1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 10,337,910
2000: 10,036,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 8,783,928; 85.0%
2000: 8,763,672; 87.3%

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

Jews: [1970] 90,000; 0.9%
_____   [2000] 44,909; 0.5%
Muslims: [1970] 2,000; 0.0%
________     [2000] 56,405; 0.6%

Atheists: [1970] 570,000; 5.5%
___________[2000] 425,327; 4.2%
Nonreligious: [1970] 891,672; 8.6%
_________________[2000] 743,314; 7.4%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 80,800; 0.8%
___________________________   [2000] 13,940; 0.1%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 8,703,128; 84.2%
__________________________ [2000] 8,749,732; 87.2%

Orthodox: [1970] 66,100; 0.6%
____________ [2000] 90,000; 0.9%
Protestants: [1970] 2,486,500; 24.1%
______________ [2000] 2,560,000; 25.5%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 6,125,328; 59.3%
______________________ [2000] 6,330,000; 63.1%
Independents: [1970] 21,600; 0.2%
_________________ [2000] 165,000; 1.6%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 3,600; 0.0%
_________________________ [2000] 40,000; 0.4%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] 0; 0.0%
_____________________ [2000] -435,268; -4.3%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 450,000; 4.4%
________________ [2000] 455,000; 4.5%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 27,000; 0.3%
__________________________________ [2000] 690,000; 6.9%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 724,000; 7.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 1,066,779; 10.6%
 
1.31 PERCENT OF MEMBERS REGULARLY ATTENDING WORSHIP
SERVICES
Sunday worship attendance for Protestants averages 14% of the population weekly.

1.32 GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF DENOMINATIONS IN THE
NATION
Catholics live mostly in western Transdanubia, in the area between the Danube
and Tisza rivers and in the mountains of the north.

1.33 ETHNIC DISTRIBUTION
Hungarian: 84.4%
Hungarian Gypsy: 5.2%
Ruthenian: 2.9%
German: 2.3%
Romanian: 0.9%