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Religion Stats: compare key data on Jamaica & United Kingdom

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STAT Jamaica United Kingdom
Buddhism > Buddhists 5,819.5
Ranked 72nd.
507,164.5
Ranked 19th. 87 times more than Jamaica
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 19
Ranked 66th.
332
Ranked 7th. 17 times more than Jamaica
Christian > Mormon > Members 5,580
Ranked 61st.
188,462
Ranked 7th. 34 times more than Jamaica
Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 60%
Ranked 17th. The same as United Kingdom
60%
Ranked 18th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 0.2%
Ranked 143th.
2.7%
Ranked 101st. 14 times more than Jamaica
Jehovahs Witnesses 11,174
Ranked 66th.
127,206
Ranked 13th. 11 times more than Jamaica
Jews 300
Ranked 79th.
300,000
Ranked 7th. 1000 times more than Jamaica
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Muslim > Muslim population 1,000
Ranked 171st.
2.87 million
Ranked 50th. 2869 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% Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1%
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% 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 70%
Ranked 95th. 3 times more than United Kingdom
26.5%
Ranked 135th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 29.5%
Ranked 48th.
73%
Ranked 9th. 2 times more than Jamaica
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 209,189
Ranked 22nd. 9 times more than United Kingdom
24,083
Ranked 59th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 79.3
Ranked 7th. 197 times more than United Kingdom
0.402
Ranked 122nd.
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 0.2%
Ranked 60th.
0.8%
Ranked 26th. 4 times more than Jamaica
Hindus 1,668
Ranked 78th.
832,000
Ranked 13th. 499 times more than Jamaica
Religious diversity score 0.616
Ranked 58th.
0.694
Ranked 27th. 13% more than Jamaica
Hindu percent of population 0.06%
Ranked 43th.
1.7%
Ranked 16th. 28 times more than Jamaica
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 4.27
Ranked 27th. Twice as much as United Kingdom
2.14
Ranked 80th.
Christian > Protestant > Protestants 1.64 million
Ranked 29th.
36 million
Ranked 2nd. 22 times more than Jamaica
Jews per 1000 0.117
Ranked 65th.
5.13
Ranked 14th. 44 times more than Jamaica
Hindus per thousand people 0.616
Ranked 71st.
13.26
Ranked 26th. 22 times more than Jamaica

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); Wikipedia: Protestantism by country (Top sixty countries by number and percentage of Protestants); 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; 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.

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