1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 10,721,082
2000: 24,170,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 10,317,100; 96.2%
2000: 22,910,095; 94.8%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 24,900; 0.2%
________  [2000] 141,072; 0.6%
Buddhists: [1970] 2,000; 0.0%
__________     [2000] 29,535; 0.1%
Confucianists: [1970] %
________________  [2000] %
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 200,000; 1.9%
__________________      [2000] 161,417; 0.7%
Folk-religionists: [1970] 5,000; 0.1%
__________________    [2000] 5,124; 0.0%
Hindus: [1970] %
_______    [2000] %
Jains: [1970] %
______  [2000] %
Jews: [1970] 12,000; 0.1%
_____   [2000] 47,413; 0.2%
Muslims: [1970] 500; 0.0%
________     [2000] 79,518; 0.3%
New-Religionists: [1970] %
____________________   [2000] %
Shintoists: [1970] %
____________  [2000] %
Sikhs: [1970] %
_______ [2000] %
Spiritists: [1970] 100,000; 0.9%
___________  [2000] 254,628; 1.1%
Taoists: [1970] %
__________[2000] %
Zoroastrians: [1970] %
_______________  [2000] %

Other Religionists: [1970] 500; 0.0%
__________________       [2000] 967; 0.0%

Atheists: [1970] 10,000; 0.1%
___________[2000] 45,772; 0.2%
Nonreligious: [1970] 49,000; 0.5%
_________________[2000] 494,180; 2.0%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 255,327; 2.4%
___________________________   [2000] 174,261; 0.7%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 10,061,863; 93.9%
__________________________ [2000] 22,735,834; 94.1%
Anglicans: [1970] 1,140; 0.0%
_____________ [2000] 600; 0.0%
Orthodox: [1970] 11,800; 0.1%
____________ [2000] 27,000; 0.1%
Protestants: [1970] 143,187; 1.3%
______________ [2000] 500,000; 2.1%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 9,775,054; 91.2%
______________________ [2000] 22,816,000; 94.4%
Independents: [1970] 109,015; 1.0%
_________________ [2000] 350,000; 1.5%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 21,667; 0.2%
_________________________ [2000] 300,000; 1.2%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] %
_____________________ [2000] -1,257,766; -5.2%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 90,000; 0.8%
________________ [2000] 302,000; 1.3%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 210,000; 2.0%
__________________________________ [2000] 3,670,000; 15.2%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 643,000; 6.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 1,861,728; 7.7%

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)