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CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY OF CHRISTIANITY
Daniel Patte, General Editor
Editorial Board | Preparing Contextual, Conceptual-Theological and Historical, and Methodological Entries | CDC@vanderbilt.edu

NATION: EL SALVADOR

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 3,598,231
2000: 6,276,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 3,579,000; 99.5%
2000: 6,121,971; 97.6%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 5,100; 0.1%
________  [2000] 27,712; 0.4%
Buddhists: [1970] 300; 0.0%
__________     [2000] 602; 0.0%
Confucianists: [1970] %
________________  [2000] %
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 9,500; 0.3%
__________________      [2000] 21,884; 0.4%
Folk-religionists: [1970] 300; 0.0%
__________________    [2000] 783; 0.0%
Hindus: [1970] %
_______    [2000] %
Jains: [1970] %
______  [2000] %
Jews: [1970] 300; 0.0%
_____   [2000] 565; 0.0%
Muslims: [1970] %
________     [2000] 1,763; 0.0%
New-Religionists: [1970] %
____________________   [2000] %
Shintoists: [1970] %
____________  [2000] %
Sikhs: [1970] %
_______ [2000] %
Spiritists: [1970] %
___________  [2000] %
Taoists: [1970] %
__________[2000] %
Zoroastrians: [1970] %
_______________  [2000] %

Other Religionists: [1970] 500; 0.0%
__________________       [2000] 1,909; 0.0%

Atheists: [1970] 600; 0.0%
___________[2000] 5,081; 0.1%
Nonreligious: [1970] 2,400; 0.1%
_________________[2000] 93,752; 1.5%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 30,927; 0.9%
___________________________   [2000] 23,949; 0.4%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 3,548,073; 98.6%
__________________________ [2000] 6,098,022; 97.2%
Anglicans: [1970] 155; 0.0%
_____________ [2000] 400; 0.0%
Orthodox: [1970] %
____________ [2000] %
Protestants: [1970] 149,197; 4.2%
______________ [2000] 530,000; 8.4%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 3,313,086; 92.1%
______________________ [2000] 5,723,000; 91.2%
Independents: [1970] 68,574; 1.9%
_________________ [2000] 710,000; 11.3%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 17,061; 0.5%
_________________________ [2000] 110,000; 1.8%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] %
_____________________ [2000] -975,378; -15.5%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 127,000; 3.5%
________________ [2000] 423,000; 6.7%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 185,000; 5.1%
__________________________________ [2000] 1,480,000; 23.6%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 108,000; 3.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 510,916; 8.1%

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)