1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 4,211,612
2000: 8,329,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 3,985,000; 94.6%
2000: 7,835,201; 94.1%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 94,000; 2.2%
________  [2000] 269,246; 3.2%
Buddhists: [1970] 4,000; 0.1%
__________     [2000] 5,329; 0.1%
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 69,900; 1.7%
__________________      [2000] 67,658; 0.8%
Jews: [1970] 2,000; 0.1%
_____   [2000] 3,105; 0.0%
Muslims: [1970] 500; 0.0%
________     [2000] 1,666; 0.0%
New-Religionists: [1970] 500; 0.0%
____________________   [2000] 1,418; 0.0%
Spiritists: [1970] 1,000; 0.0%
___________  [2000] 1,116; 0.0%

Atheists: [1970] 15,000; 0.4%
___________[2000] 33,478; 0.4%
Nonreligious: [1970] 40,000; 1.0%
_________________[2000] 110,063; 1.3%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] %
___________________________   [2000] 48,969; 0.6%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 3,985,000; 94.6%
__________________________ [2000] 7,786,232; 93.5%
Anglicans: [1970] 200; 0.0%
_____________ [2000] 1,100; 0.0%
Orthodox: [1970] 2,000; 0.1%
____________ [2000] 3,100; 0.0%
Protestants: [1970] 183,914; 4.4%
______________ [2000] 530,000; 6,4%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 3,963,492; 94.1%
______________________ [2000] 7,350,000; 88.3%
Independents: [1970] 24,210; 0.6%
_________________ [2000] 145,000; 1.7%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 7,752; 0.2%
_________________________ [2000] 135,000; 1.6%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] -196,568; -4.7%
_____________________ [2000] -377,968; -4.5%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 147,400; 3.5%
________________ [2000] 375,000; 4.5%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 50,000; 1.2%
__________________________________ [2000] 1,215,000; 14.6%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 421,100; 10.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 1,724,676; 20.7%