1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 35,321,000
2000: 66,591,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 290,000; 0.8%
2000: 388,757; 0.6%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 3,700; 0%
________  [2000] 19,618; 0%
Buddhists: [1970] 5,000; 0%
______     [2000] 38,267; 0.1%
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 15,000; 0%
_____________     [2000] 10,655; 0%
Folk-religionists: [1970] 5,000; 0%
_________________ [2000] 15,877; 0%
Jews: [1970] 37,000; 0.1%
_____   [2000] 21,595; 0%
Muslims: [1970] 34,925,300; 98.9%
_____    [2000] 64,713,833; 97.2%

Atheists: [1970] 10,000; 0%
___________[2000] 68,099; 0.1%
Nonreligious: [1970] 30,000; 0.1%
______________[2000] 1,348,632; 2.0%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 8,735; 0%
___________________________   [2000] 15,602; 0%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 281,265; 0.8%
__________________________ [2000] 373,155; 0.6%
Anglicans: [1970] 2,000; 0%
_____________ [2000] 2,100; 0%
Orthodox: [1970] 221,500; 0.6%
____________ [2000] 227,655; 0.3%
Protestants: [1970] 24,370; 0.1%
______________ [2000] 32,500; 0.1%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 26,487; 0.1%
________________ [2000] 30,500; 0.1%
Independents: [1970] 5,800; 0%
_____________ [2000] 78,000; 0.1%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 1,108; 0%
____________________ [2000] 2,400; 0%
 

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 6,200; 0%
______________ [2000] 13,500; 0%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 1,500; 0%
____________________________ [2000] 65,000; 0.1%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 168,000; 0.5%
____________________________ [2000] 198,054; 0.3%