1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 1,730,766
2000: 4,023,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 1,697,600; 98.1%
2000: 3,884,968; 96.8%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 5,600; 0.3%
________  [2000] 11,571; 0.3%
Buddhists: [1970] 2,000; 0.1%
__________     [2000] 2,343; 0.1%
Confucianists: [1970] %
________________  [2000] %
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 1,000; 0.1%
__________________      [2000] 914; 0.0%
Folk-religionists: [1970] 5,000; 0.3%
__________________    [2000] 46,260; 1.2%
Hindus: [1970] 0; 0.0%
_______    [2000] 121; 0.0%
Jains: [1970] %
______  [2000] %
Jews: [1970] 1,500; 0.1%
_____   [2000] 4,540; 0.1%
Muslims: [1970] %
________     [2000] %
New-Religionists: [1970] %
____________________   [2000] %
Shintoists: [1970] %
____________  [2000] %
Sikhs: [1970] %
_______ [2000] %
Spiritists: [1970] 4,000; 0.2%
___________  [2000] 3,058; 0.1%
Taoists: [1970] %
__________[2000] %
Zoroastrians: [1970] %
_______________  [2000] %

Other Religionists: [1970] %
__________________       [2000] %

Atheists: [1970] 5,000; 0.3%
___________[2000] 9,382; 0.2%
Nonreligious: [1970] 9,300; 0.5%
_________________[2000] 60,265; 1.5%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 3,840; 0.2%
___________________________   [2000] 14,807; 0.4%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 1,693,760; 97.9%
__________________________ [2000] 3,870,161; 96.2%
Anglicans: [1970] 1,864; 0.1%
_____________ [2000] 1,600; 0.0%
Orthodox: [1970] %
____________ [2000] %
Protestants: [1970] 51,422; 3.0%
______________ [2000] 330,000; 8.2%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 1,688,471; 97.6%
______________________ [2000] 3,660,000; 91.0%
Independents: [1970] 16,888; 1.0%
_________________ [2000] 108,000; 2.7%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 14,524; 0.8%
_________________________ [2000] 75,000; 1.9%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] -79,409; -4.6%
_____________________ [2000] -304,439; -7.6%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 48,000; 2.8%
________________ [2000] 280,000; 7.0%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 28,000; 1.6%
__________________________________ [2000] 494,000; 12.3%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 138,000; 8.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 514,542; 12.8%

1.31 PERCENT OF MEMBERS REGULARLY ATTENDING WORSHIP
SERVICES
Among Roman Catholics, 15% of those living in cities attend regularly and up to
25% attend regularly in rural areas.

1.32 GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF DENOMINATIONS IN THE
NATION

1.33 ETHNIC DISTRIBUTION OF CHRISTIANS (% of Christians)
Costarican White: 77.7%
Mestizo: 8.6%
Nicaraguan Mestizo: 8.0%
Han Chinese: 1.0%
Mulatto: 1.0%