1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)
1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 35,745,110
2000: 61,399,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 340,700; 1.0%
2000: 1,361,788; 2.2%
1.2 RELIGIOUS MAKE-UP OF THE REST OF THE POPULATION:
Bahaís: [1970] 6,460; 0.0%
________ [2000] 144,243; 0.2%
Buddhists: [1970] 32,931,170; 92.1%
__________ [2000] 52,382,535; 85.3%
Confucianists: [1970] %
________________ [2000] 221,523; 0.4%
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 250,000; 0.7%
_____________ [2000] 1,316,549; 2.1%
Folk-religionists: [1970] 640,000; 1.8%
_________________ [2000] 530,043; 0.9%
Hindus: [1970] 60,000; 0.2%
_______ [2000] 213,614; 0.4%
Jains: [1970] %
______ [2000] %
Jews: [1970] 70; 0.0%
_____ [2000] 83; 0.0%
Muslims: [1970] 1,395,000; 3.9%
________ [2000] 4,173,015; 6.8%
New-Religionists: [1970] 1,600; 0.0%
____________________ [2000] 14,613; 0.0%
Shintoists: [1970] %
____________ [2000] 368; 0.0%
Sikhs: [1970] %17,000; 0.0%
_______ [2000] 18,954; 0.0%
Spiritists: [1970] %
___________ [2000] %
Taoists: [1970] %
__________[2000] %
Zoroastrians: [1970] %
_______________ [2000] %
Other Religionists: [1970] %
__________________ [2000] %
Atheists: [1970] 30,000; 0.1%
___________[2000] 88,695; 0.1%
Nonreligious: [1970] 80,000; 0.2%
_________________[2000] 1,225,959; 2.0%
1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:
Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 18; 0.0%
___________________________ [2000] 16,621; 0.0%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 340,682; 1.0%
__________________________ [2000] 1,345,167; 2.2%
Anglicans: [1970] 700; 0.0%
_____________ [2000] 450; 0.0%
Orthodox: [1970] %
____________ [2000] %
Protestants: [1970] 93,653; 0.3%
______________ [2000] 303,000; 0.5%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 153,831; 0.4%
______________________ [2000] 255,000; 0.4%
Independents: [1970] 90,820; 0.3%
_________________ [2000] 778,717; 1.3%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 1,678; 0.0%
_________________________ [2000] 8,000; 0.0%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] %
____________________ [2000] %
TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 60,000; 0.2%
________________ [2000] 194,000; 0.3%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 105,000; 0.3%
__________________________________ [2000] 828,900; 1.4%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 272,000; 0.8%
____________________________________ [2000] 1,187,923; 1.9%