1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 204,104
2000: 281,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 199,940; 98.0%
2000: 273,089; 97.2%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 300; 0.2%
________  [2000] 801; 0.3%
Buddhists: [1970] %
__________     [2000] %
Confucianists: [1970] %
________________  [2000] %
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 100; 0.1%
__________________      [2000] 267; 0.1%
Folk-religionists: [1970] %
__________________    [2000] %
Hindus: [1970] 60; 0.0%
_______    [2000] 169; 0.1%
Jains: [1970] %
______  [2000] %
Jews: [1970] %
_____   [2000] %
Muslims: [1970] 0; 0.0%
________     [2000] 56; 0.0%
New-Religionists: [1970] %
____________________   [2000] %
Shintoists: [1970] %
____________  [2000] %
Sikhs: [1970] %
_______ [2000] %
Spiritists: [1970] 600; 0.3%
___________  [2000] 1,335; 0.5%
Taoists: [1970] %
__________[2000] %
Zoroastrians: [1970] %
_______________  [2000] %

Other Religionists: [1970] 100; 0.1%
__________________       [2000] 267; 0.1%

Atheists: [1970] 1,000; 0.5%
___________[2000] 1,071; 0.4%
Nonreligious: [1970] 1,900; 0.9%
_________________[2000] 3,914; 1.4%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 1,726; 0.9%
___________________________   [2000] 7,830; 2.8%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 198,214; 97.1%
__________________________ [2000] 265,259; 94.4%
Anglicans: [1970] %
_____________ [2000] %
Orthodox: [1970] %
____________ [2000] %
Protestants: [1970] 184,900; 90.6%
______________ [2000] 250,459; 89.1%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 1,018; 0.5%
______________________ [2000] 2,900; 1.0%
Independents: [1970] 12,046; 5.9%
_________________ [2000] 11,000; 3.9%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 250; 0.1%
_________________________ [2000] 900; 0.3%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] %
_____________________ [2000] %

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 5,800; 2.8%
________________ [2000] 6,500; 2.3%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 2,000; 1.0%
__________________________________ [2000] 23,000; 8.2%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 18,400; 9.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 30,470; 10.8%

1.31 PERCENT OF MEMBERS REGULARLY ATTENDING WORSHIP
SERVICES
Only 12% of the members of the national church, the Evangelical Lutheran
Church, attend worship services regularly.

1.32 GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF DENOMINATIONS IN THE
NATION

1.33 ETHNIC DISTRIBUTION OF CHRISTIANS (% of Christians)
Icelander: 95.0%
French-Icelandic Creole: 2.0%
Danish: 0.8%
USA White: 0.5%
Swedish: 0.4%