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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: DJIBOUTI

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 140,000
2000: 638,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 11,000 [7.4%]
2000: 23,016 [3.6%]

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

Bahaís: [1970] 100 [0.1%]
________  [2000] 552 [0.1%]
Muslims: [1970] 135,400 [91.5%]
________     [2000] 600,110 [94.1%]

Nonreligious: [1970] 200 [0.1%]
_________________[2000] 8,329 [1.3%]

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] %
___________________________   [2000] 322 [0.1%]
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 12,000 [8.1%]
__________________________ [2000] 28,516 [4.5%]

Orthodox: [1970] 800 [0.5%]
____________ [2000] 18,900 [3.0%]
Roman Catholics: [1970] 11,000 [7.4%]
______________________ [2000] 8,854 [1.4%]

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] %
__________________________________ [2000] 1,000 [0.2%]
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 5,000 [3.4%]
____________________________________ [2000] 11,995 [1.9%]