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Portugal

Portugal Religion Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Buddhism > Buddhists 75,595 2013 24th out of 130
Buddhism > By Country > Buddhism > Buddhist total 20000 2000
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 0.7% 2013 30th out of 96
Catholic > Cardinal electors 2 2005 18th out of 63
Catholic > Cardinal electors per million 0.19 2005 9th out of 62
Catholic > Cardinals 2 2005 25th out of 65
Catholic > Cardinals > Per $ GDP 0.149 per $14.1 billion 2005 38th out of 64
Catholic > Cardinals per million 0.19 2005 17th out of 64
Christian > Catholic > Female catholics 3.95 million 2011 1st out of 17
Christian > Catholic > Female catholics per thousand people 374.51 2011 2nd out of 17
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics 3.33 million 2011 1st out of 17
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics per thousand people 315.26 2011 1st out of 17
Christian > Catholic > Rural catholics 3.1 million 2011 1st out of 14
Christian > Catholic > Rural female catholics per thousand people 155.87 2011 1st out of 14
Christian > Catholic > Rural male catholics 1.46 million 2011 1st out of 14
Christian > Catholic > Rural male catholics per thousand people 137.91 2011 2nd out of 14
Christian > Catholic > Urban catholics 4.18 million 2011 2nd out of 14
Christian > Catholic > Urban catholics per thousand people 395.99 2011 2nd out of 14
Christian > Catholic > Urban female catholics per thousand people 218.64 2011 2nd out of 14
Christian > Catholic > Urban male catholics 1.87 million 2011 2nd out of 14
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 68 2014 32nd out of 175
Christian > Mormon > Members 40,941 2014 25th out of 195
Christian > Orthodox > Female orthodox population 28,297 2011 6th out of 14
Christian > Orthodox > Male orthodox population 28,253 2011 6th out of 14
Christian > Orthodox > Male orthodox population per thousand people 2.68 2011 8th out of 14
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population 56,550 2011 6th out of 15
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population per thousand people 5.36 2011 8th out of 15
Christian > Orthodox > Rural female orthodox population per thousand people 0.681 2011 6th out of 13
Christian > Orthodox > Rural male orthodox population 8,044 2011 5th out of 13
Christian > Orthodox > Rural orthodox population 15,233 2011 6th out of 13
Christian > Orthodox > Urban female orthodox population 21,108 2011 8th out of 13
Christian > Orthodox > Urban male orthodox population 20,209 2011 8th out of 13
Christian > Orthodox > Urban orthodox population 41,317 2011 6th out of 13
Christian > Protestant > Baptist church members 4,700 2011 20th out of 34
Christian > Protestant > Baptist church members per thousand people 0.445 2011 18th out of 34
Christian > Protestant > Baptist churches 71 2011 21st out of 34
Christian > Protestant > Baptist churches per million people 6.73 2011 18th out of 34
Hindu percent of population 0.07% 2011 42nd out of 49
Hindus 7,396 2011 57th out of 94
Hindus per thousand people 0.701 2011 69th out of 94
Islam > Percentage Muslim 0.35% 2004 136th out of 167
Islam in Europe > Muslim population 15,000 2009 18th out of 24
Jehovahs Witnesses 48,165 2002 30th out of 177
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 4.65 2002 23th out of 158
Jews 900 1998 67th out of 89
Jews per 1000 0.0889 1998 68th out of 86
Major religion(s) Christianity 2013
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 0.6% 2014 138th out of 184
Muslim > Muslim population 65,000 2014 120th out of 177
Religions Roman Catholic 84.5%, other Christian 2.2%, other 0.3%, unknown 9%, none 3.9% 2001
Religions > All Roman Catholic 94%, Protestant (1995) 2006
Religions > Roman Catholic 94% 2006 11th out of 96
Religious diversity score 0.144 2001 186th out of 214
Secularism and atheism > Believes in spirit or life force 15% 2010 23th out of 27
Secularism and atheism > Believes there is a god 70% 2010 8th out of 27
Secularism and atheism > Does not believe in spirit, God or life force 12% 2010 19th out of 27
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 71.5% 2014 93th out of 143
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 26% 2014 53th out of 143
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 8,579 2004 83th out of 230
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.817 2004 105th out of 200
State religion > Church Roman Catholic Church 2014
State religion > Denomination Catholic 2014
State religion > Established churches and former state churches > Disestablished 1976 1976

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); Wikipedia: Buddhism by country; 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); http://www.bwanet.org/about-us2/statistics; http://www.bwanet.org/about-us2/statistics. 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.; 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; Miller, Tracy, ed (October 2009) (PDF).ÿ apping the Global Muslim Population: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World?s Muslim Population.ÿPew Research Center. pp.ÿ31?32. Retrieved 2009-11-11.; 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 .); Biotechnology Report, Special Eurobarometer, European Commission, October 2010, p. 381;

Biotechnology Report, Special Eurobarometer, European Commission, October 2010, p. 381

; Biotechnology Report, Special Eurobarometer, European Commission, October 2010, p. 381; 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); Wikipedia: State religion

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Portugal Religion Profiles (Subcategories)

Buddhism 3 Secularism and atheism 5
Catholic 5 State religion 3
Christian 40

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