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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: GUINEA-BISSAU

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 525,059
2000: 1,213,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 66,800; 12.7%
2000: 159,930; 13.2%

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

Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 273,900; 52.2%
_____________     [2000] 548,367; 45.2%
Muslims: [1970] 183,750; 35.0%
________     [2000] 484,307; 39.9%

Atheists: [1970] 0; 0.0%
___________[2000] 1,667; 0.1%
Nonreligious: [1970] 500; 0.1%
_________________[2000] 18,507; 1.5%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 4,434; 0.8%
___________________________   [2000] 4,285; 0.4%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 62,366; 11.9%
__________________________ [2000] 155,645; 12.8%
Protestants: [1970] 2,540; 0.5%
______________ [2000] 9,500; 0.8%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 59,626; 11.4%
______________________ [2000] 141,000; 11.6%
Independents: [1970] 0; 0.0%
_________________ [2000] 31,000; 2.6%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] 0; 0.0%
_____________________ [2000] -26,205; -2.2%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 2,500; 0.5%
________________ [2000] 9,400; 0.8%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 200; 0.0%
__________________________________ [2000] 34,300; 2.8%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 36,800; 7.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 97,900; 8.1%
 
1.33 ETHNIC DISTRIBUTION OF CHRISTIANS (% of Christians)
Balanta: 25.0%
Fulakunda: 17.1%
Mandyak: 12.0%
Mandinka: 9.9%
Guinean Mestico: 9.1%