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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: Tajikistan

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 2,941,500
2000: 6,188,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 83,500; 2.8%
2000: 130,594; 2.1%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 0; 0.0%
________  [2000] 743; 0.0%
Buddhists: [1970] 0; 0.0%
__________     [2000] 3,999; 0.1%
Confucianists: [1970] %
________________  [2000] %
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] 0; 0.0%
__________________      [2000] 5,922; 0.1%
Folk-religionists: [1970] %
__________________    [2000] %
Hindus: [1970] %
_______    [2000] %
Jains: [1970] %
______  [2000] %
Jews: [1970] 9,000; 0.3%
_____   [2000] 8,875; 0.1%
Muslims: [1970] 1,858,500; 63.2%
________     [2000] 5,171,439; 83.6%
New-Religionists: [1970] %
____________________   [2000] %
Shintoists: [1970] %
____________  [2000] %
Sikhs: [1970] %
_______ [2000] %
Spiritists: [1970] %
___________  [2000] %
Taoists: [1970] %
__________[2000] %
Zoroastrians: [1970] 0; 0.0%
_______________  [2000] 7,426; 0.1%

Other Religionists: [1970] %
__________________       [2000] %

Atheists: [1970] 421,100; 14.3%
___________[2000] 118,788; 1.9%
Nonreligious: [1970] 570,000; 19.4%
_________________[2000] 740,415; 12.0%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 0; 0.0%
___________________________   [2000] 982; 0.0%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 83,500; 2.8%
__________________________ [2000] 129,612; 2.1%
Anglicans: [1970] %
_____________ [2000] %
Orthodox: [1970] 61,000; 2.1%
____________ [2000] 93,000; 1.5%
Protestants: [1970] 20,300; 0.7%
______________ [2000] 17,000; 0.3%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 1,000; 0.0%
______________________ [2000] 4,412; 0.1%
Independents: [1970] 1,200; 0.0%
_________________ [2000] 15,000; 0.2%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 0; 0.0%
_________________________ [2000] 200; 0.0%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] %
_____________________ [2000] %

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 300; 0.0%
________________ [2000] 1,900; 0.0%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 100; 0.0%
__________________________________ [2000] 3,200; 0.0%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 40,800; 1.4%
____________________________________ [2000] 50,711; 0.8%
 
1.31 PERCENT OF MEMBERS REGULARLY ATTENDING WORSHIP
SERVICES

1.32 GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF DENOMINATIONS IN THE
NATION

1.33 ETHNIC DISTRIBUTION OF CHRISTIANS (% of Christians)
Tajik: 66.1%
Northern Uzbek: 23.5%
Russian: 2.2%
Tatar: 1.4%
Kirghiz: 1.2%