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Religion Stats: compare key data on Jordan & Malaysia

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STAT Jordan Malaysia
Buddhism > Buddhists 25,928
Ranked 37th.
5.78 million
Ranked 6th. 223 times more than Jordan
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 3
Ranked 116th.
33
Ranked 47th. 11 times more than Jordan
Christian > Mormon > Members 200
Ranked 136th.
8,967
Ranked 53th. 45 times more than Jordan
Christianity > Christians 371,921
Ranked 32nd.
2.56 million
Ranked 12th. 7 times more than Jordan
Christianity > Percent Christian 6%
Ranked 26th.
9.2%
Ranked 17th. 53% more than Jordan
Islam > Percentage Muslim 95%
Ranked 19th. 57% more than Malaysia
60.4%
Ranked 44th.
Major religion(s) Islam Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 98.8%
Ranked 11th. 61% more than Malaysia
61.4%
Ranked 43th.
Muslim > Muslim population 6.4 million
Ranked 35th.
17.14 million
Ranked 20th. 3 times more than Jordan
Religions Sunni Muslim 92%, Christian 6% (majority Greek Orthodox, but some Greek and Roman Catholics, Syrian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Protestant denominations), other 2% (several small Shia Muslim and Druze populations) Muslim 60.4%, Buddhist 19.2%, Christian 9.1%, Hindu 6.3%, Confucianism, Taoism, other traditional Chinese religions 2.6%, other or unknown 1.5%, none 0.8%
Religions > All Sunni Muslim 92%, Christian 6% (majority Greek Orthodox, but some Greek and Roman Catholics, Syrian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Protestant denominations), other 2% (several small Shi'a Muslim and Druze populations) (2001 est.) Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 96.5%
Ranked 19th. 1% more than Malaysia
95.5%
Ranked 27th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 3.5%
Ranked 119th. The same as Malaysia
3.5%
Ranked 121st.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 153
Ranked 181st.
42,919
Ranked 50th. 281 times more than Jordan
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.0289
Ranked 175th.
1.69
Ranked 92nd. 59 times more than Jordan
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 0.4%
Ranked 44th.
19.5%
Ranked 9th. 49 times more than Jordan
Religious diversity score 0.0659
Ranked 201st.
0.666
Ranked 37th. 10 times more than Jordan
Muslim > Islamist organizations Islamic Action Front Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party ·   United Malays National Organisation

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); 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; 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.; 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: Islamism (Parties and Organizations)

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