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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:  SOLOMON ISLANDS

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 160,672
2000: 444,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 151,250; 94.1%
2000: 424,624; 95.7%

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

Baha?: [1970] 400; 0.3%
_____  [2000] 1,903; 0.4%
Buddhists: [1970] %
______     [2000] 1,405; 0.3%

Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 9,050; 5.6%
_____________     [2000] 13,726; 3.1%

Muslims: [1970] %
________     [2000] 577; 0.1%

Nonreligious: [1970] 300; 0.2%
_________________[2000] 1,256; 0.3%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 15,770; 9.8%
______________________   [2000] 21,421; 4.8%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 135,480; 84.3%
______________________ [2000] 403,203; 90.8%
Anglicans: [1970] 50,000; 31.1%
__________ [2000] 169,503; 38.2%
Protestants: [1970] 46,828; 29.2%
____________ [2000] 159,000; 35.8%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 30,828; 19.2%
_______________ [2000] 48,000; 10.8%
Independents: [1970] 4,878; 3.0%
_____________ [2000] 22,500; 5.1%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 2,946; 1.8%
____________________ [2000] 4,200; 1.0%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 32,700; 20.4%
_____________ [2000] 84,394; 22.3%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 5,200; 3.2%
____________________________ [2000] 62,000; 14.0%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 8,000; 5.0%
____________________________ [2000] 59,890; 13.5%