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Religion Stats: compare key data on Lebanon & Malaysia

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STAT Lebanon Malaysia HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 45,447.5
Ranked 29th.
5.78 million
Ranked 6th. 127 times more than Lebanon
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 1
Ranked 163th.
33
Ranked 47th. 33 times more than Lebanon
Christian > Mormon > Members 210
Ranked 134th.
8,967
Ranked 53th. 43 times more than Lebanon
Christianity > Christians 1.8 million
Ranked 16th.
2.56 million
Ranked 12th. 42% more than Lebanon
Christianity > Percent Christian 41%
Ranked 6th. 4 times more than Malaysia
9.2%
Ranked 17th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 70%
Ranked 41st. 16% more than Malaysia
60.4%
Ranked 44th.
Jehovahs Witnesses 3,585
Ranked 89th. 37% more than Malaysia
2,615
Ranked 98th.
Major religion(s) Islam, Christianity Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 59.7%
Ranked 44th.
61.4%
Ranked 43th. 3% more than Lebanon
Muslim > Muslim population 2.54 million
Ranked 56th.
17.14 million
Ranked 20th. 7 times more than Lebanon
Religions Muslim 59.7% (Shia, Sunni, Druze, Isma'ilite, Alawite or Nusayri), Christian 39% (Maronite Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Melkite Catholic, Armenian Orthodox, Syrian Catholic, Armenian Catholic, Syrian Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Chaldean, Assyrian, Copt, Protestant), other 1.3%; <i>note:</i> 17 religious sects recognized 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 Muslim 59.7% (Shi'a, Sunni, Druze, Isma'ilite, Alawite or Nusayri), Christian 39% (Maronite Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Melkite Catholic, Armenian Orthodox, Syrian Catholic, Armenian Catholic, Syrian Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Chaldean, Assyrian, Copt, Protestant), other 1.3% Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 89.5%
Ranked 55th.
95.5%
Ranked 27th. 7% more than Lebanon
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 10%
Ranked 87th. 3 times more than Malaysia
3.5%
Ranked 121st.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 393
Ranked 171st.
42,919
Ranked 50th. 109 times more than Lebanon
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.102
Ranked 153th.
1.69
Ranked 92nd. 17 times more than Lebanon
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 1.1%
Ranked 22nd.
19.5%
Ranked 9th. 18 times more than Lebanon
Hindus 3,926
Ranked 68th.
1.63 million
Ranked 8th. 415 times more than Lebanon
Religious diversity score 0.789
Ranked 10th. 18% more than Malaysia
0.666
Ranked 37th.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 1.02
Ranked 109th. 10 times more than Malaysia
0.107
Ranked 138th.
Muslim > Islamist organizations Hezbollah ( Shia ) &#183; &#32; Islamic Group (Lebanon) ( Sunni ) Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party &#183; &#32; United Malays National Organisation
Hindus per thousand people 0.896
Ranked 63th.
56.68
Ranked 13th. 63 times more than Lebanon
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Av bible studies 1,821
Ranked 16th.
7,207
Ranked 9th. 4 times more than Lebanon

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_by_country#Sovereign_states; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_by_country#Sovereign_states; 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.; 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.; Wikipedia: Islamism (Parties and Organizations); 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 (Asia)

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