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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:  MOLDAVIA

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 3,594,500
2000: 4,380,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 1,665,000; 46.3%
2000: 3,013,953; 68.8%

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

Jews: [1970] 55,000; 1.5%
_____   [2000] 48,711; 1.1%
Muslims: [1970] 7,000; 0.2%
________     [2000] 240,403; 5.5%

Atheists: [1970] 800,000; 22.3%
___________[2000] 183,052; 4.2%
Nonreligious: [1970] 1,068,000; 29.7%
_________________[2000] 894,104; 20.4%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 5,700; 0.2%
___________________________   [2000] 215,395; 4.9%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 1,659,300; 46.2%
__________________________ [2000] 2,798,558; 63.9%

Orthodox: [1970] 1,545,300; 43.0%
____________ [2000] 1,950,588; 44.5%
Protestants: [1970] 32,800; 0.9%
______________ [2000] 78,000; 1.8%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 75,000; 2.1%
______________________ [2000] 73,000; 1.7%
Independents: [1970] 6,000; 0.2%
_________________ [2000] 670,000; 15.3%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 200; 0%
_________________________ [2000] 27,000; 0.6%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 9,200; 0.3%
________________ [2000] 20,000; 0.5%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 6,000; 0.2%
__________________________________ [2000] 49,000; 1.1%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 251,000; 7.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 836,487; 19.1%