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Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia Religion Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 75,409.5 2013 25th out of 130
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 0.3% 2013 49th out of 96
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 6 2014 90th out of 175
Christian > Mormon > Members 1,950 2014 84th out of 195
Hindu percent of population 0.85% 2011 22nd out of 49
Hindus 234,608.5 2011 25th out of 94
Hindus per thousand people 8.45 2011 32nd out of 94
Islam > Percentage Muslim 100% 2004 2nd out of 167
Major religion(s) Islam 2013
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 97.1% 2014 19th out of 184
Muslim > Muslim population 25.49 million 2014 16th out of 177
Religions Muslim 100% 2008
Religions > All Muslim 100% 2006
Religions > Muslim 100% 2006 1st out of 99
Religious diversity score 0.127 2001 190th out of 214
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 94.5% 2014 32nd out of 143
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 3.5% 2014 117th out of 143
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 0.0 2004 217th out of 230
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.0 2004 196th out of 200
Shia Islam population > Number of Shia muslims 2,000,000 - 4,000,000 2009
Shia Islam population > Percent of local muslim population 10/15/2011 2011

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html; 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.; 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.; 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.

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  • Saudi Arabia ranked first for islam > percentage muslim amongst Muslim countries in 2004.

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