1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)
1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 4,422,746
2000: 8,495,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 4,355,650; 98.5%
2000: 8,083,492; 95.2%
1.2 RELIGIOUS MAKE-UP OF THE REST OF THE POPULATION:
Bahaís: [1970] 3,900; 0.1%
________ [2000] 5,904; 0.1%
Buddhists: [1970] 1,500; 0.0%
__________ [2000] 1,529; 0.0%
Confucianists: [1970] %
________________ [2000] %
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] %
__________________ [2000] %
Folk-religionists: [1970] %
__________________ [2000] 6,563; 0.1%
Hindus: [1970] %
_______ [2000] %
Jains: [1970] %
______ [2000] %
Jews: [1970] 350; 0.0%
_____ [2000] 612; 0.0%
Muslims: [1970] %
________ [2000] 1,869; 0.0%
New-Religionists: [1970] %
____________________ [2000] 102; 0.0%
Shintoists: [1970] %
____________ [2000] %
Sikhs: [1970] %
_______ [2000] %
Spiritists: [1970] 43,000; 1.0%
___________ [2000] 185,582; 2.2%
Taoists: [1970] %
__________[2000] %
Zoroastrians: [1970] %
_______________ [2000] %
Other Religionists: [1970] %
__________________ [2000] 102;
0.0%
Atheists: [1970] 5,600; 0.1%
___________[2000] 38,297; 0.5%
Nonreligious: [1970] 12,000; 0.3%
_________________[2000] 168,652; 2.0%
1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:
Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 481,323; 10.9%
___________________________ [2000] 56,787; 0.7%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 3,874,327; 87.6%
__________________________ [2000] 8,026,705; 94.5%
Anglicans: [1970] 3,139; 0.1%
_____________ [2000] 4,400; 0.1%
Orthodox: [1970] %
____________ [2000] %
Protestants: [1970] 89,035; 2.0%
______________ [2000] 360,000; 4.2%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 3,730,663; 84.4%
______________________ [2000] 7,522,305; 88.6%
Independents: [1970] 41,490; 0.9%
_________________ [2000] 130,000; 1.5%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 10,000; 0.2%
_________________________ [2000] 60,000; 0.7%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] %
_____________________ [2000] %
TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 78,000; 1.8%
________________ [2000] 267,000; 3.1%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 63,000; 1.4%
__________________________________ [2000] 1,036,000; 12.2%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 155,000; 3.5%
____________________________________ [2000] 496,611; 5.9%