1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 2,188,500
2000: 4,459,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 120,000; 5.5%
2000: 101,648; 2.3%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 0; 0.0%
________  [2000] 964; 0.0%
Buddhists: [1970] 0; 0.0%
__________     [2000] 630; 0.0%

Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 0; 0.0%
_____________     [2000] 740; 0.0%

Jews: [1970] 3,000; 0.1%
_____   [2000] 2,790; 0.1%
Muslims: [1970] 1,301,500; 59.5%
________     [2000] 3,887,617; 87.2%
 

Atheists: [1970] 320,500; 14.6%
___________[2000] 64,007; 1.4%
Nonreligious: [1970] 444,000; 20.3%
_________________[2000] 400,896; 9.0%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 7,000; 0.3%
___________________________   [2000] 2,765; 0.1%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 113,000; 5.2%
__________________________ [2000] 98,883; 2.2%

Orthodox: [1970] 108,200; 4.9%
____________ [2000] 74,583; 1.7%
Protestants: [1970] 1,600; 0.1%
______________ [2000] 2,800; 0.1%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 200; 0.0%
______________________ [2000] 2,100; 0.1%
Independents: [1970] 3,000; 0.1%
_________________ [2000] 19,000; 0.4%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 0; 0.0%
_________________________ [2000] 400; 0.0%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 300; 0.0%
________________ [2000] 900; 0.0%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 100; 0.0%
__________________________________ [2000] 10,750; 0.2%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 60,000; 2.7%
____________________________________ [2000] 48,002; 1.1%
 
1.33 ETHNIC DISTRIBUTION OF CHRISTIANS (% of Christians)
Turkmen: 79.2%
Uzbek: 9.0%
Russian: 3.0%
Kazakh: 2.5%
Tatar: 1.1%