Year: |
1900 |
1970 |
2000 |
mid-2001 |
2025 |
WORLD POPULATION |
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1. Total population |
1,619,626,000 |
3,696,148,000 |
6,055,049,000 |
6,128,512,000 |
7,823,703,000 |
2. Urban dwellers
(urbanites) |
232,695,000 |
1,353,370,000 |
2,881,079,000 |
2,916,034,000 |
4,611,677,000 |
3. Rural dwellers |
1,386,931,000 |
2,342,778,000 |
3,173,970,000 |
3,212,478,000 |
3,212,026,000 |
4. Adult population (over
15s) |
1,074,058,000 |
2,310,543,000 |
4,254,647,000 |
4,328,571,000 |
5,987,079,000 |
5. Literates |
296,258,000 |
1,475,194,000 |
3,261,345,000 |
3,318,010,000 |
5,046,637,000 |
6. Nonliterates |
777,800,000 |
835,349,000 |
993,302,000 |
1,010,561,000 |
940,442,000 |
WORLDWIDE EXPANSION OF
CITIES |
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7. Metropolises (over
100,000 population) |
300 |
2,400 |
4,050 |
4,100 |
6,500 |
8. Megacities (over 1
million population) |
20 |
161 |
402 |
410 |
650 |
9. Urban poor |
100 million |
650 million |
1,400 million |
1,440 million |
3,000 million |
10. Urban slumdwellers |
20 million |
260 million |
700 million |
720 million |
1,500 million |
WORLD POPULATION BY
RELIGION |
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11. Christians (total all
kinds) (=World C) |
558,132,000 |
1,236,374,000 |
1,999,564,000 |
2,024,929,000 |
2,616,670,000 |
12. Muslims |
199,941,000 |
553,528,000 |
1,188,243,000 |
1,213,370,000 |
1,784,876,000 |
13. Nonreligious |
3,024,000 |
532,096,000 |
768,159,000 |
774,333,000 |
875,121,000 |
14. Hindus |
203,003,000 |
462,598,000 |
811,336,000 |
823,843,000 |
1,049,231,000 |
15. Buddhists |
127,077,000 |
233,424,000 |
359,982,000 |
363,740,000 |
418,345,000 |
16. Atheists |
226,000 |
165,400,000 |
150,090,000 |
150,447,000 |
159,544,000 |
17. New-Religionists |
5,910,000 |
77,762,000 |
102,356,000 |
103,313,000 |
114,720,000 |
18. Ethnoreligionists |
117,558,000 |
160,278,000 |
228,367,000 |
231,335,000 |
277,247,000 |
19. Sikhs |
2,962,000 |
10,618,000 |
23,258,000 |
23,687,000 |
31,378,000 |
20. Jews |
12,292,000 |
14,763,000 |
14,434,000 |
14,552,000 |
16,053,000 |
21. Non-Christians
(=Worlds A and B) |
1,061,494,000 |
2,459,774,000 |
4,055,485,000 |
4,103,583,000 |
5,207,033,000 |
GLOBAL CHRISTIANITY |
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22.
Total Christians as % of world (=World C) |
34.5 |
33.5 |
33.0 |
33.0 |
33.4 |
23. Unaffiliated church
members |
36,489,000 |
106,268,000 |
111,125,000 |
111,850,000 |
125,712,000 |
24. Affiliated church
members |
521,643,000 |
1,130,106,000 |
1,888,439,000 |
1,913,079,000 |
2,490,958,000 |
25. Crypto-Christians |
3,571,000 |
59,195,000 |
123,727,000 |
126,421,000 |
190,490,000 |
26. Great Commission
Christians |
77,931,000 |
277,152,000 |
647,821,000 |
657,163,000 |
887,579,000 |
27. Church attenders |
469,303,000 |
885,777,000 |
1,359,420,000 |
1,373,554,000 |
1,760,568,000 |
28. Evangelicals |
71,726,000 |
93,449,000 |
210,603,000 |
214,219,000 |
327,835,000 |
29. evangelicals |
77,931,000 |
277,152,000 |
647,821,000 |
657,163,000 |
887,579,000 |
30.
Pentecostals/Charismatics |
981,000 |
72,223,000 |
523,767,000 |
533,581,000 |
811,552,000 |
31.
