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Religion Stats: compare key data on Malaysia & Nepal

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STAT Malaysia Nepal HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 5.78 million
Ranked 6th. 90% more than Nepal
3.04 million
Ranked 9th.
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 33
Ranked 47th. 33 times more than Nepal
1
Ranked 160th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 8,967
Ranked 53th. 56 times more than Nepal
160
Ranked 143th.
Christianity > Christians 2.56 million
Ranked 12th. 17 times more than Nepal
147,596
Ranked 36th.
Christianity > Percent Christian 9.2%
Ranked 17th. 18 times more than Nepal
0.5%
Ranked 42nd.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 60.4%
Ranked 44th. 14 times more than Nepal
4.2%
Ranked 90th.
Jehovahs Witnesses 2,615
Ranked 98th. 4 times more than Nepal
739
Ranked 128th.
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 61.4%
Ranked 43th. 15 times more than Nepal
4.2%
Ranked 95th.
Muslim > Muslim population 17.14 million
Ranked 20th. 14 times more than Nepal
1.25 million
Ranked 67th.
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% Hindu 80.6%, Buddhist 10.7%, Muslim 4.2%, Kirant 3.6%, other 0.9%; <i>note:</i> only official Hindu state in the world
Religions > All Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia Hindu 80.6%, Buddhist 10.7%, Muslim 4.2%, Kirant 3.6%, other 0.9% (2001 census)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 95.5%
Ranked 27th. 3% more than Nepal
93%
Ranked 45th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 3.5%
Ranked 121st.
6%
Ranked 101st. 71% more than Malaysia
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 42,919
Ranked 50th. 17 times more than Nepal
2,575
Ranked 125th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 1.69
Ranked 92nd. 16 times more than Nepal
0.103
Ranked 152nd.
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 19.5%
Ranked 9th. 95% more than Nepal
10%
Ranked 11th.
Hindus 1.63 million
Ranked 8th.
23.35 million
Ranked 2nd. 14 times more than Malaysia
Religious diversity score 0.666
Ranked 37th. 5 times more than Nepal
0.142
Ranked 187th.
Hindu percent of population 7%
Ranked 9th.
80.8%
Ranked 1st. 12 times more than Malaysia
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 0.107
Ranked 138th. 3 times more than Nepal
0.0307
Ranked 151st.
Hindus per thousand people 56.68
Ranked 13th.
859.93
Ranked 1st. 15 times more than Malaysia
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Av bible studies 7,207
Ranked 9th. 2 times more than Nepal
3,346
Ranked 15th.

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; 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.; 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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