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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: ERITREA

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 1,830,900
2000: 3,850,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 950,000 [51.9%]
2000: 1,943,516 [50.5%]

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

Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 40,000 [2.2%]
__________________      [2000] 23,827 [0.6%]
Muslims: [1970] 840,000 [45.9%]
________     [2000] 1,721,691 [44.7%]
Nonreligious: [1970] %
_________________[2000] 159,139 [4.1%]

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 13,964 [0.8%]
___________________________   [2000] 9,158 [0.2%]
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 936,036 [51.1%]
__________________________ [2000] 1,934,358 [50.2%]

Orthodox: [1970] 832,200 [45.5%]
____________ [2000] 1,774,558 [46.1%]
Protestants: [1970] 9,736 [0.5%]
______________ [2000] 22,000 [0.6%]
Roman Catholics: [1970] 91,000 [5.0%]
______________________ [2000] 130,000 [3.4%]
Independents: [1970] 3,100 [0.2%]
_________________ [2000] 7,800 [0.2%]

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 17,900 [1.0%]
________________ [2000] 13,700 [0.4%]
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] %
__________________________________ [2000] 37,800 [1.0%]
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 146,480 [8.0%]
____________________________________ [2000] 286,321 [7.4%]