1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 3,875,641
2000: 4,461,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 3,828,900; 98.8%
2000: 4,114,000; 94.7%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 1,200; 0.0%
________  [2000] 2,179; 0.1%
Buddhists: [1970] 100; 0.0%
__________     [2000] 67,219; 1.5%
Confucianists: [1970] %
________________  [2000] %
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 0; 0.0%
__________________      [2000] 1,204; 0.0%
Folk-religionists: [1970] 0; 0.0%
__________________    [2000] 1,106; 0.0%
Hindus: [1970] %
_______    [2000] %
Jains: [1970] %
______  [2000] %
Jews: [1970] 900; 0.0%
_____   [2000] 821; 0.0%
Muslims: [1970] 4,000; 0.1%
________     [2000] 45,730; 1.0%
New-Religionists: [1970] 0; 0.0%
____________________   [2000] 21,502; 0.5%
Shintoists: [1970] %
____________  [2000] %
Sikhs: [1970] %
_______ [2000] %
Spiritists: [1970] 0; 0.0%
___________  [2000] 455; 0.0%
Taoists: [1970] %
__________[2000] %
Zoroastrians: [1970] %
_______________  [2000] %

Other Religionists: [1970] 500; 0.0%
__________________       [2000] 3,112; 0.1%

Atheists: [1970] 10,000; 0.3%
___________[2000] 24,988; 0.6%
Nonreligious: [1970] 30,400; 0.8%
_________________[2000] 84,601; 1.9%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 13,500; 0.4%
___________________________   [2000] 6,852; 0.2%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 3,815,400; 98.5%
__________________________ [2000] 4,201,262; 94.2%
Anglicans: [1970] 2,000; 0.1%
_____________ [2000] 2,000; 0.0%
Orthodox: [1970] 400; 0.0%
____________ [2000] 1,600; 0.0%
Protestants: [1970] 3,924,465; 101.3%
______________ [2000] 4,200,000; 94.2%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 10,059; 0.3%
______________________ [2000] 45,000; 1.0%
Independents: [1970] 20,477; 0.5%
_________________ [2000] 136,000; 3.1%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 13,383; 0.4%
_________________________ [2000] 24,000; 0.5%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] -155,384; -4.0%
_____________________ [2000] -207,338; -4.7%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 949,500; 24.5%
________________ [2000] 485,000; 10.9%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 70,000; 1.8%
__________________________________ [2000] 1,249,000; 28.0%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 931,000; 24.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 1,074,638; 24.1%

1.31 PERCENT OF MEMBERS REGULARLY ATTENDING WORSHIP
SERVICES
About 3% attend church weekly.

1.32 GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF DENOMINATIONS IN THE
NATION

1.33 ETHNIC DISTRIBUTION OF CHRISTIANS (% of Christians)
Norwegian (Dano-Norwegian): 69.7%
Norwegian (New Norse): 24.0%
Vietnamese: 2.4%
Swedish: 0.5%
Punjabi: 0.3%