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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: BELIZE

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 122,670
2000: 241,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 116,100; 94.6%
2000: 218,923; 90.8%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 2,900; 2.4%
________  [2000] 6,941; 2.9%
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 1,000; 0.8%
__________________      [2000] 440; 0.2%
Hindus: [1970] %
_______    [2000] 5,536; 2.3%
Jews: [1970] 1,400; 1.1%
_____   [2000] 2,600; 1.1%
Muslims: [1970] %
________     [2000] 1,389; 0.6%
Spiritists: [1970] 1,500; 1.2%
___________  [2000] 2,040; 0.9%

Nonreligious: [1970] 100; 0.1%
_________________[2000] 1,996; 0.8%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 8,227; 6.7%
___________________________   [2000] 21,784; 9.0%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 107,873; 87.9%
__________________________ [2000] 197,139; 81.8%
Anglicans: [1970] 16,000; 13.0%
_____________ [2000] 10,500; 4.4%
Protestants: [1970] 14,773; 12.0%
______________ [2000] 39,500; 16.4%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 74,500; 60.7%
______________________ [2000] 136,939; 56.8%
Independents: [1970] 1,600; 1.3%
_________________ [2000] 5,200; 2.2%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 1,000; 0.8%
_________________________ [2000] 5,000; 2.1%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 7,000; 5.7%
________________ [2000] 17,100; 7.1%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 2,000; 1.6%
__________________________________ [2000] 31,400; 13.0%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 4,400; 3.6%
____________________________________ [2000] 28,865; 12.0%