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Religion Stats: compare key data on India & Pakistan

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STAT India Pakistan HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 40
Ranked 40th. 3 times more than Pakistan
13
Ranked 74th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 10,958
Ranked 46th. 3 times more than Pakistan
3,500
Ranked 71st.
Christianity > Christians 26.4 million
Ranked 5th. 10 times more than Pakistan
2.52 million
Ranked 14th.
Christianity > Percent Christian 2.3%
Ranked 32nd. 53% more than Pakistan
1.5%
Ranked 37th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 13.4%
Ranked 72nd.
96.35%
Ranked 18th. 7 times more than India
Jehovahs Witnesses 26,333
Ranked 38th. 26 times more than Pakistan
1,032
Ranked 124th.
Major religion(s) Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Buddhism Islam
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 14.4%
Ranked 66th.
96.4%
Ranked 23th. 7 times more than India
Muslim > Muslim population 217.29 million
Ranked 2nd. 22% more than Pakistan
178.1 million
Ranked 3rd.
Religions Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1% Muslim 95% (Sunni 75%, Shia 20%), other (includes Christian and Hindu) 5%
Religions > All Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1% (2001 census) Muslim 97% (Sunni 77%, Shi'a 20%), Christian, Hindu, and other 3%
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 79%
Ranked 79th.
96.5%
Ranked 18th. 22% more than India
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 17%
Ranked 66th. 7 times more than Pakistan
2.5%
Ranked 131st.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 917,207
Ranked 3rd. 100 times more than Pakistan
9,168
Ranked 81st.
Shia Islam population > Number of Shia muslims 16,000,000 - 24,000,000 17,000,000 - 26,000,000
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.826
Ranked 104th. 14 times more than Pakistan
0.0591
Ranked 164th.
Hindus 1.01 billion
Ranked 1st. 136 times more than Pakistan
7.45 million
Ranked 4th.
Religious diversity score 0.326
Ranked 141st.
0.385
Ranked 129th. 18% more than India
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 0.0245
Ranked 153th. 4 times more than Pakistan
0.00689
Ranked 157th.
Religions > Muslim 13.4%
Ranked 60th.
97%
Ranked 9th. 7 times more than India
Muslim > Islamist organizations Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Jamaat-e-Islami ·   Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal ·   Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Hindus per thousand people 827.1
Ranked 2nd. 20 times more than Pakistan
42.29
Ranked 16th.
Shia Islam population > Percent of local muslim population 10/15/2011 10/15/2011
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Av bible studies 40,085
Ranked 4th. 35 times more than Pakistan
1,149
Ranked 21st.

SOURCES: Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_by_country#Sovereign_states; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_by_country#Sovereign_states; International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; watchtower.org - 2002 Report of Jehovah's Witnesses Worldwide; 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: Importance of religion by country (Countries); adventiststatistics.org 2004 Annual Report 31 December 2004; Miller, Tracy: Mapping the Global Muslim Population A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Muslim Population, Pew Research Center, October 7, 2009.; 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.; https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html; 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.; Wikipedia: Islamism (Parties and Organizations); https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html. 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 (Asia)

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