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Religion Stats: compare key data on Malaysia & Syria

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STAT Malaysia Syria HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 33
Ranked 47th. 33 times more than Syria
1
Ranked 158th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 8,967
Ranked 53th. 299 times more than Syria
30
Ranked 176th.
Christianity > Christians 2.56 million
Ranked 12th. 29% more than Syria
1.97 million
Ranked 15th.
Christianity > Percent Christian 9.2%
Ranked 17th.
10%
Ranked 15th. 9% more than Malaysia
Islam > Percentage Muslim 60.4%
Ranked 44th.
88%
Ranked 31st. 46% more than Malaysia
Major religion(s) Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism Islam, Christianity
Muslim > Islamist organizations Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party ·   United Malays National Organisation Muslim Brotherhood in Syria
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 61.4%
Ranked 43th.
92.8%
Ranked 28th. 51% more than Malaysia
Muslim > Muslim population 17.14 million
Ranked 20th.
20.89 million
Ranked 19th. 22% more than Malaysia
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% Sunni Muslim 74%, other Muslim (includes Alawite, Druze) 16%, Christian (various denominations) 10%, Jewish (tiny communities in Damascus, Al Qamishli, and Aleppo)
Religions > All Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia Sunni Muslim 74%, Alawite, Druze, and other Muslim sects 16%, Christian (various sects) 10%, Jewish (tiny communities in Damascus, Al Qamishli, and Aleppo)
Religious diversity score 0.666
Ranked 37th. 54% more than Syria
0.431
Ranked 116th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 42,919
Ranked 50th.
0.0
Ranked 218th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 1.69
Ranked 92nd.
0.0
Ranked 197th.

SOURCES: 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; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; Wikipedia: Islamism (Parties and Organizations); 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 .); 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.

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