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Jordan

Jordan Religion Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK
Buddhism > Buddhists 25,928 2013 37th out of 130
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 0.4% 2013 44th out of 96
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 3 2014 116th out of 175
Christian > Mormon > Members 200 2014 136th out of 195
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox percent of population 4.8 2014 24th out of 43
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population 310,656 2014 29th out of 43
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox share of world population 0.11 2014 28th out of 43
Christianity > Christians 371,921 2014 32nd out of 45
Christianity > Percent Christian 6% 2014 26th out of 45
Islam > Percentage Muslim 95% 2004 19th out of 167
Major religion(s) Islam 2013
Muslim > Islamist organizations Islamic Action Front 2014
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 98.8% 2014 11th out of 184
Muslim > Muslim population 6.4 million 2014 35th out of 177
Religions Sunni Muslim 92%, Christian 6% (majority Greek Orthodox, but some Greek and Roman Catholics, Syrian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Protestant denominations), other 2% (several small Shia Muslim and Druze populations) 2001
Religions > All Sunni Muslim 92%, Christian 6% (majority Greek Orthodox, but some Greek and Roman Catholics, Syrian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Protestant denominations), other 2% (several small Shi'a Muslim and Druze populations) (2001 est.) 2006
Religions > Muslim 92% 2006 16th out of 99
Religious diversity score 0.0659 2001 201st out of 214
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 96.5% 2014 19th out of 143
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 3.5% 2014 119th out of 143
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 153 2004 181st out of 230
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.0289 2004 175th 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: Orthodoxy by country (Statistics); United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; 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; 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 .); 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.

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