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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: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 3,564,390
2000: 3,972,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 1,650,000; 46.3%
2000: 1,390,802; 35.0%

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

Jews: [1970] 0; 0.0%
_____   [2000] 396; 0.0%
Muslims: [1970] 1,400,000; 39.3%
________     [2000] 2,384,757; 60.0%

Atheists: [1970] 164,000; 4.6%
___________[2000] 66,905; 1.7%
Nonreligious: [1970] 350,000; 9.8%
_________________[2000] 128,953; 3.3%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 14,678; 0.4%
___________________________   [2000] 4,917; 0.1%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 1,635,322; 45.9%
__________________________ [2000] 1,385,885; 34.9%

Orthodox: [1970] 1,011,721; 28.4%
____________ [2000] 700,000; 17.6%
Protestants: [1970] 1,783; 0.1%
______________ [2000] 2,700; 0.1%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 620,500; 17.4%
______________________ [2000] 681,135; 17.2%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 400; 0.0%
________________ [2000] 400; 0.0%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 500; 0.0%
__________________________________ [2000] 32,400; 0.8%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 570,000; 16.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 368,217; 9.3%
 

1.33 ETHNIC DISTRIBUTION OF CHRISTIANS (% of Christians)
Bosniac: 52.5%
Serb: 21.4%
Croat: 11.8%
Vlach Gypsy: 10.1%
Rumelian Turk: 1.1%