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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:   TONGA

1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)

1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 81,750
2000: 99,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 80,670; 98.7%
2000: 91,588; 92.9%

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

Bahaís: [1970] 1,100; 1.4%
--------  [2000] 6,582; 6.7%
Buddhists: [1970] o; 0.0%
----------     [2000] 118; 0.1%

Nonreligious: [1970] 0; 0.0%
-----------------[2000] 155; 0.2%

1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:

Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 545; 0.7%
---------------------------   [2000] 1,900; 1.9%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 80,125; 98.0%
-------------------------- [2000] 89,688; 90.9%
Anglicans: [1970] 800; 1.0%
------------- [2000] 660; 0.7%
Protestants: [1970] 38,691; 47.3%
-------------- [2000] 42,320; 42.9%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 14,342; 17.5%
---------------------- [2000] 13,900; 14.0%
Independents: [1970] 14,300; 17.5%
----------------- [2000] 20,798; 21.0%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 15,992; 19.6%
------------------------- [2000] 14,350; 14.5%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] -4,000; -4.9%
--------------------- [2000] -2,340; -2.4%

TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 6,400; 7.8%
---------------- [2000] 7,350; 7.4%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 1,300; 1.6%
---------------------------------- [2000] 12,300; 12.4%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 14,720; 18.0%
------------------------------------ [2000] 27,926; 28.4%