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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:  KUWAIT

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 744,261
2000: 1,972,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 38,600; 5.2%
2000: 249,546; 12.7%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 1,050; 0.1%
________  [2000] 5,172; 0.3%

Hindus: [1970] 3,800; 0.5%
_______    [2000] 54,595; 2.8%

Muslims: [1970] 700,550; 94.1%
________     [2000] 1,637,507; 83.0%

Sikhs: [1970] %
_______ [2000] 2,957; 0.2%

Nonreligious: [1970] %
_________________[2000] 21,856; 1.1%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 2,025; 0.3%
___________________________   [2000] 2,011; 0.1%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 36,575; 4.9%
__________________________ [2000] 247,535; 12.6%
Anglicans: [1970] 1,500; 0.2%
_____________ [2000] 200; 0%
Orthodox: [1970] 12,150; 1.6%
____________ [2000] 7,000; 0.4%
Protestants: [1970] 1,650; 0.2%
______________ [2000] 1,100; 0.1%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 17,700; 2.4%
______________________ [2000] 175,185; 8.9%
Independents: [1970] 3,562; 0.5%
_________________ [2000] 64,000; 3.3%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 2,100; 0.3%
________________ [2000] 18,000; 0.9%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 2,400; 0.3%
__________________________________ [2000] 68,000; 3.5%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 30,000; 4.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 163,948; 8.3%