Data source: Gina A. Zurlo and Todd M. Johnson, eds., World Christian Database (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2024).
| Table | Field | Description |
|---|---|---|
| country | Shintoist % | Number of Shintoists as a percentage of the country's population in year 2020. These are Japanese who profess, or still profess, Shinto as their first or major religion. |
| country | Shintoists | Number of Shintoists in this country's population. These are Japanese who profess, or still profess, Shinto as their first or major religion. |
| country | Sikh % | Number of Sikhs as a percentage of the country's population in year 2020. These are followers of the Sikh reform movement out of Hinduism, who look to the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India (sects: Akali, Khalsa, Nanapanthi, Nirmali, Sewapanthi, Udasi). |
| country | Sikhs | Number of Sikh's in this country's population. These are followers of the Sikh reform movement out of Hinduism, who look to the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India (sects: Akali, Khalsa, Nanapanthi, Nirmali, Sewapanthi, Udasi). |
| country | Social Hostilities Index | Social Hostilities of religion Index, 0-10, low is less restriction: a comparative measure of the restrictions placed on practice, profession, or selection of religion by other religious groups or associations or the culture at large. |
| country | Spiritist % | Number of Spiritists as a percentage of the country's population in year 2020. These are Non-Christian spiritists or spiritualists, or thaumaturgicalists; high spiritists, as opposed to low spiritists (Afro-American syncretists), followers of medium-religions, medium-religionists. |
| country | Spiritists | Number of Spiritists in this country's population. These are Non-Christian spiritists or spiritualists, or thaumaturgicalists; high spiritists, as opposed to low spiritists (Afro-American syncretists), followers of medium-religions, medium-religionists. |
| country | UN Development group | Here, 1=more; 2=less; 3=least-developed as defined by UN. (1) More developed regions comprise Europe, Northern America, Australia/New Zealand and Japan. (2) Less developed regions comprise all regions of Africa, Asia (except Japan), Latin America and the Caribbean plus Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. (3) The are 46 least developed countries: 33 in Africa, 9 in Asia, 4 in Oceania and one each in Latin America and the Caribbean. Primary source: United Nations 2022. |
| country | UN Region | Region of the world to which the United Nations (UN) has assigned this country. |
| country | UN Region code | Code for the region of the world the United Nations (UN) has assigned this country. |
| country | Unaffiliated Christians | Persons professing allegiance and commitment to Christ but who have no church affiliation. |
| country | Undernourishment prevalence | Prevalence of undernourishment. Primary source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (via World Bank). |
| country | Urban % | Number of urbanites as a percentage of the country's population. |
| country | Urban growth rate | The annual growth rate of the urban population. Primary source: United Nations 2022. |
| country | Urban PM2.5 mean | Annual mean levels of fine particulate matter (e.g. PM2.5 and PM10) in cities (population weighted). Primary source: Brauer et al. (2017) via World Bank. |
| country | Urban Pop | Number of urbanites (town and city dwellers) in this country. |
| country | WCEO URL | External link to the World Christian Encyclopedia (3rd edition) article for this country. (Subscription product: World Christian Encyclopedia Online, Todd M. Johnson, Gina A. Zurlo. Brill, 2020). |
| country | Wealth per capita | Individual net worth, per person in 2018, expressed in US dollars (official exchange rates). Defined as “the marketable value of financial assets plus non-financial assets (principally housing and land) less debts”. Primary source: Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report 2018. |
| country | Year begun | The first year this country had Christian residents. |
| country | Zoroastrian % | Number of Zoroastrians as a percentage of the country's population in year 2020. Zoroastrianism is a religion founded in Persia in BC 1200 by the prophet Zoroaster teaching the worship of Ahura Mazda, now followed by Parsis in India and a large underground presence in Iran, Afghanistan, et alia. |
| country | Zoroastrians | Number of Zoroastrians in this country's population. Zoroastrianism is a religion founded in Persia in BC 1200 by the prophet Zoroaster teaching the worship of Ahura Mazda, now followed by Parsis in India and a large underground presence in Iran, Afghanistan, et alia. |
| denomination | CO1 World communion code | World communion code(s). Each communion membership is represented by a single case-sensitive letter, or by a 2-character letter/number combination. |
| denomination | CO2 World council code | World council code(s). Each council membership is represented by a single case-sensitive letter. |
| denomination | CO3 Continental council code | Continental council code(s). Each council membership is represented by a single case-sensitive letter. |
| denomination | CO4 Regional council code | Regional council code(s). Each council membership is represented by a single case-sensitive letter. |
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