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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: CAPE VERDE

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 266,912
2000: 428,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 265,600 [99.5%]
2000: 406,880 [95.1%]

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

Buddhists: [1970] %
__________     [2000] 655 [2.5%]
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 300 [0.1%]
__________________      [2000] 4,833 [1.1%]
Muslims: [1970] %
________     [2000] 11,848 [2.8%]

Nonreligious: [1970] 1,000 [0.4%]
_________________[2000] 3,453 [0.8%]

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 5,456 [2.0%]
___________________________   [2000] %
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 260,144 [97.5%]
__________________________ [2000] 406,880 [95.1%]

Protestants: [1970] 8,500 [3.2%]
______________ [2000] 15,500 [3.6%]
Roman Catholics: [1970] 251,394 [94.2%]
______________________ [2000] 417,000 [97.4%]
Independents: [1970] 200 [0.1%]
_________________ [2000] 12,800 [3.0%]
Marginal Christians: [1970] %
_________________________ [2000] 4,800 [1.1]%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 8,000 [3.0%]
________________ [2000] 10,900 [2.6%]
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 500 [0.2%]
__________________________________ [2000] 31,700 [7.4%]
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 16,000 [6.0%]
____________________________________ [2000] 55,921 [13.1%]