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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:      NAMIBIA

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 791,895
2000: 1,726,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 749,000 [94.6%]
2000: 1,592,308 [92.3%]

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

Bahaís: [1970] %
________  [2000] 8,864 [0.5%]
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Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 42,100 [5.3%]
__________________      [2000] 102,970 [6.0%]

Jews: [1970] 600 [0.1%]
_____   [2000] 1,988 [0.1%]
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Nonreligious: [1970] %
_________________[2000] 19,401 [1.1%]

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 150,966 [19.1%]
___________________________   [2000] 243,097 [14.1%]
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 598,034 [75.5%]
__________________________ [2000] 1,349,211 [78.2%]
Anglicans: [1970] 20,000 [2.5%]
_____________ [2000] 31,000 [1.8%]
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Protestants: [1970] 401,681 [50.7%]
______________ [2000] 820,000 [47.5%]
Roman Catholics: [1970] 116,353 [14.7%]
______________________ [2000] 306,211 [17.7%]
Independents: [1970] 59,200 [7.5%]
_________________ [2000] 187,000 [10.8%]
Marginal Christians: [1970] 800 [0.1%]
_________________________ [2000] 5,000 [0.3%]
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TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 58,000 [7.3%]
________________ [2000] 160,000 [9.3%]
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 18,000 [2.3%]
__________________________________ [2000] 230,000 [13.3%]
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 95,000 [12.0%]
____________________________________ [2000] 295,226 [17.1%]