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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:  MONGOLIA

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 1,255,648
2000: 2,662,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 3,500; 0.3%
2000: 33,915; 1.3%

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

Buddhists: [1970] 27,000; 2.2%
__________     [2000] 598,772; 22.5%

Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 438,500; 34.9%
_____________     [2000] 830,246; 31.2%
Folk-religionists: [1970] 3,000; 0.2%
_________________ [2000] 15,972; 0.6%

Muslims: [1970] 22,000; 1.8%
________     [2000] 126,483; 4.8%

Atheists: [1970] 268,000; 21.3%
___________[2000] 240,134; 9.0%
Nonreligious: [1970] 494,000; 39.3%
_________________[2000] 816,444; 30.7%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Affiliated Christians: [1970] 3,500; 0.3%
__________________________ [2000] 33,393; 1.3%

Orthodox: [1970] 3,350; 0.3%
____________ [2000] 1,400; 0.1%
Protestants: [1970] %
______________ [2000] 21,573; 0.8%

Independents: [1970] 100; 0%
_________________ [2000] 10,000; 0.4%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] %
________________ [2000] 1,100; 0%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 100; 0%
__________________________________ [2000] 9,900; 0.4%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 2,500; 0.2%
____________________________________ [2000] 29,582; 1.1%