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Religion Stats: compare key data on South Africa & Zimbabwe

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STAT South Africa Zimbabwe HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 152
Ranked 19th. 3 times more than Zimbabwe
60
Ranked 33th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 59,807
Ranked 21st. 3 times more than Zimbabwe
23,117
Ranked 31st.
Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 68%
Ranked 12th. 2 times more than Zimbabwe
33%
Ranked 36th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 1.5%
Ranked 111th. 50% more than Zimbabwe
1%
Ranked 124th.
Jehovahs Witnesses 77,954
Ranked 24th. 2 times more than Zimbabwe
32,038
Ranked 33th.
Jews 106,000
Ranked 10th. 115 times more than Zimbabwe
925
Ranked 66th.
Major religion(s) Christianity, Islam, indigenous beliefs Christianity, indigenous beliefs
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 1.5%
Ranked 116th. 67% more than Zimbabwe
0.9%
Ranked 129th.
Muslim > Muslim population 737,000
Ranked 77th. 7 times more than Zimbabwe
109,000
Ranked 113th.
Religions 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% syncretic (part Christian, part indigenous beliefs) 50%, Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs 24%, Muslim and other 1%
Religions > All 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) syncretic (part Christian, part indigenous beliefs) 50%, Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs 24%, Muslim and other 1%
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 84.5%
Ranked 69th.
87.5%
Ranked 62nd. 4% more than South Africa
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 15.5%
Ranked 71st. 24% more than Zimbabwe
12.5%
Ranked 80th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 74,151
Ranked 38th.
471,649
Ranked 9th. 6 times more than South Africa
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 1.59
Ranked 97th.
37.16
Ranked 22nd. 23 times more than South Africa
Hindus 959,000
Ranked 10th. 8 times more than Zimbabwe
123,111
Ranked 31st.
Religious diversity score 0.86
Ranked 1st. 17% more than Zimbabwe
0.736
Ranked 16th.
Hindu percent of population 1.9%
Ranked 15th. 19 times more than Zimbabwe
0.1%
Ranked 36th.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 1.71
Ranked 96th.
2.53
Ranked 64th. 48% more than South Africa
Christian > Protestant > Protestants 30.15 million
Ranked 5th. 7 times more than Zimbabwe
4.21 million
Ranked 20th.
Jews per 1000 2.53
Ranked 20th. 33 times more than Zimbabwe
0.0756
Ranked 71st.
Hindus per thousand people 18.96
Ranked 22nd. 2 times more than Zimbabwe
9.22
Ranked 29th.
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Congregations 1,892
Ranked 4th. 84% more than Zimbabwe
1,031
Ranked 9th.
Christianity > Orthodox > Coptic population ~4500 families (or 15000 people) N/A
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Memorial attendance 217,952
Ranked 7th. 2 times more than Zimbabwe
97,688
Ranked 9th.
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Publishers 92,321
Ranked 4th. 2 times more than Zimbabwe
39,238
Ranked 8th.

SOURCES: Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); Wikipedia: Protestantism by country (Top sixty countries by number and percentage of Protestants); 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: Jehovah's Witnesses by country (Africa); Wikipedia: Coptic Orthodox Church in Africa (Coptic Orthodoxy in Sub-Saharan Africa)

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