1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 22,560,536
2000: 42,321,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 22,040,700; 97.7%
2000: 40,942,956; 96.7%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 24,300; 0.1%
________  [2000] 64,758; 0.2%
Buddhists: [1970] 1,000; 0.0%
__________     [2000] 1,687; 0.0%
Confucianists: [1970] %
________________  [2000] %
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 280,000; 1.2%
__________________      [2000] 255,635; 0.6%
Folk-religionists: [1970] 1,000; 0.0%
__________________    [2000] 2,147; 0.0%
Hindus: [1970] %
_______    [2000] 10,248; 0.0%
Jains: [1970] %
______  [2000] %
Jews: [1970] 10,000; 0.0%
_____   [2000] 10,299; 0.0%
Muslims: [1970] 50,000; 0.2%
________     [2000] 48,373; 0.1%
New-Religionists: [1970] %
____________________   [2000] %
Shintoists: [1970] %
____________  [2000] %
Sikhs: [1970] %
_______ [2000] %
Spiritists: [1970] 1,000; 0.0%
___________  [2000] 407,326; 1.0%
Taoists: [1970] %
__________[2000] %
Zoroastrians: [1970] %
_______________  [2000] %

Other Religionists: [1970] 1,000; 0.0%
__________________       [2000] 2,852; 0.0%

Atheists: [1970] 44,000; 0.2%
___________[2000] 85,009; 0.2%
Nonreligious: [1970] 99,000; 0.4%
_________________[2000] 490,070; 1.2%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 5,700; 0.0%
___________________________   [2000] 7,068; 0.0%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 22,035,000; 97.7%
__________________________ [2000] 40,935,888; 96.7%
Anglicans: [1970] 2,000; 0.0%
_____________ [2000] 3,600; 0.0%
Orthodox: [1970] 4,000; 0.0%
____________ [2000] 7,200; 0.0%
Protestants: [1970] 324,927; 1.4%
______________ [2000] 1,100,000; 2.6%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 21,807,580; 96.7%
______________________ [2000] 40,670,000; 96.1%
Independents: [1970] 110,000; 0.5%
_________________ [2000] 535,000; 1.3%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 23,694; 0.1%
_________________________ [2000] 275,000; 0.7%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970]-34,201; -0.2%
_____________________ [2000] -1,174,912; -2.8%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 210,000; 0.0%
________________ [2000] 590,000; 1.4%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 565,000; 2.5%
__________________________________ [2000] 12,585,000; 29.7%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 1,922,000; 8.5%
____________________________________ [2000] 2,673,679; 6.3%

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)