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Religion Stats: compare key data on Kenya & United States

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STAT Kenya United States HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 41
Ranked 38th.
13,742
Ranked 1st. 335 times more than Kenya
Christian > Mormon > Members 11,869
Ranked 42nd.
6.32 million
Ranked 1st. 533 times more than Kenya
Hindus 369,137
Ranked 16th.
1.2 million
Ranked 9th. 3 times more than Kenya
Islam > Percentage Muslim 7%
Ranked 80th. 5 times more than United States
1.4%
Ranked 114th.
Jehovahs Witnesses 20,286
Ranked 47th.
1.04 million
Ranked 1st. 51 times more than Kenya
Jews 400
Ranked 73th.
5.8 million
Ranked 1st. 14500 times more than Kenya
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 7%
Ranked 79th. 9 times more than United States
0.8%
Ranked 132nd.
Muslim > Muslim population 2.87 million
Ranked 51st. 11% more than United States
2.6 million
Ranked 54th.
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 Protestant 51.3%, Roman Catholic 23.9%, Mormon 1.7%, other Christian 1.6%, Jewish 1.7%, Buddhist 0.7%, Muslim 0.6%, other or unspecified 2.5%, unaffiliated 12.1%, none 4%
Religions > All Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, indigenous beliefs 10%, Muslim 10%, other 2% Protestant 52%, Roman Catholic 24%, Mormon 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 1%, other 10%, none 10% (2002 est.)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 94%
Ranked 37th. 45% more than United States
65%
Ranked 100th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 6%
Ranked 100th.
34.5%
Ranked 42nd. 6 times more than Kenya
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 530,341
Ranked 7th.
948,892
Ranked 2nd. 79% more than Kenya
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 15.22
Ranked 38th. 5 times more than United States
3.24
Ranked 73th.
Religious diversity score 0.776
Ranked 13th.
0.824
Ranked 2nd. 6% more than Kenya
Hindu percent of population 1%
Ranked 19th. 3 times more than United States
0.4%
Ranked 26th.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 0.615
Ranked 124th.
3.6
Ranked 42nd. 6 times more than Kenya
Religions > Roman Catholic 33%
Ranked 61st. 38% more than United States
24%
Ranked 68th.
Religions > Muslim 10%
Ranked 66th. 10 times more than United States
1%
Ranked 96th.
Jews per 1000 0.0135
Ranked 79th.
21.03
Ranked 3rd. 1561 times more than Kenya
Religions > Protestant 45%
Ranked 8th.
52%
Ranked 6th. 16% more than Kenya
Hindus per thousand people 8.78
Ranked 31st. 2 times more than United States
3.87
Ranked 40th.
Christian > Protestant > Quakers 133,825
Ranked 1st. 54% more than United States
86,837
Ranked 1st.

SOURCES: 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; 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.; 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, )

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