1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 4,517,800
2000: 10,925,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 2,665,400 [59.0%]
2000: 8,388,107 [76.8%]

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

Bahaís: [1970] 8,400 [0.2%]
________  [2000] 24,501 [0.2%]

Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 1,113,220 [24.6%]
__________________      [2000] 849,620 [7.8%]

Hindus: [1970] 5,000 [0.1%]
_______    [2000] 23,363 [0.2%]

Muslims: [1970] 725,000 [16.1%]
________     [2000] 1,611,040 [14.8%]

Nonreligious: [1970] %
_________________[2000] 27,544 [0.3%]

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 391,038 [8.7%]
___________________________   [2000] 1,355,847 [12.4%]
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 2,274,362 [50.3%]
__________________________ [2000] 7,032,260 [64.4%]
Anglicans: [1970] 76,500 [1.7%]
_____________ [2000] 230,000 [2.1%]
Protestants: [1970] 960,356 [21.3%]
______________ [2000] 2,140,000 [19.6%]
Roman Catholics: [1970] 993,448 [22.0%]
______________________ [2000] 2,697,860 [24.7%]
Independents: [1970] 187,758 [4.2%]
_________________ [2000] 1,830,000 [16.8%]
Marginal Christians: [1970] 55,300 [1.2%]
_________________________ [2000] 130,000 [1.2%]

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 384,030 [8.5%]
________________ [2000] 940,000 [8.6%]
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 85,000 [1.9%]
__________________________________ [2000] 1,940,000 [17.8%]
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 994,000 [22.0%]
____________________________________ [2000] 2,457,034 [22.5%]