1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 554,910,000
2000: 1,013,662,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 23,353,000; 4.2%
2000: 62,341,006; 6.2%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 730,000; 0.1%
________  [2000] 1,716,148; 0.2%
Buddhists: [1970] 3,779,000; 0.7%
__________     [2000] 7,249,384; 0.7%
Confucianists: [1970] %
________________  [2000] %
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 19,230,000; 3.5%
_____________     [2000] 34,671,177; 3.4%
Folk-religionists: [1970] 60,000; 0.0%
_________________ [2000] 132,917; 0.0%
Hindus: [1970] 433,214,000; 78.1%
_______    [2000] 755,135,081; 74.5%
Jains: [1970] 2,582,000; 0.5%
______  [2000] 4,137,052; 0.4%
Jews: [1970] 9,000; 0.0%
_____   [2000] 9,118; 0.0%
Muslims: [1970] 62,877,000; 11.3%
________     [2000] 122,570,042; 12.1%
New-Religionists: [1970] %
____________________   [2000] %
Shintoists: [1970] %
____________  [2000] %
Sikhs: [1970] 10,287,000; 1.9%
_______ [2000] 22,182,528; 2.2%
Spiritists: [1970] %
___________  [2000] %
Taoists: [1970] %
__________[2000] %
Zoroastrians: [1970] 90,000; 0.0%
_______________  [2000] 212,661; 0.0%

Other Religionists: [1970] %
__________________       [2000] %

Atheists: [1970] 700,000; 0.1%
___________[2000] 1,665,367; 0.2%
Nonreligious: [1970] 2,000,000; 0.4%
_________________[2000] 12,848,612; 1.3%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 123,000; 0.0%
___________________________   [2000] 97,460; 0.0%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 23,230,000; 4.2%
__________________________ [2000] 62,243,546; 6.1%
Anglicans: [1970] %
_____________ [2000] %
Orthodox: [1970] 1,425,100; 0.3%
____________ [2000] 3,100,000; 0.3%
Protestants: [1970] 8,136,595; 1.5%
______________ [2000] 16,826,000; 1.7%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 8,432,713; 1.5%
______________________ [2000] 15,500,000; 1.5%
Independents: [1970] 6,944,080; 1.3%
_________________ [2000] 34,200,000; 3.4%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 15,552; 0.0%
_________________________ [2000] 50,000; 0.0%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] -1,724,040; -0.3%
_____________________ [2000] -7,432,454; -0.7%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 3,020,000; 0.5%
________________ [2000] 9,300,000; 0.9%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 2,050,000; 0.4%
__________________________________ [2000] 33,530,000; 3.3%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 16,300,000; 2.9%
____________________________________ [2000] 50,364,266; 5.0%