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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: MALTA

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 302,710
2000: 389,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 301,300; 99.5%
2000: 382,039; 98.3%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 100; 0.0%
________  [2000] 255; 0.1%

Jews: [1970] 50; 0.0%
_____   [2000] 57; 0.0%
Muslims: [1970] 0; 0.0%
________     [2000] 1,947; 0.5%

Atheists: [1970] 500; 0.2%
___________[2000] 365; 0.1%
Nonreligious: [1970] 1,000; 0.3%
_________________[2000] 3,839; 1.0%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 99; 0.0%
___________________________   [2000] 10,658; 2.7%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 301,201; 99.5%
__________________________ [2000] 371,381; 95.5%
Anglicans: [1970] 3,000; 1.0%
_____________ [2000] 1,100; 0.3%

Protestants: [1970] 210; 0.1%
______________ [2000] 1,000; 0.3%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 297,261; 98.2%
______________________ [2000] 367,501; 94.5%
Independents: [1970] 400; 0.1%
_________________ [2000] 750; 0.2%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 230; 0.1%
_________________________ [2000] 900; 0.2%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 250; 0.1%
________________ [2000] 550; 0.1%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 500; 0.2%
__________________________________ [2000] 97,000; 24.9%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 79,000; 26.1%
____________________________________ [2000] 170,064; 43.7%
 
1.33 ETHNIC DISTRIBUTION OF CHRISTIANS (% of Christians)
Maltese: 93.8%
British: 2.1%
Arab: 2.0%
Italian: 1.4%
USA White: 0.2%