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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: GUYANA

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 709,383
2000: 861,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 382,900; 54.0%
2000: 439,180; 51.0%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 1,700; 0.2%
________  [2000] 14,584; 1.7%
Buddhists: [1970] %
__________     [2000] %
Confucianists: [1970] %
________________  [2000] %
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 20,000; 2.8%
__________________      [2000] 19,290; 2.2%
Folk-religionists: [1970] 1,000; 0.1%
__________________    [2000] 2,360; 0.3%
Hindus: [1970] 226,550; 31.9%
_______    [2000] 279,934; 32.5%
Jains: [1970] %
______  [2000] %
Jews: [1970] 50; 0.0%
_____   [2000] 65; 0.0%
Muslims: [1970] 63,800; 9.0%
________     [2000] 70,113; 8.1%
New-Religionists: [1970] %
____________________   [2000] %
Shintoists: [1970] %
____________  [2000] %
Sikhs: [1970] %
_______ [2000] %
Spiritists: [1970] 7,000; 1.0%
___________  [2000] 17,380; 2.0%
Taoists: [1970] %
__________[2000] %
Zoroastrians: [1970] %
_______________  [2000] %

Other Religionists: [1970] %
__________________       [2000] %

Atheists: [1970] 1,000; 0.1%
___________[2000] 4,565; 0.5%
Nonreligious: [1970] 3,000; 0.4%
_________________[2000] 11,796; 1.4%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 48,067; 6.8%
___________________________   [2000] 65,144; 7.6%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 334,833; 47.2%
__________________________ [2000] 374,036; 43.4%
Anglicans: [1970] 100,000; 14.1%
_____________ [2000] 77,000; 8.9%
Orthodox: [1970] 6,000; 0.9%
____________ [2000] 8,800; 1.0%
Protestants: [1970] 96,033; 13.5%
______________ [2000] 168,636; 19.6%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 110,000; 15.5%
______________________ [2000] 86,500; 10.1%
Independents: [1970] 20,100; 2.8%
_________________ [2000] 27,000; 3.1%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 2,700; 0.4%
_________________________ [2000] 6,100; 0.7%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] %
_____________________ [2000] %

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 35,900; 5.1%
________________ [2000] 105,000; 12.2%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 22,000; 3.1%
__________________________________ [2000] 126,000; 14.6%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 70,000; 9.9%
____________________________________ [2000] 104,650; 12.2%