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Religion Stats: compare key data on Brazil & Uruguay

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Brazil
Uruguay
Buddhism > Buddhists 633,180.5
Ranked 15th. 190 times more than Uruguay
3,324
Ranked 84th.
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 0.315%
Ranked 46th. 3 times more than Uruguay
0.1%
Ranked 74th.
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 1,941
Ranked 1st. 12 times more than Uruguay
159
Ranked 18th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 1.21 million
Ranked 1st. 12 times more than Uruguay
99,758
Ranked 16th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 0.02%
Ranked 158th. Twice as much as Uruguay
0.01%
Ranked 161st.
Jehovahs Witnesses 637,655
Ranked 2nd. 58 times more than Uruguay
10,950
Ranked 67th.
Jews 130,000
Ranked 9th. 4 times more than Uruguay
32,500
Ranked 20th.
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Religions Roman Catholic (nominal) 73.6%, Protestant 15.4%, Spiritualist 1.3%, Bantu/voodoo 0.3%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.2%, none 7.4% Roman Catholic 47.1%, non-Catholic Christians 11.1%, nondenominational 23.2%, Jewish 0.3%, atheist or agnostic 17.2%, other 1.1%
Religions > All Roman Catholic (nominal) 73.6%, Protestant 15.4%, Spiritualist 1.3%, Bantu/voodoo 0.3%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.2%, none 7.4% (2000 census) Roman Catholic 66% (less than half of the adult population attends church regularly), Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, nonprofessing or other 31%
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 86.5%
Ranked 64th. 2 times more than Uruguay
40.5%
Ranked 120th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 13%
Ranked 78th.
59%
Ranked 21st. 5 times more than Brazil
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 1.33 million
Ranked 1st. 188 times more than Uruguay
7,076
Ranked 91st.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 7.23
Ranked 58th. 3 times more than Uruguay
2.13
Ranked 85th.
State religion > Church Roman Catholic Church Roman Catholic Church
Religious diversity score 0.605
Ranked 63th. 71% more than Uruguay
0.355
Ranked 134th.
State religion > Denomination Catholic Catholic
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 3.55
Ranked 44th. 8% more than Uruguay
3.29
Ranked 51st.
Jews per 1000 0.767
Ranked 37th.
9.87
Ranked 6th. 13 times more than Brazil
Religions > Protestant 15.4%
Ranked 24th. 8 times more than Uruguay
2%
Ranked 45th.
Christian > Mormon > Temples 6
Ranked 1st. 6 times more than Uruguay
1
Ranked 16th.
State religion > Disestablishment date 1890 1919

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide; World Jewish Congress (WJC), 1998; British Broadcasting Corporation 2014; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006; 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); 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 .); 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. 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 membership statistics (Caribbean)

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