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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: BOTSWANA

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 673,000
2000: 1,622,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 274,100 [43.0%]
2000: 972,191 [59.9%]

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

Bahaís: [1970] 3,400 [0.5%]
________  [2000] 12,417 [0.8%]
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 359,200 [56.4%]
__________________      [2000] 629,301 [38.8%]
Hindus: [1970] %
_______    [2000] 2,239 [0.1%]
Muslims: [1970] %
________     [2000] 3,264 [0.2%]

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 104,110 [16.3%]
___________________________   [2000] 221,118 [13.6%]
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 169,990 [26.7%]
__________________________ [2000] 751,073 [46.3%]
Anglicans: [1970] 7,000 [1.1 %]
_____________ [2000] 10,500 [0.5%]
Protestants: [1970] 96,568 [15.2%]
______________ [2000] 178,000 [11%]
Roman Catholics: [1970] 21,202 [3.3%]
______________________ [2000] 60,000 [3.7%]
Independents: [1970] 44,670 [7.0%]
_________________ [2000] 498,253 [30.7%]
Marginal Christians: [1970] 500 [0.1%]
_________________________ [2000] 4,200 [0.3%]

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 15,900 [2.5%]
________________ [2000] 51,800 [3.2%]
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 50,000 [7.9%]
__________________________________ [2000] 535,000 [33.0%]
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 70,000 [11.0%]
____________________________________ [2000] 384,089 [23.7%]