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Religion Stats: compare key data on Kenya & Malaysia

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STAT Kenya Malaysia HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 2,248.5
Ranked 87th.
5.78 million
Ranked 6th. 2570 times more than Kenya
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 41
Ranked 38th. 24% more than Malaysia
33
Ranked 47th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 11,869
Ranked 42nd. 32% more than Malaysia
8,967
Ranked 53th.
Hindus 369,137
Ranked 16th.
1.63 million
Ranked 8th. 4 times more than Kenya
Islam > Percentage Muslim 7%
Ranked 80th.
60.4%
Ranked 44th. 9 times more than Kenya
Jehovahs Witnesses 20,286
Ranked 47th. 8 times more than Malaysia
2,615
Ranked 98th.
Major religion(s) Christianity Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 7%
Ranked 79th.
61.4%
Ranked 43th. 9 times more than Kenya
Muslim > Muslim population 2.87 million
Ranked 51st.
17.14 million
Ranked 20th. 6 times more than Kenya
Religions Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, Muslim 10%, indigenous beliefs 10%, other 2%; <i>note:</i> a large majority of Kenyans are Christian, but estimates for the percentage of the population that adheres to Islam or indigenous beliefs vary widely 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 Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, indigenous beliefs 10%, Muslim 10%, other 2% Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 94%
Ranked 37th.
95.5%
Ranked 27th. 2% more than Kenya
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 6%
Ranked 100th. 71% more than Malaysia
3.5%
Ranked 121st.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 530,341
Ranked 7th. 12 times more than Malaysia
42,919
Ranked 50th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 15.22
Ranked 38th. 9 times more than Malaysia
1.69
Ranked 92nd.
Religious diversity score 0.776
Ranked 13th. 17% more than Malaysia
0.666
Ranked 37th.
Hindu percent of population 1%
Ranked 19th.
7%
Ranked 9th. 7 times more than Kenya
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 0.615
Ranked 124th. 6 times more than Malaysia
0.107
Ranked 138th.
Hindus per thousand people 8.78
Ranked 31st.
56.68
Ranked 13th. 6 times more than Kenya

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html; 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.; 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.

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