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Religion Stats: compare key data on New Zealand & Switzerland

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STAT New Zealand Switzerland HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 207
Ranked 14th. 6 times more than Switzerland
36
Ranked 43th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 107,511
Ranked 15th. 13 times more than Switzerland
8,456
Ranked 54th.
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population 13,194
Ranked 3rd.
131,851
Ranked 2nd. 10 times more than New Zealand
Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 47%
Ranked 23th.
49%
Ranked 22nd. 4% more than New Zealand
Islam > Percentage Muslim 0.17%
Ranked 146th.
4.4%
Ranked 89th. 26 times more than New Zealand
Jehovahs Witnesses 13,427
Ranked 62nd.
17,958
Ranked 52nd. 34% more than New Zealand
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 0.9%
Ranked 127th.
5.7%
Ranked 84th. 6 times more than New Zealand
Muslim > Muslim population 41,000
Ranked 129th.
433,000
Ranked 89th. 11 times more than New Zealand
Religions Anglican 13.8%, Roman Catholic 12.6%, Presbyterian, Congregational, and Reformed 10%, Christian (no denomination specified) 4.6%, Methodist 3%, Pentecostal 2%, Baptist 1.4%, other Christian 3.8%, Maori Christian 1.6%, Hindu 1.6%, Buddhist 1.3%, other religions 2.2%, none 32.2%, other or unidentified 9.9% Roman Catholic 41.8%, Protestant 35.3%, Muslim 4.3%, Orthodox 1.8%, other Christian 0.4%, other 1%, unspecified 4.3%, none 11.1%
Religions > All Anglican 14.9%, Roman Catholic 12.4%, Presbyterian 10.9%, Methodist 2.9%, Pentecostal 1.7%, Baptist 1.3%, other Christian 9.4%, other 3.3%, unspecified 17.2%, none 26% (2001 census) Roman Catholic 41.8%, Protestant 35.3%, Orthodox 1.8%, other Christian 0.4%, Muslim 4.3%, other 1%, unspecified 4.3%, none 11.1% (2000 census)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 33%
Ranked 128th.
41.5%
Ranked 117th. 26% more than New Zealand
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 66%
Ranked 14th. 18% more than Switzerland
56%
Ranked 27th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 11,376
Ranked 74th. 3 times more than Switzerland
4,258
Ranked 107th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 2.78
Ranked 78th. 5 times more than Switzerland
0.576
Ranked 109th.
Jews 5,000
Ranked 44th.
18,000
Ranked 26th. 4 times more than New Zealand
Hindus 41,158
Ranked 41st. 43% more than Switzerland
28,708
Ranked 42nd.
Religious diversity score 0.811
Ranked 5th. 33% more than Switzerland
0.608
Ranked 62nd.
Hindu percent of population 1%
Ranked 18th. 3 times more than Switzerland
0.38%
Ranked 28th.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 3.4
Ranked 49th. 38% more than Switzerland
2.47
Ranked 69th.
Religions > Roman Catholic 12.4%
Ranked 83th.
41.8%
Ranked 55th. 3 times more than New Zealand
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population per thousand people 3.15
Ranked 2nd.
18.35
Ranked 2nd. 6 times more than New Zealand
Christian > Protestant > Protestants 1.9 million
Ranked 28th.
3.67 million
Ranked 23th. 93% more than New Zealand
Jews per 1000 1.31
Ranked 30th.
2.53
Ranked 19th. 93% more than New Zealand
Christian > Catholic > Urban catholics 447,039
Ranked 3rd. 40 times more than Switzerland
11,178
Ranked 6th.
Catholic > Cardinals 1
Ranked 29th.
3
Ranked 13th. 3 times more than New Zealand
Christian > Catholic > Female catholics 271,884
Ranked 3rd.
1.57 million
Ranked 5th. 6 times more than New Zealand
Hindus per thousand people 9.34
Ranked 28th. 3 times more than Switzerland
3.63
Ranked 41st.
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics 236,553
Ranked 3rd. 39 times more than Switzerland
6,134
Ranked 12th.
Christian > Mormon > Temples 1
Ranked 8th. The same as Switzerland
1
Ranked 17th.
Christian > Orthodox > Male orthodox population per thousand people 1.48
Ranked 3rd.
8.95
Ranked 2nd. 6 times more than New Zealand
Christian > Orthodox > Male orthodox population 6,210
Ranked 3rd.
64,276
Ranked 1st. 10 times more than New Zealand
Catholic > Cardinals per million 0.242
Ranked 12th.
