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Religion Stats: compare key data on Singapore & South Korea

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STAT Singapore South Korea HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 11
Ranked 78th.
128
Ranked 24th. 12 times more than Singapore
Christian > Mormon > Members 3,573
Ranked 70th.
85,628
Ranked 17th. 24 times more than Singapore
Christianity > Christians 829,470
Ranked 24th.
14.38 million
Ranked 6th. 17 times more than Singapore
Christianity > Percent Christian 18%
Ranked 10th.
29.2%
Ranked 7th. 62% more than Singapore

Islam > Percentage Muslim 16%
Ranked 65th. 400 times more than South Korea
0.04%
Ranked 156th.
Jews 300
Ranked 78th. Twice as much as South Korea
150
Ranked 87th.
Major religion(s) Taoism, Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism Buddhism, Christianity; nearly half of adults profess no religion
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 14.9%
Ranked 65th. 75 times more than South Korea
0.2%
Ranked 159th.
Muslim > Muslim population 721,000
Ranked 78th. 10 times more than South Korea
75,000
Ranked 118th.
Religions Buddhist 42.5%, Muslim 14.9%, Taoist 8.5%, Hindu 4%, Catholic 4.8%, other Christian 9.8%, other 0.7%, none 14.8% Christian 26.3% (Protestant 19.7%, Roman Catholic 6.6%), Buddhist 23.2%, other or unknown 1.3%, none 49.3%
Religions > All Buddhist 42.5%, Muslim 14.9%, Taoist 8.5%, Hindu 4%, Catholic 4.8%, other Christian 9.8%, other 0.7%, none 14.8% (2000 census) no affiliation 46%, Christian 26%, Buddhist 26%, Confucianist 1%, other 1%
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 70%
Ranked 94th. 2 times more than South Korea
32.5%
Ranked 130th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 29%
Ranked 51st.
65.5%
Ranked 15th. 2 times more than Singapore
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 2,348
Ranked 126th.
182,070
Ranked 25th. 78 times more than Singapore
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.564
Ranked 110th.
3.79
Ranked 70th. 7 times more than Singapore
Hindus 262,120
Ranked 22nd. 21 times more than South Korea
12,452
Ranked 49th.
Religious diversity score 0.656
Ranked 45th.
0.66
Ranked 41st. 1% more than Singapore
Jews per 1000 0.0764
Ranked 70th. 24 times more than South Korea
0.00324
Ranked 86th.
Christian > Catholic > Female catholics 119,050
Ranked 4th.
2.77 million
Ranked 1st. 23 times more than Singapore

Hindus per thousand people 50.57
Ranked 14th. 202 times more than South Korea
0.25
Ranked 77th.
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics 100,083
Ranked 4th.
2.37 million
Ranked 1st. 24 times more than Singapore

Christian > Catholic > Male catholics per thousand people 19.71
Ranked 9th.
49.29
Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Singapore

Christian > Catholic > Female catholics per thousand people 23.45
Ranked 9th.
57.62
Ranked 3rd. 2 times more than Singapore

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; International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; 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 .); 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.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; 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.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. 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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