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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: QATAR

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 111,333
2000: 599,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 4,850; 4.4%
2000: 62,259; 10.4%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 300; 0.3%
________  [2000] 985; 0.2%
Buddhists: [1970] 0; 0.0%
__________     [2000] 11,382; 1.9%

Hindus: [1970] 0; 0.0%
_______    [2000] 15,096; 2.5%

Muslims: [1970] 105,750; 95.0%
________     [2000] 495,566; 82.7%

Nonreligious: [1970] 100; 0.1%
_________________[2000] 13,513; 2.3%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 0; 0.0%
______________________   [2000] 2,624; 0.4%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 4,850; 4.4%
______________________ [2000] 59,635; 10.0%
Anglicans: [1970] 700; 0.6%
_____________ [2000] 8,000; 1.3%
Orthodox: [1970] 1,500; 1.4%
____________ [2000] 1,300; 0.2%
Protestants: [1970] 1,400; 1.3%
______________ [2000] 4,000; 0.7%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 680; 0.6%
________________ [2000] 36,100; 6.0%
Independents: [1970] 570; 0.5%
_____________ [2000] 10,235; 1.7%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 600; 0.5%
____________ [2000] 4,300; 0.7%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 500; 0.5%
____________________________ [2000] 14,400; 2.4%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 3,300; 3.0%
____________________________ [2000] 30,261; 5.1%