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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: CHAD

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 3,651,960
2000: 7,651,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 864,000 [23.7%]
2000: 1,745,795 [22.8%]

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

Bahaís: [1970] 5,000 [0.1%]
________  [2000] 80, 683 [1.1%]
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 980,000 [26.8%]
__________________      [2000] 1,299,990 [17.0%]
Muslims: [1970] 1,802,000 [49.3%]
________     [2000] 4,519,198 [59.1%]
Nonreligious: [1970] %
_________________[2000] 5,315 [0.1%]

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 391,455 [10.7%]
___________________________   [2000] 307,781 [4.0%]
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 472,545 [ 12.9%]
__________________________ [2000] 1,438,014 [18.8%]

Protestants: [1970] 209,634 [5.7%]
______________ [2000] 782,756 [10.2%]
Roman Catholics: [1970] 231,111 [6.3%]
______________________ [2000] 502,158 [6.6%]
Independents: [1970] 31,700 [0.9%]
_________________ [2000] 152,000 [2.0%]

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 239,000 [6.5%]
________________ [2000] 653,000 [8.5%]
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 7,000 [0.2%]
__________________________________ [2000] 250,000 [3.3%]
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 255,000 [7.0%]
____________________________________ [2000] 718,153 [9.4%]