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Belize

Belizean Religion Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK
Buddhism > Buddhists 1,671 2013 96th out of 130
Buddhism > By Country > Buddhism > Population > 2007[49] 294,385 2007 47th out of 51
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 0.5% 2013 40th out of 96
Christian > Catholic > Female catholics 57,803 2000 9th out of 17
Christian > Catholic > Female catholics per thousand people 242.27 2000 6th out of 17
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics 57,232 2000 7th out of 17
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics per thousand people 239.88 2000 6th out of 17
Christian > Catholic > Rural catholics 56,298 2000 6th out of 6
Christian > Catholic > Rural catholics per thousand people 235.97 2000 1st out of 6
Christian > Catholic > Urban catholics 58,737 2000 5th out of 6
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 11 2012 10th out of 11
Christian > Mormon > Congregations per million people 33.94 2012 2nd out of 11
Christian > Mormon > Members 4,240 2012 10th out of 11
Christian > Mormon > Members per thousand people 13.08 2012 6th out of 11
Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 30% 2014 38th out of 58
Christian > Protestant > Protestants 83,837 2014 51st out of 58
Hindus 6,771 2011 58th out of 94
Hindus per thousand people 21.41 2011 19th out of 94
Islam > Percentage Muslim 1% 2004 125th out of 167
Jehovahs Witnesses 1,560 2002 115th out of 177
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 6.2 2002 11th out of 158
Major religion(s) Christianity 2013
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 0.1% 2014 179th out of 184
Religions Roman Catholic 49.6%, Protestant 27% (Pentecostal 7.4%, Anglican 5.3%, Seventh-Day Adventist 5.2%, Mennonite 4.1%, Methodist 3.5%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.5%), other 14%, none 9.4% 2000
Religions > All Roman Catholic 49.6%, Protestant 27% (Pentecostal 7.4%, Anglican 5.3%, Seventh-Day Adventist 5.2%, Mennonite 4.1%, Methodist 3.5%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.5%), other 14%, none 9.4% (2000) 2006
Religions > Protestant 27% 2006 15th out of 51
Religions > Roman Catholic 49.6% 2006 53th out of 96
Religious diversity score 0.581 2001 70th out of 214
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 61.5% 2014 102nd out of 143
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 33% 2014 44th out of 143
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 27,917 2004 54th out of 230
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 105.33 2004 2nd out of 200

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); Wikipedia: 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 in France (Membership 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.; Wikipedia: Protestantism by country (Top sixty countries by number and percentage of Protestants); 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.; 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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Belize Religion Profiles (Subcategories)

Buddhism 3 Religions 3
Christian 22
  • Belize ranked first for seventh-day adventist membership per 1000 amongst Christian countries in 2004.

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