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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: JORDAN

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 2,299,000
2000: 6,699,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 83,400; 3.6%
2000: 273,889; 4.1%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 700; 0.0%
________  [2000] 17,221; 0.3%
Buddhists: [1970] %
__________     [2000] %
Confucianists: [1970] %
________________  [2000] %
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] %
__________________      [2000] %
Folk-religionists: [1970] %
__________________    [2000] %
Hindus: [1970] %
_______    [2000] %
Jains: [1970] %
______  [2000] %
Jews: [1970] %
_____   [2000] %
Muslims: [1970] 2,189,400; 95.2%
________     [2000] 6,238,033; 93.5%
New-Religionists: [1970] %
____________________   [2000] %
Shintoists: [1970] %
____________  [2000] %
Sikhs: [1970] %
_______ [2000] %
Spiritists: [1970] %
___________  [2000] %
Taoists: [1970] %
__________[2000] %
Zoroastrians: [1970] %
_______________  [2000] %

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

Atheists: [1970] 3,500; 0.2%
___________[2000] 21,718; 0.3%
Nonreligious: [1970] 22,000; 1.0%
_________________[2000] 118,480; 1.8%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 20; 0.0%
___________________________   [2000] 367; 0.0%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 83,380; 3.6%
__________________________ [2000] 273,522; 4.1%
Anglicans: [1970] 3,500; 0.2%
_____________ [2000] 7,200; 0.1%
Orthodox: [1970] 38,600; 1.7%
____________ [2000] 131,330; 2.0%
Protestants: [1970] 5,880; 0.3%
______________ [2000] 9,822; 0.2%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 30,400; 1.3%
______________________ [2000] 48,000; 0.7%
Independents: [1970] 4,900; 0.2%
_________________ [2000] 77,000; 1.2%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 100; 0.0%
_________________________ [2000] 170; 0.0%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] %
_____________________ [2000] %

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 6,000; 0.3%
________________ [2000] 29,800; 0.5%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 5,000; 0.2%
__________________________________ [2000] 88,000; 1.3%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 71,000; 3.1%
____________________________________ [2000] 228,157; 3.4%

1.31 PERCENT OF MEMBERS REGULARLY ATTENDING WORSHIP
SERVICES

1.32 GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF DENOMINATIONS IN THE
NATION

1.33 ETHNIC DISTRIBUTION
Jordanian Arab: 32.4%
Palestinian Arab: 32.1%
Iraqi Arab: 14.0%
Bedouin Arab: 12.8%
Syrian Arab: 5.0%