1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 1,506,302
2000:  2,856,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 1,394,600; 92.6%
2000: 2,518,164; 88.2%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 14,400; 1.0%
________  [2000] 35,318; 1.2%
Buddhists: [1970] 2,000; 0.1%
__________     [2000] 21,835; 0.8%
Confucianists: [1970] %
________________  [2000] %
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 8,000; 0.5%
__________________      [2000] 19,876; 0.7%
Folk-religionists: [1970] 3,000; 0.2%
__________________    [2000] 3,778; 0.1%
Hindus: [1970] 5,000; 0.3%
_______    [2000] 9,138; 0.3%
Jains: [1970] %
______  [2000] %
Jews: [1970] 2,000; 0.1%
_____   [2000] 3,778; 0.1%
Muslims: [1970] 65,000; 4.3%
________     [2000] 126,551; 4.4%
New-Religionists: [1970] 1,000; 0.1%
____________________   [2000] 14,789; 0.5%
Shintoists: [1970] %
____________  [2000] %
Sikhs: [1970] %
_______ [2000] %
Spiritists: [1970] %
___________  [2000] 13,604; 0.5%
Taoists: [1970] %
__________[2000] %
Zoroastrians: [1970] %
_______________  [2000] %

Other Religionists: [1970] 500; 0.0%
__________________       [2000] 2,650; 0.1%

Atheists: [1970] 2,000; 0.1%
___________[2000] 13,527; 0.5%
Nonreligious: [1970] 8,500; 0.6%
_________________[2000] 72,283; 2.5%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 24,600; 1.6%
___________________________   [2000] 61,100; 2.1%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 1,370,000; 91.0%
__________________________ [2000] 2,457,064; 86.0%
Anglicans: [1970] 15,000; 1.0%
_____________ [2000] 23,500; 0.8%
Orthodox: [1970] 1,000; 0.1%
____________ [2000] 1,400; 0.1%
Protestants: [1970] 84,001; 5.6%
______________ [2000] 340,000; 11.9%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 1,316,421; 87.4%
______________________ [2000] 2,210,000; 77.4%
Independents: [1970] 13,800; 0.9%
_________________ [2000] 73,000; 2.6%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 7,146; 0.5%
_________________________ [2000] 42,000; 1.5%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] -67,368; -4.5%
_____________________ [2000] -232,836; -8.2%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 53,500; 3.6%
________________ [2000] 263,000; 9.2%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 42,000; 2.8%
__________________________________ [2000] 490,000; 17.2%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 120,500; 8.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 445,061; 15.6%

1.31 PERCENT OF MEMBERS REGULARLY ATTENDING WORSHIP
SERVICES
1.32 GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF DENOMINATIONS IN THE
NATION

1.33 ETHNIC DISTRIBUTION OF CHRISTIANS (% of Christians)