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Religion Stats: compare key data on Paraguay & Uruguay

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STAT Paraguay Uruguay
Buddhism > Buddhists 13,257
Ranked 54th. 4 times more than Uruguay
3,324
Ranked 84th.
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 0.2%
Ranked 62nd. Twice as much as Uruguay
0.1%
Ranked 74th.
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 145
Ranked 21st.
159
Ranked 18th. 10% more than Paraguay
Christian > Mormon > Members 84,806
Ranked 18th.
99,758
Ranked 16th. 18% more than Paraguay
Islam > Percentage Muslim 0.01%
Ranked 165th. The same as Uruguay
0.01%
Ranked 161st.
Jehovahs Witnesses 7,943
Ranked 72nd.
10,950
Ranked 67th. 38% more than Paraguay
Jews 1,200
Ranked 59th.
32,500
Ranked 20th. 27 times more than Paraguay
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Religions Roman Catholic 89.6%, Protestant 6.2%, other Christian 1.1%, other or unspecified 1.9%, none 1.1% Roman Catholic 47.1%, non-Catholic Christians 11.1%, nondenominational 23.2%, Jewish 0.3%, atheist or agnostic 17.2%, other 1.1%
Religions > All Roman Catholic 90%, Mennonite and other Protestant 10% Roman Catholic 66% (less than half of the adult population attends church regularly), Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, nonprofessing or other 31%
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 91.5%
Ranked 52nd. 2 times more than Uruguay
40.5%
Ranked 120th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 7.5%
Ranked 94th.
59%
Ranked 21st. 8 times more than Paraguay
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 12,453
Ranked 70th. 76% more than Uruguay
7,076
Ranked 91st.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 2.15
Ranked 84th. 1% more than Uruguay
2.13
Ranked 85th.
State religion > Church Roman Catholic Church Roman Catholic Church
Religious diversity score 0.212
Ranked 167th.
0.355
Ranked 134th. 67% more than Paraguay
State religion > Denomination Catholic Catholic
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 1.43
Ranked 101st.
3.29
Ranked 51st. 2 times more than Paraguay
Religions > Roman Catholic 90%
Ranked 13th. 36% more than Uruguay
66%
Ranked 45th.
Jews per 1000 0.234
Ranked 58th.
9.87
Ranked 6th. 42 times more than Paraguay
Religions > Protestant 10%
Ranked 32nd. 5 times more than Uruguay
2%
Ranked 45th.
Christian > Mormon > Temples 1
Ranked 15th. The same as Uruguay
1
Ranked 16th.
State religion > Disestablishment date 1992 1919

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); 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; 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: State religion (Established churches and former state churches); 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.; 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.; Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics (Caribbean)

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