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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:   REUNION

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 460,633
2000: 699,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 445,300 [96.7%]
2000: 613,791 [87.8%]

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

Bahaís: [1970] 1,200 [0.3%]
________  [2000] 5,927 [0.9%]
Buddhists: [1970] %
__________     [2000] 1,298 [0.2%]
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 1,000 [0.2%]
__________________      [2000] 2,938 [0.4%]
Hindus: [1970] 1,000 [0.2%]
_______    [2000] 31,543 [4.5%]
Muslims: [1970] 10,900 [2.4%]
________     [2000] 29,143 [4.2%]
Sikhs: [1970] %
_______ [2000] 560 [0.1%]

Atheists: [1970] 500 [0.1%]
___________[2000] 976 [0.1%]
Nonreligious: [1970] 1,000 [0.2%]
_________________[2000] 12,130 [1.7%]

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 15,072 [3.3%]
___________________________   [2000] 6,687 [1.0%]
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 430,228 [93.4%]
__________________________ [2000] 607,104 [86.9%]

Protestants: [1970] 2,200 [0.5%]
______________ [2000] 31,500 [4.5%]
Roman Catholics: [1970] 427,028 [92.7%]
______________________ [2000] 611,000 [87.4%]
Independents: [1970] %
_________________ [2000] 700 [0.1%]
Marginal Christians: [1970] 1,000 [0.2%]
_________________________ [2000] 6,000 [0.9%]

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 1,200 [0.3%]
________________ [2000] 26,900 [3.9%]
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 1,000 [0.2%]
__________________________________ [2000] 55,000 [7.9%]
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 36,900 [8.0%]
____________________________________ [2000] 56,272 [8.1%]