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-- Select Variable --
Adherents: Baha'is
Adherents: Buddhists
Adherents: ----Mahayanists
Adherents: ----Theravadins
Adherents: ----Lamaists
Adherents: Chinese folk-religionists
Adherents: Christians
Adherents: ----unaffiliated Christians
Adherents: ----Orthodox
Adherents: ----Catholics
Adherents: ----Protestants
Adherents: ----Independents
Adherents: Daoists
Adherents: Confucianists
Adherents: Ethnic religionists
Adherents: Hindus
Adherents: ----Vaishnavites
Adherents: ----Shaivites
Adherents: ----Saktists
Adherents: Jains
Adherents: Jews
Adherents: Muslims
Adherents: ----Sunnis
Adherents: ----Shias
Adherents: ----Islamic schismatics
Adherents: New religionists
Adherents: Shintoists
Adherents: Sikhs
Adherents: Spiritists
Adherents: Zoroastrians
Adherents: Non-Religious
Adherents: ----Agnostics
Adherents: ----Atheists
Area in square miles
Civil Liberties 2009: 1-7 (lower = more freedom)
Civil Liberties: Assoc /Organ Rights: 0-12
Civil Liberties: Freedom House 1-7 (low=most free)
Civil Liberties: Freedom of Expression 0-16
Civil Liberties: Political Rights 1-7 (low=free)
Civil Liberties: Status 1 free to 3 not free
Constitution: Current as of
Constitution: Freedom of religion?
Constitution: Is there a constitution?
Constitution: Last Amended
Constitution: Non-discrimination?
Constitution: Official religion?
Economics: Exports in Millions of US Dollars
Economics: Freedom Index 0-100
Economics: Gross Domestic Product
Economics: Gross National Income per Capita
Economics: Imports in Millions in US Dollars
Education: Adult Literacy Rate
Education: Primary School Enrollment
Education: Religious Education Mandatory
Education: Secondary School Enrollment
Fertility Rate
Gender: Inequality Index (2013)
Government Favoritism of Religion Index
Government: Composite Index of National Capability
Government: Polity Description
Government: Polity Score (-10 to 10)
Government: Religious Requirements
Health: HIV Prevalence
Health: Infant Mortality Rate
Health: Life Expectancy in Years
Human Development: Index
Human Development: Ranking
Human Development: Tier (1 high to 4 lowest)
Judicial Independence Composite Score
Majority Religion: Name
Majority Religion: Population
Majority Religions: State Regulation
Migration: Net Rate (2012)
Military Expenditure: Percent of GDP (2012)
Minority Religions: Discrimination (0-10)
Minority Religions: Discrimination Index (0-108)
Minority Religions: Discrimination, Ranking
Minority Religions: Societal Discrimination
Minority Religions: Societal Discrimination (0-81)
Minority Religions: State Discrimination
Non-preferred Religions: (G1) Composite (1-247)
Non-preferred Religions: (G1) Composite Tier
Non-preferred Religions: (G1) Official Status
Non-preferred Religions: (G2) Composite (1-247)
Non-preferred Religions: (G2) Composite Tier
Non-preferred Religions: (G2) Religious Education
Non-preferred Religions: (G3) Composite (1-247)
Non-preferred Religions: (G3) Composite Tier
Non-preferred Religions: (G3) Financial Support
Non-preferred Religions: (G4) Composite (1-247)
Non-preferred Religions: (G4) Composite Tier
Non-preferred Religions: (G4) Regulations
Non-preferred Religions: (G5) Composite (1-247)
Non-preferred Religions: (G5) Composite Tier
Non-preferred Religions: (G5): Free Exercise
Non-preferred Religions: Summary Composite (1-247)
Non-preferred Religions: Summary Score
Non-preferred Religions: Summary Tier
Official and National Language(s)
Official Religion
Official Religion: Level (0 min to 4 max)
Official Support: Formal relationship with state
Population
Population: Urban growth
Population: Urban Percentage
Preferred Religion(s): Name
Preferred Religion: (G1) Composite (1-232)
Preferred Religion: (G1) Composite Tier (1-4)
Preferred Religion: (G1) Official Status
Preferred Religion: (G2) Composite (1-222)
Preferred Religion: (G2) Composite Tier (1-4)
Preferred Religion: (G2) Religious Education
Preferred Religion: (G3) Composite (1-211)
Preferred Religion: (G3) Composite Tier (1-4)
Preferred Religion: (G3) Financial Support
Preferred Religion: (G4) Composite (1-245)
Preferred Religion: (G4) Composite Tier (1-4)
Preferred Religion: (G4) Regulations
Preferred Religion: (G5) Composite (1-244)
Preferred Religion: (G5) Composite Tier (1-4)
Preferred Religion: (G5) Free Exercise
Preferred Religion: Summary Composite (1-247)
Preferred Religion: Summary Score
Preferred Religion: Summary Tier (1-4)
Proselytizing: Legal?
