World Religion Database: field definitions

Data source: Gina A. Zurlo, ed., World Religion Database (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2024).

Table Field Description
country Muslim % Number of Muslims as a percentage of the country's population in year 2020.
country Muslims Number of Muslims in this country's population.
country New religionist % Number of New religionists (neoreligionists) as a percentage of the country's population in year 2020.
country New religionists Number of New religionists (Neoreligionists) in this country's population.
country Official name Official name of country.
country Physicians per 1,000 Health worker density and distribution. Primary source: Data compiled from multiple sources by World Bank.
country Pop Density Number of persons living in a square kilometer in this country. Primary source: United Nations 2022.
country Provinces Major civil divisions (provinces, states) in the country.
country R&D spending % Research and development expenditure as a proportion of GDP. Primary source: UNESCO (via World Bank).
country Red list Index Red List Index. Primary source: Birdlife International and International Union for Conservation of Nature.
country Refugee per 100,000 Proportion of the population who are refugees, by country of origin. Primary source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
country Religions over 1% Religions over 1% in the country (rounded to integer).
country Religious Freedom Index Restriction of Religious Freedom Index, 0-10, high is less freedom: Calculated as the country average of government restrictions (GRI) and social restrictions (SRI).
country Rural % Percentage of the nation's total population that live in a rural area.
country Rural Pop Number of people that live in a rural area.
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.
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