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Religion Stats: compare key data on Japan & Sri Lanka

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STAT Japan Sri Lanka HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 281
Ranked 10th. 94 times more than Sri Lanka
3
Ranked 110th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 126,407
Ranked 12th. 96 times more than Sri Lanka
1,319
Ranked 92nd.
Christianity > Christians 2.56 million
Ranked 11th. 51% more than Sri Lanka
1.69 million
Ranked 17th.
Christianity > Percent Christian 2%
Ranked 35th.
8%
Ranked 24th. 4 times more than Japan
Islam > Percentage Muslim 0.2%
Ranked 141st.
7%
Ranked 79th. 35 times more than Japan
Jehovahs Witnesses 218,262
Ranked 6th. 54 times more than Sri Lanka
4,019
Ranked 86th.
Major religion(s) Shintoism, Buddhism Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 0.1%
Ranked 168th.
8.5%
Ranked 76th. 85 times more than Japan
Muslim > Muslim population 185,000
Ranked 105th.
1.73 million
Ranked 62nd. 9 times more than Japan
Religions observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%) Buddhist 69.1%, Muslim 7.6%, Hindu 7.1%, Christian 6.2%, unspecified 10%
Religions > All observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%) Buddhist 69.1%, Muslim 7.6%, Hindu 7.1%, Christian 6.2%, unspecified 10% (2001 census provisional data)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 23.5%
Ranked 137th.
99%
Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than Japan
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 75%
Ranked 7th. 75 times more than Sri Lanka
1%
Ranked 139th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 15,061
Ranked 66th. 4 times more than Sri Lanka
3,385
Ranked 115th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.118
Ranked 148th.
0.174
Ranked 139th. 48% more than Japan
Hindus 5,097
Ranked 64th.
2.31 million
Ranked 6th. 454 times more than Japan
Religious diversity score 0.541
Ranked 85th. 11% more than Sri Lanka
0.485
Ranked 100th.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 1.71
Ranked 95th. 8 times more than Sri Lanka
0.212
Ranked 132nd.
Hindus per thousand people 0.0399
Ranked 92nd.
110.8
Ranked 9th. 2779 times more than Japan
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Av bible studies 168,138
Ranked 2nd. 23 times more than Sri Lanka
7,194
Ranked 10th.

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; 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; 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.; 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: Jehovah's Witnesses by country (Asia)

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