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Religion Stats: compare key data on North Korea & Russia

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STAT North Korea Russia HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Members 5
Ranked 194th.
21,709
Ranked 33th. 4342 times more than North Korea
Christianity > Christians 836,958
Ranked 22nd.
27.73 million
Ranked 3rd. 33 times more than North Korea
Christianity > Percent Christian 1.7%
Ranked 36th.
19.5%
Ranked 9th. 11 times more than North Korea
Major religion(s) Mainly atheist or non-religious, traditional beliefs Christianity, Islam
Muslim > Muslim population 3,000
Ranked 149th.
16.38 million
Ranked 21st. 5460 times more than North Korea
Religions traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist, some Christian and syncretic Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way) Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2%; <i>note:</i> estimates are of practicing worshipers; Russia has large populations of non-practicing believers and non-believers, a legacy of over seven decades of Soviet rule
Religions > All traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist, some Christian and syncretic Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way) Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2% (2006 est.)
Religions > Note autonomous religious activities now almost nonexistent; government-sponsored religious groups exist to provide illusion of religious freedom estimates are of practicing worshipers; Russia has large populations of non-practicing believers and non-believers, a legacy of over seven decades of Soviet rule
Religious diversity score 0.489
Ranked 98th. 11% more than Russia
0.44
Ranked 114th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 866
Ranked 151st.
58,299
Ranked 42nd. 67 times more than North Korea
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.0366
Ranked 170th.
0.405
Ranked 121st. 11 times more than North Korea

SOURCES: 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; 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.

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