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Religion Stats: compare key data on South Korea & United Kingdom

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STAT South Korea United Kingdom
Buddhism > Buddhists 17.87 million
Ranked 3rd. 35 times more than United Kingdom
507,164.5
Ranked 19th.
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 128
Ranked 24th.
332
Ranked 7th. 3 times more than South Korea
Christian > Mormon > Members 85,628
Ranked 17th.
188,462
Ranked 7th. 2 times more than South Korea
Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 18.1%
Ranked 54th.
60%
Ranked 18th. 3 times more than South Korea
Islam > Percentage Muslim 0.04%
Ranked 156th.
2.7%
Ranked 101st. 68 times more than South Korea
Jehovahs Witnesses 91,996
Ranked 21st.
127,206
Ranked 13th. 38% more than South Korea
Major religion(s) Buddhism, Christianity; nearly half of adults profess no religion Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 0.2%
Ranked 159th.
4.6%
Ranked 92nd. 23 times more than South Korea
Muslim > Muslim population 75,000
Ranked 118th.
2.87 million
Ranked 50th. 38 times more than South Korea
Religions Christian 26.3% (Protestant 19.7%, Roman Catholic 6.6%), Buddhist 23.2%, other or unknown 1.3%, none 49.3% Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1%
Religions > All no affiliation 46%, Christian 26%, Buddhist 26%, Confucianist 1%, other 1% 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 32.5%
Ranked 130th. 23% more than United Kingdom
26.5%
Ranked 135th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 65.5%
Ranked 15th.
73%
Ranked 9th. 11% more than South Korea
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 182,070
Ranked 25th. 8 times more than United Kingdom
24,083
Ranked 59th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 3.79
Ranked 70th. 9 times more than United Kingdom
0.402
Ranked 122nd.
Jews 150
Ranked 87th.
300,000
Ranked 7th. 2000 times more than South Korea
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 36.5%
Ranked 7th. 46 times more than United Kingdom
0.8%
Ranked 26th.
Hindus 12,452
Ranked 49th.
832,000
Ranked 13th. 67 times more than South Korea
Religious diversity score 0.66
Ranked 41st.
0.694
Ranked 27th. 5% more than South Korea
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 1.93
Ranked 87th.
2.14
Ranked 80th. 11% more than South Korea
Christian > Protestant > Protestants 8.76 million
Ranked 8th.
36 million
Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than South Korea
Jews per 1000 0.00324
Ranked 86th.
5.13
Ranked 14th. 1583 times more than South Korea
Hindus per thousand people 0.25
Ranked 77th.
13.26
Ranked 26th. 53 times more than South Korea
Christian > Mormon > Temples 1
Ranked 10th.
2
Ranked 4th. Twice as much as South Korea

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); 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; 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.; World Jewish Congress (WJC), 1998; 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: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics (Caribbean)

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