Proselytizing: Limits
RAS3: Religious Discrimination (0-10)
RAS3: Legislative Support Index
RAS3: Majority Religion Index (1-179)
RAS3: Majority Religion Regulation (0-87)
RAS3: Majority Religion Tier (1-4)
RAS3: Official Support (0-14)
RAS3: Official Support Index (1-179)
RAS3: Official Support Tier (1-4)
RAS3: Religious Discrimination Index (0-108)
RAS3: Religious Discrimination Ranking
RAS3: Religious Discrimination Ranking (1-179)
RAS3: Religious Discrimination Tier (1-4)
RAS3: Separation Index (0-2)
Religious Freedom
Religious Freedom: Respected by Government?
Religious Freedom: 2008
Religious Freedom: Marshall Scale (2007)
Religious Freedom: Protected?
Religious Freedom: Score (2008)
Religious Legislation: Composite Score (2008)
Religious Legislation: Index (0-52 lower = less)
Religious Persecution: Number of people
Religious Registration: Consequences
Religious Registration: Sometimes denied?
Religious Regulation: 0-87 (lower = less reg)
Religious Regulation: Composite Measure (2008)
Religious Regulation: Government Score (2008)
Religious Regulation: Nation Ranking
Religious Regulation: Summary Score (0-10)
Separation: Religion and State Score (2008)
Social Regulation: Index 2008
State funding of religion
State Funding of Religion: 0-10 (lower=less)
State Funding of Religion: Exclusivity
State Funding of Religion: Nation Ranking
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Variables:
Area in square miles (DAREA2)
Area in square miles
NATION
REGION
DAREA2
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Afghanistan
South-Central Asia
252,070
Akrotiri
Western Asia
Albania
Southern Europe
11,100
Algeria
Northern Africa
919,595
American Samoa
Polynesia
77
Andorra
Southern Europe
181
Angola
Middle Africa
481,354
Anguilla
Caribbean
35
Antarctica
Antarctica
5,405,430
Antigua and Barbuda
Caribbean
171
Argentina
South America
1,073,518
Armenia
Western Asia
11,484
Aruba
Caribbean
69
Australia
Australia/New Zealand
2,988,902
Austria
Western Europe
32,383
Azerbaijan
Western Asia
33,436
Bahamas, The
Caribbean
5,359
Bahrain
Western Asia
286
Bangladesh
South-Central Asia
55,598
Barbados
Caribbean
166
Belarus
Eastern Europe
80,155
Belgium
Western Europe
11,787
Belize
Central America
8,867
Benin
Western Africa
43,484
Bermuda
Northern America
21
Bhutan
South-Central Asia
14,824
Bolivia
South America
424,164
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Southern Europe
19,767
Botswana
Southern Africa
224,607
Bougainville
Melanesia
Brazil
South America
3,287,612
British Indian Ocean Territory
Eastern Africa
21,004
British Virgin Islands
Caribbean
58
Brunei
South-Eastern Asia
2,226
Bulgaria
Eastern Europe
42,811
Burkina Faso
Western Africa
105,869
Burma (Myanmar)
South-Eastern Asia
261,228
Burundi
Eastern Africa
10,745
Cambodia
South-Eastern Asia
69,898
Cameroon
Middle Africa
183,568
Canada
Northern America
3,855,103
Cape Verde
Western Africa
1,557
Caribbean Netherlands
Caribbean
Cayman Islands
Caribbean
102
Central African Republic
Middle Africa
240,535
Chad
Middle Africa
495,755
Channel Islands
Northern Europe
75
Chile
South America
291,933
China
Eastern Asia
3,705,407
China-Tibet
Eastern Asia
Christmas Island
Australia/New Zealand
52
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Australia/New Zealand
