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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:   TUNISIA

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 5,127,000
2000: 9,586,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 33,400; 0.7%
2000: 51,566; 0.5%

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

Jews: [1970] 12,000; 0.2%
-----   [2000] 3,796; 0.0%
Muslims: [1970] 5,077,200; 99.0%
--------     [2000] 9,484,802; 98.9%

Nonreligious: [1970] 3,000; 0.1%
-----------------[2000] 39,801; 0.4%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 87; 0.0%
---------------------------   [2000] 1,063; 0.0%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 33,313; 0.7%
-------------------------- [2000] 50,503; 0.5%
Anglicans: [1970] 150; 0.0%
------------- [2000] 100; 0.0%
Orthodox: [1970] 250; 0.0%
------------ [2000] 270; 0.0%
Protestants: [1970] 630; 0.0%
-------------- [2000] 670; 0.0%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 25,000; 0.5%
---------------------- [2000] 19,000; 0.2%
Independents: [1970] 7,133; 0.1%
----------------- [2000] 30,413; 0.3%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 150; 0.0%
------------------------- [2000] 50; 0.0%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 1,700; 0.0%
---------------- [2000] 7,000; 0.1%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 200; 0.0%
---------------------------------- [2000] 16,300; 0.2%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 23,700; 0.5%
------------------------------------ [2000] 36,504; 0.4%