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Religion Stats: compare key data on Japan & Norway

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STAT Japan Norway HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 281
Ranked 10th. 12 times more than Norway
23
Ranked 61st.
Christian > Mormon > Members 126,407
Ranked 12th. 28 times more than Norway
4,556
Ranked 67th.
Christianity > Percent Christian 2%
Ranked 35th.
85.6%
Ranked 7th. 43 times more than Japan
Islam > Percentage Muslim 0.2%
Ranked 141st.
1.6%
Ranked 110th. 8 times more than Japan
Jehovahs Witnesses 218,262
Ranked 6th. 22 times more than Norway
9,953
Ranked 68th.
Jews 2,000
Ranked 55th. 33% more than Norway
1,500
Ranked 57th.
Major religion(s) Shintoism, Buddhism Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 0.1%
Ranked 168th.
3%
Ranked 101st. 30 times more than Japan
Muslim > Muslim population 185,000
Ranked 105th. 28% more than Norway
144,000
Ranked 109th.
Religions observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%) Church of Norway 85.7%, Pentecostal 1%, Roman Catholic 1%, other Christian 2.4%, Muslim 1.8%, other 8.1%
Religions > All observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%) Church of Norway 85.7%, Pentecostal 1%, Roman Catholic 1%, other Christian 2.4%, Muslim 1.8%, other 8.1% (2004)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 23.5%
Ranked 137th. 15% more than Norway
20.5%
Ranked 140th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 75%
Ranked 7th.
78%
Ranked 4th. 4% more than Japan
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 15,061
Ranked 66th. 3 times more than Norway
4,697
Ranked 101st.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.118
Ranked 148th.
1.02
Ranked 100th. 9 times more than Japan
Hindus 5,097
Ranked 64th.
23,140
Ranked 45th. 5 times more than Japan
Religious diversity score 0.541
Ranked 85th. 3 times more than Norway
0.205
Ranked 170th.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 1.71
Ranked 95th.
2.19
Ranked 74th. 28% more than Japan
Jews per 1000 0.0158
Ranked 78th.
0.338
Ranked 53th. 21 times more than Japan
Hindus per thousand people 0.0399
Ranked 92nd.
4.67
Ranked 36th. 117 times more than Japan
Christian > Protestant > Quakers 135
Ranked 13th.
151
Ranked 15th. 12% more than Japan

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; 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.; Wikipedia: Quakers (Africa) (Nuttall, Geoffrey (1955). "Early Quakerism in the Netherlands: Its wider context" . The Bulletin of the Friends Historical Association 44 (1): 3–18. Gragg, Larry (2009). The Quaker community on Barbados : challenging the culture of the planter class ([Online-Ausg.] ed.). Columbia: University of Missouri Press. ISBN 9780826218476 . Friends World Committee for Consultation (2007) 'Finding Quakers around the World http://www.fwccamericas.org/publications/images/fwcc_map_2007_sm.gif, )

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