1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 9,394,752
2000: 19,680,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 2,807,000 [29.9%]
2000: 7,552,177 [38.4%]

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

Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 5,430,300 [57.8%]
__________________      [2000] 9,908,997 [50.4%]
Hindus: [1970] 6,500 [0.1%]
_______    [2000] 31,686 [0.2%]
Muslims: [1970] 1,145,000 [12.2%]
________     [2000] 2,068,491 [10.5%]

Atheists: [1970] %
___________[2000] 20,364 [0.1%]
Nonreligious: [1970] 5,000 [0.1%]
_________________[2000] 95,140 [0.5%]

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 757,644 [8.1%]
___________________________   [2000] 1,091,644 [5.6%]
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 2,049,356 [21.8%]
__________________________ [2000] 6,460,533 [32.8%]
Anglicans: [1970] 45,000 [0.5%]
_____________ [2000] 110,000 [0.6%]
Protestants: [1970] 358,333 [3.8%]
______________ [2000] 1,750,000 [8.9%]
Roman Catholics: [1970] 1,552,723 [16.5%]
______________________ [2000] 3,110,000 [15.8%]
Independents: [1970] 46,300 [0.5%]
_________________ [2000] 1,422,033 [7.2%]
Marginal Christians: [1970] 45,000 [0.5%]
_________________________ [2000] 68,000 [0.4%]

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 230,000 [2.5%]
________________ [2000] 1,350,000 [6.9%]
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 134,000 [1.4%]
__________________________________ [2000] 2,325,000 [11.8%]
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 1,128,000 [12.0%]
____________________________________ [2000] 3,554,815 [18.1%]