholic 88.4%, Church of Ireland 3%, other Christian 1.6%, other 1.5%, unspecified 2%, none 3.5% (2002 census) Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1% (2001 census)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 53.5%
Ranked 104th. 2 times more than United Kingdom
26.5%
Ranked 135th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 46.5%
Ranked 39th.
73%
Ranked 9th. 57% more than Ireland
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 145
Ranked 182nd.
24,083
Ranked 59th. 166 times more than Ireland
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.0356
Ranked 172nd.
0.402
Ranked 122nd. 11 times more than Ireland
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 0.2%
Ranked 66th.
0.8%
Ranked 26th. 4 times more than Ireland
Hindus 10,688
Ranked 51st.
832,000
Ranked 13th. 78 times more than Ireland
Secularism and atheism > Does not believe in spirit, God or life force 7%
Ranked 21st.
25%
Ranked 9th. 4 times more than Ireland
Religious diversity score 0.155
Ranked 182nd.
0.694
Ranked 27th. 4 times more than Ireland
Hindu percent of population 0.23%
Ranked 30th.
1.7%
Ranked 16th. 7 times more than Ireland
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 1.3
Ranked 103th.
2.14
Ranked 80th. 65% more than Ireland
Jews per 1000 0.269
Ranked 56th.
5.13
Ranked 14th. 19 times more than Ireland
Secularism and atheism > Believes there is a god 70%
Ranked 7th. 89% more than United Kingdom
37%
Ranked 17th.
Secularism and atheism > Believes in spirit or life force 20%
Ranked 21st.
33%
Ranked 13th. 65% more than Ireland
Christian > Mormon > Members per thousand people 0.637
Ranked 1st.
2.98
Ranked 1st. 5 times more than Ireland
Hindus per thousand people 2.34
Ranked 44th.
13.26
Ranked 26th. 6 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); International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide; 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.; 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.; 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; Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics). 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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