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Religion Stats: compare key data on Jamaica & Singapore

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STAT Jamaica Singapore HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 19
Ranked 66th. 73% more than Singapore
11
Ranked 78th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 5,580
Ranked 61st. 56% more than Singapore
3,573
Ranked 70th.
Hindu percent of population 0.06%
Ranked 43th.
5.1%
Ranked 10th. 85 times more than Jamaica
Hindus 1,668
Ranked 78th.
262,120
Ranked 22nd. 157 times more than Jamaica
Islam > Percentage Muslim 0.2%
Ranked 143th.
16%
Ranked 65th. 80 times more than Jamaica
Jews 300
Ranked 79th. The same as Singapore
300
Ranked 78th.
Major religion(s) Christianity Taoism, Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism
Muslim > Muslim population 1,000
Ranked 171st.
721,000
Ranked 78th. 721 times more than Jamaica
Religions Protestant 62.5% (Seventh-Day Adventist 10.8%, Pentecostal 9.5%, Other Church of God 8.3%, Baptist 7.2%, New Testament Church of God 6.3%, Church of God in Jamaica 4.8%, Church of God of Prophecy 4.3%, Anglican 3.6%, other Christian 7.7%), Roman Catholic 2.6%, other or unspecified 14.2%, none 20.9% Buddhist 42.5%, Muslim 14.9%, Taoist 8.5%, Hindu 4%, Catholic 4.8%, other Christian 9.8%, other 0.7%, none 14.8%
Religions > All Protestant 61.3% (Church of God 21.2%, Seventh-Day Adventist 9%, Baptist 8.8%, Pentecostal 7.6%, Anglican 5.5%, Methodist 2.7%, United Church 2.7%, Jehovah's Witness 1.6%, Brethren 1.1%, Moravian 1.1%), Roman Catholic 4%, other including some spiritual cults 34.7% Buddhist 42.5%, Muslim 14.9%, Taoist 8.5%, Hindu 4%, Catholic 4.8%, other Christian 9.8%, other 0.7%, none 14.8% (2000 census)
Religious diversity score 0.616
Ranked 58th.
0.656
Ranked 45th. 7% more than Jamaica
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 70%
Ranked 95th. The same as Singapore
70%
Ranked 94th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 29.5%
Ranked 48th. 2% more than Singapore
29%
Ranked 51st.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 209,189
Ranked 22nd. 89 times more than Singapore
2,348
Ranked 126th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 79.3
Ranked 7th. 141 times more than Singapore
0.564
Ranked 110th.
Jews per 1000 0.117
Ranked 65th. 54% more than Singapore
0.0764
Ranked 70th.
Christian > Catholic > Female catholics 30,704
Ranked 7th.
119,050
Ranked 4th. 4 times more than Jamaica

Hindus per thousand people 0.616
Ranked 71st.
50.57
Ranked 14th. 82 times more than Jamaica
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics 27,306
Ranked 5th.
100,083
Ranked 4th. 4 times more than Jamaica

Christian > Catholic > Male catholics per thousand people 10.09
Ranked 8th.
19.71
Ranked 9th. 95% more than Jamaica

Christian > Catholic > Female catholics per thousand people 11.34
Ranked 10th.
23.45
Ranked 9th. 2 times more than Jamaica

SOURCES: Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html; International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; 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: 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 .); 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. 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; 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.; 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.

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