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Religion Stats: compare key data on Sweden & United Kingdom

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STAT Sweden United Kingdom HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 63,836
Ranked 28th.
507,164.5
Ranked 19th. 8 times more than Sweden
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 40
Ranked 39th.
332
Ranked 7th. 8 times more than Sweden
Christian > Mormon > Members 9,404
Ranked 49th.
188,462
Ranked 7th. 20 times more than Sweden
Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 86%
Ranked 6th. 43% more than United Kingdom
60%
Ranked 18th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 4%
Ranked 92nd. 48% more than United Kingdom
2.7%
Ranked 101st.
Jehovahs Witnesses 22,561
Ranked 43th.
127,206
Ranked 13th. 6 times more than Sweden
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 4.9%
Ranked 89th. 7% more than United Kingdom
4.6%
Ranked 92nd.
Muslim > Muslim population 451,000
Ranked 87th.
2.87 million
Ranked 50th. 6 times more than Sweden
Religions Lutheran 87%, other (includes Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist) 13% Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1%
Religions > All Lutheran 87%, Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist 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 16.5%
Ranked 142nd.
26.5%
Ranked 135th. 61% more than Sweden
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 83%
Ranked 1st. 14% more than United Kingdom
73%
Ranked 9th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 2,767
Ranked 121st.
24,083
Ranked 59th. 9 times more than Sweden
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.308
Ranked 127th.
0.402
Ranked 122nd. 31% more than Sweden
Jews 18,000
Ranked 27th.
300,000
Ranked 7th. 17 times more than Sweden
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 0.7%
Ranked 29th.
0.8%
Ranked 26th. 14% more than Sweden
Hindus 8,940.5
Ranked 53th.
832,000
Ranked 13th. 93 times more than Sweden
Secularism and atheism > Does not believe in spirit, God or life force 34%
Ranked 3rd. 36% more than United Kingdom
25%
Ranked 9th.
Religious diversity score 0.234
Ranked 157th.
0.694
Ranked 27th. 3 times more than Sweden
Hindu percent of population 0.099%
Ranked 39th.
1.7%
Ranked 16th. 17 times more than Sweden
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 2.53
Ranked 66th. 18% more than United Kingdom
2.14
Ranked 80th.
Christian > Protestant > Protestants 7.74 million
Ranked 9th.
36 million
Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than Sweden
Jews per 1000 2.03
Ranked 23th.
5.13
Ranked 14th. 3 times more than Sweden
Secularism and atheism > Believes there is a god 18%
Ranked 26th.
37%
Ranked 17th. 2 times more than Sweden
Secularism and atheism > Believes in spirit or life force 45%
Ranked 4th. 36% more than United Kingdom
33%
Ranked 13th.
Hindus per thousand people 0.946
Ranked 61st.
13.26
Ranked 26th. 14 times more than Sweden
Christian > Protestant > Baptist church members per thousand people 1.76
Ranked 7th.
2.48
Ranked 6th. 41% more than Sweden
Christian > Mormon > Temples 1
Ranked 28th.
2
Ranked 4th. Twice as much as Sweden
Christian > Protestant > Baptist church members 16,609
Ranked 6th.
155,891
Ranked 1st. 9 times more than Sweden
Christian > Protestant > Baptist churches 192
Ranked 8th.
2,590
Ranked 1st. 13 times more than Sweden
Christian > Protestant > Baptist churches per million people 20.32
Ranked 10th.
41.27
Ranked 7th. 2 times more than Sweden

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; Biotechnology Report, Special Eurobarometer, European Commission, October 2010, p. 381; 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.;

Biotechnology Report, Special Eurobarometer, European Commission, October 2010, p. 381

; Biotechnology Report, Special Eurobarometer, European Commission, October 2010, p. 381; 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.; Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics (Caribbean); http://www.bwanet.org/about-us2/statistics

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