1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 2,350,390
2000: 5,496,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 2,299,700; 97.8%
2000: 5,370,826; 97.7%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 2,100; 0.1%
________  [2000] 9,011; 0.2%
Buddhists: [1970] 2,000; 0.1%
__________     [2000] 11,048; 0.2%
Confucianists: [1970] %
________________  [2000] %
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 32,000; 1.4%
__________________      [2000] 29,942; 0.5%
Folk-religionists: [1970] %
__________________    [2000] %
Hindus: [1970] %
_______    [2000] %
Jains: [1970] %
______  [2000] %
Jews: [1970] 1,200; 0.1%
_____   [2000] 2,731; 0.1%
Muslims: [1970] %
________     [2000] %
New-Religionists: [1970] 200; 0.0%
____________________   [2000] 2,908; 0.1%
Shintoists: [1970] %
____________  [2000] %
Sikhs: [1970] %
_______ [2000] %
Spiritists: [1970] %
___________  [2000] %
Taoists: [1970] %
__________[2000] %
Zoroastrians: [1970] %
_______________  [2000] %

Other Religionists: [1970] %
__________________ [2000] %

Atheists: [1970] 3,000; 0.1%
___________[2000] 9,916; 0.2%
Nonreligious: [1970] 9,800; 0.4%
_________________[2000] 60,072; 1.1%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 37,000; 1.6%
___________________________   [2000] 197,224; 3.6%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 2,262,700; 96.3%
__________________________ [2000] 5,173,602; 94.1%
Anglicans: [1970] 3,000; 0.1%
_____________ [2000] 17,600; 0.3%
Orthodox: [1970] 1,000; 0.0%
____________ [2000] 2,000; 0.0%
Protestants: [1970] 42,413; 1.8%
______________ [2000] 200,000; 3.6%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 2,304,591; 98.1%
______________________ [2000] 4,950,000; 90.1%
Independents: [1970] 10,932; 0.5%
_________________ [2000] 70,800; 1.3%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 3,070; 0.1%
_________________________ [2000] 26,000; 0.5%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] -30,006; -1.3%
_____________________ [2000] -37,798; -0.7%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 31,000; 1.3%
________________ [2000] 159,000; 2.9%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 9,000; 0.4%
__________________________________ [2000] 242,000; 4.4%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 188,000; 8.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 429,463; 7.8%

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)