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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:    MAURITANIA

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 1,221,133
2000: 2,670,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 6,200 [0.5%]
2000: 6,569 [0.3%]

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

Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 1,000 [0.1%]
__________________      [2000] 13,890 [0.5%]

Muslims: [1970] 1,213,100 [99.3%]
________     [2000] 2,646,306 [99.1%]

Nonreligious: [1970] 600 [0.1%]
_________________[2000] 2,314 [0.1%]

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Affiliated Christians: [1970] 6,200 [0.5%]
__________________________ [2000] 6,526 [0.2%]

Roman Catholics: [1970] 6,160 [0.5%]
______________________ [2000] 4,216 [0.2%]

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS

Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] %
__________________________________ [2000] 2,100 [0.1%]
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 4,900 [0.4%]
____________________________________ [2000] 3,914 [0.2%]