Saturday, April 19, 2014

Pew Research Religious Diversity Index

Pew Research posted a religious diversity index by country this month. Here are stats for some countries:

www.pewforum.org/2014/04/04/global-religious-diversity
Canada (2010 population: 34,020,000) #45 (of 232) most diverse country
69.0% Christian
2.1% Muslim
23.7% Unaffiliated
1.4% Hindu
0.8% Buddhist
1.2% Folk Religions
0.9% Other
1.0% Jewish

China (1,341,340,000) - #9 most diverse
5.1% Christian
1.8% Muslim
52.2% Unaffiliated
< 0.1% Hindu
18.2% Buddhist
21.9% Folk Religions
0.7% Other
< 0.1% Jewish

France (62,790,000) #25 most diverse
63.0% Christian
7.5% Muslim
28.0% Unaffiliated
< 0.1% Hindu
0.5% Buddhist
0.3% Folk Religions
0.2% Other
0.5% Jewish

Germany (82,300,000) #46 most diverse
68.7% Christian
5.8% Muslim
24.7% Unaffiliated
< 0.1% Hindu
0.3% Buddhist
< 0.1% Folk Religions
0.1% Other
0.3% Jewish

India (1,224,610,000) #72 most diverse
2.5% Christian
14.4% Muslim
< 0.1% Unaffiliated
79.5% Hindu
0.8% Buddhist
0.5% Folk Religions
2.3% Other
< 0.1% Jewish

Japan (126,540,000) #20 most diverse
1.6% Christian
0.2% Muslim
57.0% Unaffiliated
< 0.1% Hindu
36.2% Buddhist
0.4% Folk Religions
4.7% Other
< 0.1% Jewish

Russia (142,960,000) #53 most diverse
73.3% Christian
10.0% Muslim
16.2% Unaffiliated
< 0.1% Hindu
0.1% Buddhist
0.2% Folk Religions
< 0.1% Other
0.2% Jewish

United Kingdom (62,040,000) #49 most diverse
71.1% Christian
4.4% Muslim
21.3% Unaffiliated
1.3% Hindu
0.4% Buddhist
0.3% Folk Religions
0.8% Other
0.5% Jewish

United States (310,380,000) #67 most diverse
78.3% Christian
0.9% Muslim
16.4% Unaffiliated
0.6% Hindu
1.2% Buddhist
0.2% Folk Religions
0.6% Other
1.8% Jewish


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