1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 9,496,003
2000: 15,211,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 8,793,300; 92.6%
2000: 13,563,164; 89.2%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 7,800; 0.1%
________  [2000] 17,943; 0.1%
Buddhists: [1970] 500; 0.0%
__________     [2000] 5,437; 0.0%
Confucianists: [1970] %
________________  [2000] %
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 100,000; 1.1%
__________________      [2000] 133,539; 0.9%
Folk-religionists: [1970] %
__________________    [2000] 326; 0.0%
Hindus: [1970] %
_______    [2000] %
Jains: [1970] %
______  [2000] %
Jews: [1970] 30,000; 0.3%
_____   [2000] 33,381; 0.2%
Muslims: [1970] 2,000; 0.0%
________     [2000] 4,809; 0.0%
New-Religionists: [1970] %
____________________   [2000] %
Shintoists: [1970] %
____________  [2000] %
Sikhs: [1970] %
_______ [2000] %
Spiritists: [1970] %
___________  [2000] %
Taoists: [1970] %
__________[2000] %
Zoroastrians: [1970] %
_______________  [2000] %

Other Religionists: [1970] 1,200; 0.0%
__________________       [2000] 6,604; 0.0%

Atheists: [1970] 240,000; 2.5%
___________[2000] 382,923; 2.5%
Nonreligious: [1970] 321,200; 3.4%
_________________[2000] 1,063,168; 7.0%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 448,300; 4.7%
___________________________   [2000] 204,824; 1.4%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 8,345,000; 87.9%
__________________________ [2000] 13,358,340; 87.8%
Anglicans: [1970] 4,000; 0.0%
_____________ [2000] 12,000; 0.1%
Orthodox: [1970] 23,500; 0.3%
____________ [2000] 23,750; 0.2%
Protestants: [1970] 200,953; 2.1%
______________ [2000] 382,000; 2.5%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 7,793,958; 82.1%
______________________ [2000] 11,800,000; 77.6%
Independents: [1970] 1,408,742; 14.8%
_________________ [2000] 3,820,000; 25.1%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 40,738; 0.4%
_________________________ [2000] 420,000; 2.8%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] -1,126,891; -11.9%
_____________________ [2000] -3,099,410; -20.4%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 108,000; 1.1%
________________ [2000] 250,000; 1.6%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 1,480,000; 15.6%
__________________________________ [2000] 5,537,000; 36.4%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 760,000; 8.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 2,222,359; 14.6%

1.31 PERCENT OF MEMBERS REGULARLY ATTENDING WORSHIP
SERVICES
1.32 GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF DENOMINATIONS IN THE
NATION

1.33 ETHNIC DISTRIBUTION OF CHRISTIANS (% of Christians)