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Religion Stats: compare key data on United Kingdom & United States

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STAT United Kingdom United States HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 332
Ranked 7th.
13,742
Ranked 1st. 41 times more than United Kingdom
Christian > Mormon > Members 188,462
Ranked 7th.
6.32 million
Ranked 1st. 34 times more than United Kingdom
Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 60%
Ranked 18th. 9% more than United States
55%
Ranked 19th.
Islam > Percentage Muslim 2.7%
Ranked 101st. 93% more than United States
1.4%
Ranked 114th.
Jehovahs Witnesses 127,206
Ranked 13th.
1.04 million
Ranked 1st. 8 times more than United Kingdom
Jews 300,000
Ranked 7th.
5.8 million
Ranked 1st. 19 times more than United Kingdom
Major religion(s) Christianity Christianity
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 4.6%
Ranked 92nd. 6 times more than United States
0.8%
Ranked 132nd.
Muslim > Muslim population 2.87 million
Ranked 50th. 11% more than United States
2.6 million
Ranked 54th.
Religions Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1% Protestant 51.3%, Roman Catholic 23.9%, Mormon 1.7%, other Christian 1.6%, Jewish 1.7%, Buddhist 0.7%, Muslim 0.6%, other or unspecified 2.5%, unaffiliated 12.1%, none 4%
Religions > All Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1% (2001 census) Protestant 52%, Roman Catholic 24%, Mormon 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 1%, other 10%, none 10% (2002 est.)
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 26.5%
Ranked 135th.
65%
Ranked 100th. 2 times more than United Kingdom
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 73%
Ranked 9th. 2 times more than United States
34.5%
Ranked 42nd.
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 24,083
Ranked 59th.
948,892
Ranked 2nd. 39 times more than United Kingdom
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.402
Ranked 122nd.
3.24
Ranked 73th. 8 times more than United Kingdom
Hindus 832,000
Ranked 13th.
1.2 million
Ranked 9th. 45% more than United Kingdom
Religious diversity score 0.694
Ranked 27th.
0.824
Ranked 2nd. 19% more than United Kingdom
Hindu percent of population 1.7%
Ranked 16th. 4 times more than United States
0.4%
Ranked 26th.
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 2.14
Ranked 80th.
3.6
Ranked 42nd. 68% more than United Kingdom
Christian > Protestant > Protestants 36 million
Ranked 2nd.
162.65 million
Ranked 1st. 5 times more than United Kingdom
Religions > Muslim 2.7%
Ranked 86th. 3 times more than United States
1%
Ranked 96th.
Muslim > Islamist organizations Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah ·   Islam4UK Islamic Thinkers Society ·   Revolution Muslim
Jews per 1000 5.13
Ranked 14th.
21.03
Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than United Kingdom
Christian > Mormon > Members per thousand people 2.98
Ranked 1st.
20.14
Ranked 1st. 7 times more than United Kingdom
Hindus per thousand people 13.26
Ranked 26th. 3 times more than United States
3.87
Ranked 40th.
Christian > Mormon > Temples 2
Ranked 4th.
80
Ranked 1st. 40 times more than United Kingdom
Christian > Mormon > Congregations per million people 5.25
Ranked 1st.
43.78
Ranked 1st. 8 times more than United Kingdom
Christian > Mormon > Temples per million people 0.0317
Ranked 1st.
0.255
Ranked 2nd. 8 times more than United Kingdom

SOURCES: Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); Wikipedia: Protestantism by country (Top sixty countries by number and percentage of Protestants); 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.; Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics). 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.; Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics (Caribbean); Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics (Caribbean). 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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