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Religion Stats: compare key data on Israel & Malaysia

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STAT Israel Malaysia HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 23,121
Ranked 41st.
5.78 million
Ranked 6th. 250 times more than Israel
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 4
Ranked 105th.
33
Ranked 47th. 8 times more than Israel
Christian > Mormon > Members 260
Ranked 128th.
8,967
Ranked 53th. 34 times more than Israel
Christianity > Christians 142,247
Ranked 37th.
2.56 million
Ranked 12th. 18 times more than Israel
Christianity > Percent Christian 2%
Ranked 34th.
9.2%
Ranked 17th. 5 times more than Israel
Islam > Percentage Muslim 14.6%
Ranked 70th.
60.4%
Ranked 44th. 4 times more than Israel
Jehovahs Witnesses 1,223
Ranked 121st.
2,615
Ranked 98th. 2 times more than Israel
Major religion(s) Judaism, Islam, Christianity Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 17.7%
Ranked 61st.
61.4%
Ranked 43th. 3 times more than Israel
Muslim > Muslim population 1.29 million
Ranked 66th.
17.14 million
Ranked 20th. 13 times more than Israel
Religions Jewish 75.5%, Muslim 16.8%, Christian 2.1%, Druze 1.7%, other 3.9% 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 Jewish 76.5%, Muslim 15.9%, Arab Christians 1.7%, other Christian 0.4%, Druze 1.6%, unspecified 3.9% (2003) Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 49.5%
Ranked 109th.
95.5%
Ranked 27th. 93% more than Israel
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 49.5%
Ranked 33th. 14 times more than Malaysia
3.5%
Ranked 121st.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 874
Ranked 150th.
42,919
Ranked 50th. 49 times more than Israel
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.128
Ranked 146th.
1.69
Ranked 92nd. 13 times more than Israel
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 0.3%
Ranked 50th.
19.5%
Ranked 9th. 65 times more than Israel
Hindus 6,427
Ranked 59th.
1.63 million
Ranked 8th. 254 times more than Israel
Religious diversity score 0.347
Ranked 135th.
0.666
Ranked 37th. 92% more than Israel
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 0.186
Ranked 134th. 74% more than Malaysia
0.107
Ranked 138th.
Hindus per thousand people 0.828
Ranked 65th.
56.68
Ranked 13th. 68 times more than Israel
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Av bible studies 982
Ranked 22nd.
7,207
Ranked 9th. 7 times more than Israel

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; 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.; 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.; 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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