1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 61,119
2000: 118,700
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 57,290; 93.7%
2000: 110,528; 93.1%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 610; 1.0%
________  [2000] 1,909; 1.6%
Buddhists: [1970] 0; 0.0%
__________     [2000] 538; 0.5%

Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 3,000; 4.9%
_____________     [2000] 4,128; 3.5%
Folk-religionists: [1970] 200; 0.3%
_________________ [2000] 356; 0.3%

New-Religionists: [1970] 0; 0.0%
____________________   [2000] 427; 0.4%

Nonreligious: [1970] 0; 0.0%
_________________[2000] 802; 0.7%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 9,737; 15.9%
___________________________   [2000] 1,866; 1.6%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 47,553; 77.8%
__________________________ [2000] 108,662; 91.5%

Protestants: [1970] 27,233; 44.6%
______________ [2000] 47,000; 39.6%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 20,000; 32.7%
______________________ [2000] 74,578; 62.8%
Independents: [1970] 0; 0.0%
_________________ [2000] 1,700; 1.4%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 320; 0.5%
_________________________ [2000] 3,300; 2.8%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] 0; 0.0%
_____________________ [2000] -17,916; -15.1%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 4,200; 6.9%
________________ [2000] 13,900; 11.7%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 400; 0.7%
__________________________________ [2000] 9,400; 7.9%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 5,500; 9.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 22,442; 18.9%
 
1.33 ETHNIC DISTRIBUTION OF CHRISTIANS (% of Christians)
Trukese: 28.0%
Ponapean: 24.9%
Yapese: 10.6%
Mortlockese: 5.6%
Kosraen: 5.2%