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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: SAMOA

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 144,521
2000: 180,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 143,200; 99.1%
2000: 173,928; 96.6%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 1,800; 1.3%
________  [2000] 4,178; 2.3%

Nonreligious: [1970] 0; 0.0%
_________________[2000] 1,930; 1.1%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 7,983; 5.5%
___________________________   [2000] 4,799; 2.7%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 135,217; 93.6%
__________________________ [2000] 169,129; 94.0%
Anglicans: [1970] 350; 0.2%
_____________ [2000] 450; 0.3%

Protestants: [1970] 82,500; 57.1%
______________ [2000] 128,000; 71.1%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 29,830; 20.6%
______________________ [2000] 39,500; 21.9%
Independents: [1970] 800; 0.6%
_________________ [2000] 2,000; 1.1%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 21,737; 15.0%
_________________________ [2000] 17,000; 9.4%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] 0; 0.0%
_____________________ [2000] -17,821; -9.9%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 9,600; 6.6%
________________ [2000] 26,830; 14.9%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 4,000; 2.8%
__________________________________ [2000] 28,300; 15.7%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 49,300; 34.1%
____________________________________ [2000] 85,350; 47.4%
 

1.33 ETHNIC DISTRIBUTION
Samoan: 88.1%
Euronesian: 10.1%
USA White: 0.6%
Anglo-New Zealander: 0.3%
British: 0.3%