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Religion Stats: compare key data on Malaysia & United States

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STAT Malaysia United States HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 33
Ranked 47th.
13,742
Ranked 1st. 416 times more than Malaysia
Christian > Mormon > Members 8,967
Ranked 53th.
6.32 million
Ranked 1st. 705 times more than Malaysia
Hindus 1.63 million
Ranked 8th. 35% more than United States
1.2 million
Ranked 9th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 60.4%
Ranked 44th. 43 times more than United States
1.4%
Ranked 114th.
Jehovahs Witnesses 2,615
Ranked 98th.
1.04 million
Ranked 1st. 396 times more than Malaysia
Major religion(s) Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 61.4%
Ranked 43th. 77 times more than United States
0.8%
Ranked 132nd.
Muslim > Muslim population 17.14 million
Ranked 20th. 7 times more than United States
2.6 million
Ranked 54th.
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% Protestant 51.3%, Roman Catholic 23.9%, Mormon 1.7%, other Christian 1.6%, Jewish 1.7%, Buddhist 0.7%, Muslim 0.6%, other or unspecified 2.5%, unaffiliated 12.1%, none 4%
Religions > All Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia Protestant 52%, Roman Catholic 24%, Mormon 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 1%, other 10%, none 10% (2002 est.)
Religious diversity score 0.666
Ranked 37th.
0.824
Ranked 2nd. 24% more than Malaysia
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 95.5%
Ranked 27th. 47% more than United States
65%
Ranked 100th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 3.5%
Ranked 121st.
34.5%
Ranked 42nd. 10 times more than Malaysia
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 42,919
Ranked 50th.
948,892
Ranked 2nd. 22 times more than Malaysia
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 1.69
Ranked 92nd.
3.24
Ranked 73th. 92% more than Malaysia
Hindu percent of population 7%
Ranked 9th. 18 times more than United States
0.4%
Ranked 26th.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 0.107
Ranked 138th.
3.6
Ranked 42nd. 34 times more than Malaysia
Muslim > Islamist organizations Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party ·   United Malays National Organisation Islamic Thinkers Society ·   Revolution Muslim
Hindus per thousand people 56.68
Ranked 13th. 15 times more than United States
3.87
Ranked 40th.

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.; Wikipedia: Islamism (Parties and Organizations); 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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