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United Kingdom

United Kingdom Religion Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK
Buddhism > Buddhists 507,164.5 2013 19th out of 130
Buddhism > Percent Buddhist 0.8% 2013 26th out of 96
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 332 2014 7th out of 175
Christian > Mormon > Congregations per million people 5.25 2014 1st out of 1
Christian > Mormon > Members 188,462 2014 7th out of 195
Christian > Mormon > Members per thousand people 2.98 2014 1st out of 1
Christian > Mormon > Temples 2 2014 4th out of 34
Christian > Protestant > Baptist church members 155,891 2011 1st out of 34
Christian > Protestant > Baptist church members per thousand people 2.48 2011 6th out of 34
Christian > Protestant > Baptist churches 2,590 2011 1st out of 34
Christian > Protestant > Baptist churches per million people 41.27 2011 7th out of 34
Christian > Protestant > Protestant percent 60% 2014 18th out of 58
Christian > Protestant > Protestants 36 million 2014 2nd out of 58
Christian > Protestant > Protestants per thousand people 569.78 2014 1st out of 1
Christianity > Regular church attendance 6 million 2014 4th out of 6
Hindu percent of population 1.7% 2011 16th out of 49
Hindus 832,000 2011 13th out of 94
Hindus per thousand people 13.26 2011 26th out of 94
Islam > Percentage Muslim 2.7% 2004 101st out of 167
Jehovahs Witnesses 127,206 2002 13th out of 177
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 2.14 2002 80th out of 158
Jews 300,000 1998 7th out of 89
Jews per 1000 5.13 1998 14th out of 86
Major religion(s) Christianity 2013
Muslim > Islamist organizations Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah · Islam4UK 2014
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 4.6% 2014 92nd out of 184
Muslim > Muslim population 2.87 million 2014 50th out of 177
Religions Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1% 2001
Religions > All Christian (Anglican, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Methodist) 71.6%, Muslim 2.7%, Hindu 1%, other 1.6%, unspecified or none 23.1% (2001 census) 2006
Religions > Hindu 1% 2006 15th out of 17
Religions > Muslim 2.7% 2006 86th out of 99
Religious diversity score 0.694 2001 27th out of 214
Secularism and atheism > Believes in spirit or life force 33% 2010 13th out of 27
Secularism and atheism > Believes there is a god 37% 2010 17th out of 27
Secularism and atheism > Does not believe in spirit, God or life force 25% 2010 9th out of 27
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 26.5% 2014 135th out of 143
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 73% 2014 9th out of 143
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 24,083 2004 59th out of 230
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.402 2004 122nd out of 200

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Buddhism by country (Buddhism by Country); 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: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints membership statistics (Caribbean); 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.; Wikipedia: Protestantism by country (Top sixty countries by number and percentage of Protestants); Wikipedia: Protestantism by country (Top sixty countries by number and percentage of Protestants). 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: Christianity in Norway (Church attendance); 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.; 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: Islamism (Parties and Organizations); 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.

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United Kingdom Religion Profiles (Subcategories)

Christian 13 Secularism and atheism 5
Religions 3

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