1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 5,969,909
2000: 12,646,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 5,868,600; 98.3%
2000: 12,340,137; 97.6%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 16,400; 0.3%
________  [2000] 15,599; 0.1%
Buddhists: [1970] 2,000; 0.0%
__________     [2000] 13,266; 0.1%
Confucianists: [1970] %
________________  [2000] %
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 50,000; 0.8%
__________________      [2000] 66,229; 0.5%
Folk-religionists: [1970] 4,000; 0.1%
__________________    [2000] 12,269; 0.1%
Hindus: [1970] %
_______    [2000] %
Jains: [1970] %
______  [2000] %
Jews: [1970] 2,000; 0.0%
_____   [2000] 3,836; 0.0%
Muslims: [1970] %
________     [2000] 1,720; 0.0%
New-Religionists: [1970] %
____________________   [2000] %
Shintoists: [1970] %
____________  [2000] %
Sikhs: [1970] %
_______ [2000] %
Spiritists: [1970] %
___________  [2000] %
Taoists: [1970] %
__________[2000] %
Zoroastrians: [1970] %
_______________  [2000] %

Other Religionists: [1970] 1,000; 0.0%
__________________       [2000] 2,804; 0.0%

Atheists: [1970] 6,000; 0.1%
___________[2000] 17,704; 0.1%
Nonreligious: [1970] 19,000; 0.3%
_________________[2000] 172,505; 1.4%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] %
___________________________   [2000] 32,350; 0.3%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 5,869,600; 98.3%
__________________________ [2000] 12,307,787; 97.3%
Anglicans: [1970] 510; 0.0%
_____________ [2000] 1,600; 0.0%
Orthodox: [1970] 1,000; 0.0%
____________ [2000] 1,800; 0.0%
Protestants: [1970] 82,900; 1.4%
______________ [2000] 240,000; 1.9%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 5,843,556; 97.9%
______________________ [2000] 11,900,000; 94.1%
Independents: [1970] 82,780; 1.4%
_________________ [2000] 225,000; 1.8%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 13,668; 0.2%
_________________________ [2000] 185,000; 1.5%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] -154,814; -2.6%
_____________________ [2000] -245,613; -1.9%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 130,000; 2.2%
________________ [2000] 295,000; 2.3%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 62,000; 1.0%
__________________________________ [2000] 1,410,000; 11.2%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 418,000; 7.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 646,048; 5.1%

1.31 PERCENT OF MEMBERS REGULARLY ATTENDING WORSHIP
SERVICES
1.32 GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF DENOMINATIONS IN THE
NATION

1.33 ETHNIC DISTRIBUTION OF CHRISTIANS (% of Christians)