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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:  SAO TOME & PRINCIPE

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 72,937
2000: 146,800
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 70,850; 97.1%
2000: 140,559; 95.8%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 50; 0.1%
________  [2000] 3,011; 2.1%
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 2,000; 2.7%
_____________     [2000] 1,748; 1.2%
Nonreligious: [1970] %
_________________[2000] 1,399; 1.0%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 5,130; 7.0%
___________________________   [2000] 8,456; 5.8%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 65,720; 90.1%
__________________________ [2000] 132,103; 90.1%
Protestants: [1970] 1,000; 1.4%
______________ [2000] 5,450; 3.7%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 62,720; 86.0%
______________________ [2000] 110,553; 75.3%
Independents: [1970] 2,000; 2.7%
_________________ [2000] 15,500; 10.5%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 700; 1.0%
________________ [2000] 4,620; 3.1%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 730; 1.0%
__________________________________ [2000] 21,000; 14.4%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 8,750; 12.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 21,628; 14.7%