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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: GUATEMALA

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 5,243,415
2000: 11,385,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 5,207,600; 99.3%
2000: 11,123,666; 97.7%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 4,4000; 0.1%
________  [2000] 20,073; 0.2%
Buddhists: [1970] 1,000; 0.0%
__________     [2000] 1,981; 0.0%
Confucianists: [1970] %
________________  [2000] %
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 5,000; 0.1%
__________________      [2000] 2,910; 0.0%
Folk-religionists: [1970] 1,000; 0.0%
__________________    [2000] 3,684; 0.0%
Hindus: [1970] %
_______    [2000] %
Jains: [1970] %
______  [2000] %
Jews: [1970] 1,000; 0.0%
_____   [2000] 1,014; 0.0%
Muslims: [1970] %
________     [2000] 911; 0.0%
New-Religionists: [1970] %
____________________   [2000] %
Shintoists: [1970] %
____________  [2000] %
Sikhs: [1970] %
_______ [2000] %
Spiritists: [1970] 10,000; 0.2%
___________  [2000] 23,835; 0.2%
Taoists: [1970] %
__________[2000] %
Zoroastrians: [1970] %
_______________  [2000] %

Other Religionists: [1970] 1,000; 0.0%
__________________       [2000] 2,049; 0.0%

Atheists: [1970] 3,000; 0.1%
___________[2000] 55,908; 0.5%
Nonreligious: [1970] 9,000; 0.2%
_________________[2000] 149,264; 1.3%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 574,376; 11.0%
___________________________   [2000] 439,513; 3.9%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 4,633,224; 88.4%
__________________________ [2000] 10,684,153; 93.8%
Anglicans: [1970] 750; 0.0%
_____________ [2000] 1,800; 0.0%
Orthodox: [1970] %
____________ [2000] %
Protestants: [1970] 269,594; 5.1 %
______________ [2000] 1,450,000; 12.7%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 4,346,449; 82.9%
______________________ [2000] 9,600,000; 84.3%
Independents: [1970] 90.480; 1.7%
_________________ [2000] 1,030,000; 9.1%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 20,821; 0.4%
_________________________ [2000] 160,000; 1.4%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] -94,870; -1.8%
_____________________ [2000] -1,557,647; -13.7%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 205,000; 3.9%
________________ [2000] 1,180,000; 10.4%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 175,000; 3.3%
__________________________________ [2000] 2,490,000; 21.9%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 367,000; 7.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 974,549; 8.6%

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)