Data source: Gina A. Zurlo, ed., World Religion Database (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2024).
| Table | Field | Description |
|---|---|---|
| version_2020_country | Ethnic religionists | Number of Ethnic religionists in this country's population. "Ethnic religionists" is a collective term for primal religionists, animists, spirit-worshippers, shamanists, ancestor-venerators, polytheists, pantheists, traditionalists (in Africa), local or tribal folk-religionists; including adherents of neo-paganism or non-Christian local or tribal syncretistic or nativistic movements, cargo cults, witchcraft eradication cults, possession healing movements, tribal messianic movements; still occasionally termed pagans, heathen, fetishists; usually confined each to a single tribe or people, hence tribal or local as opposed to ‘universal’ (open to any or all peoples). |
| version_2020_country | Ethnic religions | Number of Ethnic religions indigenous to this country. |
| version_2020_country | Female % | Percentage of females in the country (UN). |
| version_2020_country | GDP per capita | Gross Domestic Product per year per person in 2017, expressed as 2011 purchasing power parity (PPP) dollars. The GDP is the total value of the goods and services produced in a nation during a specific period, and also comprising the total of expenditures by consumers and government plus gross private investment. Primary source: World Bank 2018 (in HDR 2018). |
| version_2020_country | Gender gap | The gap between female Human Development Index (HDI) and male HDI (as a percentage of male HDI). Primary source: UN Development Programme: Human Development Report 2022. |
| version_2020_country | Gender inequality | (max 100) A low value indicates low inequality between women and men based on a combination of indicators: maternal mortality, adolescent birth rate, share of parliamentary seats, share of secondary education, and participation in the labour force. Primary source: UN Development Programme: Human Development Report 2022. |
| version_2020_country | GNI per capita | Gross National Income per year per person in 2017, expressed as purchasing power parity (PPP) dollars. GNI is the aggregate income of an economy generated by its production and its ownership of factors of production, less the incomes paid for the use of factors of production owned by the rest of the world. Primary source: World Bank (2018), IMF (2018) and United Nations Statistics Division (2018) (in HDR 2018). |
| version_2020_country | Governmental Favoritism Index | Governmental Favoritism of religion Index, 0-10, low is less favoritism: a comparative measure of the actions of the state that provide one religion or a small group of religions special privileges, support, or favorable sanctions. |
| version_2020_country | Governmental Restrictions Index | Governmental Restrictions of religion Index, 0-10, low is less restriction: a comparative measure of the actions of the state that deny religious freedoms including any actions that impinge on the practice, profession, or selection of religion. |
| version_2020_country | Growth % pa | This country's natural population was increasing at this annual percentage rate in 2020. A 'natural population increase' is determined by subtracting the number of deaths from the number of births in this country. Primary source: United Nations 2019. |
| version_2020_country | HDI | Human development index, 2017. A higher value represents greater human development in this country. Primary source: UN Development Programme: Human Development Report 2018. |
| version_2020_country | Hindu % | Number of Hindus as a percentage of the country's population in year 2020. Followers of the main Hindu traditions: (a) Vaishnavites (Vishnaivites) numbering 70% of all Hindus; (b) Saivites numbering 25% mostly in South India; (c) Saktists or other sects (3%); (d) neo-Hindu movements and modern sects arising out of Hinduism, about 1.5%; and (e) Arya Samaj and other reformist movements, 0.5% (Brahmo Samaj, Prarthana Samaj, Swami-Narayanis, Ramakrishna Mission, but excluding Jains and Sikhs). |
| version_2020_country | Hindus | Number of Hindus in this country's population. Followers of the main Hindu traditions: (a) Vaishnavites (Vishnaivites) numbering 70% of all Hindus; (b) Saivites numbering 25% mostly in South India; (c) Saktists or other sects (3%); (d) neo-Hindu movements and modern sects arising out of Hinduism, about 1.5%; and (e) Arya Samaj and other reformist movements, 0.5% (Brahmo Samaj, Prarthana Samaj, Swami-Narayanis, Ramakrishna Mission, but excluding Jains and Sikhs). |
| version_2020_country | HIV Adults per K | Number of adults living with HIV per thousand of the country's population in 2016. Primary source: UNAIDS (in HDR 2018). |
| version_2020_country | Household Size | Standard size, for statistical purposes, of a family, composed of 2 spouses, 2 children (under 15), and one adult (15 or over). 2000. |
| version_2020_country | Infant mortality | Infant mortality, per 1,000 live births in the country. Primary source: United Nations 2019. |
| version_2020_country | Internet users % | Internet users in 2016 as a percentage of population. Primary source: ITU (2018) (in HDR 2018). |
| version_2020_country | ISO A2 | ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. |
| version_2020_country | ISO A3 | ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code. |
| version_2020_country | Jain % | Number of Jains as a percentage of the country's population in year 2020. Followers of the Jain reform movement are from Hinduism, composed of the Svetambara and Digambara sects. |
| version_2020_country | Jains | Number of Jain in this country's population. Followers of the Jain reform movement are from Hinduism, composed of the Svetambara and Digambara sects. |
| version_2020_country | Jew % | Number of Jews as a percentage of the country's population in year 2020. |
| version_2020_country | Jews | Number of Jews in this country's population. |
| version_2020_country | Life Expectancy | The number of years individuals born “this year” in this country's population are expected to live, based on statistical probability. Primary source: United Nations 2019. |
| version_2020_country | Major religion count | The number of major religions (of 18) significantly present in this country. |
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