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Religion Stats: compare key data on Israel & Japan

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STAT Israel Japan HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 4
Ranked 105th.
281
Ranked 10th. 70 times more than Israel
Christian > Mormon > Members 260
Ranked 128th.
126,407
Ranked 12th. 486 times more than Israel
Christianity > Christians 142,247
Ranked 37th.
2.56 million
Ranked 11th. 18 times more than Israel
Christianity > Percent Christian 2%
Ranked 34th. The same as Japan
2%
Ranked 35th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 14.6%
Ranked 70th. 73 times more than Japan
0.2%
Ranked 141st.
Jehovahs Witnesses 1,223
Ranked 121st.
218,262
Ranked 6th. 178 times more than Israel
Major religion(s) Judaism, Islam, Christianity Shintoism, Buddhism
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 17.7%
Ranked 61st. 177 times more than Japan
0.1%
Ranked 168th.
Muslim > Muslim population 1.29 million
Ranked 66th. 7 times more than Japan
185,000
Ranked 105th.
Religions Jewish 75.5%, Muslim 16.8%, Christian 2.1%, Druze 1.7%, other 3.9% observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%)
Religions > All Jewish 76.5%, Muslim 15.9%, Arab Christians 1.7%, other Christian 0.4%, Druze 1.6%, unspecified 3.9% (2003) observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 49.5%
Ranked 109th. 2 times more than Japan
23.5%
Ranked 137th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 49.5%
Ranked 33th.
75%
Ranked 7th. 52% more than Israel
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 874
Ranked 150th.
15,061
Ranked 66th. 17 times more than Israel
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.128
Ranked 146th. 9% more than Japan
0.118
Ranked 148th.
Jews 4.85 million
Ranked 2nd. 2424 times more than Japan
2,000
Ranked 55th.
Hindus 6,427
Ranked 59th. 26% more than Japan
5,097
Ranked 64th.
Religious diversity score 0.347
Ranked 135th.
0.541
Ranked 85th. 56% more than Israel
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 0.186
Ranked 134th.
1.71
Ranked 95th. 9 times more than Israel
Jews per 1000 811.76
Ranked 1st. 51307 times more than Japan
0.0158
Ranked 78th.
Hindus per thousand people 0.828
Ranked 65th. 21 times more than Japan
0.0399
Ranked 92nd.
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Av bible studies 982
Ranked 22nd.
168,138
Ranked 2nd. 171 times more than Israel

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; 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.; 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.; Wikipedia: Jehovah's Witnesses by country (Asia)

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