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Religion Stats: compare key data on Malaysia & South Korea

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STAT Malaysia South Korea HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 5.78 million
Ranked 6th.
17.87 million
Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Malaysia
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 33
Ranked 47th.
128
Ranked 24th. 4 times more than Malaysia
Christian > Mormon > Members 8,967
Ranked 53th.
85,628
Ranked 17th. 10 times more than Malaysia
Christianity > Christians 2.56 million
Ranked 12th.
14.38 million
Ranked 6th. 6 times more than Malaysia
Christianity > Percent Christian 9.2%
Ranked 17th.
29.2%
Ranked 7th. 3 times more than Malaysia

Islam > Percentage Muslim 60.4%
Ranked 44th. 1510 times more than South Korea
0.04%
Ranked 156th.
Jehovahs Witnesses 2,615
Ranked 98th.
91,996
Ranked 21st. 35 times more than Malaysia
Major religion(s) Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism Buddhism, Christianity; nearly half of adults profess no religion
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 61.4%
Ranked 43th. 307 times more than South Korea
0.2%
Ranked 159th.
Muslim > Muslim population 17.14 million
Ranked 20th. 229 times more than South Korea
75,000
Ranked 118th.
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% Christian 26.3% (Protestant 19.7%, Roman Catholic 6.6%), Buddhist 23.2%, other or unknown 1.3%, none 49.3%
Religions > All Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia no affiliation 46%, Christian 26%, Buddhist 26%, Confucianist 1%, other 1%
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 95.5%
Ranked 27th. 3 times more than South Korea
32.5%
Ranked 130th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 3.5%
Ranked 121st.
65.5%
Ranked 15th. 19 times more than Malaysia
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 42,919
Ranked 50th.
182,070
Ranked 25th. 4 times more than Malaysia
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 1.69
Ranked 92nd.
3.79
Ranked 70th. 2 times more than Malaysia
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 19.5%
Ranked 9th.
36.5%
Ranked 7th. 87% more than Malaysia
Hindus 1.63 million
Ranked 8th. 131 times more than South Korea
12,452
Ranked 49th.
Religious diversity score 0.666
Ranked 37th. 1% more than South Korea
0.66
Ranked 41st.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 0.107
Ranked 138th.
1.93
Ranked 87th. 18 times more than Malaysia
Hindus per thousand people 56.68
Ranked 13th. 227 times more than South Korea
0.25
Ranked 77th.

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.; 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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