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Religion Stats: compare key data on Malaysia & Singapore

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STAT Malaysia Singapore
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 33
Ranked 47th. 3 times more than Singapore
11
Ranked 78th.
Christian > Mormon > Members 8,967
Ranked 53th. 3 times more than Singapore
3,573
Ranked 70th.
Christianity > Christians 2.56 million
Ranked 12th. 3 times more than Singapore
829,470
Ranked 24th.
Christianity > Percent Christian 9.2%
Ranked 17th.
18%
Ranked 10th. 96% more than Malaysia
Hindus 1.63 million
Ranked 8th. 6 times more than Singapore
262,120
Ranked 22nd.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 60.4%
Ranked 44th. 4 times more than Singapore
16%
Ranked 65th.
Major religion(s) Islam, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Sikhism Taoism, Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 61.4%
Ranked 43th. 4 times more than Singapore
14.9%
Ranked 65th.
Muslim > Muslim population 17.14 million
Ranked 20th. 24 times more than Singapore
721,000
Ranked 78th.
Religions Muslim 60.4%, Buddhist 19.2%, Christian 9.1%, Hindu 6.3%, Confucianism, Taoism, other traditional Chinese religions 2.6%, other or unknown 1.5%, none 0.8% Buddhist 42.5%, Muslim 14.9%, Taoist 8.5%, Hindu 4%, Catholic 4.8%, other Christian 9.8%, other 0.7%, none 14.8%
Religions > All Muslim, Buddhist, Daoist, Hindu, Christian, Sikh; note - in addition, Shamanism is practiced in East Malaysia Buddhist 42.5%, Muslim 14.9%, Taoist 8.5%, Hindu 4%, Catholic 4.8%, other Christian 9.8%, other 0.7%, none 14.8% (2000 census)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 95.5%
Ranked 27th. 36% more than Singapore
70%
Ranked 94th.
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 3.5%
Ranked 121st.
29%
Ranked 51st. 8 times more than Malaysia
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 42,919
Ranked 50th. 18 times more than Singapore
2,348
Ranked 126th.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 1.69
Ranked 92nd. 3 times more than Singapore
0.564
Ranked 110th.
Religious diversity score 0.666
Ranked 37th. 1% more than Singapore
0.656
Ranked 45th.
Hindu percent of population 7%
Ranked 9th. 37% more than Singapore
5.1%
Ranked 10th.
Hindus per thousand people 56.68
Ranked 13th. 12% more than Singapore
50.57
Ranked 14th.

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; https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html; International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; 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.; 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 .); 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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