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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:   IVORY COAST

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 5,515,332
2000: 14,786,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 1,546,800 [28.1%]
2000: 4,701,854 [31.8%]

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

Bahaís: [1970] 4,000 [0.1%]
________  [2000] 22,289 [0.2%]
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 2,705,000 [49.1%]
__________________      [2000] 5,554,576 [37.6%]
Hindus: [1970] %
_______    [2000] 8,280 [0.1%]
Muslims: [1970] 1,255,700 [22.8%]
________     [2000] 4,444,589 [30.1%]

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 456,022 [8.3%]
___________________________   [2000] 347,972 [2.4%]
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 1,090,778 [19.8%]
__________________________ [2000] 4,353,882 [29.5%]
Orthodox: [1970] 3,000 [0.1%]
____________ [2000] 20,000 [0.1%]
Protestants: [1970] 151,623 [2.8%]
______________ [2000] 760,000 [5.1%]
Roman Catholics: [1970] 626,855 [11.4%]
______________________ [2000] 2,182,882 [14.8%]
Independents: [1970] 308,300 [5.6%]
_________________ [2000] 1,373,000 [9.3%]
Marginal Christians: [1970]
_________________________ [2000] 18,000 [0.1%]

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 60,000 [1.1%]
________________ [2000] 665,000 [4.5%]
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 58,000 [1.1%]
__________________________________ [2000] 1,215,000 [8.2%]
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 551,000 [10.0%]
____________________________________ [2000] 2,035,544 [13.8%]