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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:   AZERBAIJAN

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 5,172,000
2000: 7,734,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 263,200; 5.1%
2000: 357,957; 4.6%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 500; 0.0%
--------  [2000] 1,432; 0.0%
Jews: [1970] 5,000; 0.1%
-----   [2000] 28,461; 0.4%
Muslims: [1970] 3,153,800; 61.0%
--------     [2000] 6,471,738; 83.7%

Atheists: [1970] 750,000; 14.5%
-----------[2000] 39,400; 0.5%
Nonreligious: [1970] 999,500; 19.3%
--------------------   [2000] 838,405; 10.8%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Affiliated Christians: [1970] 263,200; 5.1%
-------------------------- [2000] 357,802; 4.6%

Orthodox: [1970] 250,200; 4.8%
------------ [2000] 345,302; 4.5%
Protestants: [1970] 1,000; 0.0%
-------------- [2000] 1,380; 0.0%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 12,000; 0.2%
---------------------- [2000] 7,500; 0.1%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 800; 0.0%
---------------- [2000] 450; 0.0%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 100; 0.0%
---------------------------------- [2000] 10,000; 0.1%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 72,400; 1.4%
------------------------------------ [2000] 126,853; 1.6%