As you might expect, The World Christian Database has an abundance of Christian statistics. This data is tied to countries, cities, provinces, peoples, and denominations. A summary of the available data fields is listed below.
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Data Field Label |
Field Description |
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Christians |
Total Christians in country, AD 2000. |
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Christian% |
Number of Christians as a percentage of the country's population in year 2000. |
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Country AC 2000 |
Affiliated church members in 2000 in a given country |
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Country AC% 2000 |
Affiliated church members as a percent of country's population |
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Evangelicals |
Evangelicals (linked to Evangelical church councils) in the country |
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GCC% |
Great Commission Christians, % country |
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GCCs |
Great Commission Christians population of a given country |
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% of Affiliated 1970 |
Percentage in a given denomination of total affiliated in country, mid-1970 |
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% of Affiliated 2000 |
Percentage in a given denomination of total affiliated in country, mid-2000 |
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% of country 1970 |
Percentage in a given denomination of total affiliated in country, mid-1970 |
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% of country 2000 |
Percentage in a given denomination of total affiliated in country, mid-2000 |
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AC 1900 |
Affiliated church members in a given people group, 1900 |
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AC 1970 |
No of a given denomination's affiliated church members in the country mid-1970 |
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AC 2000 |
Affiliated church members in a given people group, 2000 |
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AC% |
Affiliated church members in a given people group, %, 2000 |
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Average Size Cong |
Average size of the denomination's congregation in the country, 2000 |
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Christian megabloc |
Denomination's ecclesiastical megabloc in the country |
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Christian tradition |
Denomination's Ecclesiastical tradition in the country |
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Congs 2000 |
Worship centers (churches, congregations) for a given denomination in the country 2000 |
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Ecclesiastical Type |
Denomination's ecclesiatical megabloc code letter and it's Christian tradition code. |
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Growth% pa 1970 2000 |
Church growth rate of a given denomination, % per year, over 30-year period 1970-2000 in the country |
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Megabloc code |
Denomination's ecclesiastical megabloc in the country |
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AC 2000 |
Affiliated church members in a given city |
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AC% 2000 |
Affiliated church members in a given city as % of population |
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World ABC |
A=Less than 50% evangelized in a given city, B=50% or more evangelized, C=60% or more Christian |
| Church |
Christian % |
Percent of a given people group that were Christian, 2000 |
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Denom Note |
Names or initials of denominations working among a given people |
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Denominations |
Denominations present (with major work among a given people, 0-5) |
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Denominations Code |
Denominations present (with major work among a given people, 0-5) |
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Discipleship |
Discipleship/discipling (0-10) for a given people group. |
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Discipleship code |
Discipleship/discipling (0-10) for a given people group. |
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Chr Pop 2025 |
Total all Christians in 2025 in a given country |
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Chr% 2025 |
Christians as % total population in 2025 in a given country |
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Chr% 2050 |
Christians as % total population in 2050 in a given country |
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Year Begun |
Year denomination began work in country |
| Church Structure |
Congregations |
Worship centers (churches, congregations) in the country |
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Congs per M |
Worship centers per million population in country |
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Denominations |
Denominations in a given country |
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Denoms per M |
Denominations per million in a given country |
| Personnel |
Chr Workers per M |
Christian workers per million population in a given country |
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Christian Workers |
Full-time Christian workers in country |
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Missionaries Received |
Aliens in the country at work as missionaries |
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Missionaries Received per M |
Aliens at work as missionaries, per million country's population |
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Missionaries Sent |
Country's citizen missionaries working abroad |
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Missionaries sent per m AC |
Country's citizen missionaries abroad, per mil. affiliated Christians |
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National Christian Workers |
Citizen Christian workers in country |
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Ntl Chr Workers per M |
Citizen Christian workers per million in the country |
| Finance |
Christian Income pa |
Personal income per annum of all affiliated in a given country |
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Church Crime pa |
Ecclesiastical crime per annum in country(embezzlements) |
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Church Income pa |
Churches' income per year in a given country |
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Parachurch Income pa |
Parachurch income per year for the country |
