1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)
1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 42,729, 178
2000: 79,832,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 3,264,000; 7.6%
2000: 6,856,329; 8,3%
1.2 RELIGIOUS MAKE-UP OF THE REST OF THE POPULATION:
Bahaís: [1970] 200,000; 0.5%
________ [2000] 356,133; 0.5%
Buddhists: [1970] 26,235,000; 61.4%
__________ [2000] 39,533,909; 49.5%
Confucianists: [1970] %
________________ [2000] %
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 1,960,000; 4.6%
__________________ [2000] 6,793,086;
8.5%
Folk-religionists: [1970] 900,000; 2.1%
__________________ [2000] 798,317; 1.0%
Hindus: [1970] %
_______ [2000] 35,426; 0.0%
Jains: [1970] %
______ [2000] %
Jews: [1970] %
_____ [2000] %
Muslims: [1970] 390,000; 0.9%
________ [2000] 573,711; 0.7%
New-Religionists: [1970] 4,500,000; 10.5%
____________________ [2000] 9,027,461; 11.3%
Shintoists: [1970] %
____________ [2000] 160; 0.0%
Sikhs: [1970] %
_______ [2000] %
Spiritists: [1970] %
___________ [2000] %
Taoists: [1970] %
__________[2000] 159; 0.0%
Zoroastrians: [1970] %
_______________ [2000] %
Other Religionists: [1970] %
__________________ [2000] %
Atheists: [1970] 1,080,000; 2.5%
___________[2000] 5,602,910; 7.0%
Nonreligious: [1970] 4,200,000; 9.8%
_________________[2000] 10,809,059; 13.5%
1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:
Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 156,423; 0.4%
___________________________ [2000] 18,407; 0.0%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 3,107,577; 7.3%
__________________________ [2000] 6,567,922; 8.2%
Anglicans: [1970] 2,200; 0.0%
_____________ [2000] 3,100; 0.0%
Orthodox: [1970] %
____________ [2000] %
Protestants: [1970] 161,005; 0.4%
______________ [2000] 580,000; 0.7%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 2,899,354; 6.8%
______________________ [2000] 5,320,822; 6.7%
Independents: [1970] 37,691; 0.1%
_________________ [2000] 640,000; 0.8%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 7,327; 0.0%
_________________________ [2000] 24,000; 0.0%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] %
_____________________ [2000] %
TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 167,000; 0.4%
________________ [2000] 628,000; 0.8%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 30,000; 0.1%
_________________________________ [2000] 798,000; 1.0%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 2,500,000; 5.9%
____________________________________ [2000] 5,597,118; 7.0%