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Religion Stats: compare key data on Malaysia & Tanzania

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STAT Malaysia Tanzania HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 5.78 million
Ranked 6th. 263 times more than Tanzania
22,006.5
Ranked 43th.
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 33
Ranked 47th. 6 times more than Tanzania
6
Ranked 93th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 8,967
Ranked 53th. 7 times more than Tanzania
1,220
Ranked 97th.
Hindus 1.63 million
Ranked 8th. 5 times more than Tanzania
354,458
Ranked 17th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 60.4%
Ranked 44th. 73% more than Tanzania
35%
Ranked 55th.
Jehovahs Witnesses 2,615
Ranked 98th.
13,697
Ranked 60th. 5 times more than Malaysia
Major religion(s) Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism Christianity, Islam
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 61.4%
Ranked 43th. 2 times more than Tanzania
29.9%
Ranked 55th.
Muslim > Muslim population 17.14 million
Ranked 20th. 27% more than Tanzania
13.45 million
Ranked 23th.
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% mainland - Christian 30%, Muslim 35%, indigenous beliefs 35%; Zanzibar - more than 99% Muslim
Religions > All Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia mainland - Christian 30%, Muslim 35%, indigenous beliefs 35%; Zanzibar - more than 99% Muslim
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 95.5%
Ranked 27th.
96.5%
Ranked 21st. 1% more than Malaysia
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 3.5%
Ranked 121st. The same as Tanzania
3.5%
Ranked 123th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 42,919
Ranked 50th.
320,643
Ranked 13th. 7 times more than Malaysia
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 1.69
Ranked 92nd.
8.49
Ranked 55th. 5 times more than Malaysia
Religious diversity score 0.666
Ranked 37th. 5% more than Tanzania
0.633
Ranked 52nd.
Hindu percent of population 7%
Ranked 9th. 8 times more than Tanzania
0.9%
Ranked 20th.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 0.107
Ranked 138th.
0.383
Ranked 128th. 4 times more than Malaysia
Hindus per thousand people 56.68
Ranked 13th. 7 times more than Tanzania
7.65
Ranked 33th.

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); 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: 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.; 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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