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CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY OF CHRISTIANITY
Daniel Patte, General Editor
Editorial Board | Preparing Contextual, Conceptual-Theological and Historical, and Methodological Entries | CDC@vanderbilt.edu

NATION: ALGERIA

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 13,746,184
2000: 31,471,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 105,430; 0.8%
2000: 90,952; 0.3%

1.2 RELIGIOUS MAKE-UP OF THE REST OF THE POPULATION:

Jews: [1970] 1,000; 0%
_____   [2000] 566; 0%
Muslims: [1970] 13,614,870; 99.0%
________     [2000] 30,441,669; 96.7%

Atheists: [1970] 4,000; 0%
___________[2000] 3,958; 0%
Nonreligious: [1970] 20,000; 0.2%
_________________[2000] 948,471; 3.0%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] %
___________________________   [2000] 75; 0%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 105,430; 0.8%
__________________________ [2000] 90,877; 0.3%
Anglicans: [1970] 800; 0%
_____________ [2000] 200; 0%
Orthodox: [1970] 2,730; 0%
____________ [2000] 1,800; 0%
Protestants: [1970] 4,850; 0%
______________ [2000] 3,400; 0%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 76,500; 0.6%
______________________ [2000] 20,277; 0.1%
Independents: [1970] 20,500; 0.2%
_________________ [2000] 65,000; 0.2%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 2,700; 0%
________________ [2000] 5,700; 0%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 21,500; 0.2%
__________________________________ [2000] 55,000; 0.2%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 50,000; 0.4%
____________________________________ [2000] 65,098; 0.2%