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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:   BANGLADESH

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 66,670,503
2000: 129,155,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 249,092; 0.4%
2000: 933,773; 0.7%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 3,200; 0.0%
--------  [2000] 8,341; 0.0%
Buddhists: [1970] 450,000; 0.7%
----------     [2000] 802,198; 0.6%
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 100,000; 0.2%
------------------      [2000] 734,883; 0.6%
Hindus: [1970] 11,169,000; 16.8%
-------    [2000] 15,994,593; 12.4%
Muslims: [1970] 54,663,508; 82.0%
--------     [2000] 110,848,684; 85.8%
New-Religionists: [1970] %
--------------------   [2000] %
Sikhs: [1970] 6,000; 0.0%
------- [2000] 21,307; 0.0%

Atheists: [1970] 10,000; 0.0%
-----------[2000] 10,211; 0.0%
Nonreligious: [1970] 20,000; 0.0%
-----------------[2000] 93,696; 0.1%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 1,264; 0.0%
---------------------------   [2000] 2,036; 0.0%
Affiliated Christns: [1970] 247,828; 0.4%
-------------------------- [2000] 931,740; 0.7%

Protestants: [1970] 76,281; 0.1%
-------------- [2000] 160,490; 0.1%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 120,392; 0.2%
---------------------- [2000] 235,999; 0.2%
Independents: [1970] 50,855; 0.1%
----------------- [2000] 536,000; 0.4%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 100; 0.0%
------------------------- [2000] 90; 0.0%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] 0; 0.0%
--------------------- [2000] -292,834; -0.2%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 45,000; 0.1%
---------------- [2000] 72,000; 0.1%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 15,000; 0.0%
---------------------------------- [2000] 480,000; 0.4%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 200,00; 0.3%
------------------------------------ [2000] 639,011; 0.5%