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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: CAMEROON

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 6,613,536
2000: 15,085,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 3,136,600 [47.4%]
2000: 8,173,659 [54.2%]

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

Bahaís: [1970] 29,500 [0.5%]
________  [2000] 64,286 [0.4%]
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 2,116,000 [32.0%]
__________________      [2000] 3,581,551 [23.7%]
Muslims: [1970] 1,325,200 [20%]
________     [2000] 3,202,235 [21.2%]

Nonreligious: [1970] 5,000 [0.1%]
_________________[2000] 45,829 [0.3%]

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 745,225 [11.3%]
___________________________   [2000] 412,158 [2.7%]
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 2,391,375 [36.2%]
__________________________ [2000] 7,761,501 [51.5%]

Protestants: [1970] 717,215 [10.8%]
______________ [2000] 3,120,000 [20.7%]
Roman Catholics: [1970] 1,528,760 [23.1%]
______________________ [2000] 3,989,401 [26.5%]
Independents: [1970] 124,400 [1.9%]
_________________ [2000] 590,000 [3.9%]
Marginal Christians: [1970] 20,000 [0.3%]
_________________________ [2000] 60,000 [0.4%]

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 132,000 [2.0%]
________________ [2000] 620,000 [4.1%]
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 90,000 [1.4%]
__________________________________ [2000] 980,000 [6.5%]
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 826,000 [12.5%]
____________________________________ [2000] 3,388,574 [22.5%]