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Religion Stats: compare key data on Malaysia & South Africa

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STAT Malaysia South Africa
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 33
Ranked 47th.
152
Ranked 19th. 5 times more than Malaysia
Christian > Mormon > Members 8,967
Ranked 53th.
59,807
Ranked 21st. 7 times more than Malaysia
Hindus 1.63 million
Ranked 8th. 70% more than South Africa
959,000
Ranked 10th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 60.4%
Ranked 44th. 40 times more than South Africa
1.5%
Ranked 111th.
Jehovahs Witnesses 2,615
Ranked 98th.
77,954
Ranked 24th. 30 times more than Malaysia
Major religion(s) Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism Christianity, Islam, indigenous beliefs
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 61.4%
Ranked 43th. 41 times more than South Africa
1.5%
Ranked 116th.
Muslim > Muslim population 17.14 million
Ranked 20th. 23 times more than South Africa
737,000
Ranked 77th.
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% Zion Christian 11.1%, Pentecostal/Charismatic 8.2%, Catholic 7.1%, Methodist 6.8%, Dutch Reformed 6.7%, Anglican 3.8%, Muslim 1.5%, other Christian 36%, other 2.3%, unspecified 1.4%, none 15.1%
Religions > All Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia Zion Christian 11.1%, Pentecostal/Charismatic 8.2%, Catholic 7.1%, Methodist 6.8%, Dutch Reformed 6.7%, Anglican 3.8%, other Christian 36%, Islam 1.5%, other 2.3%, unspecified 1.4%, none 15.1% (2001 census)
Religious diversity score 0.666
Ranked 37th.
0.86
Ranked 1st. 29% more than Malaysia
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 95.5%
Ranked 27th. 13% more than South Africa
84.5%
Ranked 69th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 3.5%
Ranked 121st.
15.5%
Ranked 71st. 4 times more than Malaysia
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 42,919
Ranked 50th.
74,151
Ranked 38th. 73% more than Malaysia
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 1.69
Ranked 92nd. 6% more than South Africa
1.59
Ranked 97th.
Hindu percent of population 7%
Ranked 9th. 4 times more than South Africa
1.9%
Ranked 15th.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 0.107
Ranked 138th.
1.71
Ranked 96th. 16 times more than Malaysia
Hindus per thousand people 56.68
Ranked 13th. 3 times more than South Africa
18.96
Ranked 22nd.

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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