1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)
1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 6,258,000
2000: 16,125,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 621,156; 9.9%
2000: 1,262,719; 7.8%
1.2 RELIGIOUS MAKE-UP OF THE REST OF THE POPULATION:
Bahaís: [1970] 100; 0.0%
________ [2000] 123; 0.0%
Buddhists: [1970] %
__________ [2000] %
Confucianists: [1970] %
________________ [2000] %
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] %
__________________ [2000] %
Folk-religionists: [1970] %
__________________ [2000] %
Hindus: [1970] %
_______ [2000] %
Jains: [1970] %
______ [2000] %
Jews: [1970] 4,000; 0.1%
_____ [2000] 4,128; 0.0%
Muslims: [1970] 5,570,744; 89.0%
________ [2000] 14,395,091; 89.3%
New-Religionists: [1970] %
____________________ [2000] %
Shintoists: [1970] %
____________ [2000] %
Sikhs: [1970] %
_______ [2000] %
Spiritists: [1970] %
___________ [2000] %
Taoists: [1970] %
__________[2000] %
Zoroastrians: [1970] 0; 0.0%
_______________ [2000] 32; 0.0%
Other Religionists: [1970] %
__________________ [2000] %
Atheists: [1970] 12,000; 0.2%
___________[2000] 33,904; 0.2%
Nonreligious: [1970] 50,000; 0.8%
_________________[2000] 440,698; 2.7%
1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:
Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 0; 0.0%
___________________________ [2000] 5,010; 0.0%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 621,156; 9.9%
__________________________ [2000] 1,257,709; 7.8%
Anglicans: [1970] 50; 0.0%
_____________ [2000] 4,000; 0.0%
Orthodox: [1970] 412,648; 6.6%
____________ [2000] 798,269; 5.0%
Protestants: [1970] 20,990; 0.3%
______________ [2000] 30,040; 0.2%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 179,468; 2.9%
______________________ [2000] 325,000; 2.0%
Independents: [1970] 7,500; 0.1%
_________________ [2000] 100,000; 0.6%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 600; 0.0%
_________________________ [2000] 400; 0.0%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] -100; 0.0%
_____________________ [2000] 0; 0.0%
TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 10,300; 0.2%
________________ [2000] 40,300; 0.3%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 6,000; 0.1%
__________________________________ [2000] 110,000; 0.7%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 380,000; 6.1%
____________________________________ [2000] 791,510; 4.9%
1.31 PERCENT OF MEMBERS REGULARLY ATTENDING WORSHIP
SERVICES
1.32 GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF DENOMINATIONS IN THE
NATION
1.33 ETHNIC DISTRIBUTION OF CHRISTIANS (% of Christians)
Syrian Arab: 74.9%
Bedouin Arab: 7.4%
Western Kurd: 7.3%
Palestinian Arab: 3.9%
Armenian: 2.7%