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TIL Australia, Canada, Germany have no majority religion. This is not true, according to the CIA Factbook that was, ironically enough, cited by the infographic
by morningseagulls 7y ago
TIL Australia, Canada, Germany have no majority religion.
This is not true, according to the CIA Factbook that was, ironically enough, cited by the infographic:
- Australia: 52.1% Christian. (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/..., see also https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/by%20Subject/2071.0~2016~Main%20Features~Religion%20Data%20Summary~70 https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/by%20Subject...)
- Canada: 67.2% Christian. (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ca.html https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/...)
- Germany: 57.2% Christian. (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gm.html https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/...)
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- morningseagulls 7y agoThe CIA Factbook? I'm making the observation that the creator of the infographic has made some errors when translating the data into graphics.
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- morningseagulls 7y agoAh, so that author is looking for "the most religious countries". Still, it doesn't make sense to highlight Mongolia (53% Buddhist), Laos (67% Buddhist) and even the Democratic Republic of the Congo (50% Roman Catholic), but not Canada, which is 67.2% Christian. Even the United Kingdom, which is also highlighted, is less religious than Canada at 59.5% Christian.