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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:  SENEGAL

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 4,158,207
2000: 9,481,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 224,500; 5.4%
2000: 522,518; 5.5%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 2,400; 0.1%
________  [2000] 16,804; 0.2%
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 316,000; 7.6%
_____________     [2000] 591,249; 6.2%
Muslims: [1970] 3,615,000; 86.9%
________     [2000] 8,306,748; 87.6%
Nonreligious: [1970] %
_________________[2000] 39,073; 0.4%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 36,799; 0.9%
___________________________   [2000] 55,227; 0.6%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 187,701; 4.5%
__________________________ [2000] 467,291; 4.9%
Protestants: [1970] 4,080; 0.1%
______________ [2000] 9,800; 0.1%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 183,021; 4.4%
______________________ [2000] 441,031; 4.7%
Independents: [1970] 100; 0%
_________________ [2000] 14,000; 0.2%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 2,700; 0.1%
________________ [2000] 6,000; 0.1%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 2,000; 0.1%
__________________________________ [2000] 35,000; 0.4%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 122,000; 2.9%
____________________________________ [2000] 300,623; 3.2%