1.0 STATISTICS (based on World Christian Encyclopedia)
1.1 CHRISTIANS IN OVERALL POPULATION:
1.11 Overall Population
1970: 970,865
2000: 1,295,000
1.12 Christians in Overall Population
1970: 671,600; 69.2%
2000: 836,991; 64.6%
1.2 RELIGIOUS MAKE-UP OF THE REST OF THE POPULATION:
Bahaís: [1970] 6,000; 0.6%
________ [2000] 15,627; 1.2%
Buddhists: [1970] 2,000; 0.2%
__________ [2000] 4,032; 0.3%
Confucianists: [1970] %
________________ [2000] %
Ethnoreligionists: [1970] %
__________________ [2000] %
Folk-religionists: [1970] 4,000; 0.4%
__________________ [2000] 5,078; 0.4%
Hindus: [1970] 220,900; 22.8%
_______ [2000] 294,949; 22.8%
Jains: [1970] %
______ [2000] %
Jews: [1970] 300; 0.0%
_____ [2000] 605; 0.1%
Muslims: [1970] 60,200; 6.2%
________ [2000] 88,513; 6.8%
New-Religionists: [1970] %
____________________ [2000] %
Shintoists: [1970] %
____________ [2000] %
Sikhs: [1970] %
_______ [2000] %
Spiritists: [1970] 4,000; 0.4%
___________ [2000] 19,264; 1.5%
Taoists: [1970] %
__________[2000] %
Zoroastrians: [1970] %
_______________ [2000] %
Other Religionists: [1970] 1,000; 0.1%
__________________ [2000] 1,679;
0.1%
Atheists: [1970] %
___________[2000] 240; 0.0%
Nonreligious: [1970] 1,000; 0.1%
_________________[2000] 27,980; 2.2%
1.3 SUBDIVISIONS OF CHRISTIANS:
Unaffiliated Christians: [1970] 10,079; 1.0%
___________________________ [2000] 41,126; 3.2%
Affiliated Christians: [1970] 661,521; 68.1%
__________________________ [2000] 795,865; 61.5%
Anglicans: [1970] 150,000; 15.5%
_____________ [2000] 154,000; 11.9%
Orthodox: [1970] 4,100; 0.4%
____________ [2000] 8,500; 0.7%
Protestants: [1970] 118,921; 12.3%
______________ [2000] 179,000; 13.8%
Roman Catholics: [1970] 363,000; 37.4%
______________________ [2000] 397,865; 30.7%
Independents: [1970] 20,200; 2.1%
_________________ [2000] 42,000; 3.2%
Marginal Christians: [1970] 5,300; 0.6%
_________________________ [2000] 14,500; 1.1%
Doubly-affiliated: [1970] %
_____________________ [2000] %
TRANS-MEGABLOC GROUPINGS
Evangelicals: [1970] 95,000; 9.8%
________________ [2000] 164,000; 12.7%
Pentecostals / Charismatics: [1970] 50,000; 5.2%
__________________________________ [2000] 137,000; 10.6%
Great Commission Christians: [1970] 126,200; 13.0%
____________________________________ [2000] 287,827; 22.2%