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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: CHRISTMAS ISLAND

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 1,502
2000: 3,400
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 400; 26.6%
2000: 527; 15.4%

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

Buddhists: [1970] 0; 0.0%
__________     [2000] 693; 20.4%

Folk-religionists: [1970] 600; 40.0%
_________________ [2000] 1,021; 30.0%
Hindus: [1970] 0; 0.0%
_______    [2000] 33; 1.0%

Muslims: [1970] 250; 16.6%
________     [2000] 548; 16.1%
New-Religionists: [1970] 0; 0.0%
____________________   [2000] 26; 0.8%

Nonreligious: [1970] 250; 16.6%
_________________[2000] 575; 16.9%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 70; 4.7%
___________________________   [2000] 85; 2.5%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 330; 22.0%
__________________________ [2000] 442; 13.0%
Anglicans: [1970] 80; 5.3%
_____________ [2000] 72; 2.1%

Protestants: [1970] 100; 6.7%
______________ [2000] 120; 3.5%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 150; 10.0%
______________________ [2000] 250; 7.4%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 40; 2.7%
________________ [2000] 65; 1.9%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 30; 2.0%
__________________________________ [2000] 100; 2.9%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 200; 13.3%
____________________________________ [2000] 247; 7.3%
 
1.33 ETHNIC DISTRIBUTION
Han Chinese: 67.5%
Malay: 16.0%
Anglo-Australian: 9.9%
Eurasian: 2.0%
Indo-Pakistani: 1.9%