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Religion Stats: compare key data on Malaysia & Sri Lanka

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STAT Malaysia Sri Lanka HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 5.78 million
Ranked 6th.
15.17 million
Ranked 4th. 3 times more than Malaysia
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 33
Ranked 47th. 11 times more than Sri Lanka
3
Ranked 110th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 8,967
Ranked 53th. 7 times more than Sri Lanka
1,319
Ranked 92nd.
Christianity > Christians 2.56 million
Ranked 12th. 51% more than Sri Lanka
1.69 million
Ranked 17th.
Christianity > Percent Christian 9.2%
Ranked 17th. 15% more than Sri Lanka
8%
Ranked 24th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 60.4%
Ranked 44th. 9 times more than Sri Lanka
7%
Ranked 79th.
Jehovahs Witnesses 2,615
Ranked 98th.
4,019
Ranked 86th. 54% more than Malaysia
Major religion(s) Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 61.4%
Ranked 43th. 7 times more than Sri Lanka
8.5%
Ranked 76th.
Muslim > Muslim population 17.14 million
Ranked 20th. 10 times more than Sri Lanka
1.73 million
Ranked 62nd.
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% Buddhist 69.1%, Muslim 7.6%, Hindu 7.1%, Christian 6.2%, unspecified 10%
Religions > All Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia Buddhist 69.1%, Muslim 7.6%, Hindu 7.1%, Christian 6.2%, unspecified 10% (2001 census provisional data)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 95.5%
Ranked 27th.
99%
Ranked 3rd. 4% more than Malaysia
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 3.5%
Ranked 121st. 4 times more than Sri Lanka
1%
Ranked 139th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 42,919
Ranked 50th. 13 times more than Sri Lanka
3,385
Ranked 115th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 1.69
Ranked 92nd. 10 times more than Sri Lanka
0.174
Ranked 139th.
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 19.5%
Ranked 9th.
70%
Ranked 4th. 4 times more than Malaysia
Hindus 1.63 million
Ranked 8th.
2.31 million
Ranked 6th. 42% more than Malaysia
Religious diversity score 0.666
Ranked 37th. 37% more than Sri Lanka
0.485
Ranked 100th.
Hindu percent of population 7%
Ranked 9th.
9.6%
Ranked 7th. 37% more than Malaysia
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 0.107
Ranked 138th.
0.212
Ranked 132nd. 98% more than Malaysia
Hindus per thousand people 56.68
Ranked 13th.
110.8
Ranked 9th. 95% more than Malaysia
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Av bible studies 7,207
Ranked 9th. About the same as Sri Lanka
7,194
Ranked 10th.

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.; Wikipedia: Jehovah's Witnesses by country (Asia)

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