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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:  KIRGHIZIA

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 2,964,500
2000: 4,699,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 340,813; 11.5%
2000: 488,245; 10.4%

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

Buddhists: [1970] 5,000; 0.2%
__________     [2000] 20,411; 0.4%

Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 50,000; 1.7%
_____________     [2000] 18,488; 0.4%

Jews: [1970] 4,000; 0.1%
_____   [2000] 5,694; 0.1%
Muslims: [1970] 1,005,187; 33.9%
________     [2000] 2,855,736; 60.8%

Atheists: [1970] 700,000; 23.6%
___________[2000] 295,093; 6.3%
Nonreligious: [1970] 860,000; 29.0%
_________________[2000] 1,014,770; 21.6%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] %
___________________________   [2000] 22,580; 0.5%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 340,813; 11.5%
__________________________ [2000] 465,665; 9.9%

Orthodox: [1970] 274,000; 9.2%
____________ [2000] 363,065; 7.7%
Protestants: [1970] 43,413; 1.5%
______________ [2000] 30,000; 0.6%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 200; 0%
______________________ [2000] 1,600; 0%
Independents: [1970] 23,200; 0.8%
_________________ [2000] 70,500; 1.5%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 1,200; 0%
________________ [2000] 3,000; 0.1%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 2,000; 0.1%
__________________________________ [2000] 17,800; 0.4%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 118,000; 4.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 225,162; 4.8%