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Religion Stats: compare key data on India & United Kingdom

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STAT India United Kingdom HISTORY
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 1.9%
Ranked 18th. 2 times more than United Kingdom
0.8%
Ranked 26th.
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 40
Ranked 40th.
332
Ranked 7th. 8 times more than India
Christian > Mormon > Members 10,958
Ranked 46th.
188,462
Ranked 7th. 17 times more than India
Islam > Percentage Muslim 13.4%
Ranked 72nd. 5 times more than United Kingdom
2.7%
Ranked 101st.
Jehovahs Witnesses 26,333
Ranked 38th.
127,206
Ranked 13th. 5 times more than India
Jews 6,000
Ranked 40th.
300,000
Ranked 7th. 50 times more than India
Major religion(s) Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Buddhism Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 14.4%
Ranked 66th. 3 times more than United Kingdom
4.6%
Ranked 92nd.
Muslim > Muslim population 217.29 million
Ranked 2nd. 76 times more than United Kingdom
2.87 million
Ranked 50th.
Religions Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1% Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1%
Religions > All Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1% (2001 census) Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1% (2001 census)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 79%
Ranked 79th. 3 times more than United Kingdom
26.5%
Ranked 135th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 17%
Ranked 66th.
73%
Ranked 9th. 4 times more than India
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 917,207
Ranked 3rd. 38 times more than United Kingdom
24,083
Ranked 59th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.826
Ranked 104th. 2 times more than United Kingdom
0.402
Ranked 122nd.
Hindus 1.01 billion
Ranked 1st. 1214 times more than United Kingdom
832,000
Ranked 13th.
Religious diversity score 0.326
Ranked 141st.
0.694
Ranked 27th. 2 times more than India
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 0.0245
Ranked 153th.
2.14
Ranked 80th. 88 times more than India
Religions > Hindu 80.5%
Ranked 2nd. 81 times more than United Kingdom
1%
Ranked 15th.
Religions > Muslim 13.4%
Ranked 60th. 5 times more than United Kingdom
2.7%
Ranked 86th.
Muslim > Islamist organizations Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah ·   Islam4UK
Jews per 1000 0.00595
Ranked 82nd.
5.13
Ranked 14th. 862 times more than India
Hindus per thousand people 827.1
Ranked 2nd. 62 times more than United Kingdom
13.26
Ranked 26th.

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; 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; 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); 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.; 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.

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