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Ghana

Ghana Religion Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 841.5 2013 105th out of 130
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 148 2014 20th out of 175
Christian > Mormon > Members 57,000 2014 22nd out of 195
Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 33% 2014 34th out of 58
Islam > Percentage Muslim 16% 2004 66th out of 167
Jehovahs Witnesses 78,002 2002 23th out of 177
Major religion(s) Christianity, indigenous beliefs, Islam 2013
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 16.1% 2014 63th out of 184
Muslim > Muslim population 3.91 million 2014 46th out of 177
Religions Christian 68.8% (Pentecostal/Charismatic 24.1%, Protestant 18.6%, Catholic 15.1%, other 11%), Muslim 15.9%, traditional 8.5%, other 0.7%, none 6.1% 2000
Religions > All Christian 63%, Muslim 16%, indigenous beliefs 21% 2006
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 94.5% 2014 33th out of 143
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 5% 2014 111th out of 143
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 304,010 2004 14th out of 230
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 14.59 2004 39th out of 200

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); 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; 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.

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Ghana Religion Profiles (Subcategories)

Catholic 5 Christian 24
  • Ghana ranked #10 for seventh-day adventist membership amongst Hot countries in 2004.
  • Ghana ranked #8 for islam > percentage muslim amongst Christian countries in 2004.

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