Average Christian martyrs per year |
35,600 |
230,000 |
165,000 |
167,000 |
210,000 |
MEMBERSHIP BY 6
ECCLESIASTICAL MEGABLOCS |
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32. Anglicans |
30,571,000 |
47,501,000 |
79,650,000 |
80,717,000 |
113,746,000 |
33. Independents |
7,931,000 |
95,605,000 |
385,745,000 |
394,102,000 |
581,642,000 |
34. Marginal Christians |
928,000 |
11,100,000 |
26,060,000 |
26,526,000 |
45,555,000 |
35. Orthodox |
115,844,000 |
139,662,000 |
215,129,000 |
216,247,000 |
252,716,000 |
36. Protestants |
103,024,000 |
210,759,000 |
342,002,000 |
346,650,000 |
468,633,000 |
37. Roman Catholics
|
266,548,000 |
665,954,000 |
1,057,328,000 |
1,070,437,000 |
1,361,965,000 |
MEMBERSHIP BY 6
CONTINENTS |
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38. Africa |
8,756,000 |
117,069,000 |
335,116,000 |
343,886,000 |
600,526,000 |
39. Asia (new UN
definition) |
20,759,000 |
97,329,000 |
307,288,000 |
313,795,000 |
459,029,000 |
40. Europe (new UN
definition) |
368,210,000 |
468,480,000 |
536,832,000 |
537,244,000 |
532,861,000 |
41. Latin America |
60,027,000 |
263,597,000 |
475,659,000 |
483,121,000 |
635,271,000 |
42. Northern America |
59,570,000 |
168,932,000 |
212,167,000 |
213,893,000 |
235,112,000 |
43. Oceania |
4,322,000 |
14,699,000 |
21,375,000 |
21,635,000 |
28,152,000 |
CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATIONS |
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44. Service agencies |
1,500 |
14,100 |
23,000 |
23,500 |
40,000 |
45. Foreign-mission
sending agencies |
600 |
2,200 |
4,000 |
4,100 |
6,000 |
46. Standalone global
monoliths |
35 |
62 |
80 |
85 |
300 |
CHRISTIAN WORKERS |
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47. Nationals (all
denominations) |
1,050,000 |
2,350,000 |
5,104,000 |
5,154,000 |
6,500,000 |
48. Aliens (foreign
missionaries) |
62,000 |
240,000 |
420,000 |
425,000 |
550,000 |
CHRISTIAN FINANCE (in
U.S. $, per year) |
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49. Personal income of
church members, $ |
270 billion |
4,100 billion |
15,198 billion |
15,500 billion |
26,000 billion |
50. Personal income of
Pentecostals/Charismatics, $ |
250,000,000 |
157 billion |
3,508 billion |
3,650 billion |
9,500 billion |
51. Giving to Christian
causes, $ |
8 billion |
70 billion |
270 billion |
280 billion |
870 billion |
52. Churches' income, $ |
7 billion |
50 billion |
108 billion |
110 billion |
300 billion |
53. Parachurch and
institutional income, $ |
1 billion |
20 billion |
162 billion |
170 billion |
570 billion |
54. Ecclesiastical crime,
$ |
300,000 |
5,000,000 |
16 billion |
17 billion |
65 billion |
55. Income of global
foreign missions, $ |
200,000,000 |
3.0 billion |
15 billion |
16 billion |
60 billion |
56. Computers in
Christian use (numbers) |
0 |
1,000 |
400,000,000 |
424,000,000 |
1.7 billion |
CHRISTIAN LITERATURE |
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57. New commercial book
titles per year |
2,200 |
17,100 |
25,000 |
26,100 |
70,000 |
58. Christian periodicals |
3,500 |
23,000 |
35,000 |
36,500 |
100,000 |
59. New books/articles on
evangelization p.a. |
500 |
3,100 |
16,000 |
17,100 |
80,000 |
SCRIPTURE DISTRIBUTION
(all sources) |
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60. Bibles per year
(p.a.) |
5,452,600 |
25,000,000 |
53,700,000 |
56,400,000 |
180,000,000 |
61. New Testaments per
year (p.a.) |
7,300,000 |
45,000,000 |
120,700,000 |
124,300,000 |
250,000,000 |
62. Scriptures including
gospels, selections, p.a. |
20 million |
281 million |
4,600 million |
4,700 million |
8,000 million |
CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING |
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|
|
|
63. Christian radio/TV
stations |
0 |
1,230 |
4,000 |
4,050 |
5,400 |
64. Total monthly
listeners/viewers |
0 |
750,000,000 |
2,150,000,000 |
2,200,000,000 |
3,800,000,000 |
65. for Christian
stations |
0 |
150,000,000 |
600,000,000 |
619,000,000 |
1,300,000,000 |
66. for secular stations |
0 |
650,000,000 |
1,810,000,000 |
1,842,000,000 |
2,800,000,000 |
CHRISTIAN URBAN MISSION |
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67. Non-Christian
megacities |
5 |
65 |
226 |
229 |
300 |
68. New non-Christian
urban dwellers per day |
5,200 |
51,100 |
129,000 |
131,300 |
200,000 |
69. Urban Christians |
159,600,000 |
660,800,000 |
1,160,000,000 |
1,178,000,000 |
1,720,000,000 |
CHRISTIAN EVANGELISM |
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|
|
|
70. Evangelism-hours per
year |
5 billion |
25 billion |
165 billion |
172 billion |
425 billion |
71. Hearer-hours per year |
10 billion |
99 billion |
938 billion |
1,000 billion |
4,250 billion |
72.
Disciple-opportunities per capita per year |
6 |
27 |
155 |
163 |
529 |
WORLD EVANGELIZATION |
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|
|
|
73. Unevangelized
population (=World A) |
879,672,000 |
1,641,245,000 |
1,629,375,000 |
1,637,509,710 |
1,845,406,000 |
74.
Unevangelized as % of world |
54.3 |
44.4 |
26.9 |
26.7 |
23.6 |
75. World evangelization
plans since AD 30 |
250 |
510 |
1,500 |
1,540 |
3,000 |