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Religion Stats: compare key data on Malaysia & Panama

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STAT Malaysia Panama HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 33
Ranked 47th.
72
Ranked 9th. 2 times more than Malaysia
Christian > Mormon > Members 8,967
Ranked 53th.
48,669
Ranked 8th. 5 times more than Malaysia
Hindus 1.63 million
Ranked 8th. 168 times more than Panama
9,726
Ranked 52nd.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 60.4%
Ranked 44th. 201 times more than Panama
0.3%
Ranked 140th.
Jehovahs Witnesses 2,615
Ranked 98th.
11,704
Ranked 65th. 4 times more than Malaysia
Major religion(s) Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 61.4%
Ranked 43th. 88 times more than Panama
0.7%
Ranked 136th.
Muslim > Muslim population 17.14 million
Ranked 20th. 686 times more than Panama
25,000
Ranked 133th.
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% Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 15%
Religions > All Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 15%
Religious diversity score 0.666
Ranked 37th. Twice as much as Panama
0.334
Ranked 138th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 95.5%
Ranked 27th. 9% more than Panama
88%
Ranked 61st.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 3.5%
Ranked 121st.
10.5%
Ranked 86th. 3 times more than Malaysia
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 42,919
Ranked 50th.
54,857
Ranked 44th. 28% more than Malaysia
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 1.69
Ranked 92nd.
16.61
Ranked 36th. 10 times more than Malaysia
Hindu percent of population 7%
Ranked 9th. 23 times more than Panama
0.3%
Ranked 29th.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 0.107
Ranked 138th.
3.68
Ranked 38th. 34 times more than Malaysia
Hindus per thousand people 56.68
Ranked 13th. 22 times more than Panama
2.6
Ranked 43th.

SOURCES: 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; 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: 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 .); 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.; 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.

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