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Niger Religion Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Members 50 2014 165th out of 195
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Congregations 6 2014 37th out of 42
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Memorial attendance 961 2014 36th out of 41
Islam > Percentage Muslim 90% 2004 25th out of 167
Major religion(s) Islam, indigenous beliefs 2013
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 98.3% 2014 17th out of 184
Muslim > Muslim population 15.63 million 2014 22nd out of 177
Religions Muslim 80%, other (includes indigenous beliefs and Christian) 20% 2008
Religions > All Muslim 80%, remainder indigenous beliefs and Christian 2006
Religions > Muslim 80% 2006 27th out of 99
Religious diversity score 0.201 2001 171st out of 214
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 100% 2014 1st out of 143
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 0.0 2014 142nd out of 143
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 187 2004 177th out of 230
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.0147 2004 178th out of 200

SOURCES: Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); Wikipedia: Jehovah's Witnesses by country (Africa); International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; 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: 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 .); 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.

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