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Chile

Chile Religion Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK
Buddhism > Buddhists 17,217 2013 50th out of 130
Buddhism > By Country > Buddhism > Population > 2007[49] 16.28 million 2007 14th out of 51
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 0.1% 2013 76th out of 96
Catholic > Cardinal electors 2 2005 13th out of 63
Catholic > Cardinal electors per million 0.122 2005 14th out of 62
Catholic > Cardinals 2 2005 20th out of 65
Catholic > Cardinals > Per $ GDP 0.167 per $14.1 billion 2005 34th out of 64
Catholic > Cardinals per million 0.122 2005 25th out of 64
Christian > Catholic > Female catholics 4.13 million 2002 1st out of 11
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics 3.73 million 2002 1st out of 11
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics per thousand people 235.47 2002 4th out of 11
Christian > Catholic > Rural catholics 1.12 million 2002 4th out of 7
Christian > Catholic > Rural female catholics per thousand people 32.64 2002 3rd out of 7
Christian > Catholic > Rural male catholics 608,152 2002 3rd out of 7
Christian > Catholic > Rural male catholics per thousand people 38.44 2002 3rd out of 7
Christian > Catholic > Urban catholics 6.73 million 2002 1st out of 7
Christian > Catholic > Urban catholics per thousand people 425.35 2002 1st out of 7
Christian > Catholic > Urban female catholics 3.61 million 2002 1st out of 7
Christian > Catholic > Urban female catholics per thousand people 228.33 2002 2nd out of 7
Christian > Catholic > Urban male catholics 3.12 million 2002 1st out of 7
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 622 2014 5th out of 175
Christian > Mormon > Members 577,716 2014 3rd out of 195
Christian > Mormon > Temples 1 2014 20th out of 34
Christian > Orthodox > Female orthodox population 3,453 2002 7th out of 8
Christian > Orthodox > Male orthodox population 3,506 2002 7th out of 8
Christian > Orthodox > Male orthodox population per thousand people 0.222 2002 7th out of 8
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population 6,959 2002 7th out of 8
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population per thousand people 0.44 2002 7th out of 8
Christian > Orthodox > Rural female orthodox population per thousand people 0.00727 2002 6th out of 6
Christian > Orthodox > Rural male orthodox population 149 2002 6th out of 6
Christian > Orthodox > Rural male orthodox population per thousand people 0.00942 2002 6th out of 6
Christian > Orthodox > Rural orthodox population 264 2002 6th out of 6
Christian > Orthodox > Urban female orthodox population 3,338 2002 5th out of 6
Christian > Orthodox > Urban male orthodox population 3,357 2002 5th out of 6
Christian > Orthodox > Urban orthodox population 6,695 2002 5th out of 6
Christian > Protestant > Quakers 15 2007 23th out of 33
Islam > Percentage Muslim 0.02% 2004 157th out of 167
Jehovahs Witnesses 70,019 2002 25th out of 177
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 4.43 2002 24th out of 158
Jews 15,000 1998 30th out of 89
Jews per 1000 0.995 1998 34th out of 86
Major religion(s) Christianity 2013
Muslim > Muslim population 4,000 2014 146th out of 177
Religions Roman Catholic 70%, Evangelical 15.1%, Jehovah's Witness 1.1%, other Christian 1%, other 4.6%, none 8.3% 2002
Religions > All Roman Catholic 89%, Protestant 11%, Jewish NEGL% 2006
Religions > Protestant 11% 2006 28th out of 51
Religions > Roman Catholic 89% 2006 18th out of 96
Religious diversity score 0.384 2001 130th out of 214
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 69.5% 2014 96th out of 143
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 29.5% 2014 47th out of 143
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 117,730 2004 33th out of 230
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 7.28 2004 57th out of 200
State religion > Church Roman Catholic Church 2014
State religion > Denomination Catholic 2014

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); Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics (Caribbean); 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, ); 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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Chile Religion Profiles (Subcategories)

Buddhism 3 Religions 3
Catholic 5 State religion 3
Christian 38

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This is a good website for religion statistics on nations.

Posted on 03 Mar 2010

Barretta

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Chile has a Catholic majority, with an estimated 70% of Chileans belonging to that church. According to census data other declared denominations or groupings include: Protestant or Evangelical (15.1%), Jehovah's Witnesses (1%), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (0.9%), Jewish (0.1%), Atheist or Agnostic (8.3%), and other (4.4%). Less than 0.1% are either Orthodox or Muslim.

Posted on 23 Oct 2009

Maddie

Maddie

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