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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: Denmark

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 4,928,757
2000: 5,293,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 4,763,200; 96.6%
2000: 4,846,944; 91.6%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 1,300; 0.0%
________  [2000] 1,785; 0.0%
Buddhists: [1970] 1,000; 0.0%
__________     [2000] 909; 0.0%
Confucianists: [1970] %
________________  [2000] %
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] %
__________________      [2000] %
Folk-religionists: [1970] %
__________________    [2000] %
Hindus: [1970] 0; 0.0%
_______    [2000] 3,785; 0.1%
Jains: [1970] %
______  [2000] %
Jews: [1970] 7,000; 0.1%
_____   [2000] 6,765; 0.1%
Muslims: [1970] 12,000; 0.2%
________     [2000] 66,551; 1.3%
New-Religionists: [1970] %
____________________   [2000] %
Shintoists: [1970] %
____________  [2000] %
Sikhs: [1970] %
_______ [2000] %
Spiritists: [1970] %
___________  [2000] %
Taoists: [1970] %
__________[2000] %
Zoroastrians: [1970] %
_______________  [2000] %

Other Religionists: [1970] 1,000; 0.0%
__________________       [2000] 2,480; 0.1%

Atheists: [1970] 47,000; 1.0%
___________[2000] 76,947; 1.5%
Nonreligious: [1970] 96,500; 2.0%
_________________[2000] 287,073; 5.4%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 24,803; 0.5%
___________________________   [2000] 95,834; 1.7%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 4,738,397; 96.1%
__________________________ [2000] 4,751,110; 89.8%
Anglicans: [1970] 6,000; 0.1%
_____________ [2000] 4,800; 0.1%
Orthodox: [1970] 200; 0.0%
____________ [2000] 1,400; 0.0%
Protestants: [1970] 4,786,050; 97.1%
______________ [2000] 4,639,710; 87.7%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 27,254; 0.6%
______________________ [2000] 33,200; 0.6%
Independents: [1970] 2,970; 0.1%
_________________ [2000] 36,000; 0.7%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 28,093; 0.6%
_________________________ [2000] 36,000; 0.7%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] -112,170; -2.3%
_____________________ [2000] 0; 0.0%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 345,000; 7.0%
________________ [2000] 264,000; 5.0%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 35,000; 0.7%
__________________________________ [2000] 206,000; 3.9%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 591,000; 12.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 682,522; 12.9%

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)
Danish: 93.7%
Serbiac: 1.2%
German: 1.1%
Turk: 0.5%
Dutch: 0.5%