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Religion Stats: compare key data on Malaysia & Switzerland

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STAT Malaysia Switzerland
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 33
Ranked 47th.
36
Ranked 43th. 9% more than Malaysia
Christian > Mormon > Members 8,967
Ranked 53th. 6% more than Switzerland
8,456
Ranked 54th.
Hindus 1.63 million
Ranked 8th. 57 times more than Switzerland
28,708
Ranked 42nd.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 60.4%
Ranked 44th. 14 times more than Switzerland
4.4%
Ranked 89th.
Jehovahs Witnesses 2,615
Ranked 98th.
17,958
Ranked 52nd. 7 times more than Malaysia
Major religion(s) Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 61.4%
Ranked 43th. 11 times more than Switzerland
5.7%
Ranked 84th.
Muslim > Muslim population 17.14 million
Ranked 20th. 40 times more than Switzerland
433,000
Ranked 89th.
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 41.8%, Protestant 35.3%, Muslim 4.3%, Orthodox 1.8%, other Christian 0.4%, other 1%, unspecified 4.3%, none 11.1%
Religions > All Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia Roman Catholic 41.8%, Protestant 35.3%, Orthodox 1.8%, other Christian 0.4%, Muslim 4.3%, other 1%, unspecified 4.3%, none 11.1% (2000 census)
Religious diversity score 0.666
Ranked 37th. 9% more than Switzerland
0.608
Ranked 62nd.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 95.5%
Ranked 27th. 2 times more than Switzerland
41.5%
Ranked 117th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 3.5%
Ranked 121st.
56%
Ranked 27th. 16 times more than Malaysia
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 42,919
Ranked 50th. 10 times more than Switzerland
4,258
Ranked 107th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 1.69
Ranked 92nd. 3 times more than Switzerland
0.576
Ranked 109th.
Hindu percent of population 7%
Ranked 9th. 18 times more than Switzerland
0.38%
Ranked 28th.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 0.107
Ranked 138th.
2.47
Ranked 69th. 23 times more than Malaysia
Hindus per thousand people 56.68
Ranked 13th. 16 times more than Switzerland
3.63
Ranked 41st.

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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