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Religion Stats: compare key data on Japan & Papua New Guinea

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STAT Japan Papua New Guinea HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 281
Ranked 10th. 4 times more than Papua New Guinea
77
Ranked 31st.
Christian > Mormon > Members 126,407
Ranked 12th. 6 times more than Papua New Guinea
21,265
Ranked 34th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 0.2%
Ranked 141st. 5 times more than Papua New Guinea
0.04%
Ranked 155th.
Jehovahs Witnesses 218,262
Ranked 6th. 62 times more than Papua New Guinea
3,506
Ranked 90th.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 1.71
Ranked 95th. 3 times more than Papua New Guinea
0.619
Ranked 123th.
Major religion(s) Shintoism, Buddhism Christianity, indigenous beliefs
Muslim > Muslim population 185,000
Ranked 105th. 93 times more than Papua New Guinea
2,000
Ranked 157th.
Religions observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%) Roman Catholic 27%, Evangelical Lutheran 19.5%, United Church 11.5%, Seventh-Day Adventist 10%, Pentecostal 8.6%, Evangelical Alliance 5.2%, Anglican 3.2%, Baptist 2.5%, other Protestant 8.9%, Bahai 0.3%, indigenous beliefs and other 3.3%
Religions > All observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%) Roman Catholic 22%, Lutheran 16%, Presbyterian/Methodist/London Missionary Society 8%, Anglican 5%, Evangelical Alliance 4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1%, other Protestant 10%, indigenous beliefs 34%
Religious diversity score 0.541
Ranked 85th.
0.552
Ranked 80th. 2% more than Japan
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 15,061
Ranked 66th.
224,469
Ranked 19th. 15 times more than Japan
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.118
Ranked 148th.
37.74
Ranked 21st. 320 times more than Japan

SOURCES: Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide; 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.; 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 .); 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.

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