5
Colombia
South America
439,737
Comoros
Eastern Africa
863
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Middle Africa
905,355
Congo, Republic of the
Middle Africa
132,047
Cook Islands
Polynesia
91
Costa Rica
Central America
19,730
Cote d'Ivoire
Western Africa
124,504
Croatia
Southern Europe
21,851
Cuba
Caribbean
42,803
Curacao
Caribbean
171
Cyprus
Western Asia
3,572
Czech Republic
Eastern Europe
30,451
Denmark
Northern Europe
16,639
Dhekelia
Western Asia
Djibouti
Eastern Africa
8,958
Dominica
Caribbean
290
Dominican Republic
Caribbean
18,792
Ecuador
South America
109,484
Egypt
Northern Africa
386,662
El Salvador
Central America
8,124
Equatorial Guinea
Middle Africa
10,831
Eritrea
Eastern Africa
45,406
Estonia
Northern Europe
17,463
Ethiopia
Eastern Africa
426,373
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
South America
4,700
Faroe Islands
Northern Europe
538
Fiji
Melanesia
7,056
Finland
Northern Europe
130,559
France
Western Europe
248,429
French Guiana
South America
French Polynesia
Polynesia
1,609
Gabon
Middle Africa
103,347
Gambia, The
Western Africa
4,361
Georgia
Western Asia
26,911
Germany
Western Europe
137,847
Ghana
Western Africa
92,098
Gibraltar
Southern Europe
3
Greece
Southern Europe
50,949
Greenland
Northern America
836,330
Grenada
Caribbean
133
Guadeloupe
Caribbean
Guam
Micronesia (region)
210
Guatemala
Central America
42,042
Guernsey
Northern Europe
30
Guinea
Western Africa
94,926
Guinea-Bissau
Western Africa
13,948
Guyana
South America
83,000
Haiti
Caribbean
10,714
Honduras
Central America
43,278
Hong Kong
Eastern Asia
426
Hungary
Eastern Europe
35,918
Iceland
Northern Europe
39,769
India
South-Central Asia
1,269,219
Indonesia
South-Eastern Asia
735,358
Iran
South-Central Asia
636,372
Iraq
Western Asia
169,235
Ireland
Northern Europe
27,133
Isle of Man
Northern Europe
221
Israel
Western Asia
8,522
Italy
Southern Europe
116,348
Jamaica
Caribbean
4,244
Japan
Eastern Asia
145,914
Jersey
Northern Europe
45
Jordan
Western Asia
34,495
Kazakhstan
South-Central Asia
1,052,090
Kenya
Eastern Africa
224,081
Kiribati
Micronesia (region)
313
Korea, (North) Democratic Republic of
Eastern Asia
46,540
Korea, (South) Republic of
Eastern Asia
38,502
Kosovo
Southern Europe
4,203
Kuwait
Western Asia
6,880
Kyrgyzstan
South-Central Asia
77,202
Laos
South-Eastern Asia
91,429
Latvia
Northern Europe
24,938
Lebanon
Western Asia
4,015
Lesotho
Southern Africa
11,720
Liberia
Western Africa
43,000
Libya
Northern Africa
679,362
Liechtenstein
Western Europe
62
Lithuania
Northern Europe
25,212
Luxembourg
Western Europe
998
Macau
Eastern Asia
11
Macedonia
Southern Europe
9,928
Madagascar
Eastern Africa
226,658
Malawi
Eastern Africa
45,747
Malaysia
South-Eastern Asia
127,355
Maldives
South-Central Asia
115
Mali
Western Africa
478,841
Malta
Southern Europe
122
Marshall Islands
Micronesia (region)
70
Martinique
Caribbean
Mauritania
Western Africa
397,955
Mauritius
Eastern Africa
788
Mayotte
Eastern Africa
144
Mexico
Central America
758,449
Micronesia, Federated States of
Micronesia (region)
271
Moldova
Eastern Europe
13,070
Monaco
Western Europe
1
Mongolia
Eastern Asia
603,909
Montenegro
Southern Europe
5,333
Montserrat
Caribbean
39
Morocco
Northern Africa
172,414
Mozambique
Eastern Africa
308,642
Namibia
