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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:  PALESTINE

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 809,664
2000: 2,215,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 56,930; 7.0%
2000: 189,641; 8.6%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 1,670; 0.2%
________  [2000] 1,102; 0.1%

Jews: [1970] 1,000; 0.1%
_____   [2000] 272,947; 12.3%
Muslims: [1970] 1,137,100; 74.1%
________     [2000] 1,627,941; 73.5%

Atheists: [1970] 1,000; 0.1%
___________[2000] 2,247; 0.1%
Nonreligious: [1970] 2,000; 0.3%
_________________[2000] 121,515; 5.5%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 507; 0.1%
___________________________   [2000] 1,352; 0.1%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 56,423; 7.0%
__________________________ [2000] 188,289; 8.5%
Anglicans: [1970] 1,400; 0.2%
_____________ [2000] 3,500; 0.2%
Orthodox: [1970] 27,500; 3.4%
____________ [2000] 48,140; 2.2%
Protestants: [1970] 2,380; 0.3%
______________ [2000] 3,900; 0.2%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 19,443; 2.4%
______________________ [2000] 28,000; 1.3%
Independents: [1970] 5,300; 0.7%
_________________ [2000] 103,349; 4.7%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 400; 0.1%
_________________________ [2000] 1,400; 0.1%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 1,900; 0.2%
________________ [2000] 13,600; 0.6%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 6,000; 0.7%
__________________________________ [2000] 107,000; 4.8%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 32,400; 4.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 169,540; 7.7%