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Seychelles

Seychelles Religion Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK
Buddhism > Buddhists 91 2013 125th out of 130
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 0.1% 2013 75th out of 96
Christian > Mormon > Members 10 2014 185th out of 195
Hindu percent of population 2% 2011 14th out of 49
Hindus 1,638 2011 79th out of 94
Islam > Percentage Muslim 1.1% 2004 118th out of 167
Major religion(s) Christianity 2013
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 1.1% 2014 121st out of 184
Religions Roman Catholic 82.3%, Anglican 6.4%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.1%, other Christian 3.4%, Hindu 2.1%, Muslim 1.1%, other non-Christian 1.5%, unspecified 1.5%, none 0.6% 2002
Religions > All Roman Catholic 82.3%, Anglican 6.4%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.1%, other Christian 3.4%, Hindu 2.1%, Muslim 1.1%, other non-Christian 1.5%, unspecified 1.5%, none 0.6% (2002 census) 2006
Religions > Hindu 2.1% 2006 12th out of 17
Religions > Roman Catholic 82.3% 2006 29th out of 96
Religious diversity score 0.232 2001 163th out of 214
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 753 2004 156th out of 230
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 9.13 2004 51st out of 200

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; 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 .); 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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Seychelles Religion Profiles (Subcategories)

Christian 8 Religions 4

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