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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: GABON

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 504,000
2000: 1,226,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 482,500; 95.7%
2000: 1,110,893; 90.6%

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

Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 17,000; 3.4%
_____________     [2000] 37,707; 3.1%
Muslims: [1970] 4,000; 0.8%
________     [2000] 56,699; 4.6%
New-Religionists: [1970] 0; 0.0%
____________________   [2000] 5,960; 0.5%
Other Religionists: [1970] 300; 0.1%
__________________       [2000] 724; 0.1%

Atheists: [1970] 0; 0.0%
___________[2000] 782; 0.1%
Nonreligious: [1970] 0; 0.0%
_________________[2000] 12,958; 1.1%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 6,387; 1.3%
___________________________   [2000] 25,137; 2.1%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 476,113; 94.5%
__________________________ [2000] 1,085,756; 88.6%

Protestants: [1970] 92,000; 18.3%
______________ [2000] 233,000; 19.0%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 321,113; 63.7%
______________________ [2000] 745,000; 60.8%
Independents: [1970] 62,500; 12.4%
_________________ [2000] 180,000; 14.7%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 500; 0.1%
_________________________ [2000] 7,500; 0.6%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] 0; 0.0%
_____________________ [2000] -79,744; -6.5%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 21,000; 4.2%
________________ [2000] 57,500; 4.7%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 4,000; 0.8%
__________________________________ [2000] 89,500; 7.3%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 30,000; 6.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 102,629; 8.4%
 
1.33 ETHNIC DISTRIBUTION OF CHRISTIANS (% of Christians)
Fang (Ogowe): 23.6%
Punu: 10.2%
Nzebi: 8.8%
French: 6.6%
Fang (Pahouin, Pangwe): 5.0%