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Eritrea

Eritrea Religion Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Buddhism > By Country > Buddhism > Population > 2007[49] 4.91 million 2007 33th out of 51
Christian > Mormon > Members 10 2014 187th out of 195
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox percent of population 57 2014 10th out of 43
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population 3.03 million 2014 16th out of 43
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox share of world population 1.2 2014 15th out of 43
Hindus 4,907 2011 65th out of 94
Hindus per thousand people 0.827 2011 66th out of 94
Islam > Percentage Muslim 50% 2004 48th out of 167
Major religion(s) Islam, Christianity 2012
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 36.5% 2014 52nd out of 184
Muslim > Muslim population 1.91 million 2014 60th out of 177
Religions Muslim, Coptic Christian, Roman Catholic, Protestant 2008
Religions > All Muslim, Coptic Christian, Roman Catholic, Protestant 2006
Religious diversity score 0.425 2001 120th out of 214
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 501 2004 166th out of 230
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.107 2004 150th out of 200

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country; Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); Wikipedia: Orthodoxy by country (Statistics); United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2122.html; 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.; 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: 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 .); 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.

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Eritrea Religion Profiles (Subcategories)

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  • Eritrea ranked first for islam > percentage muslim amongst Christian countries in 2004.

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Umm...yeah Eritrea also has Christian Orthodox (Tewahedo).

Posted on 08 Dec 2009

Ashley

Ashley

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