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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:   SWAZILAND

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 419,321
2000: 1,008,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 286,000; 68.3%
2000: 875,308; 86.9%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 7,000; 1.7%
--------  [2000] 4,516; 0.5%
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 125,700; 30.0%
------------------      [2000] 107,729; 11.7%
Hindus: [1970] 0; 0.0%
-------    [2000] 1,532; 0.2%
Muslims: [1970] 300; 0.1%
--------     [2000] 6,574; 0.7%

Nonreligious: [1970] 0; 0.0%
-----------------[2000] 11,975; 1.2%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 92,907; 22.2%
---------------------------   [2000] 194,467; 19.3%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 193,093; 46.1%
-------------------------- [2000] 680,841; 67.5%
Anglicans: [1970] 3,635; 0.9%
------------- [2000] 40,000; 4.0%
Protestants: [1970] 67,774; 16.2%
-------------- [2000] 153,200; 15.2%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 33,984; 8.1%
---------------------- [2000] 54,000; 5.4%
Independents: [1970] 86,000; 20.5%
----------------- [2000] 460,000; 45.6%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 1,700; 0.4%
------------------------- [2000] 5,500; 0.6%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] 0; 0.0%
--------------------- [2000] -31,859; -3.2%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 42,200; 10.1%
---------------- [2000] 123,000; 12.2%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 82,000; 19.6%
---------------------------------- [2000] 525,000; 52.1%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 83,800; 20.0%
------------------------------------ [2000] 271,534; 26.9%