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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:   SAHARA

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 76,425
2000: 293,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 31,600; 41.4%
2000: 487; 0.2%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 100; 0.1%
--------  [2000] 121; 0.0%
Muslims: [1970] 44,700; 58.5%
--------     [2000] 291,602; 99.5%

Atheists: [1970] 0; 0.0%
-----------[2000] 265; 0.1%
Nonreligious: [1970] 0; 0.0%
-----------------[2000] 882; 0.3%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 1,600; 2.1%
---------------------------   [2000] 0; 0.0%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 30,000; 39.3%
-------------------------- [2000] 487; 0.2%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 30,000; 39.3%
---------------------- [2000] 140; 0.1%
Independents: [1970] 0; 0.0%
----------------- [2000] 347; 0.1%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 0; 0.0%
---------------- [2000] 40; 0.0%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 50; 0.1%
---------------------------------- [2000] 370; 0.1%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 11,500; 15.1%
------------------------------------ [2000] 284; 0.1%