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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:  PALAU

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 9,516
2000: 19,400
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 9,270; 97.4%
2000: 18,593; 95.7%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 30; 0.3%
________  [2000] 165; 0.9%
Buddhists: [1970] %
__________     [2000] 165; 0.9%

Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 130; 1.4%
_____________     [2000] 120; 0.6%
Folk-religionists: [1970] 20; 0.2%
_________________ [2000] 49; 0.3%

Nonreligious: [1970] 50; 0.5%
_________________[2000] 349; 1.8%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 18; 0.2%
___________________________   [2000] 222; 1.2%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 9,252; 97.2%
__________________________ [2000] 18,371; 94.7%

Protestants: [1970] 2,214; 23.3%
______________ [2000] 5,600; 28.9%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 3,000; 31.5%
______________________ [2000] 8,600; 44.3%
Independents: [1970] 4,000; 42.0%
_________________ [2000] 4,100; 21.1%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 38; 0.4%
_________________________ [2000] 650; 3.4%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 1,000; 10.5%
________________ [2000] 1,950; 10.2%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 100; 1.1%
__________________________________ [2000] 1,270; 6.7%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 380; 4.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 2,814; 14.5%