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Religion Stats: compare key data on Russia & South Africa

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STAT Russia South Africa HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 99
Ranked 29th.
152
Ranked 19th. 54% more than Russia
Christian > Mormon > Members 21,709
Ranked 33th.
59,807
Ranked 21st. 3 times more than Russia
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population 58.19 million
Ranked 1st. 1377 times more than South Africa
42,251
Ranked 7th.

Islam > Percentage Muslim 15%
Ranked 68th. 10 times more than South Africa
1.5%
Ranked 111th.
Jehovahs Witnesses 142,439
Ranked 9th. 83% more than South Africa
77,954
Ranked 24th.
Jews 550,000
Ranked 4th. 5 times more than South Africa
106,000
Ranked 10th.
Major religion(s) Christianity, Islam Christianity, Islam, indigenous beliefs
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 11.7%
Ranked 72nd. 8 times more than South Africa
1.5%
Ranked 116th.
Muslim > Muslim population 16.38 million
Ranked 21st. 22 times more than South Africa
737,000
Ranked 77th.
Religions 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 Zion Christian 11.1%, Pentecostal/Charismatic 8.2%, Catholic 7.1%, Methodist 6.8%, Dutch Reformed 6.7%, Anglican 3.8%, Muslim 1.5%, other Christian 36%, other 2.3%, unspecified 1.4%, none 15.1%
Religions > All Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2% (2006 est.) Zion Christian 11.1%, Pentecostal/Charismatic 8.2%, Catholic 7.1%, Methodist 6.8%, Dutch Reformed 6.7%, Anglican 3.8%, other Christian 36%, Islam 1.5%, other 2.3%, unspecified 1.4%, none 15.1% (2001 census)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 33%
Ranked 127th.
84.5%
Ranked 69th. 3 times more than Russia
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 60.5%
Ranked 19th. 4 times more than South Africa
15.5%
Ranked 71st.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 58,299
Ranked 42nd.
74,151
Ranked 38th. 27% more than Russia
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.405
Ranked 121st.
1.59
Ranked 97th. 4 times more than Russia
Hindus 60,792
Ranked 37th.
959,000
Ranked 10th. 16 times more than Russia
Religious diversity score 0.44
Ranked 114th.
0.86
Ranked 1st. 96% more than Russia
Hindu percent of population 0.043%
Ranked 45th.
1.9%
Ranked 15th. 44 times more than Russia
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 0.98
Ranked 111th.
1.71
Ranked 96th. 75% more than Russia
Jews per 1000 3.74
Ranked 18th. 48% more than South Africa
2.53
Ranked 20th.
Hindus per thousand people 0.425
Ranked 75th.
18.96
Ranked 22nd. 45 times more than Russia
Christian > Protestant > Quakers 13
Ranked 25th.
144
Ranked 12th. 11 times more than Russia

SOURCES: Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; 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: 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.; 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. 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.; Wikipedia: Quakers (Africa) (Nuttall, Geoffrey (1955). "Early Quakerism in the Netherlands: Its wider context" . The Bulletin of the Friends Historical Association 44 (1): 3–18. Gragg, Larry (2009). The Quaker community on Barbados : challenging the culture of the planter class ([Online-Ausg.] ed.). Columbia: University of Missouri Press. ISBN 9780826218476 . Friends World Committee for Consultation (2007) 'Finding Quakers around the World http://www.fwccamericas.org/publications/images/fwcc_map_2007_sm.gif, )

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