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Paraguay

Paraguay Religion Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK
Buddhism > Buddhists 13,257 2013 54th out of 130
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 0.2% 2013 62nd out of 96
Christian > Catholic > Female catholics 1.73 million 2002 3rd out of 11
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics 1.75 million 2002 3rd out of 11
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics per thousand people 315 2002 2nd out of 11
Christian > Catholic > Rural catholics 1.45 million 2002 2nd out of 7
Christian > Catholic > Rural catholics per thousand people 261.14 2002 3rd out of 7
Christian > Catholic > Rural female catholics 673,991 2002 2nd out of 7
Christian > Catholic > Urban catholics 2.03 million 2002 2nd out of 7
Christian > Catholic > Urban catholics per thousand people 364.93 2002 2nd out of 7
Christian > Catholic > Urban female catholics 1.06 million 2002 3rd out of 7
Christian > Catholic > Urban male catholics 974,033 2002 2nd out of 7
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 145 2014 21st out of 175
Christian > Mormon > Members 84,806 2014 18th out of 195
Christian > Mormon > Temples 1 2014 15th out of 34
Christian > Orthodox > Female orthodox population 689 2002 8th out of 8
Christian > Orthodox > Male orthodox population 756 2002 8th out of 8
Christian > Orthodox > Male orthodox population per thousand people 0.136 2002 8th out of 8
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population 1,445 2002 8th out of 8
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population per thousand people 0.259 2002 8th out of 8
Christian > Orthodox > Rural female orthodox population 317 2002 5th out of 6
Christian > Orthodox > Rural female orthodox population per thousand people 0.0569 2002 5th out of 6
Christian > Orthodox > Rural male orthodox population 404 2002 5th out of 6
Christian > Orthodox > Rural orthodox population 721 2002 5th out of 6
Christian > Orthodox > Urban female orthodox population 372 2002 6th out of 6
Christian > Orthodox > Urban male orthodox population per thousand people 0.0632 2002 6th out of 6
Christian > Orthodox > Urban orthodox population 724 2002 6th out of 6
Church and state > Constitutional reference to God enactment date 1,992 2014 9th out of 29
Islam > Percentage Muslim 0.01% 2004 165th out of 167
Jehovahs Witnesses 7,943 2002 72nd out of 177
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 1.43 2002 101st out of 158
Jews 1,200 1998 59th out of 89
Jews per 1000 0.234 1998 58th out of 86
Major religion(s) Christianity 2013
Muslim > Muslim population 1,000 2014 173th out of 177
Religions Roman Catholic 89.6%, Protestant 6.2%, other Christian 1.1%, other or unspecified 1.9%, none 1.1% 2002
Religions > All Roman Catholic 90%, Mennonite and other Protestant 10% 2006
Religions > Protestant 10% 2006 32nd out of 51
Religions > Roman Catholic 90% 2006 13th out of 96
Religious diversity score 0.212 2001 167th out of 214
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 91.5% 2014 52nd out of 143
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 7.5% 2014 94th out of 143
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 12,453 2004 70th out of 230
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 2.15 2004 84th out of 200
State religion > Church Roman Catholic Church 2014
State religion > Denomination Catholic 2014
State religion > Disestablishment date 1992 2014

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); 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: Constitutional references to God (List); 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.; Wikipedia: State religion (Established churches and former state churches)

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