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Religion Stats: compare key data on Russia & United Kingdom

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STAT Russia United Kingdom
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 99
Ranked 29th.
332
Ranked 7th. 3 times more than Russia
Christian > Mormon > Members 21,709
Ranked 33th.
188,462
Ranked 7th. 9 times more than Russia
Hindus 60,792
Ranked 37th.
832,000
Ranked 13th. 14 times more than Russia
Islam > Percentage Muslim 15%
Ranked 68th. 6 times more than United Kingdom
2.7%
Ranked 101st.
Jehovahs Witnesses 142,439
Ranked 9th. 12% more than United Kingdom
127,206
Ranked 13th.
Jews 550,000
Ranked 4th. 83% more than United Kingdom
300,000
Ranked 7th.
Major religion(s) Christianity, Islam Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 11.7%
Ranked 72nd. 3 times more than United Kingdom
4.6%
Ranked 92nd.
Muslim > Muslim population 16.38 million
Ranked 21st. 6 times more than United Kingdom
2.87 million
Ranked 50th.
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 Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1%
Religions > All Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2% (2006 est.) 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 33%
Ranked 127th. 25% more than United Kingdom
26.5%
Ranked 135th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 60.5%
Ranked 19th.
73%
Ranked 9th. 21% more than Russia
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 58,299
Ranked 42nd. 2 times more than United Kingdom
24,083
Ranked 59th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.405
Ranked 121st. 1% more than United Kingdom
0.402
Ranked 122nd.
Religious diversity score 0.44
Ranked 114th.
0.694
Ranked 27th. 58% more than Russia
Hindu percent of population 0.043%
Ranked 45th.
1.7%
Ranked 16th. 40 times more than Russia
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 0.98
Ranked 111th.
2.14
Ranked 80th. 2 times more than Russia
Jews per 1000 3.74
Ranked 18th.
5.13
Ranked 14th. 37% more than Russia
Hindus per thousand people 0.425
Ranked 75th.
13.26
Ranked 26th. 31 times more than Russia
Christian > Protestant > Baptist church members per thousand people 0.641
Ranked 1st.
2.48
Ranked 6th. 4 times more than Russia
Christian > Protestant > Baptist church members 91,690
Ranked 1st.
155,891
Ranked 1st. 70% more than Russia
Christian > Protestant > Baptist churches 2,047
Ranked 1st.
2,590
Ranked 1st. 27% more than Russia
Christian > Protestant > Baptist churches per million people 14.3
Ranked 1st.
41.27
Ranked 7th. 3 times more than Russia

SOURCES: Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html; 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.; 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.; http://www.bwanet.org/about-us2/statistics. 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.; http://www.bwanet.org/about-us2/statistics

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