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Uruguay

Uruguay Religion Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK
Buddhism > Buddhists 3,324 2013 84th out of 130
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 0.1% 2013 74th out of 96
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 159 2014 18th out of 175
Christian > Mormon > Members 99,758 2014 16th out of 195
Christian > Mormon > Temples 1 2014 16th out of 34
Islam > Percentage Muslim 0.01% 2004 161st out of 167
Jehovahs Witnesses 10,950 2002 67th out of 177
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 3.29 2002 51st out of 158
Jews 32,500 1998 20th out of 89
Jews per 1000 9.87 1998 6th out of 86
Major religion(s) Christianity 2013
Religions Roman Catholic 47.1%, non-Catholic Christians 11.1%, nondenominational 23.2%, Jewish 0.3%, atheist or agnostic 17.2%, other 1.1% 2006
Religions > All Roman Catholic 66% (less than half of the adult population attends church regularly), Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, nonprofessing or other 31% 2006
Religions > Jewish 1% 2006 9th out of 12
Religions > Protestant 2% 2006 45th out of 51
Religions > Roman Catholic 66% 2006 45th out of 96
Religious diversity score 0.355 2001 134th out of 214
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 40.5% 2014 120th out of 143
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 59% 2014 21st out of 143
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 7,076 2004 91st out of 230
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 2.13 2004 85th out of 200
State religion > Church Roman Catholic Church 2014
State religion > Denomination Catholic 2014
State religion > Disestablishment date 1919 2014

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); 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); International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide; 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.; World Jewish Congress (WJC), 1998; 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.; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; 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.; Wikipedia: State religion (Established churches and former state churches)

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Uruguay Religion Profiles (Subcategories)

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