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Religion Stats: compare key data on Lesotho & United States

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STAT Lesotho United States HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 2
Ranked 124th.
13,742
Ranked 1st. 6871 times more than Lesotho
Christian > Mormon > Members 880
Ranked 104th.
6.32 million
Ranked 1st. 7183 times more than Lesotho
Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 20%
Ranked 50th.
55%
Ranked 19th. 3 times more than Lesotho
Christian > Protestant > Protestants 373,407
Ranked 43th.
162.65 million
Ranked 1st. 436 times more than Lesotho
Hindus 2,125
Ranked 76th.
1.2 million
Ranked 9th. 567 times more than Lesotho
Islam > Percentage Muslim 2%
Ranked 105th. 43% more than United States
1.4%
Ranked 114th.
Jehovahs Witnesses 3,133
Ranked 91st.
1.04 million
Ranked 1st. 331 times more than Lesotho
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 1.66
Ranked 97th.
3.6
Ranked 42nd. 2 times more than Lesotho
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Muslim > Muslim population 1,000
Ranked 170th.
2.6 million
Ranked 54th. 2595 times more than Lesotho
Religions Christian 80%, indigenous beliefs 20% 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 Christian 80%, indigenous beliefs 20% Protestant 52%, Roman Catholic 24%, Mormon 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 1%, other 10%, none 10% (2002 est.)
Religious diversity score 0.721
Ranked 20th.
0.824
Ranked 2nd. 14% more than Lesotho
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 5,141
Ranked 98th.
948,892
Ranked 2nd. 185 times more than Lesotho
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 2.69
Ranked 79th.
3.24
Ranked 73th. 21% more than Lesotho
Hindus per thousand people 1.05
Ranked 53th.
3.87
Ranked 40th. 4 times more than Lesotho

SOURCES: Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); Wikipedia: Protestantism by country (Top sixty countries by number and percentage of Protestants); 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; 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 .); 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. 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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