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Religion Stats: compare key data on Netherlands & Suriname

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STAT Netherlands Suriname HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 33
Ranked 48th. 6 times more than Suriname
6
Ranked 91st.
Christian > Mormon > Members 9,247
Ranked 51st. 7 times more than Suriname
1,323
Ranked 91st.
Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 33%
Ranked 35th. 50% more than Suriname
22%
Ranked 47th.
Hindus 148,055
Ranked 28th. 33% more than Suriname
111,576
Ranked 32nd.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 6%
Ranked 84th.
22%
Ranked 56th. 4 times more than Netherlands
Jehovahs Witnesses 30,728
Ranked 34th. 15 times more than Suriname
2,045
Ranked 105th.
Jews 30,000
Ranked 23th. 150 times more than Suriname
200
Ranked 86th.
Major religion(s) Christianity Hinduism, Islam, Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 5.5%
Ranked 86th.
15.9%
Ranked 64th. 3 times more than Netherlands
Muslim > Muslim population 914,000
Ranked 74th. 11 times more than Suriname
84,000
Ranked 116th.
Religions Roman Catholic 30%, Dutch Reformed 11%, Calvinist 6%, other Protestant 3%, Muslim 5.8%, other 2.2%, none 42% Hindu 27.4%, Protestant 25.2% (predominantly Moravian), Roman Catholic 22.8%, Muslim 19.6%, indigenous beliefs 5%
Religions > All Roman Catholic 31%, Dutch Reformed 13%, Calvinist 7%, Muslim 5.5%, other 2.5%, none 41% (2002) Hindu 27.4%, Protestant 25.2% (predominantly Moravian), Roman Catholic 22.8%, Muslim 19.6%, indigenous beliefs 5%
Religious diversity score 0.722
Ranked 19th.
0.791
Ranked 9th. 10% more than Netherlands
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 4,507
Ranked 105th. 32% more than Suriname
3,415
Ranked 114th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.277
Ranked 131st.
6.92
Ranked 59th. 25 times more than Netherlands
Hindu percent of population 0.89%
Ranked 21st.
23.7%
Ranked 3rd. 27 times more than Netherlands
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 1.9
Ranked 89th.
4.26
Ranked 28th. 2 times more than Netherlands
Religions > Roman Catholic 31%
Ranked 62nd. 36% more than Suriname
22.8%
Ranked 70th.
Christian > Protestant > Protestants 5.41 million
Ranked 13th. 56 times more than Suriname
96,392
Ranked 50th.
Religions > Muslim 5.5%
Ranked 73th.
19.6%
Ranked 51st. 4 times more than Netherlands
Jews per 1000 1.91
Ranked 24th. 4 times more than Suriname
0.441
Ranked 46th.
Hindus per thousand people 8.87
Ranked 30th.
210.62
Ranked 7th. 24 times more than Netherlands

SOURCES: Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); Wikipedia: Protestantism by country (Top sixty countries by number and percentage of Protestants); 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; World Jewish Congress (WJC), 1998; 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 .); 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.; World Jewish Congress (WJC), 1998. 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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