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Religion Stats: compare key data on Italy & Sweden

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STAT Italy Sweden HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 122,965
Ranked 21st. 93% more than Sweden
63,836
Ranked 28th.
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 100
Ranked 27th. 3 times more than Sweden
40
Ranked 39th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 24,970
Ranked 29th. 3 times more than Sweden
9,404
Ranked 49th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 1.7%
Ranked 109th.
4%
Ranked 92nd. 2 times more than Italy
Islam in Europe > Muslim population 36,000
Ranked 14th.
149,000
Ranked 9th. 4 times more than Italy
Jehovahs Witnesses 234,795
Ranked 5th. 10 times more than Sweden
22,561
Ranked 43th.
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 2.6%
Ranked 104th.
4.9%
Ranked 89th. 88% more than Italy
Muslim > Muslim population 1.58 million
Ranked 64th. 4 times more than Sweden
451,000
Ranked 87th.
Religions Roman Catholic 90% (approximately; about one-third practicing), other 10% (includes mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community) Lutheran 87%, other (includes Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist) 13%
Religions > All approximately 90% Roman Catholic (about one-third regularly attend services); mature Protestant and Jewish communities and a growing Muslim immigrant community Lutheran 87%, Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 71.5%
Ranked 91st. 4 times more than Sweden
16.5%
Ranked 142nd.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 26%
Ranked 52nd.
83%
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Italy
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 7,092
Ranked 90th. 3 times more than Sweden
2,767
Ranked 121st.
State religion > Church Roman Catholic Church Church of Sweden
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.122
Ranked 147th.
0.308
Ranked 127th. 3 times more than Italy
Jews 35,000
Ranked 18th. 94% more than Sweden
18,000
Ranked 27th.
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 0.2%
Ranked 63th.
0.7%
Ranked 29th. 3 times more than Italy
Hindus 108,950
Ranked 33th. 12 times more than Sweden
8,940.5
Ranked 53th.
Secularism and atheism > Does not believe in spirit, God or life force 6%
Ranked 22nd.
34%
Ranked 3rd. 6 times more than Italy
Religious diversity score 0.303
Ranked 148th. 29% more than Sweden
0.234
Ranked 157th.
State religion > Denomination Catholic Lutheran
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 4.11
Ranked 32nd. 63% more than Sweden
2.53
Ranked 66th.
Jews per 1000 0.615
Ranked 42nd.
2.03
Ranked 23th. 3 times more than Italy
Secularism and atheism > Believes there is a god 74%
Ranked 6th. 4 times more than Sweden
18%
Ranked 26th.
Secularism and atheism > Believes in spirit or life force 20%
Ranked 20th.
45%
Ranked 4th. 2 times more than Italy
Hindus per thousand people 1.79
Ranked 47th. 90% more than Sweden
0.946
Ranked 61st.
Christian > Protestant > Baptist church members per thousand people 0.0704
Ranked 33th.
1.76
Ranked 7th. 25 times more than Italy
Christian > Protestant > Baptist church members 4,277
Ranked 21st.
16,609
Ranked 6th. 4 times more than Italy
State religion > Established churches and former state churches > Disestablished 1984 January 2000
Christian > Protestant > Baptist churches 112
Ranked 13th.
192
Ranked 8th. 71% more than Italy
Christian > Protestant > Baptist churches per million people 1.84
Ranked 31st.
20.32
Ranked 10th. 11 times more than Italy

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; 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; Wikipedia: State religion (Established churches and former state churches); 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.; 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; 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.; http://www.bwanet.org/about-us2/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.; http://www.bwanet.org/about-us2/statistics; Wikipedia: State religion

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