1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 12,514,000
2000: 18,827,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 1,086,000; 8.7%
2000: 1,763,603; 9.4%

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

Baha?: [1970] 6,700; 0.1%
_____  [2000] 15,489; 0.1%
Buddhists: [1970] 8,286,700; 66.2%
______     [2000] 12,878,763; 68.4%
Confucianists: [1970] 2,174,000; 17.4%
_____________  [2000] 2,124,481; 11.3%
Muslims: [1970] 867,000; 6.9%
_____     [2000] 1,694,603; 9.0%
Sikhs: [1970] 25,000; 0.2%
_______ [2000] 47,068; 0.3%

Zoroastrians: [1970] 1,800; 0%
_______________  [2000] 2,259; 0%

Atheists: [1970] 16,000; 0.1%
___________[2000] 90,912; 0.5%
Nonreligious: [1970] 50,000; 0.4%
______________[2000] 340,378; 1.8%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:
 

Affiliated Christians: [1970] 1,085,791; 8.7%
______________________ [2000] 1,775,120; 9.3%
Anglicans: [1970] 46,200; 0.4%
_____________ [2000] 55,000; 0.3%

Protestants: [1970] 65,880; 0.5%
____________ [2000] 102,000; 0.5%
 
Roman Catholics: [1970] 954,175; 7.6%
_______________ [2000] 1,260,000; 6.7%
 

Independents: [1970] 18,936; 0.2%

_____________ [2000] 331,120; 1.8%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 30,000; 0.2%
_____________ [2000] 86,500; 0.5%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 22,000; 0.2%
____________________________ [2000] 400,000; 2.1%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 800,000; 6.4%
____________________________ [2000] 1,402,374; 7.5%