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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: GREENLAND

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 46,432
2000: 56,150
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 45,600; 98.2%
2000: 54,123; 96.4%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 200; 0.4%
________  [2000] 355; 0.6%
Buddhists: [1970] %
__________     [2000] %
Confucianists: [1970] %
________________  [2000] %
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 500; 1.1%
__________________      [2000] 444; 0.8%
Folk-religionists: [1970] %
__________________    [2000] %
Hindus: [1970] %
_______    [2000] %
Jains: [1970] %
______  [2000] %
Jews: [1970] %
_____   [2000] %
Muslims: [1970] %
________     [2000] %
New-Religionists: [1970] %
____________________   [2000] %
Shintoists: [1970] %
____________  [2000] %
Sikhs: [1970] %
_______ [2000] %
Spiritists: [1970] %
___________  [2000] %
Taoists: [1970] %
__________[2000] %
Zoroastrians: [1970] %
_______________  [2000] %

Other Religionists: [1970] %
__________________       [2000] %

Atheists: [1970] %
___________[2000] %
Nonreligious: [1970] 100; 0.2%
_________________[2000] 1,233; 2.2%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 10,470; 22.6%
___________________________   [2000] 14,773; 26.3%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 35,130; 75.7%
__________________________ [2000] 39,350; 70.1%
Anglicans: [1970] %
_____________ [2000] %
Orthodox: [1970] %
____________ [2000] %
Protestants: [1970] 34,980; 75.3%
______________ [2000] 38,880; 69.2%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 50; 0.1%
______________________ [2000] 110; 0.2%
Independents: [1970] 0; 0.0%
_________________ [2000] 120; 0.2%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 100; 0.2%
_________________________ [2000] 240; 0.4%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] %
_____________________ [2000] %

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 4,000; 8.6%
________________ [2000] 2,100; 3.8%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 700; 1.5%
__________________________________ [2000] 5,600; 10.0%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 4,600; 9.9%
____________________________________ [2000] 12,438; 22.1%

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)
Greenland Eskimo: 79.1%
Danish: 13.6%
USA White: 6.0%
USA Black: 0.6%