1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 27,101,788
2000: 45,611,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 1,350,000; 5.0%
2000: 3,773,362; 8.3%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 11,200; 0%
________  [2000] 79,044; 0.2%
Buddhists: [1970] 21,308,900; 78.6%
__________     [2000] 33,144,660; 72.7%
Confucianists: [1970] %
________________  [2000] 676,320; 1.5%
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 3,000,000; 11.1%
_____________     [2000] 5,748,958; 12.6%
Folk-religionists: [1970] 100,000; 0.4%
_________________ [2000] 117,154; 0.3%
Hindus: [1970] 250,000; 0.9%
_______    [2000] 892,783; 2.0%
Jains: [1970] 500; 0%
______  [2000] 2,919; 0%
Jews: [1970] 200; 0%
_____   [2000] 361; 0%
Muslims: [1970] 1,000,000; 3.7%
________     [2000] 1,075,593; 2.4%

Sikhs: [1970] 5,000; 0%
_______ [2000] 7,936; 0%

Zoroastrians: [1970] 200; 0%
_______________  [2000] 265; 0%

Atheists: [1970] 26,000; 0.1%
___________[2000] 23,162; 0.1%
Nonreligious: [1970] 50,000; 0.2%
_________________[2000] 247,043; 0.5%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 3,851; 0%
___________________________   [2000] 31,898; 0.1%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 1,346,149; 5.0%
__________________________ [2000] 3,741,464; 8.2%
Anglicans: [1970] 27,000; 0.1%
_____________ [2000] 58,000; 0.1%

Protestants: [1970] 962,836; 3.6%
______________ [2000] 2,511,664; 5.5%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 267,513; 1.0%
______________________ [2000] 590,000; 1.3%
Independents: [1970] 86,800; 0.3%
_________________ [2000] 575,000; 1.3%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 385,000; 1.4%
________________ [2000] 1,120,000; 2.5%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 80,000; 0.3%
____________________________ [2000] 960,000; 2.1%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 1,100,000; 4.1%
____________________________________ [2000] 2,257,465; 5.0%