1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)
1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 4,169,220
2000: 4,473,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 3,960,000; 95.0%
2000: 4,258,803; 95.2%
1.2 RELIGIOUS MAKE-UP OF THE REST OF THE POPULATION:
Jews: [1970] 0; 0.0%
_____ [2000] 2,013; 0.1%
Muslims: [1970] 70,000; 1.7%
________ [2000] 102,591; 2.3%
Atheists: [1970] 64,000; 1.5%
___________[2000] 28,683; 0.6%
Nonreligious: [1970] 75,000; 1.8%
_________________[2000] 80,511; 1.8%
1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:
Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 7,928; 0.2%
___________________________ [2000] 2,417; 0.1%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 3,952,072; 94.8%
__________________________ [2000] 4,256,386; 95.2%
Orthodox: [1970] 370,000; 8.9%
____________ [2000] 250,000; 5.6%
Protestants: [1970] 25,904; 0.6%
______________ [2000] 26,000; 0.6%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 3,542,808; 85.0%
______________________ [2000] 3,960,000; 88.5%
Independents: [1970] 10,160; 0.2%
_________________ [2000] 11,386; 0.3%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 3,200; 0.1%
_________________________ [2000] 9,000; 0.2%
TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 4,200; 0.1%
________________ [2000] 6,700; 0.2%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 3,500; 0.1%
__________________________________ [2000] 127,820; 2.9%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 250,000; 6.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 233,171; 5.2%
1.33 ETHNIC DISTRIBUTION OF CHRISTIANS (% of Christians)
Croat: 82.0%
Serb: 5.9%
Istro-Romanian: 3.3%
Vlach Gypsy: 2.0%
German: 1.5%