1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 8,611,969
2000: 20,212,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 4,534,900; 52.7%
2000: 11,195,095; 55.4%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 6,600; 0.1%
________  [2000] 12,146; 0.1%
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 2,863,000; 33.2%
_____________     [2000] 4,937,270; 24.4%
Muslims: [1970] 1,196,000; 13.9%
________     [2000] 3,974,212; 19.7%
New-Religionists: [1970] 200; 0%
____________________   [2000] 17,780; 0.1%

Nonreligious: [1970] 9,000; 0.1%
_________________[2000] 63,829; 0.3%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 1,306,423; 15.2%
___________________________   [2000] 2,528,119; 12.5%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 3,228,477; 37.5%
__________________________ [2000] 8,666,976; 42.9%
Anglicans: [1970] 100,000; 1.2%
_____________ [2000] 250,000; 1.2%
Protestants: [1970] 944,227; 11.0%
______________ [2000] 3,360,000; 16.6%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 1,167,312; 13.6%
______________________ [2000] 1,925,000; 9.5%
Independents: [1970] 958,427; 11.1%
_________________ [2000] 2,920,376; 14.5%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 57,511; 0.7%
_________________________ [2000] 210,000; 1.0%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 404,000; 4.7%
________________ [2000] 1,490,000; 7.4%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 1,050,000; 12.2%
__________________________________ [2000] 4,480,000; 22.2%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 1,033,000; 12.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 3,925,064; 19.4%