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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:   RWANDA

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 3,728,449
2000: 7,733,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 2,283,600 [61.3%]
2000: 6,396,966 [82.7%]

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

Bahaís: [1970] 5,500 [0.2%]
________  [2000] 14,211 [0.2%]
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 1,125,900 [30.2%]
__________________      [2000] 695,074 [9.0%]
Hindus: [1970] %
_______    [2000] 11,600 [0.2%]
Muslims: [1970] 312,000 [8.4%]
________     [2000] 613,083 [7.9%]

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 95,580 [2.6%]
___________________________   [2000] 60,144 [0.8%]
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 2,188,020 [58.7%]
__________________________ [2000] 6,336,822 [82.0%]
Anglicans: [1970] 161,899 [4.3%]
_____________ [2000] 600,000 [7.8%]
Protestants: [1970] 328,926 [8.8%]
______________ [2000] 1,619,822 [21.0%]
Roman Catholics: [1970] 1,684,095 [45.2%]
______________________ [2000] 3,942,000 [51.0%]
Independents: [1970] 12,500 [0.3%]
_________________ [2000] 165,000 [2.1%]
Marginal Christians: [1970] %
_________________________ [2000] 8,000 [0.1%]

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 220,000 [5.9%]
________________ [2000] 1,505,000 [19.5%]
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 86,000 [2.3%]
__________________________________ [2000] 1,237,000 [16.0%]
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 149,000 [4.0%]
____________________________________ [2000] 960,617 [12.4%]