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Religion Stats: compare key data on Kenya & Uganda

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STAT Kenya Uganda HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 2,248.5
Ranked 87th.
4,144
Ranked 80th. 84% more than Kenya
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 41
Ranked 38th. 64% more than Uganda
25
Ranked 56th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 11,869
Ranked 42nd. 4% more than Uganda
11,442
Ranked 44th.
Hindus 369,137
Ranked 16th. 2 times more than Uganda
151,313
Ranked 27th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 7%
Ranked 80th.
15%
Ranked 67th. 2 times more than Kenya
Jehovahs Witnesses 20,286
Ranked 47th. 5 times more than Uganda
4,051
Ranked 85th.
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity, Islam
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 7%
Ranked 79th.
12%
Ranked 71st. 71% more than Kenya
Muslim > Muslim population 2.87 million
Ranked 51st.
4.06 million
Ranked 44th. 42% 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 41.9%, Protestant 42% (Anglican 35.9%, Pentecostal 4.6%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.5%), Muslim 12.1%, other 3.1%, none 0.9%
Religions > All Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, indigenous beliefs 10%, Muslim 10%, other 2% Roman Catholic 33%, Protestant 33%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 18%
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 94%
Ranked 37th. 1% more than Uganda
93%
Ranked 44th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 6%
Ranked 100th.
7%
Ranked 95th. 17% more than Kenya
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 530,341
Ranked 7th. 4 times more than Uganda
145,634
Ranked 28th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 15.22
Ranked 38th. 3 times more than Uganda
5.24
Ranked 63th.
Religious diversity score 0.776
Ranked 13th. 23% more than Uganda
0.633
Ranked 53th.
Hindu percent of population 1%
Ranked 19th. Twice as much as Uganda
0.5%
Ranked 25th.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 0.615
Ranked 124th. 4 times more than Uganda
0.156
Ranked 135th.
Religions > Roman Catholic 33%
Ranked 61st. The same as Uganda
33%
Ranked 60th.
Religions > Muslim 10%
Ranked 66th.
16%
Ranked 55th. 60% more than Kenya
Religions > Protestant 45%
Ranked 8th. 36% more than Uganda
33%
Ranked 12th.
Hindus per thousand people 8.78
Ranked 31st. 2 times more than Uganda
4.31
Ranked 39th.
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Congregations 566
Ranked 11th. 5 times more than Uganda
122
Ranked 19th.
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Memorial attendance 60,162
Ranked 13th. 3 times more than Uganda
19,798
Ranked 19th.
Christian > Protestant > Quakers 133,825
Ranked 1st. 27 times more than Uganda
5,000
Ranked 3rd.

Christian > Protestant > Quakers per million people 3,544.82
Ranked 1st. 22 times more than Uganda
162.71
Ranked 5th.
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Publishers 25,417
Ranked 11th. 4 times more than Uganda
5,924
Ranked 19th.

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.; Wikipedia: Jehovah's Witnesses by country (Africa); 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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