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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:  FRENCH POLYNESIA

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 110,873
2000: 215,213
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 105,100; 94.8%
2000: 206,832; 88.0%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 200; 0.2%
________  [2000] 695; 0.3%
Buddhists: [1970] 300; 0.3%
__________     [2000] 345; 0.2%

Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 100; 0.1%
_____________     [2000] 221; 0.1%
Folk-religionists: [1970] 2,800; 2.5%
_________________ [2000] 18,366; 7.8%

Other Religionists: [1970] 100; 0.1%
__________________       [2000] 270; 0.1%

Nonreligious: [1970] 2,400; 2.2%
_________________[2000] 8,332; 3.6%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 12,256; 11.1%
___________________________   [2000] 8,107; 3.5%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 92,844; 83.7%
__________________________ [2000] 198,725; 84.6%

Protestants: [1970] 47,000; 42.4%
______________ [2000] 110,000; 46.8%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 36,058; 32.5%
______________________ [2000] 100,000; 42.6%
Independents: [1970] 1,850; 1.7%
_________________ [2000] 4,800; 2.0%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 7,936; 7.2%
_________________________ [2000] 25,000; 10.6%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] %
_____________________ [2000] -41,075; -17.5%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 4,400; 4.0%
________________ [2000] 6,130; 2.6%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 1,200; 1.1%
__________________________________ [2000] 24,800; 10.6%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 13,300; 12.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 32,345; 13.8%