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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: SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN ISLANDS

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 1,745
2000: 3,700
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 1,300; 74.5%
2000: 1,922; 52.3%

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

Nonreligious: [1970] 400; 22.9%
_________________[2000] 1,754; 47.7%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 0; 0.0%
___________________________   [2000] 173; 4.7%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 1,300; 74.5%
__________________________ [2000] 1,749; 47.2%

Orthodox: [1970] 300; 17.2%
____________ [2000] 749; 20.2%
Protestants: [1970] 1,000; 57.3%
______________ [2000] 1,000; 27.0%
 

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 100; 5.7%
________________ [2000] 150; 3.8%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 10; 0.6%
__________________________________ [2000] 95; 2.4%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 420; 24.1%
____________________________________ [2000] 1,066; 28.8%
 
1.33 ETHNIC DISTRIBUTION OF CHRISTIANS (% of Christians)
Russian: 57.8%
Norwegian: 41.9%