1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 20,269,500
2000: 51,654,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 18,569,000 [91.6%]
2000: 49,255,901 [95.4%]

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

Bahaís: [1970] 128,000 [0.6%]
________  [2000] 224,596 [0.4%]
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 1,286,000 [6.3%]
__________________      [2000] 1,261,049 [2.4%]
Muslims: [1970] 280,000 [1.4%]
________     [2000] 568,656 [1.1%]

Nonreligious: [1970] %
_________________[2000] 226,1127 [0.4%]

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 82,000 [0.4%]
___________________________   [2000] 2,104,376 [4.1%]
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 18,487,000 [91.2%]
__________________________ [2000] 41,455,000 [91.3%]
Anglicans: [1970] 100,000 [0.5%]
_____________ [2000] 440,000 [0.9%]

Protestants: [1970] 4,644,780 [22.9%]
______________ [2000] 10,485,000 [20.3]
Roman Catholics: [1970] 9,907,949 [48.9%]
______________________ [2000] 26,300,000 [50.9%]
Independents: [1970] 4,164,744 [20.6%]
_________________ [2000] 12,050,000 [23.3%]
Marginal Christians: [1970] 30,000 [0.2%]
_________________________ [2000] 360,000 [0.7%]

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 1,419,000 [7.0%]
________________ [2000] 4,440,000 [8.6%]
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 4,630,000 [22.8%]
__________________________________ [2000] 17,750,000 [34.4%]
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 1,013,000 [5.0%]
____________________________________ [2000] 3,898,238 [7.6%]