1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 4,606,000
2000: 5,176,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 4,439,320; 96.4%
2000: 4,803,568; 92.8%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 1,500; 0.0%
________  [2000] 1,676; 0.0%
Buddhists: [1970] 0; 0.0%
__________     [2000] 2,546; 0.1%
Confucianists: [1970] %
________________  [2000] %
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] %
__________________      [2000] %
Folk-religionists: [1970] 0; 0.0%
__________________    [2000] 1,251; 0.0%
Hindus: [1970] %
_______    [2000] %
Jains: [1970] %
______  [2000] %
Jews: [1970] 1,460; 0.0%
_____   [2000] 1,232; 0.0%
Muslims: [1970] 920; 0.0%
________     [2000] 9,176; 0.2%
New-Religionists: [1970] 0; 0.0%
____________________   [2000] 518; 0.0%
Shintoists: [1970] %
____________  [2000] %
Sikhs: [1970] %
_______ [2000] %
Spiritists: [1970] %
___________  [2000] %
Taoists: [1970] %
__________[2000] %
Zoroastrians: [1970] %
_______________  [2000] %

Other Religionists: [1970] 1,000; 0.0%
__________________       [2000] 1,903; 0.0%

Atheists: [1970] 49,000; 1.1%
___________[2000] 73,299; 1.4%
Nonreligious: [1970] 112,800; 2.5%
_________________[2000] 280,573; 5.4%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 12,864; 0.3%
___________________________   [2000] 224,117; 4.3%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 4,426,456; 96.1%
__________________________ [2000] 4,579,451; 88.5%
Anglicans: [1970] 269; 0.0%
_____________ [2000] 170; 0.0%
Orthodox: [1970] 56,774; 1.2%
____________ [2000] 55,900; 1.1%
Protestants: [1970] 4,473,407; 97.1%
______________ [2000] 4,635,000; 89.6%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 2,868; 0.1%
______________________ [2000] 6,400; 0.1%
Independents: [1970] 14,919; 0.3%
_________________ [2000] 77,700; 1.5%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 18,219; 0.4%
_________________________ [2000] 38,000; 0.7%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] -140,000; -3.0%
_____________________ [2000] -233;719; -4.5%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 736,960; 16.0%
________________ [2000] 740,585; 14.3%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 66,000; 1.4%
__________________________________ [2000] 667,000; 12.9%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 460,000; 10.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 1,033,772; 20.0%

1.31 PERCENT OF MEMBERS REGULARLY ATTENDING WORSHIP
SERVICES
4% of the population above 15 years of age.

1.32 GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF DENOMINATIONS IN THE
NATION
Finland has two national churches: Lutheran and Orthodox

1.33 ETHNIC DISTRIBUTION OF CHRISTIANS (% of Christians)
Finnish: 91.9%
Swedish: 5.9%
Karelian: 0.8%
Russian: 0.2%
Estonian: 0.1%