0.403
Ranked 5th. 67% more than New Zealand
Christian > Orthodox > Urban orthodox population 12,828
Ranked 3rd.
110,536
Ranked 1st. 9 times more than New Zealand
Catholic > Cardinal electors 1
Ranked 21st. The same as Switzerland
1
Ranked 35th.
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics per thousand people 56.53
Ranked 4th. 66 times more than Switzerland
0.854
Ranked 16th.
Christian > Catholic > Rural catholics 61,398
Ranked 4th.
892,566
Ranked 4th. 15 times more than New Zealand
Christian > Orthodox > Female orthodox population 6,981
Ranked 3rd.
67,575
Ranked 2nd. 10 times more than New Zealand
Christian > Orthodox > Urban female orthodox population 6,783
Ranked 3rd.
56,950
Ranked 1st. 8 times more than New Zealand
Christian > Orthodox > Rural female orthodox population per thousand people 0.0473
Ranked 2nd.
1.48
Ranked 1st. 31 times more than New Zealand
Christian > Orthodox > Rural male orthodox population 168
Ranked 2nd.
10,690
Ranked 1st. 64 times more than New Zealand
Christian > Orthodox > Rural orthodox population 363
Ranked 2nd.
21,315
Ranked 1st. 59 times more than New Zealand
Catholic > Cardinal electors per million 0.242
Ranked 5th. 80% more than Switzerland
0.134
Ranked 13th.
Christian > Protestant > Quakers 656
Ranked 10th. 6 times more than Switzerland
104
Ranked 17th.
Catholic > Cardinals > Per $ GDP 0.152 per $14.1 billion
Ranked 36th.
0.168 per $14.1 billion
Ranked 33th. 11% more than New Zealand
Christian > Orthodox > Urban female orthodox population per thousand people 1.62
Ranked 2nd.
7.93
Ranked 1st. 5 times more than New Zealand
Christian > Catholic > Rural male catholics 30,453
Ranked 3rd. 31 times more than Switzerland
993
Ranked 6th.
Christian > Catholic > Urban male catholics 206,100
Ranked 3rd.
1.03 million
Ranked 4th. 5 times more than New Zealand
Christian > Catholic > Urban female catholics 240,942
Ranked 4th.
1.12 million
Ranked 3rd. 5 times more than New Zealand
Christian > Catholic > Urban male catholics per thousand people 49.25
Ranked 2nd.
143.84
Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than New Zealand
Christian > Orthodox > Female orthodox population per thousand people 1.67
Ranked 3rd.
9.41
Ranked 2nd. 6 times more than New Zealand
Christian > Catholic > Urban catholics per thousand people 106.83
Ranked 2nd. 69 times more than Switzerland
1.56
Ranked 6th.
Christian > Catholic > Female catholics per thousand people 64.97
Ranked 4th.
218.8
Ranked 7th. 3 times more than New Zealand
Christian > Catholic > Rural catholics per thousand people 14.67
Ranked 5th.
124.24
Ranked 4th. 8 times more than New Zealand
Christian > Orthodox > Urban male orthodox population 6,042
Ranked 3rd.
53,586
Ranked 1st. 9 times more than New Zealand
Christian > Orthodox > Rural orthodox population per thousand people 0.0867
Ranked 2nd.
2.97
Ranked 1st. 34 times more than New Zealand
Christian > Orthodox > Urban male orthodox population per thousand people 1.44
Ranked 3rd.
7.46
Ranked 1st. 5 times more than New Zealand
Christian > Catholic > Urban female catholics per thousand people 57.58
Ranked 3rd.
156.17
Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than New Zealand
Christian > Orthodox > Rural male orthodox population per thousand people 0.0401
Ranked 2nd.
1.49
Ranked 1st. 37 times more than New Zealand
Christian > Orthodox > Urban orthodox population per thousand people 3.07
Ranked 2nd.
15.39
Ranked 1st. 5 times more than New Zealand
Christian > Orthodox > Rural female orthodox population 198
Ranked 2nd.
10,625
Ranked 1st. 54 times more than New Zealand
Christian > Catholic > Rural female catholics 30,945
Ranked 3rd. 27 times more than Switzerland
1,141
Ranked 6th.
Christian > Catholic > Rural male catholics per thousand people 7.28
Ranked 4th. 53 times more than Switzerland
0.138
Ranked 6th.
Christian > Catholic > Rural female catholics per thousand people 7.39
Ranked 4th. 47 times more than Switzerland
0.159
Ranked 6th.

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