1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)
1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 2,374,000
2000: 2,357,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 1,214,900; 51.2%
2000: 1,577,870; 66.9%
1.2 RELIGIOUS MAKE-UP OF THE REST OF THE POPULATION:
Bahaís: [1970] %
________ [2000] %
Buddhists: [1970] 0; 0.0%
__________ [2000] 118; 0.0%
Confucianists: [1970] %
________________ [2000] %
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 0; 0.0%
__________________ [2000] 343; 0.0%
Folk-religionists: [1970] %
__________________ [2000] %
Hindus: [1970] %
_______ [2000] %
Jains: [1970] %
______ [2000] %
Jews: [1970] 24,000; 1.0%
_____ [2000] 13,432; 0.6%
Muslims: [1970] 5,000; 0.2%
________ [2000] 8,854; 0.4%
New-Religionists: [1970] %
____________________ [2000] %
Shintoists: [1970] %
____________ [2000] %
Sikhs: [1970] %
_______ [2000] %
Spiritists: [1970] %
___________ [2000] %
Taoists: [1970] %
__________[2000] %
Zoroastrians: [1970] %
_______________ [2000] %
Other Religionists: [1970] %
__________________ [2000] %
Atheists: [1970] 394,000; 16.6%
___________[2000] 142,308; 6.0%
Nonreligious: [1970] 736,100; 31.0%
_________________[2000] 613,584; 26.0%
1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:
Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 0; 0.0%
___________________________ [2000] 1,445; 0.1%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 1,214,900; 51.2%
__________________________ [2000] 1,576,425; 66.9%
Anglicans: [1970] %
_____________ [2000] %
Orthodox: [1970] 503,900; 21.2%
____________ [2000] 555,000; 23.6%
Protestants: [1970] 372,800; 15.7%
______________ [2000] 560,000; 23.8%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 340,000; 14.3%
______________________ [2000] 490,000; 20.8%
Independents: [1970] 60,000; 2.5%
_________________ [2000] 115,000; 4.9%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 200; 0.0%
_________________________ [2000] 2,500; 0.1%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] -62,000; -2.6%
_____________________ [2000] -146,075; -6.2%
TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 110,000; 4.6%
________________ [2000] 168,000; 7.1%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 6,000; 0.3%
__________________________________ [2000] 90,000; 3.8%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 332,000; 14.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 471,566; 20.0%
1.31 PERCENT OF MEMBERS REGULARLY ATTENDING WORSHIP
SERVICES
1.32 GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF DENOMINATIONS IN THE
NATION
1.33 ETHNIC DISTRIBUTION
Russian: 32.8%
Latvian: 32.5%
Latgalian: 21.7%
Byelorussian: 4.0%
Ukranian: 2.9%