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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:  KIRIBATI

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 50,051
2000: 83,400
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 48,940; 97.7%
2000: 78,688; 94.4%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 1,060; 2.1%
________  [2000] 4,321; 5.2%

Nonreligious: [1970] 100; 0.2%
_________________[2000] 367; 0.4%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 20; 0%
___________________________   [2000] 1,357; 1.6%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 48,920; 97.6%
__________________________ [2000] 77,331; 92.7%
Anglicans: [1970] 150; 0.3%
_____________ [2000] 50; 0.1%
Protestants: [1970] 24,780; 49.5%
______________ [2000] 37,000; 44.4%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 23,900; 47.8%
______________________ [2000] 44,100; 52.9%
Independents: [1970] %
_________________ [2000] 1,300; 1.6%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 90; 0.2%
_________________________ [2000] 1,700; 2.1%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] %
_____________________ [2000] -6,819; -8.2%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 1,800; 3.6%
________________ [2000] 5,950; 7.2%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 700; 1.4%
__________________________________ [2000] 12,700; 15.3%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 10,000; 20.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 10,228; 12.3%