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Religion Stats: compare key data on Kenya & Namibia

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STAT Kenya Namibia HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 41
Ranked 38th. 21 times more than Namibia
2
Ranked 118th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 11,869
Ranked 42nd. 16 times more than Namibia
763
Ranked 106th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 7%
Ranked 80th. 2 times more than Namibia
3%
Ranked 98th.
Jehovahs Witnesses 20,286
Ranked 47th. 16 times more than Namibia
1,308
Ranked 120th.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 0.615
Ranked 124th.
0.668
Ranked 122nd. 9% more than Kenya
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 7%
Ranked 79th. 18 times more than Namibia
0.4%
Ranked 140th.
Muslim > Muslim population 2.87 million
Ranked 51st. 319 times more than Namibia
9,000
Ranked 142nd.
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 Christian 80% to 90% (Lutheran 50% at least), indigenous beliefs 10% to 20%
Religions > All Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, indigenous beliefs 10%, Muslim 10%, other 2% Christian 80% to 90% (Lutheran 50% at least), indigenous beliefs 10% to 20%
Religious diversity score 0.776
Ranked 13th. 17% more than Namibia
0.663
Ranked 39th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 94%
Ranked 37th. 3% more than Namibia
91.5%
Ranked 51st.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 6%
Ranked 100th.
8.5%
Ranked 91st. 42% more than Kenya
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 530,341
Ranked 7th. 35 times more than Namibia
15,187
Ranked 64th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 15.22
Ranked 38th. Twice as much as Namibia
7.58
Ranked 56th.
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Congregations 566
Ranked 11th. 14 times more than Namibia
41
Ranked 25th.
Christianity > Orthodox > Coptic population ~2000 families (or 8000 people) N/A
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Memorial attendance 60,162
Ranked 13th. 10 times more than Namibia
6,190
Ranked 26th.
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Publishers 25,417
Ranked 11th. 12 times more than Namibia
2,040
Ranked 25th.

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 .); 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: Jehovah's Witnesses by country (Africa); Wikipedia: Coptic Orthodox Church in Africa (Coptic Orthodoxy in Sub-Saharan Africa)

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