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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: Uzbekistan

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 11,973,000
2000: 24,318,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 875,000; 7.3%
2000: 401,143; 1.7%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 0; 0.0%
________  [2000] 708; 0.0%
Buddhists: [1970] 10,000; 0.1%
__________     [2000] 35,312; 0.2%
Confucianists: [1970] %
________________  [2000] %
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 0; 0.0%
__________________      [2000] 49,391; 0.2%
Folk-religionists: [1970] %
__________________    [2000] %
Hindus: [1970] 0; 0.0%
_______    [2000] 650; 0.0%
Jains: [1970] %
______  [2000] %
Jews: [1970] 66,000; 0.6%
_____   [2000] 54,075; 0.2%
Muslims: [1970] 6,000,000; 50.1%
________     [2000] 18,518,161; 76.2%
New-Religionists: [1970] %
____________________   [2000] %
Shintoists: [1970] %
____________  [2000] %
Sikhs: [1970] %
_______ [2000] %
Spiritists: [1970] %
___________  [2000] %
Taoists: [1970] %
__________[2000] %
Zoroastrians: [1970] 0; 0.0%
_______________  [2000] 3,042; 0.0%

Other Religionists: [1970] %
__________________       [2000] %

Atheists: [1970] 2,022,000; 16.9%
___________[2000] 860,079; 3.5%
Nonreligious: [1970] 3,000,000; 25.1%
_________________[2000] 4,404,803; 18.1%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 5,500; 0.1%
___________________________   [2000] 6,809; 0.0%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 869,500; 7.3%
__________________________ [2000] 394,334; 1.6%
Anglicans: [1970] %
_____________ [2000] %
Orthodox: [1970] 827,900; 6.9%
____________ [2000] 188,934; 0.8%
Protestants: [1970] 7,000; 0.1%
______________ [2000] 44,000; 0.2%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 3,000; 0.0%
______________________ [2000] 40,000; 0.2%
Independents: [1970] 31,500; 0.3%
_________________ [2000] 120,000; 0.5%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 100; 0.0%
_________________________ [2000] 1,400; 0.0%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] %
_____________________ [2000] %

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 1,600; 0.0%
________________ [2000] 12,500; 0.1%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 7,000; 0.1%
__________________________________ [2000] 150,000; 0.6%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 185,000; 1.6%
____________________________________ [2000] 244,386; 1.0%
 
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)
Northern Uzbek: 78.2%
Tajik: 4.7%
Kazakh: 4.0%
Russian: 2.5%
Tatar: 2.3%