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Religion Stats: compare key data on Kenya & Philippines

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STAT Kenya Philippines HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 2,248.5
Ranked 87th.
1.96 million
Ranked 11th. 874 times more than Kenya
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 41
Ranked 38th.
1,134
Ranked 2nd. 28 times more than Kenya
Christian > Mormon > Members 11,869
Ranked 42nd.
675,166
Ranked 2nd. 57 times more than Kenya
Islam > Percentage Muslim 7%
Ranked 80th. 40% more than Philippines
5%
Ranked 85th.
Jehovahs Witnesses 20,286
Ranked 47th.
146,613
Ranked 8th. 7 times more than Kenya
Jews 400
Ranked 73th. 60% more than Philippines
250
Ranked 81st.
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 7%
Ranked 79th. 37% more than Philippines
5.1%
Ranked 87th.
Muslim > Muslim population 2.87 million
Ranked 51st.
4.74 million
Ranked 40th. 65% 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 Roman Catholic 80.9%, Muslim 5%, Evangelical 2.8%, Iglesia ni Kristo 2.3%, Aglipayan 2%, other Christian 4.5%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.6%, none 0.1%
Religions > All Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, indigenous beliefs 10%, Muslim 10%, other 2% Roman Catholic 80.9%, Evangelical 2.8%, Iglesia ni Kristo 2.3%, Aglipayan 2%, other Christian 4.5%, Muslim 5%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.6%, none 0.1% (2000 census)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 94%
Ranked 37th.
95.5%
Ranked 25th. 2% more than Kenya
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 6%
Ranked 100th. 50% more than Philippines
4%
Ranked 115th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 530,341
Ranked 7th.
750,851
Ranked 4th. 42% more than Kenya
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 15.22
Ranked 38th. 71% more than Philippines
8.91
Ranked 53th.
Hindus 369,137
Ranked 16th.
2 million
Ranked 7th. 5 times more than Kenya
Religious diversity score 0.776
Ranked 13th. 3 times more than Philippines
0.306
Ranked 146th.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 0.615
Ranked 124th.
1.81
Ranked 90th. 3 times more than Kenya
Religions > Roman Catholic 33%
Ranked 61st.
80.9%
Ranked 32nd. 2 times more than Kenya
Religions > Muslim 10%
Ranked 66th. Twice as much as Philippines
5%
Ranked 74th.
Jews per 1000 0.0135
Ranked 79th. 4 times more than Philippines
0.00336
Ranked 85th.
Hindus per thousand people 8.78
Ranked 31st.
21.04
Ranked 20th. 2 times more than Kenya
Christian > Protestant > Quakers 133,825
Ranked 1st. 157 times more than Philippines
850
Ranked 9th.
Christian > Protestant > Quakers per million people 3,544.82
Ranked 1st. 371 times more than Philippines
9.56
Ranked 9th.

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); 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; 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: 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.; 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.; 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: Quakers (Africa) (Nuttall, Geoffrey (1955). "Early Quakerism in the Netherlands: Its wider context" . The Bulletin of the Friends Historical Association 44 (1): 3–18. Gragg, Larry (2009). The Quaker community on Barbados : challenging the culture of the planter class ([Online-Ausg.] ed.). Columbia: University of Missouri Press. ISBN 9780826218476 . Friends World Committee for Consultation (2007) 'Finding Quakers around the World http://www.fwccamericas.org/publications/images/fwcc_map_2007_sm.gif, ); Wikipedia: Quakers (Africa) (Nuttall, Geoffrey (1955). "Early Quakerism in the Netherlands: Its wider context" . The Bulletin of the Friends Historical Association 44 (1): 3–18. Gragg, Larry (2009). The Quaker community on Barbados : challenging the culture of the planter class ([Online-Ausg.] ed.). Columbia: University of Missouri Press. ISBN 9780826218476 . Friends World Committee for Consultation (2007) 'Finding Quakers around the World http://www.fwccamericas.org/publications/images/fwcc_map_2007_sm.gif, ). 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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