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Iran

Iran Religion Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 917.5 2013 104th out of 130
Christian > Mormon > Members 50 2014 164th out of 195
Christianity > Christians 300,000 2014 34th out of 45
Christianity > Percent Christian 0.4% 2014 43th out of 45
Church and state > Constitutional reference to God enactment date 1,979 2014 18th out of 29
Hindus 13,079 2011 48th out of 94
Hindus per thousand people 0.173 2011 81st out of 94
Islam > Percentage Muslim 99% 2004 10th out of 167
Jews 25,000 1998 24th out of 89
Jews per 1000 0.392 1998 49th out of 86
Major religion(s) Islam 2013
Muslim > Islamist organizations Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran · Islamic Iran Participation Front 2014
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 99.6% 2014 4th out of 184
Muslim > Muslim population 74.82 million 2014 7th out of 177
People who say religion is important 82.5% 2009 3rd out of 13
Religions Muslim 98% (Shia 89%, Sunni 9%), other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i) 2% 2008
Religions > All Shi'a Muslim 89%, Sunni Muslim 9%, Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i 2% 2006
Religions > Muslim 89% 2006 19th out of 99
Religious diversity score 0.115 2001 193th out of 214
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 82.5% 2014 74th out of 143
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 15.5% 2014 70th out of 143
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 20 2004 200th out of 230
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.000288 2004 187th out of 200
Shia Islam population > Number of Shia muslims 66,000,000 - 70,000,000 2009

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); 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); 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; 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: Islamism (Parties and Organizations); 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 .); 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.; Miller, Tracy: Mapping the Global Muslim Population A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Muslim Population, Pew Research Center, October 7, 2009.

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