1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 2,123,077
2000: 5,074,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 2,107,500; 99.3%
2000: 4,885,732; 96.3%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 2,800; 0.1%
________  [2000] 9,616; 0.2%
Buddhists: [1970] 1,000; 0.1%
__________     [2000] 5,835; 0.1%
Confucianists: [1970] %
________________  [2000] %
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 2,000; 0.1%
__________________      [2000] 26,764; 0.5%
Folk-religionists: [1970] 1,000; 0.1%
__________________    [2000] 2,283; 0.0%
Hindus: [1970] %
_______    [2000] %
Jains: [1970] %
______  [2000] %
Jews: [1970] 200; 0.0%
_____   [2000] 497; 0.0%
Muslims: [1970] %
________     [2000] 863; 0.0%
New-Religionists: [1970] %
____________________   [2000] %
Shintoists: [1970] %
____________  [2000] %
Sikhs: [1970] %
_______ [2000] %
Spiritists: [1970] 4,000; 0.2%
___________  [2000] 71,485; 1.4%
Taoists: [1970] %
__________[2000] %
Zoroastrians: [1970] %
_______________  [2000] %

Other Religionists: [1970] 200; 0.0%
__________________       [2000] 924; 0.0%

Atheists: [1970] 500; 0.0%
___________[2000] 2,329; 0.1%
Nonreligious: [1970] 3,800; 0.2%
_________________[2000] 67,866; 1.3%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 184,438; 8.7%
___________________________   [2000] 28,300; 0.6%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 1,923,062; 90.6%
__________________________ [2000] 4,857,432; 95.7%
Anglicans: [1970] 3,200; 0.2%
_____________ [2000] 8,300; 0.2%
Orthodox: [1970] %
____________ [2000] %
Protestants: [1970] 118,138; 5.6%
______________ [2000] 590,000; 11.6%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 1,780,995; 83.9%
______________________ [2000] 4,320,000; 85.1%
Independents: [1970] 16,230; 0.8%
_________________ [2000] 155,000; 3.1%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 4,499; 0.2%
_________________________ [2000] 51,000; 1.0%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] %
_____________________ [2000] -266,868; -5.3%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 700,400; 13.3%
________________ [2000]446,000; 8.8 %
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 35,000; 1.7%
__________________________________ [2000] 720,000; 14.2%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 124,000; 5.8%
____________________________________ [2000] 307,306; 6.1%

1.31 PERCENT OF MEMBERS REGULARLY ATTENDING WORSHIP
SERVICES
1.32 GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF DENOMINATIONS IN THE
NATION

1.33 ETHNIC DISTRIBUTION OF CHRISTIANS (% of Christians)