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South Africa

South Africa Christian Stats

Definitions

STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Catholic > Female catholics 1.68 million 2001 4th out of 26
Catholic > Female catholics per thousand people 37.34 2001 12th out of 20
Catholic > Male catholics 1.5 million 2001 3rd out of 26
Catholic > Male catholics per thousand people 33.5 2001 8th out of 20
Mormon > Congregations 152 2014 19th out of 175
Mormon > Members 59,807 2014 21st out of 195
Mormon > Temples 1 2014 25th out of 34
Orthodox > Female orthodox population 22,125 2001 8th out of 13
Orthodox > Female orthodox population per thousand people 0.493 2001 11th out of 13
Orthodox > Male orthodox population 20,125 2001 8th out of 13
Orthodox > Male orthodox population per thousand people 0.448 2001 13th out of 13
Orthodox > Orthodox population 42,251 2001 7th out of 13
Orthodox > Orthodox population per thousand people 0.941 2001 11th out of 13
Prostestant > Lutherans 669,725 2010 17th out of 17
Prostestant > Lutherans per thousand people 13.4 2010 14th out of 17
Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Congregations 1,892 2014 4th out of 42
Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Memorial attendance 217,952 2014 7th out of 41
Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Publishers 92,321 2014 4th out of 42
Protestant > Protestant percent 68% 2014 12th out of 58
Protestant > Protestants 30.15 million 2014 5th out of 58
Protestant > Quakers 144 2007 12th out of 17
Protestant > Quakers per million people 2.98 2007 10th out of 16

SOURCES: United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. 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 in France (Membership Statistics); Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics (Caribbean); Wikipedia: Lutheranism by region (Countries with more than 500,000 Lutherans) ([1] The Lutheran World Federation 2010 Membership Figures); Wikipedia: Lutheranism by region (Countries with more than 500,000 Lutherans) ([1] The Lutheran World Federation 2010 Membership Figures). 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: Jehovah's Witnesses by country (Africa); Wikipedia: Protestantism by country (Top sixty countries by number and percentage of Protestants); Wikipedia: Quakers (Africa) (Nuttall, Geoffrey (1955). "Early Quakerism in the Netherlands: Its wider context" . The Bulletin of the Friends Historical Association 44 (1): 3–18. Gragg, Larry (2009). The Quaker community on Barbados : challenging the culture of the planter class ([Online-Ausg.] ed.). Columbia: University of Missouri Press. ISBN 9780826218476 . Friends World Committee for Consultation (2007) 'Finding Quakers around the World http://www.fwccamericas.org/publications/images/fwcc_map_2007_sm.gif, ); Wikipedia: Quakers (Africa) (Nuttall, Geoffrey (1955). "Early Quakerism in the Netherlands: Its wider context" . The Bulletin of the Friends Historical Association 44 (1): 3–18. Gragg, Larry (2009). The Quaker community on Barbados : challenging the culture of the planter class ([Online-Ausg.] ed.). Columbia: University of Missouri Press. ISBN 9780826218476 . Friends World Committee for Consultation (2007) 'Finding Quakers around the World http://www.fwccamericas.org/publications/images/fwcc_map_2007_sm.gif, ). 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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South Africa Religion > Christian Profiles (Subcategories)

Catholic 4 Orthodox 6
Catholic 4 Protestant 7
Catholic 4

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