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Religion Stats: compare key data on Japan & Paraguay

Definitions

  • Christian > Mormon > Congregations: Total Congregations.
  • Christian > Mormon > Members: Membership.
  • Islam > Percentage Muslim: Percent of Muslims in each country.
  • Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Major religion(s): Country major religions.
  • Muslim > Muslim population: Muslim population 2014 Pew Report.
  • Religions: This entry includes a rank ordering of religions by adherents starting with the largest group and sometimes includes the percent of total population.
  • Religions > All: This entry includes a rank ordering of religions by adherents starting with the largest group and sometimes includes the percent of total population.
  • Religious diversity score: The probability of two people chosen at random having different religions. For instance, if you take two people from anywhere in the country of South Africa, there's an 86% chance they will be of different religious sects or different religions altogether.
  • Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important: Percentage of population surveyed in a Gallup Poll who answered the question “Is religion important in your daily life?” with “yes”. (Other possible answers were “no”, “don’t know” and “refuse to answer”).
  • Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant: Percentage of population who says religion is not important in their daily lives. The survey was carried out within the Gallup Poll.
  • Seventh-day Adventist Membership: This entry lists Seventh-day Adventist membership worldwide as of 2004. Membership is defined as baptised and active.
  • Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000: This entry lists Seventh-day Adventist membership worldwide as of 2004. Membership is defined as baptised and active. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Jews per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Christian > Mormon > Temples: Temples.

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STAT Japan Paraguay HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 281
Ranked 10th. 94% more than Paraguay
145
Ranked 21st.
Christian > Mormon > Members 126,407
Ranked 12th. 49% more than Paraguay
84,806
Ranked 18th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 0.2%
Ranked 141st. 20 times more than Paraguay
0.01%
Ranked 165th.
Jehovahs Witnesses 218,262
Ranked 6th. 27 times more than Paraguay
7,943
Ranked 72nd.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 1.71
Ranked 95th. 20% more than Paraguay
1.43
Ranked 101st.
Jews 2,000
Ranked 55th. 67% more than Paraguay
1,200
Ranked 59th.
Major religion(s) Shintoism, Buddhism Christianity
Muslim > Muslim population 185,000
Ranked 105th. 185 times more than Paraguay
1,000
Ranked 173th.
Religions observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%) Roman Catholic 89.6%, Protestant 6.2%, other Christian 1.1%, other or unspecified 1.9%, none 1.1%
Religions > All observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%) Roman Catholic 90%, Mennonite and other Protestant 10%
Religious diversity score 0.541
Ranked 85th. 3 times more than Paraguay
0.212
Ranked 167th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 23.5%
Ranked 137th.
91.5%
Ranked 52nd. 4 times more than Japan
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 75%
Ranked 7th. 10 times more than Paraguay
7.5%
Ranked 94th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 15,061
Ranked 66th. 21% more than Paraguay
12,453
Ranked 70th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.118
Ranked 148th.
2.15
Ranked 84th. 18 times more than Japan
Jews per 1000 0.0158
Ranked 78th.
0.234
Ranked 58th. 15 times more than Japan
Christian > Mormon > Temples 2
Ranked 6th. Twice as much as Paraguay
1
Ranked 15th.

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.; 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.; Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics (Caribbean)

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