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Azerbaijan

Azerbaijani Religion Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK
Christian > Mormon > Congregations 1 2014 151st out of 175
Christian > Mormon > Members 40 2014 175th out of 195
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox percent of population 1.77 2014 33th out of 43
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox population 144,600 2014 33th out of 43
Christian > Orthodox > Orthodox share of world population 0.05 2014 33th out of 43
Christian > Protestant > Baptist church members 3,000 2011 22nd out of 34
Christian > Protestant > Baptist church members per thousand people 0.327 2011 22nd out of 34
Christian > Protestant > Baptist churches 22 2011 30th out of 34
Christian > Protestant > Baptist churches per million people 2.4 2011 27th out of 34
Christian > Protestant > Jehovah's Witnesses > Av bible studies 1,741 2014 17th out of 25
Christianity > Christians 424,566 2014 30th out of 45
Christianity > Percent Christian 4.8% 2014 27th out of 45
Islam > Percentage Muslim 93.4% 2004 23th out of 167
Jehovahs Witnesses 528 2002 135th out of 177
Jehovahs Witnesses per 1000 0.0646 2002 147th out of 158
Jews 30,000 1998 21st out of 89
Jews per 1000 3.79 1998 16th out of 86
Major religion(s) Islam 2013
Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 98.4% 2014 14th out of 184
Muslim > Muslim population 8.79 million 2014 30th out of 177
Religions Muslim 93.4%, Russian Orthodox 2.5%, Armenian Orthodox 2.3%, other 1.8%; note: religious affiliation is still nominal in Azerbaijan; percentages for actual practicing adherents are much lower 1995
Religions > A note religious affiliation is still nominal in Azerbaijan; percentages for actual practicing adherents are much lower 2003
Religions > All Muslim 93.4%, Russian Orthodox 2.5%, Armenian Orthodox 2.3%, other 1.8% (1995 est.) 2006
Religions > Muslim 93.4% 2006 15th out of 99
Religions > Note religious affiliation is still nominal in Azerbaijan; percentages for actual practicing adherents are much lower 1999
Religious diversity score 0.49 2001 97th out of 214
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion important 49.5% 2014 107th out of 143
Secularism and atheism > Population considering religion unimportant 48.5% 2014 36th out of 143
Seventh-day Adventist Membership 670 2004 159th out of 230
Seventh-day Adventist Membership per 1000 0.0807 2004 159th out of 200
Shia Islam population > Number of Shia muslims 5,000,000 - 7,000,000 2009

SOURCES: Wikipedia: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in France (Membership Statistics); Wikipedia: Orthodoxy by country (Statistics); United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; 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: Jehovah's Witnesses by country (Asia); http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_by_country#Sovereign_states; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_by_country#Sovereign_states; 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, December 2003; 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.; Miller, Tracy: Mapping the Global Muslim Population A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Muslim Population, Pew Research Center, October 7, 2009.

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Azerbaijan Religion Profiles (Subcategories)

Christian 10 Religions 4
  • Azerbaijan ranked second for islam > percentage muslim amongst Europe in 2004.

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