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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:  NAURU

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 5,614
2000: 10,500
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 4,450; 79.3%
2000: 8,637; 75.0%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 100; 1.8%
________  [2000] 1,106; 9.4%
Buddhists: [1970] 150; 2.7%
__________     [2000] 155; 1.5%

Folk-religionists: [1970] 600; 10.7%
_________________ [2000] 1,207; 10.5%

Nonreligious: [1970] 300; 5.3%
_________________[2000] 410; 3.5%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 400; 7.1%
___________________________   [2000] 296; 2.6%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 4,050; 72.1%
__________________________ [2000] 8,341; 72.5%
Anglicans: [1970] 150; 2.7%
_____________ [2000] 320; 2.8%

Protestants: [1970] 2,700; 48.1%
______________ [2000] 5,840; 50.8%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 1,200; 21.4%
______________________ [2000] 2,920; 25.4%
Independents: [1970] %
_________________ [2000] 380; 3.3%
Marginal Christians: [1970] %
_________________________ [2000] 40; 0.3%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] %
_____________________ [2000] -1,159; -10.0%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 200; 3.6%
________________ [2000] 310; 2.6%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 60; 1.1%
__________________________________ [2000] 1,100; 9.2%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 840; 15.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 2,187; 19.0%