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Religion Stats: compare key data on Turkey & United States

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STAT Turkey United States HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 4
Ranked 108th.
13,742
Ranked 1st. 3436 times more than Turkey
Christian > Mormon > Members 313
Ranked 122nd.
6.32 million
Ranked 1st. 20196 times more than Turkey
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox percent of population 0.1
Ranked 42nd.
1.7
Ranked 35th. 17 times more than Turkey
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population 72,561
Ranked 38th.
5.27 million
Ranked 9th. 73 times more than Turkey
Islam > Percentage Muslim 99%
Ranked 14th. 71 times more than United States
1.4%
Ranked 114th.
Jehovahs Witnesses 1,765
Ranked 110th.
1.04 million
Ranked 1st. 587 times more than Turkey
Major religion(s) Islam Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 98.6%
Ranked 13th. 123 times more than United States
0.8%
Ranked 132nd.
Muslim > Muslim population 74.66 million
Ranked 8th. 29 times more than United States
2.6 million
Ranked 54th.
Religions Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews) Protestant 51.3%, Roman Catholic 23.9%, Mormon 1.7%, other Christian 1.6%, Jewish 1.7%, Buddhist 0.7%, Muslim 0.6%, other or unspecified 2.5%, unaffiliated 12.1%, none 4%
Religions > All Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews) Protestant 52%, Roman Catholic 24%, Mormon 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 1%, other 10%, none 10% (2002 est.)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 89.5%
Ranked 56th. 38% more than United States
65%
Ranked 100th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 9.5%
Ranked 88th.
34.5%
Ranked 42nd. 4 times more than Turkey
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 56
Ranked 190th.
948,892
Ranked 2nd. 16945 times more than Turkey
Shia Islam population > Number of Shia muslims 7,000,000 - 11,000,000 200,000 - 400,000
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.000838
Ranked 184th.
3.24
Ranked 73th. 3868 times more than Turkey
Jews 25,000
Ranked 25th.
5.8 million
Ranked 1st. 232 times more than Turkey
Religious diversity score 0.0049
Ranked 210th.
0.824
Ranked 2nd. 168 times more than Turkey
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 0.0271
Ranked 152nd.
3.6
Ranked 42nd. 133 times more than Turkey
Religions > Muslim 99.8%
Ranked 3rd. 100 times more than United States
1%
Ranked 96th.
Muslim > Islamist organizations Independent Turkey Party ·   Felicity Party Islamic Thinkers Society ·   Revolution Muslim
Jews per 1000 0.408
Ranked 47th.
21.03
Ranked 3rd. 52 times more than Turkey
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox share of world population 0.03
Ranked 38th.
1.91
Ranked 10th. 64 times more than Turkey
Shia Islam population > Percent of local muslim population 10/15/2011 10/15/2011

SOURCES: Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); Wikipedia: Orthodoxy by country (Statistics); United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; 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; Miller, Tracy: Mapping the Global Muslim Population A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Muslim Population, Pew Research Center, October 7, 2009.; 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; 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.; Wikipedia: Islamism (Parties and Organizations); 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.

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