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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: BENIN

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 2,704,873
2000: 6,097,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 515,000 [19%]
2000: 1,704,817 [28%]

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

Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 1,809,000 [66.9 %]
__________________      [2000] 3,140,286 [51.5 %]
Muslims: [1970] 376,000 [13.9 %]
________     [2000] 1,221,003 [20.0%]

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 27,434 [1.0%]
___________________________   [2000] 20,622 [0.3 %]
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 487,566 [18.0 %]
__________________________ [2000] 1,684,195 [27.6%]
Protestants: [1970] 52,531 [1.9%]
______________ [2000] 230,000 [3.8%]
Roman Catholics: [1970] 393,813 [14.6 %]
______________________ [2000] 1,266,195 [20.8%]
Independents: [1970] 37,222 [1.4%]
_________________ [2000] 175,000 [2.9 %]

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 26, 900 [1.0%]
________________ [2000] 112,000 [1.8%]
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 47,000 [1.7%]
__________________________________ [2000] 342,000 [5.6%]
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 216,500 [8.0%]
____________________________________ [2000] 1,004,584 [16.5%]