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Religion Stats: compare key data on Finland & Syria

Definitions

STAT
Finland
Syria
HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 30
Ranked 50th. 30 times more than Syria
1
Ranked 158th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 4,745
Ranked 65th. 158 times more than Syria
30
Ranked 176th.
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox percent of population 1.1
Ranked 38th.
8
Ranked 21st. 7 times more than Finland
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population 59,028
Ranked 40th.
1.8 million
Ranked 17th. 31 times more than Finland
Christianity > Percent Christian 82.2%
Ranked 8th. 8 times more than Syria
10%
Ranked 15th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 0.2%
Ranked 145th.
88%
Ranked 31st. 440 times more than Finland
Jews 1,200
Ranked 60th. 5 times more than Syria
250
Ranked 80th.
Major religion(s) Christianity Islam, Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 0.8%
Ranked 134th.
92.8%
Ranked 28th. 116 times more than Finland
Muslim > Muslim population 42,000
Ranked 128th.
20.89 million
Ranked 19th. 498 times more than Finland
Religions Lutheran Church of Finland 82.5%, Orthodox Church 1.1%, other Christian 1.1%, other 0.1%, none 15.1% Sunni Muslim 74%, other Muslim (includes Alawite, Druze) 16%, Christian (various denominations) 10%, Jewish (tiny communities in Damascus, Al Qamishli, and Aleppo)
Religions > All Lutheran National Church 84.2%, Greek Orthodox in Finland 1.1%, other Christian 1.1%, other 0.1%, none 13.5% (2003) Sunni Muslim 74%, Alawite, Druze, and other Muslim sects 16%, Christian (various sects) 10%, Jewish (tiny communities in Damascus, Al Qamishli, and Aleppo)
Religious diversity score 0.253
Ranked 152nd.
0.431
Ranked 116th. 70% more than Finland
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 5,264
Ranked 96th.
0.0
Ranked 218th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 1.01
Ranked 101st.
0.0
Ranked 197th.
Muslim > Islamist organizations Finnish Islamic Party Muslim Brotherhood in Syria
Jews per 1000 0.233
Ranked 59th. 15 times more than Syria
0.016
Ranked 77th.
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox share of world population 0.02
Ranked 41st.
0.07
Ranked 30th. 4 times more than Finland

SOURCES: Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); Wikipedia: Orthodoxy by country (Statistics); United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_by_country#Sovereign_states; International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; World Jewish Congress (WJC), 1998; 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.; Wikipedia: Islamism (Parties and Organizations); 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.

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