1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 50,596,201
2000: 98,881,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 49,602,000; 98.0%
2000: 95,169,034; 96.3%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 1,5100; 0.0%
________  [2000] 33,903; 0.0%
Buddhists: [1970] 15,000; 0.0%
__________     [2000] 22,940; 0.0%
Confucianists: [1970] %
________________  [2000] %
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 50,000; 0.1%
__________________      [2000] 72,450; 0.1%
Folk-religionists: [1970] 3,000; 0.0%
__________________    [2000] 10,186; 0.0%
Hindus: [1970] %
_______    [2000] 6,010; 0.0%
Jains: [1970] %
______  [2000] %
Jews: [1970] 35,000; 0.1%
________   [2000] 122,001; 0.1%
Muslims: [1970] 15,000; 0.0%
___________   [2000] 257,168; 0.3%
New-Religionists: [1970] 1,000; 0.0%
_______________   [2000] 10,285; 0.0%
Shintoists: [1970] %
____________  [2000] %
Sikhs: [1970] %
_______ [2000] %
Spiritists: [1970] %
___________  [2000] %
Taoists: [1970] %
__________[2000] %
Zoroastrians: [1970] %
_______________  [2000] %

Other Religionists: [1970] 1,000; 0.0%
__________________       [2000] 2,966; 0.0%

Atheists: [1970] 20,000; 0.0%
___________[2000] 105,523; 0.1%
Nonreligious: [1970] 838,900; 1.7%
_________________[2000] 3,068,920; 3.1%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 1,851,696; 3.7%
_______________________   [2000] 1,362,107; 1.4%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 47,750,304; 94.4%
__________________________ [2000] 93,806,927; 94.9%
Anglicans: [1970] 8,881; 0.0%
_____________ [2000] 187,800; 0.2%
Orthodox: [1970] 54,000; 0.1%
____________ [2000] 100,000; 0.1%
Protestants: [1970] 692,126; 1.4%
______________ [2000] 3,280,000; 3.3%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 47,028,524; 93.0%
______________________ [2000] 92,770,000; 93.8%
Independents: [1970] 1,178,662; 2.3%
_________________ [2000] 2,900,000; 2.9%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 212,432; 0.4%
_________________________ [2000] 1,950,000; 2.0%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] -1,424,321; -2.8%
_____________________ [2000] -7,380,873; -7.5%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 400,000; 0.8%
________________ [2000] 1,740,000; 1.8%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 1,260,000; 2.5%
__________________________________ [2000] 13,050,000; 13.2%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 2,023,000; 4.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 5,123,454; 5.2%

1.31 PERCENT OF MEMBERS REGULARLY ATTENDING WORSHIP
SERVICES
 

1.32 GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF DENOMINATIONS IN THE
NATION

1.33 ETHNIC DISTRIBUTION OF CHRISTIANS (% of Christians)