1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)
1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 2,507,575
2000: 5,122,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 79,000; 3.2%
2000: 297,146; 5.8%
1.2 RELIGIOUS MAKE-UP OF THE REST OF THE POPULATION:
Bahaís: [1970] 400; 0.0%
________ [2000] 13,734; 0.3%
Buddhists: [1970] %
__________ [2000] %
Confucianists: [1970] %
________________ [2000] %
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] %
__________________ [2000] %
Folk-religionists: [1970] %
__________________ [2000] %
Hindus: [1970] %
_______ [2000] %
Jains: [1970] %
______ [2000] %
Jews: [1970] 2,141,150; 85.4%
_____ [2000] 3,950,501; 77.1%
Muslims: [1970] 265,500; 10.6%
________ [2000] 612,842; 12.0%
New-Religionists: [1970] %
____________________ [2000] %
Shintoists: [1970] %
____________ [2000] %
Sikhs: [1970] %
_______ [2000] %
Spiritists: [1970] %
___________ [2000] %
Taoists: [1970] %
__________[2000] %
Zoroastrians: [1970] %
_______________ [2000] %
Other Religionists: [1970] 950; 0.0%
__________________ [2000] 1,683;
0.0%
Atheists: [1970] 1,000; 0.0%
___________[2000] 36,431; 0.7%
Nonreligious: [1970] 20,000; 0.8%
_________________[2000] 209,347; 4.1%
1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:
Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 840; 0.0%
___________________________ [2000] 3,068; 0.1%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 78,160; 3.1%
__________________________ [2000] 294,078; 5.7%
Anglicans: [1970] 900; 0.0%
_____________ [2000] 2,200; 0.0%
Orthodox: [1970] 18,400; 0.7%
____________ [2000] 46,878; 0.9%
Protestants: [1970] 8,350; 0.3%
______________ [2000] 19,000; 0.4%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 47,110; 1.9%
______________________ [2000] 140,000; 2.7%
Independents: [1970] 2,900; 0.1%
_________________ [2000] 85,000; 1.7%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 500; 0.0%
_________________________ [2000] 1,000; 0.0%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] %
_____________________ [2000] %
TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 5,500; 0.2%
________________ [2000] 30,600; 0.6%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 2,000; 0.1%
__________________________________ [2000] 105,000; 2.1%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 60,000; 2.4%
____________________________________ [2000] 192,425; 3.8%
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)
Israeli Jewish: 26.3%
Palestinian Arab: 14.7%
Russian Jew: 8.9%
Romanian Jew: 5.8%
Polish Jew: 5.7%