1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)
1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 21,324,000
2000: 31,147,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 20,135,000; 94.4%
2000: 24,761,988; 79.5%
1.2 RELIGIOUS MAKE-UP OF THE REST OF THE POPULATION:
Bahaís: [1970] 24,000; 0.1%
________ [2000] 31,396; 0.1%
Buddhists: [1970] 16,000; 0.1%
__________ [2000] 251,175; 0.8%
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 12,000; 0.1%
_____________ [2000] 8,565; 0%
Folk-religionists: [1970] 30,000; 0.1%
_________________ [2000] 775,389; 2.5%
Hindus: [1970] 20,000; 0.1%
_______ [2000] 295,185; 1.0%
Jews: [1970] 294,000; 1.4%
_____ [2000] 402,859; 1.3%
Muslims: [1970] 42,000; 0.2%
________ [2000] 317,776; 1.0%
New-Religionists: [1970] 2,000; 0%
____________________ [2000] 31,310; 0.1%
Sikhs: [1970] 7,000; 0%
_______ [2000] 293,713; 0.9%
Spiritists: [1970] 4,000; 0%
___________ [2000] 10,901; 0%
Zoroastrians: [1970] %
_______________ [2000] 24,917; 0.1%
Other Religionists: [1970] 10,000; 0.1%
__________________ [2000] 19,835;
0.1%
Atheists: [1970] 100,000; 0.5%
___________[2000] 530,834; 1.7%
Nonreligious: [1970] 628,000; 3.0%
_________________[2000] 3,390,796; 10.9%
1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:
Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 4,589,000; 21.5%
___________________________ [2000] 4,524,210; 14.5%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 15,546,000; 72.9%
__________________________ [2000] 20,237,778; 65.0%
Anglicans: [1970] 1,176,914; 5.5%
_____________ [2000] 820,000; 2.6%
Orthodox: [1970] 375,500; 1.8%
____________ [2000] 580,000; 1.9%
Protestants: [1970] 4,197,246; 19.7%
______________ [2000] 5,350,000; 17.2%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 9,094,858; 42.7%
______________________ [2000] 13,017,945; 41.8%
Independents: [1970] 670,800; 3.2%
_________________ [2000] 1,680,000; 5.4%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 342,868; 1.6%
_________________________ [2000] 450,000; 1.4%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] -312,186; -1.5%
_____________________ [2000] -1,660,167; -5.3%
TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 1,578,000; 7.4%
________________ [2000] 2,540,000; 8.2%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 1,640,000; 7.7%
__________________________________ [2000] 4,425,000; 14.2%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 6,823,000; 32.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 12,604,889; 40.5%