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Religion Stats: compare key data on Nigeria & United Kingdom

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STAT Nigeria United Kingdom HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 10,795.5
Ranked 57th.
507,164.5
Ranked 19th. 47 times more than Nigeria
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 350
Ranked 6th. 5% more than United Kingdom
332
Ranked 7th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 118,000
Ranked 14th.
188,462
Ranked 7th. 60% more than Nigeria
Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 26.5%
Ranked 42nd.
60%
Ranked 18th. 2 times more than Nigeria
Islam > Percentage Muslim 50%
Ranked 49th. 19 times more than United Kingdom
2.7%
Ranked 101st.
Jehovahs Witnesses 276,756
Ranked 4th. 2 times more than United Kingdom
127,206
Ranked 13th.
Major religion(s) Islam, Christianity, indigenous beliefs Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 47.9%
Ranked 49th. 10 times more than United Kingdom
4.6%
Ranked 92nd.
Muslim > Muslim population 75.73 million
Ranked 6th. 26 times more than United Kingdom
2.87 million
Ranked 50th.
Religions Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10% Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1%
Religions > All Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10% Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1% (2001 census)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 95.5%
Ranked 26th. 4 times more than United Kingdom
26.5%
Ranked 135th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 2.5%
Ranked 132nd.
73%
Ranked 9th. 29 times more than Nigeria
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 228,705
Ranked 18th. 9 times more than United Kingdom
24,083
Ranked 59th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 1.68
Ranked 93th. 4 times more than United Kingdom
0.402
Ranked 122nd.
Religious diversity score 0.742
Ranked 15th. 7% more than United Kingdom
0.694
Ranked 27th.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 2.14
Ranked 81st.
2.14
Ranked 80th. About the same as Nigeria
Christian > Protestant > Protestants 34.12 million
Ranked 3rd.
36 million
Ranked 2nd. 5% more than Nigeria
Religions > Muslim 50%
Ranked 39th. 19 times more than United Kingdom
2.7%
Ranked 86th.
Christian > Mormon > Temples 1
Ranked 31st.
2
Ranked 4th. Twice as much as Nigeria

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); 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); 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.; Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics (Caribbean)

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