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New Zealand

New Zealand Religion Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 207 2014 14th out of 175
Christian > Mormon > Members 107,511 2014 15th out of 195
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population 13,194 2006 3rd out of 3
Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 47% 2014 23th out of 58
Islam > Percentage Muslim 0.17% 2004 146th out of 167
Jehovahs Witnesses 13,427 2002 62nd out of 177
Major religion(s) Christianity 2013
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 0.9% 2014 127th out of 184
Muslim > Muslim population 41,000 2014 129th out of 177
Religions Anglican 13.8%, Roman Catholic 12.6%, Presbyterian, Congregational, and Reformed 10%, Christian (no denomination specified) 4.6%, Methodist 3%, Pentecostal 2%, Baptist 1.4%, other Christian 3.8%, Maori Christian 1.6%, Hindu 1.6%, Buddhist 1.3%, other religions 2.2%, none 32.2%, other or unidentified 9.9% 2006
Religions > All Anglican 14.9%, Roman Catholic 12.4%, Presbyterian 10.9%, Methodist 2.9%, Pentecostal 1.7%, Baptist 1.3%, other Christian 9.4%, other 3.3%, unspecified 17.2%, none 26% (2001 census) 2006
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 33% 2014 128th out of 143
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 66% 2014 14th out of 143
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 11,376 2004 74th out of 230
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 2.78 2004 78th out of 200

SOURCES: Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; 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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New Zealand Religion Profiles (Subcategories)

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  • New Zealand ranked 6th last for islam > percentage muslim amongst High income OECD countries in 2004.

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