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Greece

Greece Religion Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Buddhism > By Country > Buddhism > Population > 2007[49] 10.71 million 2007 19th out of 51
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 0.1% 2013 81st out of 96
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 4 2014 104th out of 175
Christian > Mormon > Members 751 2014 108th out of 195
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox percent of population 94.8 2014 2nd out of 43
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population 10.72 million 2014 5th out of 43
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox share of world population 3.88 2014 5th out of 43
Christian > Protestant > Quakers 3 2007 31st out of 33
Christianity > Christians 11.3 million 2014 10th out of 10
Christianity > Percent Christian 99.7% 2014 1st out of 10
Church and state > Constitutional reference to God enactment date 1,975 2014 20th out of 29
Islam > Percentage Muslim 1.3% 2004 116th out of 167
Islam in Europe > Muslim population 310,000 2009 7th out of 24
Jehovahs Witnesses 28,055 2002 37th out of 177
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 2.55 2002 62nd out of 158
Jews 5,000 1998 45th out of 89
Jews per 1000 0.461 1998 44th out of 86
Major religion(s) Christianity 2013
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 4.7% 2014 91st out of 184
Muslim > Muslim population 527,000 2014 84th out of 177
People who say religion is important 71.5% 2009 5th out of 13
Religions Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7% 2008
Religions > All Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7% 2006
Religions > Muslim 1.3% 2006 94th out of 99
Religious diversity score 0.153 2001 183th out of 214
Secularism and atheism > Believes in spirit or life force 16% 2010 22nd out of 27
Secularism and atheism > Believes there is a god 79% 2010 5th out of 27
Secularism and atheism > Does not believe in spirit, God or life force 4% 2010 24th out of 27
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 71.5% 2014 90th out of 143
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 29.5% 2014 49th out of 143
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 454 2004 168th out of 230
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.041 2004 169th out of 200
State religion > Church Greek Orthodox Church 2014
State religion > Denomination Eastern Orthodox 2014

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country; Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (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; Wikipedia: Quakers (Africa) (Nuttall, Geoffrey (1955). "Early Quakerism in the Netherlands: Its wider context" . The Bulletin of the Friends Historical Association 44 (1): 3–18. Gragg, Larry (2009). The Quaker community on Barbados : challenging the culture of the planter class ([Online-Ausg.] ed.). Columbia: University of Missouri Press. ISBN 9780826218476 . Friends World Committee for Consultation (2007) 'Finding Quakers around the World http://www.fwccamericas.org/publications/images/fwcc_map_2007_sm.gif, ); http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_by_country#Sovereign_states; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_by_country#Sovereign_states; Wikipedia: Constitutional references to God (List); International Religious Freedom Report 2004, U.S. State Department; Miller, Tracy, ed (October 2009) (PDF).ÿ apping the Global Muslim Population: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World?s Muslim Population.ÿPew Research Center. pp.ÿ31?32. Retrieved 2009-11-11.; 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.; World Jewish Congress (WJC), 1998; 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.; 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)

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Greece Religion Profiles (Subcategories)

Christian 6 Secularism and atheism 5

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