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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:   BAHRAIN

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 219,568
2000: 617,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 8,230; 3.8%
2000: 64,475; 10.5%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 300; 0.1%
--------  [2000] 1,379; 0.2%
Buddhists: [1970] 0; 0.0%
----------     [2000] 432; 0.1%
Hindus: [1970] 2,350; 1.1%
-------    [2000] 38,604; 6.3%
Jews: [1970] 150; 0.1%
-----   [2000] 617; 0.1%
Muslims: [1970] 208,970; 95.2%
--------     [2000] 508,382; 82.4%

Nonreligious: [1970] 0; 0.0%
-----------------[2000] 3,204; 0.5%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 0; 0.0%
---------------------------   [2000] 1,777; 0.3%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 8,230; 3.8%
-------------------------- [2000] 62,698; 10.2%
Anglicans: [1970] 2,500; 1.1%
------------- [2000] 3,000; 0.5%
Orthodox: [1970] 530; 0.2%
------------ [2000] 2,500; 0.4%
Protestants: [1970] 1,300; 0.6%
-------------- [2000] 5,100; 0.8%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 1,800; 0.8%
---------------------- [2000] 25,000; 4.1%
Independents: [1970] 2,100; 1.0%
----------------- [2000] 27,058; 4.4%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 1,000; 0.5%
---------------- [2000] 3,700; 0.6%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 2,000; 0.9%
---------------------------------- [2000] 28,400; 4.6%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 3,300; 1.5%
------------------------------------ [2000] 21,414; 3.5%