1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 4,520,420
2000: 8,222,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 4,362,200; 96.5%
2000: 7,874,670; 95.8%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 10,700; 0.2%
________  [2000] 17,055; 0.2%
Buddhists: [1970] %
__________     [2000] %
Confucianists: [1970] %
________________  [2000] %
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] %
__________________      [2000] %
Folk-religionists: [1970] %
__________________    [2000] 212; 0.0%
Hindus: [1970] %
_______    [2000] %
Jains: [1970] %
______  [2000] %
Jews: [1970] 100; 0.0%
_____   [2000] 196; 0.0%
Muslims: [1970] 1,500; 0.0%
________     [2000] 1,940; 0.0%
New-Religionists: [1970] %
____________________   [2000] %
Shintoists: [1970] %
____________  [2000] %
Sikhs: [1970] %
_______ [2000] %
Spiritists: [1970] 100,000; 2.2%
___________  [2000] 207,084; 2.5%
Taoists: [1970] %
__________[2000] %
Zoroastrians: [1970] %
_______________  [2000] %

Other Religionists: [1970] 1,000; 0.0%
__________________       [2000] 2,960; 0.0%

Atheists: [1970] 500; 0.0%
___________[2000] 2,349; 0.0%
Nonreligious: [1970] 44,000; 1.0%
_________________[2000] 115,558; 1.4%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 61,945; 1.4%
___________________________   [2000] 235,246; 2.9%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 4,300,255; 95.1%
__________________________ [2000] 7,639,424; 92.9%
Anglicans: [1970] 38,452; 0.9%
_____________ [2000] 105,000; 1.3%
Orthodox: [1970] %
____________ [2000] %
Protestants: [1970] 400,073; 8.9%
______________ [2000] 1,440,000; 17.5%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 3,797,400; 84.0%
______________________ [2000] 6,520,000; 79.3%
Independents: [1970] 139,330; 3.1%
_________________ [2000] 430,000; 5.2%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 5,000; 0.1%
_________________________ [2000] 50,000; 0.6%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] -80,000; -1.8%
_____________________ [2000] -905,576; -11.0%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 350,000; 7.7%
________________ [2000] 1,170,000; 14.2%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 180,000; 4.0%
__________________________________ [2000] 1,496,000; 18.2%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 316,000; 7.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 535,309; 6.5%

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)