Data source: Gina A. Zurlo, ed., World Christian Database (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2025).
| Table | Field | Description |
|---|---|---|
| country | Pop density | Number of persons living in a square kilometer in this country. Primary source: United Nations 2024. |
| country | Protestants | Number of Affiliated Protestants (including Anglicans) in this country's population. |
| 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. 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. 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. 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 2024. |
| 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, 2023). |
| 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 2024. |
| country | Urban PM2.5 mean | Annual mean levels of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in cities (population weighted). Primary source: Brauer et al. (2019) via World Bank. |
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