1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)
1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 8,793,000
2000: 10,645,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 8,643,000; 98.3%
2000: 10,082,974; 94.7%
1.2 RELIGIOUS MAKE-UP OF THE REST OF THE POPULATION:
Bahaís: [1970] 200; 0.0%
________ [2000] 611; 0.0%
Buddhists: [1970] %
__________ [2000] %
Confucianists: [1970] %
________________ [2000] %
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] %
__________________ [2000] %
Folk-religionists: [1970] %
__________________ [2000] %
Hindus: [1970] %
_______ [2000] %
Jains: [1970] %
______ [2000] %
Jews: [1970] 3,800; 0.0%
_____ [2000] 4,963; 0.1%
Muslims: [1970] 130,000; 1.5%
________ [2000] 353,517; 3.3%
New-Religionists: [1970] %
____________________ [2000] %
Shintoists: [1970] %
____________ [2000] %
Sikhs: [1970] %
_______ [2000] %
Spiritists: [1970] 0; 0.0%
___________ [2000] 942; 0.0%
Taoists: [1970] %
__________[2000] %
Zoroastrians: [1970] %
_______________ [2000] %
Other Religionists: [1970] 1,000; 0.0%
__________________ [2000] 1,884;
0.0%
Atheists: [1970] 5,000; 0.1%
___________[2000] 19,480; 0.2%
Nonreligious: [1970] 10,000; 0.1%
_________________[2000] 180,373; 1.7%
1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:
Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 53,482; 0.6%
___________________________ [2000] 21,954; 0.2%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 8,589,518; 97.7%
__________________________ [2000] 10,061,020; 94.5%
Anglicans: [1970] 3,000; 0.0%
_____________ [2000] 3,600; 0.0%
Orthodox: [1970] 8,316,519; 94.6%
____________ [2000] 9,900,000; 93.0%
Protestants: [1970] 26,771; 0.3%
______________ [2000] 21,400; 0.2%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 45,723; 0.5%
______________________ [2000] 62,000; 0.6%
Independents: [1970] 207,400; 2.4%
_________________ [2000] 228,000; 2.1%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 50,226; 0.6%
_________________________ [2000] 40,000; 0.4%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] -60,121; -0.7%
_____________________ [2000] -193,980; -1.8%
TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 10,000; 0.1%
________________ [2000] 12,300; 0.1%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 7,500; 0.1%
__________________________________ [2000] 122,000; 1.2%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 351,000; 4.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 262,176; 2.5%
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)
Greek: 88.4%
Pontic: 1.9%
Macedonian: 1.8%
Arvanite (Albanian): 1.5%
Rumelian Turk: 1.4%