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Religion Stats: compare key data on Malaysia & Philippines

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STAT Malaysia Philippines HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 5.78 million
Ranked 6th. 3 times more than Philippines
1.96 million
Ranked 11th.
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 33
Ranked 47th.
1,134
Ranked 2nd. 34 times more than Malaysia
Christian > Mormon > Members 8,967
Ranked 53th.
675,166
Ranked 2nd. 75 times more than Malaysia
Christianity > Christians 2.56 million
Ranked 12th.
83.88 million
Ranked 1st. 33 times more than Malaysia
Christianity > Percent Christian 9.2%
Ranked 17th.
90.5%
Ranked 3rd. 10 times more than Malaysia

Islam > Percentage Muslim 60.4%
Ranked 44th. 12 times more than Philippines
5%
Ranked 85th.
Jehovahs Witnesses 2,615
Ranked 98th.
146,613
Ranked 8th. 56 times more than Malaysia
Major religion(s) Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 61.4%
Ranked 43th. 12 times more than Philippines
5.1%
Ranked 87th.
Muslim > Muslim population 17.14 million
Ranked 20th. 4 times more than Philippines
4.74 million
Ranked 40th.
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 80.9%, Muslim 5%, Evangelical 2.8%, Iglesia ni Kristo 2.3%, Aglipayan 2%, other Christian 4.5%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.6%, none 0.1%
Religions > All Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia Roman Catholic 80.9%, Evangelical 2.8%, Iglesia ni Kristo 2.3%, Aglipayan 2%, other Christian 4.5%, Muslim 5%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.6%, none 0.1% (2000 census)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 95.5%
Ranked 27th. The same as Philippines
95.5%
Ranked 25th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 3.5%
Ranked 121st.
4%
Ranked 115th. 14% more than Malaysia
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 42,919
Ranked 50th.
750,851
Ranked 4th. 17 times more than Malaysia
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 1.69
Ranked 92nd.
8.91
Ranked 53th. 5 times more than Malaysia
Hindus 1.63 million
Ranked 8th.
2 million
Ranked 7th. 23% more than Malaysia
Religious diversity score 0.666
Ranked 37th. 2 times more than Philippines
0.306
Ranked 146th.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 0.107
Ranked 138th.
1.81
Ranked 90th. 17 times more than Malaysia
Muslim > Islamist organizations Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party ·   United Malays National Organisation Moro Islamic Liberation Front
Hindus per thousand people 56.68
Ranked 13th. 3 times more than Philippines
21.04
Ranked 20th.
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Av bible studies 7,207
Ranked 9th.
206,540
Ranked 1st. 29 times more than Malaysia

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; 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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