1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)
1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 2,819,602
2000: 3,862,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 2,690,080; 95.4%
2000: 3,224,340; 83.5%
1.2 RELIGIOUS MAKE-UP OF THE REST OF THE POPULATION:
Bahaís: [1970] 2,600; 0.1%
________ [2000] 3,878; 0.1%
Buddhists: [1970] 1,360; 0.1%
__________ [2000] 37,616; 1.0%
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 9,000; 0.3%
_____________ [2000] 19,298; 0.5%
Folk-religionists: [1970] 7,000; 0.3%
_________________ [2000] 7,190; 0.2%
Hindus: [1970] 3,800; 0.1%
_______ [2000] 22,254; 0.6%
Jews: [1970] 3,800; 0.1%
_____ [2000] 5,252; 0.1%
Muslims: [1970] 1,000; 0.0%
________ [2000] 7,276; 0.2%
New-Religionists: [1970] 0; 0.0%
____________________ [2000] 5,368; 0.1%
Spiritists: [1970] 1,000; 0.0%
___________ [2000] 1,340; 0.0%
Other Religionists: [1970] 1,000; 0.0%
__________________ [2000] 1,608;
0.0%
Atheists: [1970] 15,000; 0.5%
___________[2000] 33,898; 0.9%
Nonreligious: [1970] 84,360; 3.0%
_________________[2000] 492,200; 12.7%
1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:
Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 440,413; 15.6%
___________________________ [2000] 662,121; 17.1%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 2,249,667; 79.8%
__________________________ [2000] 2,562,219; 66.3%
Anglicans: [1970] 876,570; 31.1%
_____________ [2000] 825,000; 21.4%
Orthodox: [1970] 4,000; 0.1%
____________ [2000] 6,000; 0.2%
Protestants: [1970] 851,895; 30.2%
______________ [2000] 931,219; 24.1%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 426,128; 15.1%
______________________ [2000] 495,000; 12.8%
Independents: [1970] 42,218; 1.5%
_________________ [2000] 190,000; 4.9%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 48,856; 1.7%
_________________________ [2000] 115,000; 3.0%
TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 600,000; 21.3%
________________ [2000] 660,000; 17.1%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 25,000; 0.9%
__________________________________ [2000] 590,000; 15.3%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 705,000; 25.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 1,541,611; 39.9%
1.33 ETHNIC DISTRIBUTION OF CHRISTIANS (% of Christians)
Anglo-New Zealander: 69.4%
Maori: 9.9%
British (English): 7.0%
British (Scottish): 2.1%
Samoan: 2.0%