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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:   CENTRAL  AFRICAN  REPUBLIC

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 1,849,295
2000: 3,615,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 1,184,500 [64.1%]
2000: 2,450,244 [67.8%]

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

Bahaís: [1970] 3,500 [0.2%]
________  [2000] 11,833 [0.3%]

Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 575,000 [31.1%]
__________________      [2000] 557,149 [15.1%]

Muslims: [1970] 86,000 [4.7%]
________     [2000] 564,040 [15.6%]

Nonreligious: [1970] %
_________________[2000] 32,000 [0.9%]

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 475,414 [25.7%]
___________________________   [2000] 841,245 [23.3%]
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 709,086 [38.3%]
__________________________ [2000] 1,608,999 [44.5%]

Protestants: [1970] 222,960 [12.1%]
______________ [2000] 520,800 [14.4%]
Roman Catholics: [1970] 277,926 [12.1%]
______________________ [2000] 664,639 [18.4%]
Independents: [1970] 203,100 [11.0%]
_________________ [2000] 418,000 [11.6%]
Marginal Christians: [1970] 5,100 [0.3%]
_________________________ [2000] 5,560 [0.2%]

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 259,000 [14.0%]
________________ [2000] 630,000 [17.4%]
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 100,000 [5.4%]
__________________________________ [2000] 485,000 [13.4%]
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 220,000 [12.0%]
____________________________________ [2000] 811,638 [22.5%]