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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:  GAMBIA

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 463,808
2000: 1,305,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 14,500; 3.1%
2000: 50,467; 3.9%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 4,100; 0.9%
________  [2000] 10,790; 0.8%
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 55,600; 12.0%
_____________     [2000] 102,191; 7.8%
Muslims: [1970] 389,700; 84.0%
________     [2000] 1,133,689; 86.9%

Nonreligious: [1970] %
_________________[2000] 8,066; 0.6%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 674; 0.2%
___________________________   [2000] 3,269; 0.3%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 13,826; 3.0%
__________________________ [2000] 47,198; 3.6%
Anglicans: [1970] 2,000; 0.4%
_____________ [2000] 2,800; 0.2%
Protestants: [1970] 1,578; 0.3%
______________ [2000] 3,670; 0.3%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 9,328; 2.0%
______________________ [2000] 31,238; 2.4%
Independents: [1970] 800; 0.2%
_________________ [2000] 8,950; 0.7%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 20; 0%
_________________________ [2000] 90; 0%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 1,900; 0.4%
________________ [2000] 1,200; 0.1%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 500; 0.1%
__________________________________ [2000] 11,000; 0.8%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 9,300; 2.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 30,607; 2.4%