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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: BERMUDA

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 52,976
2000: 65,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 51,810; 97.8%
2000: 60,230; 92.7%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 100; 0.2%
________  [2000] 325; 0.5%
Buddhists: [1970] 50; 0.1%
__________     [2000] 21; 0.0%

Jews: [1970] 20; 0.0%
_____   [2000] 21; 0.0%

Spiritists: [1970] 0; 0.0%
___________  [2000] 1,340; 2.1%

Other Religionists: [1970] 20; 0.0%
__________________       [2000] 46; 0.1%

Nonreligious: [1970] 1,000; 1.9%
_________________[2000] 2,606; 4.0%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 5,585; 10.5%
___________________________   [2000] 4,555; 7.0%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 46,225; 87.3%
__________________________ [2000] 55,675; 85.7%
Anglicans: [1970] 22,000; 41.5%
_____________ [2000] 24,200; 37.2%

Protestants: [1970] 11,625; 21.9%
______________ [2000] 19,500; 30.0%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 7,500; 14.2%
______________________ [2000] 10,384; 16.0%
Independents: [1970] 4,650; 8.8%
_________________ [2000] 7,000; 10.8%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 450; 0.9%
_________________________ [2000] 1,650; 2.5%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] 0; 0.0%
_____________________ [2000] -7,059; -10.9%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 5,200; 9.8%
________________ [2000] 7,700; 11.9%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 1,200; 2.3%
__________________________________ [2000] 13,400; 20.6%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 5,900; 11.1%
____________________________________ [2000] 11,327; 17.4%
 

1.33 ETHNIC DISTRIBUTION OF CHRISTIANS (% of Christians)
West Indian Black: 50.3%
British: 29.0%
Mulatto: 10.0%
USA White: 6.0%
Portuguese: 4.5%