1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 23,961,810
2000: 37,027,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 22,971,300; 95.9%
2000: 34,399,998; 92.9%

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

Buddhists: [1970] 10,000; 0.0%
__________     [2000] 17,955; 0.1%
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 30,000; 0.1%
__________________      [2000] 58,496; 0.2%
Jews: [1970] 475,000; 2.0%
_____   [2000] 489,982; 1.3%
Muslims: [1970] 50,000; 0.2%
________     [2000] 720,921; 2.0%
New-Religionists: [1970] %
____________________   [2000] 50,488; 0.1%
Spiritists: [1970] 50,000; 0.2%
___________  [2000] 86,943; 0.2%
Other Religionists: [1970] 20,000; 0.1%
__________________       [2000] 43,472; 0.1%

Atheists: [1970] 140,000; 0.6%
___________[2000] 277,968; 0.8%
Nonreligious: [1970] 210,000; 0.9%
_________________[2000] 864,583; 2.3%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 441,300; 1.8%
___________________________   [2000] 414,126; 1.1%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 22,530,000; 94.0%
__________________________ [2000] 33,985,872; 91.8%
Anglicans: [1970] 13,200; 0.1%
_____________ [2000] 19,000; 0.1%
Orthodox: [1970] 112,000; 0.5%
____________ [2000] 158,000; 0.4%
Protestants: [1970] 576,136; 2.4%
______________ [2000] 2,295,000; 6.2%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 22,431,530; 93.6%
______________________ [2000] 33,750,000; 91.2%
Independents: [1970] 339,796; 1.4%
_________________ [2000] 2,050,000; 5.5%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 63,774; 0.3%
_________________________ [2000] 500,000; 1.4%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] -1,006,436; -4.2%
_____________________ [2000] -4,786,128; -12.9%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 480,000; 2.0%
________________ [2000] 1,960,000; 5.3%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 479,000; 2.0%
__________________________________ [2000] 8,400,000; 22.7%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 1,677,000; 7.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 2,739,882; 7.4%