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Religion Stats: compare key data on Malaysia & Pakistan

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STAT Malaysia Pakistan HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 33
Ranked 47th. 3 times more than Pakistan
13
Ranked 74th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 8,967
Ranked 53th. 3 times more than Pakistan
3,500
Ranked 71st.
Christianity > Christians 2.56 million
Ranked 12th. 2% more than Pakistan
2.52 million
Ranked 14th.
Christianity > Percent Christian 9.2%
Ranked 17th. 6 times more than Pakistan
1.5%
Ranked 37th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 60.4%
Ranked 44th.
96.35%
Ranked 18th. 60% more than Malaysia
Jehovahs Witnesses 2,615
Ranked 98th. 3 times more than Pakistan
1,032
Ranked 124th.
Major religion(s) Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism Islam
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 61.4%
Ranked 43th.
96.4%
Ranked 23th. 57% more than Malaysia
Muslim > Muslim population 17.14 million
Ranked 20th.
178.1 million
Ranked 3rd. 10 times more than Malaysia
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% Muslim 95% (Sunni 75%, Shia 20%), other (includes Christian and Hindu) 5%
Religions > All Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia Muslim 97% (Sunni 77%, Shi'a 20%), Christian, Hindu, and other 3%
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 95.5%
Ranked 27th.
96.5%
Ranked 18th. 1% more than Malaysia
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 3.5%
Ranked 121st. 40% more than Pakistan
2.5%
Ranked 131st.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 42,919
Ranked 50th. 5 times more than Pakistan
9,168
Ranked 81st.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 1.69
Ranked 92nd. 29 times more than Pakistan
0.0591
Ranked 164th.
Hindus 1.63 million
Ranked 8th.
7.45 million
Ranked 4th. 5 times more than Malaysia
Religious diversity score 0.666
Ranked 37th. 73% more than Pakistan
0.385
Ranked 129th.
Hindu percent of population 7%
Ranked 9th. 3 times more than Pakistan
2.4%
Ranked 12th.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 0.107
Ranked 138th. 16 times more than Pakistan
0.00689
Ranked 157th.
Muslim > Islamist organizations Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party ·   United Malays National Organisation Jamaat-e-Islami ·   Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal ·   Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Hindus per thousand people 56.68
Ranked 13th. 34% more than Pakistan
42.29
Ranked 16th.
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Av bible studies 7,207
Ranked 9th. 6 times more than Pakistan
1,149
Ranked 21st.

SOURCES: 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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