Southern Africa
318,261
Nauru
Micronesia (region)
8
Nepal
South-Central Asia
56,827
Netherlands
Western Europe
16,040
New Caledonia
Melanesia
7,172
New Zealand
Australia/New Zealand
103,363
Nicaragua
Central America
50,336
Niger
Western Africa
489,191
Nigeria
Western Africa
356,669
Niue
Polynesia
100
Norfolk Island
Australia/New Zealand
14
Northern Cyprus
Western Asia
Northern Mariana Islands
Micronesia (region)
179
Norway
Northern Europe
125,021
Occupied Palestinian Territories
Western Asia
2,402
Oman
Western Asia
119,499
Pakistan
South-Central Asia
307,374
Palau
Micronesia (region)
177
Panama
Central America
29,120
Papua New Guinea
Melanesia
178,704
Paraguay
South America
157,048
Peru
South America
496,225
Philippines
South-Eastern Asia
115,831
Pitcairn Islands
Polynesia
18
Poland
Eastern Europe
120,728
Portugal
Southern Europe
35,556
Puerto Rico
Caribbean
5,324
Qatar
Western Asia
4,473
Reunion
Eastern Africa
Romania
Eastern Europe
92,043
Russia
Eastern Europe
6,601,668
Rwanda
Eastern Africa
10,169
Saint Barthelemy
Caribbean
8
Saint Helena
Western Africa
119
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Caribbean
101
Saint Lucia
Caribbean
238
Saint Martin
Caribbean
21
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Northern America
93
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Caribbean
150
Samoa
Polynesia
1,093
San Marino
Southern Europe
24
Sao Tome and Principe
Middle Africa
372
Saudi Arabia
Western Asia
830,000
Senegal
Western Africa
75,955
Serbia
Southern Europe
29,913
Seychelles
Eastern Africa
176
Sierra Leone
Western Africa
27,699
Singapore
South-Eastern Asia
269
Sint Maarten
Caribbean
13
Slovakia
Eastern Europe
18,933
Slovenia
Southern Europe
7,827
Solomon Islands
Melanesia
11,157
Somalia
Eastern Africa
246,201
Somaliland
Eastern Africa
South Africa
Southern Africa
470,693
South Sudan
Eastern Africa
Spain
Southern Europe
195,124
Spanish North Africa
Northern Africa
Sri Lanka
South-Central Asia
25,332
Sudan
Northern Africa
967,500
Suriname
South America
63,251
Svalbard
Northern Europe
23,956
Swaziland
Southern Africa
6,704
Sweden
Northern Europe
173,860
Switzerland
Western Europe
15,937
Syria
Western Asia
71,498
Taiwan
Eastern Asia
13,892
Tajikistan
South-Central Asia
55,251
Tanzania
Eastern Africa
365,755
Thailand
South-Eastern Asia
198,117
Timor-Leste
South-Eastern Asia
5,743
Togo
Western Africa
21,925
Tokelau
Polynesia
5
Tonga
Polynesia
288
Trinidad and Tobago
Caribbean
1,980
Tunisia
Northern Africa
63,170
Turkey
Western Asia
302,535
Turkmenistan
South-Central Asia
188,456
Turks and Caicos Islands
Caribbean
366
Tuvalu
Polynesia
10
Uganda
Eastern Africa
93,065
Ukraine
Eastern Europe
233,032
United Arab Emirates
Western Asia
32,278
United Kingdom
Northern Europe
94,058
United States (General)
Northern America
3,794,100
Uruguay
South America
68,037
Uzbekistan
South-Central Asia
172,742
Vanuatu
Melanesia
4,706
Vatican City
Southern Europe
0
Venezuela
South America
352,144
Vietnam
South-Eastern Asia
127,881
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
Caribbean
737
Wallis and Futuna
Polynesia
55
Western Sahara
Northern Africa
102,703
Yemen
Western Asia
203,850
Zambia
Eastern Africa
290,587
Zimbabwe
Eastern Africa
150,872
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