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Religion Stats: compare key data on Malaysia & Maldives

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STAT Malaysia Maldives HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 5.78 million
Ranked 6th. 2444 times more than Maldives
2,364
Ranked 86th.
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 19.5%
Ranked 9th. 33 times more than Maldives
0.6%
Ranked 34th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 8,967
Ranked 53th. 897 times more than Maldives
10
Ranked 189th.
Hindu percent of population 7%
Ranked 9th. 700 times more than Maldives
0.01%
Ranked 47th.
Hindus 1.63 million
Ranked 8th. 44054 times more than Maldives
37
Ranked 94th.
Hindus per thousand people 56.68
Ranked 13th. 509 times more than Maldives
0.111
Ranked 84th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 60.4%
Ranked 44th.
99.9%
Ranked 4th. 65% more than Malaysia
Muslim > Islamist organizations Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party ·   United Malays National Organisation Islamic Democratic Party (Maldives) ·   Adhaalath Party
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 61.4%
Ranked 43th.
98.4%
Ranked 15th. 60% more than Malaysia
Muslim > Muslim population 17.14 million
Ranked 20th. 55 times more than Maldives
309,000
Ranked 93th.
Religions 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% Sunni Muslim
Religions > All Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia Sunni Muslim
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 42,919
Ranked 50th.
0.0
Ranked 219th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 1.69
Ranked 92nd.
0.0
Ranked 198th.

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; 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.; International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; Wikipedia: Islamism (Parties and Organizations); 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; 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.

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