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New Zealand

New Zealand Religion Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Catholic > Cardinal electors 1 2005 21st out of 63
Catholic > Cardinal electors per million 0.242 2005 5th out of 62
Catholic > Cardinals 1 2005 29th out of 65
Catholic > Cardinals > Per $ GDP 0.152 per $14.1 billion 2005 36th out of 64
Catholic > Cardinals per million 0.242 2005 12th out of 64
Christian > Catholic > Female catholics 271,884 2006 3rd out of 6
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics 236,553 2006 3rd out of 6
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics per thousand people 56.53 2006 4th out of 5
Christian > Catholic > Rural catholics 61,398 2006 4th out of 5
Christian > Catholic > Urban catholics 447,039 2006 3rd out of 5
Christian > Catholic > Urban female catholics 240,942 2006 4th out of 5
Christian > Catholic > Urban female catholics per thousand people 57.58 2006 3rd out of 5
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 207 2014 14th out of 175
Christian > Mormon > Members 107,511 2014 15th out of 195
Christian > Mormon > Temples 1 2014 8th out of 34
Christian > Orthodox > Female orthodox population 6,981 2006 3rd out of 3
Christian > Orthodox > Male orthodox population 6,210 2006 3rd out of 3
Christian > Orthodox > Male orthodox population per thousand people 1.48 2006 3rd out of 3
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population 13,194 2006 3rd out of 3
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population per thousand people 3.15 2006 2nd out of 3
Christian > Orthodox > Rural female orthodox population per thousand people 0.0473 2006 2nd out of 3
Christian > Orthodox > Rural male orthodox population 168 2006 2nd out of 3
Christian > Orthodox > Rural orthodox population 363 2006 2nd out of 3
Christian > Orthodox > Rural orthodox population per thousand people 0.0867 2006 2nd out of 3
Christian > Orthodox > Urban female orthodox population 6,783 2006 3rd out of 3
Christian > Orthodox > Urban male orthodox population 6,042 2006 3rd out of 3
Christian > Orthodox > Urban male orthodox population per thousand people 1.44 2006 3rd out of 3
Christian > Orthodox > Urban orthodox population 12,828 2006 3rd out of 3
Christian > Orthodox > Urban orthodox population per thousand people 3.07 2006 2nd out of 3
Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 47% 2014 23th out of 58
Christian > Protestant > Protestants 1.9 million 2014 28th out of 58
Christian > Protestant > Quakers 656 2007 10th out of 33
Hindu percent of population 1% 2011 18th out of 49
Hindus 41,158 2011 41st out of 94
Hindus per thousand people 9.34 2011 28th out of 94
Islam > Percentage Muslim 0.17% 2004 146th out of 167
Jehovahs Witnesses 13,427 2002 62nd out of 177
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 3.4 2002 49th out of 158
Jews 5,000 1998 44th out of 89
Jews per 1000 1.31 1998 30th out of 86
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
Religions > Roman Catholic 12.4% 2006 83th out of 96
Religious diversity score 0.811 2001 5th out of 214
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: Catholic.com - College of Cardinals; Catholic.com - College of Cardinals. 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.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. 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: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics (Caribbean); Wikipedia: Protestantism by country (Top sixty countries by number and percentage of Protestants); 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, ); 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; 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 .); 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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New Zealand Religion Profiles (Subcategories)

Catholic 5 Christian 40
  • New Zealand ranked 6th last for islam > percentage muslim amongst High income OECD countries in 2004.

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