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Religion Stats: compare key data on Malaysia & Thailand

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STAT Malaysia Thailand
Buddhism > Buddhists 5.78 million
Ranked 6th.
63.4 million
Ranked 2nd. 11 times more than Malaysia
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 33
Ranked 47th.
38
Ranked 41st. 15% more than Malaysia
Christian > Mormon > Members 8,967
Ranked 53th.
17,424
Ranked 37th. 94% more than Malaysia
Christianity > Christians 2.56 million
Ranked 12th. 6 times more than Thailand
458,453
Ranked 28th.
Christianity > Percent Christian 9.2%
Ranked 17th. 13 times more than Thailand
0.7%
Ranked 41st.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 60.4%
Ranked 44th. 12 times more than Thailand
5%
Ranked 86th.
Jehovahs Witnesses 2,615
Ranked 98th. 13% more than Thailand
2,318
Ranked 102nd.
Major religion(s) Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism Buddhism
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 61.4%
Ranked 43th. 11 times more than Thailand
5.8%
Ranked 83th.
Muslim > Muslim population 17.14 million
Ranked 20th. 4 times more than Thailand
3.95 million
Ranked 45th.
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 94.6%, Muslim 4.6%, Christian 0.7%, other 0.1%
Religions > All Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia Buddhist 94.6%, Muslim 4.6%, Christian 0.7%, other 0.1% (2000 census)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 95.5%
Ranked 27th. 2% more than Thailand
94%
Ranked 39th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 3.5%
Ranked 121st.
5.5%
Ranked 108th. 57% more than Malaysia
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 42,919
Ranked 50th. 4 times more than Thailand
9,911
Ranked 79th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 1.69
Ranked 92nd. 11 times more than Thailand
0.152
Ranked 143th.
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 19.5%
Ranked 9th.
94%
Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than Malaysia
Hindus 1.63 million
Ranked 8th. 557 times more than Thailand
2,928
Ranked 73th.
Religious diversity score 0.666
Ranked 37th. 7 times more than Thailand
0.0994
Ranked 194th.
Hindu percent of population 7%
Ranked 9th. 70 times more than Thailand
0.1%
Ranked 37th.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 0.107
Ranked 138th. 3 times more than Thailand
0.0363
Ranked 150th.
Hindus per thousand people 56.68
Ranked 13th. 1289 times more than Thailand
0.044
Ranked 91st.
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Av bible studies 7,207
Ranked 9th. 36% more than Thailand
5,298
Ranked 12th.

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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