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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:   ANGOLA

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 5,587,995
2000: 12,878,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 4,564,350; 81.7%
2000: 12,115,308; 94.1%

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

Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 1,017,810 18.2%
------------------      [2000] 638638 5.0%

Atheists: [1970] 0; 0.0%
-----------[2000] 26,614; 0.2%
Nonreligious: [1970] 5,000; 0.1%
-----------------[2000] 94,929; 0.7%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 1,415,344; 25.3%
---------------------------   [2000] 1,181,070; 9.2%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 3,149,006; 56.4%
-------------------------- [2000] 10,934,238; 84.9%
Anglicans: [1970] 2,000; 0.0%
------------- [2000] 4,000; 0.0%
Protestants: [1970] 417,500; 7.5%
-------------- [2000] 1,930,238; 15.0%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 2,667,306; 47.7%
---------------------- [2000] 8,000,000; 62.1%
Independents: [1970] 61,200; 1.1%
----------------- [2000] 880,000; 6.8%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 1,000; 0.0%
------------------------- [2000] 120,000; 0.9%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 400,000; 7.2%
---------------- [2000] 1,227,000; 9.5%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 70,000; 1.3%
---------------------------------- [2000] 2,045,000; 15.9%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 167,640; 3.0%
------------------------------------ [2000] 1,545,888; 12.0%