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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: FRENCH GUYANA

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 49,165
2000: 181,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 45,030; 91.6%
2000: 153,362; 84.6%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 300; 0.6%
________  [2000] 725; 0.4%
Buddhists: [1970] %
__________     [2000] %
Confucianists: [1970] %
________________  [2000] %
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 1,210; 2.5%
__________________      [2000] 3,479; 1.9%
Folk-religionists: [1970] 670; 1.4%
__________________    [2000] 6,473; 3.6%
Hindus: [1970] %
_______    [2000] 2,901; 1.6%
Jains: [1970] %
______  [2000] %
Jews: [1970] 20; 0.0%
_____   [2000] 98; 0.1%
Muslims: [1970] %
________     [2000] 861; 0.5%
New-Religionists: [1970] %
____________________   [2000] 725; 0.4%
Shintoists: [1970] %
____________  [2000] %
Sikhs: [1970] %
_______ [2000] %
Spiritists: [1970] 960; 2.0%
___________  [2000] 6,411; 3.5%
Taoists: [1970] %
__________[2000] %
Zoroastrians: [1970] %
_______________  [2000] %

Other Religionists: [1970] 50; 0.1%
__________________       [2000] 110; 0.1%

Atheists: [1970] %
___________[2000] 861; 0.5%
Nonreligious: [1970] 480; 1.0%
_________________[2000] 4,594; 2.5%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 1,030; 2.1%
___________________________   [2000] 626; 0.4%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 44,000; 89.5%
__________________________ [2000] 152,736; 84.3%
Anglicans: [1970] 50; 0.1%
_____________ [2000] 90; 0.1%
Orthodox: [1970] %
____________ [2000] %
Protestants: [1970] 2,800; 5.7%
______________ [2000] 7,000; 3.9%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 42,500; 86.4%
______________________ [2000] 145,000; 80%
Independents: [1970] 200; 0.4%
_________________ [2000] 1,700; 0.9%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 300; 0.6%
_________________________ [2000] 5,500; 3.0%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] -1,850; -3.8%
_____________________ [2000] -6,554; -3.6%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 1,000;  2.0%
________________ [2000] 3,600; 2.0%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 700; 1.4%
__________________________________ [2000] 10,400; 5.8%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 3,400; 6.9%
____________________________________ [2000] 23,745; 13.1%