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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:  ETHIOPIA

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 28,791,300
2000: 62,565,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 15,433,000; 53.6%
2000: 36,108,040; 57.7%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 7,000; 0%
________  [2000] 21,592; 0%
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 4,695,000; 16.3%
_____________     [2000] 7,312,311; 11.7%
Jews: [1970] 28,000; 0.1%
_____   [2000] 11,919; 0%
Muslims: [1970] 8,628,000; 30.0%
________     [2000] 18,992,727; 30.4%

Nonreligious: [1970] %
_________________[2000] 106,205; 0.2%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 3,416,266; 11.9%
___________________________   [2000] 4,946,881; 7.9%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 12,016,734; 41.7%
__________________________ [2000] 31,161,159; 49.8%
Orthodox: [1970] 11,072,100; 38.5%
____________ [2000] 22,837,859; 36.5%
Protestants: [1970] 745,975; 2.6%
______________ [2000] 8,510,000; 13.6%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 62,549; 0.2%
______________________ [2000] 450,000; 0.7%
Independents: [1970] 132,060; 0.5%
_________________ [2000] 860,000; 1.4%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 1,050; 0%
_________________________ [2000] 12,500; 0%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] %
_____________________ [2000] -1,510,000; -2.4%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 702,000; 2.4%
________________ [2000] 6,569,000; 10.5%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 130,000; 0.5%
__________________________________ [2000] 4,066,000; 6.5%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 3,742,000; 13.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 9,745,644; 15.6%