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Cyprus

Cyprus Religion Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 4,621.5 2013 76th out of 130
Buddhism > By Country > Buddhism > Population > 2007[49] 788,457 2007 42nd out of 51
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 0.4% 2013 43th out of 96
Christian > Catholic > Female catholics 7,908 2001 18th out of 26
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics 2,332 2001 15th out of 26
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics per thousand people 2.43 2001 12th out of 20
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 4 2014 100th out of 175
Christian > Mormon > Members 430 2014 116th out of 195
Christian > Orthodox > Female orthodox population 330,260 2001 2nd out of 13
Christian > Orthodox > Male orthodox population 323,375 2001 2nd out of 13
Christian > Orthodox > Male orthodox population per thousand people 336.33 2001 2nd out of 13
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox percent of population 78 2014 7th out of 43
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population 625,444 2014 22nd out of 43
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population per thousand people 679.82 2001 2nd out of 13
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox share of world population 0.23 2014 22nd out of 43
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Av bible studies 1,652 2014 18th out of 25
Christianity > Christians 628,535 2014 25th out of 45
Christianity > Percent Christian 79.3% 2014 5th out of 45
Islam > Percentage Muslim 18% 2004 63th out of 167
Jehovahs Witnesses 1,967 2002 106th out of 177
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 2.01 2002 85th out of 158
Major religion(s) Christianity, Islam 2012
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 22.7% 2014 58th out of 184
Muslim > Muslim population 200,000 2014 101st out of 177
People who say religion is important 75% 2009 4th out of 13
Religions Greek Orthodox 78%, Muslim 18%, other (includes Maronite and Armenian Apostolic) 4% 2008
Religions > All Greek Orthodox 78%, Muslim 18%, Maronite, Armenian Apostolic, and other 4% 2006
Religions > Muslim 18% 2006 52nd out of 99
Religious diversity score 0.396 2001 127th out of 214
Secularism and atheism > Believes in spirit or life force 8% 2010 25th out of 27
Secularism and atheism > Believes there is a god 88% 2010 3rd out of 27
Secularism and atheism > Does not believe in spirit, God or life force 3% 2010 25th out of 27
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 75% 2014 85th out of 143
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 24.5% 2014 57th out of 143
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 73 2004 186th out of 230
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.0719 2004 161st out of 200
State religion > Church Cypriot Orthodox Church 2014
State religion > Denomination Eastern Orthodox 2014
State religion > Established churches and former state churches > Disestablished 1977 1977

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); Wikipedia: Buddhism by country; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. 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); Wikipedia: Orthodoxy by country (Statistics); Wikipedia: Jehovah's Witnesses by country (Asia); 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; 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.; 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 .); Wikipedia: Christianity in Norway (Importance of religion) (GALLUP WorldView - data accessed on 17 january 2009); 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 .); Biotechnology Report, Special Eurobarometer, European Commission, October 2010, p. 381;

Biotechnology Report, Special Eurobarometer, European Commission, October 2010, p. 381

; Biotechnology Report, Special Eurobarometer, European Commission, October 2010, p. 381; 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: State religion (Established churches and former state churches); Wikipedia: State religion

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Cyprus Religion Profiles (Subcategories)

Buddhism 3 Secularism and atheism 5
Christian 15 State religion 3
  • Cyprus ranked first for islam > percentage muslim amongst European Union in 2004.

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