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Singapore

Singapore Religion Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Christian > Catholic > Female catholics 119,050 2010 4th out of 10
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics 100,083 2010 4th out of 10
Christian > Catholic > Male catholics per thousand people 19.71 2010 9th out of 10
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 11 2014 78th out of 175
Christian > Mormon > Members 3,573 2014 70th out of 195
Christianity > Christians 829,470 2014 24th out of 45
Christianity > Percent Christian 18% 2014 10th out of 45
Hindu percent of population 5.1% 2011 10th out of 49
Hindus 262,120 2011 22nd out of 94
Hindus per thousand people 50.57 2011 14th out of 94
Islam > Percentage Muslim 16% 2004 65th out of 167
Jews 300 1998 78th out of 89
Jews per 1000 0.0764 1998 70th out of 86
Major religion(s) Taoism, Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism 2013
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 14.9% 2014 65th out of 184
Muslim > Muslim population 721,000 2014 78th out of 177
Religions Buddhist 42.5%, Muslim 14.9%, Taoist 8.5%, Hindu 4%, Catholic 4.8%, other Christian 9.8%, other 0.7%, none 14.8% 2000
Religions > All Buddhist 42.5%, Muslim 14.9%, Taoist 8.5%, Hindu 4%, Catholic 4.8%, other Christian 9.8%, other 0.7%, none 14.8% (2000 census) 2006
Religions > Hindu 4% 2006 11th out of 17
Religions > Muslim 14.9% 2006 59th out of 99
Religious diversity score 0.656 2001 45th out of 214
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 70% 2014 94th out of 143
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 29% 2014 51st out of 143
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 2,348 2004 126th out of 230
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.564 2004 110th out of 200

SOURCES: 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_by_country#Sovereign_states; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_by_country#Sovereign_states; 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; 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.

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Singapore Religion Profiles (Subcategories)

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