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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:   NIGER

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 4,164,870
2000: 10,730,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 18,890 [0.5%]
2000: 58,577 [0.6%]

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

Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 565,300 [13.6%]
__________________      [2000] 929,362 [8.7%]
Muslims: [1970] 3,580,010 [86.0%]
________     [2000] 9,731,745 [90.7%]
Nonreligious: [1970] %
_________________[2000] 7,439 [0.1%]

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Affiliated Christians: [1970] 18,890 [0.5%]
__________________________ [2000] 58,270 [0.5%]
Protestants: [1970] 4,450 [0.1%]
______________ [2000] 13,000 [0.1%]
Roman Catholics: [1970] 13,360 [0.3%]
______________________ [2000] 19,670 [0.2%]
Independents: [1970] %
_________________ [2000] 25,000 [0.2%]

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 2,400 [0.1%]
________________ [2000] 12,200 [0.1%]
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] %
__________________________________ [2000] 27,000 [0.3%]
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 14,500 [0.4%]
____________________________________ [2000] 44,186 [0.4%]