| Year |
1970 |
2000 |
Mid 2001 |
Trend % |
Mid 2003 |
2025 |
|
World population
|
3,696,148,000
|
6,055,049,000
|
6,128,512,000
|
1.22
|
6,278,519,000
|
7,823,703,000
|
|
Urban population
|
1,353,370,000
|
2,881,079,000
|
2,916,034,000
|
1.90
|
3,048,398,000
|
4,611,677,000
|
|
Population under 15
|
1,385,605,000
|
1,800,402,000
|
1,799,941,000
|
-
|
1,795,441,000
|
1,836,624,000
|
|
Illiterate
|
835,349,000
|
993,302,000
|
1,010,561,000
|
1.75
|
1,046,317,000
|
940,442,000
|
|
Metropolitan areas over 100.000
|
2,400
|
4,050
|
4,100
|
1.84
|
4,300
|
6,500
|
|
Cities > 1 million
|
161
|
402
|
410
|
2.21
|
430
|
650
|
|
Urban slum inhabitants
|
260 million
|
700 million
|
720 million
|
2.82
|
760 million
|
1,500 million
|
|
|
|
|
Christians (all forms)
|
1,236,374,000
|
1,999,564,000
|
2,024,929,000
|
1.27
|
2,076,629,000
|
2,616,670,000
|
|
|
|
|
Muslims
|
553,528,000
|
1,188,243,000
|
1,213,370,000
|
2.11
|
1,265,230,000
|
1,784,876,000
|
|
Non-religious
|
532,096,000
|
768,159,000
|
774,333,000
|
0.80
|
786,831,000
|
875,121,000
|
|
Hindus
|
462,598,000
|
811,336,000
|
823,843,000
|
1.54
|
849,439,000
|
1,049,231,000
|
|
Buddhists
|
233,424,000
|
359,982,000
|
363,740,000
|
1.04
|
371,375,000
|
418,345,000
|
|
Atheists
|
165,400,000
|
150,090,000
|
150,447,000
|
0.24
|
151,162,000
|
159,544,000
|
|
New Religious
|
77,762,000
|
102,356,000
|
n/a
|
0.94
|
105,256,000
|
114,720,000
|
|
Ethnic Religions
|
160,278,000
|
228,367,000
|
231,335,000
|
1.30
|
237,386,000
|
277,247,000
|
|
Sikhs
|
10,618,000
|
23,258,000
|
23,687,000
|
1.84
|
24,569,000
|
31,378,000
|
|
Jews
|
14,763,000
|
14,434,000
|
14,552,000
|
0.81
|
14,789,000
|
16,053,000
|
|
Non-Christians
|
2,459,774,000
|
4,055,485,000
|
4,103,583,000
|
1.20
|
4,201,890,000
|
5,207,033,000 |
|
|
|
|
Christians without church
|
106,268,000
|
111,125,000
|
111,850,000
|
0.65
|
113,307,000
|
125,712,000
|
|
Crypto-Christians
|
59,195,000
|
123,727,000
|
126,421,000
|
2.18
|
131,985,000
|
190,490,000
|
|
"Missionary Christians"
|
277,152,000
|
647,821,000
|
657,163,000
|
1.44
|
676,254,000
|
887,579,000
|
|
Service attendance
|
885,777,000
|
1,359,420,000
|
1,373,554,000
|
1.04
|
1,402,263,000
|
1,760,568,000
|
|
Evangelicals
|
93,449,000
|
210,603,000
|
214,219,000
|
1.72
|
221,637,000
|
327,835,000
|
|
Pentecostals & Charismatics
|
72,223,000
|
523,767,000
|
533,581,000
|
1.87
|
553,763,000
|
811,552,000
|
|
Martyrs per year
|
230,000
|
165,000
|
167,000
|
1.24
|
166,000
|
210,000
|
|
|
|
|
Anglicans
|
47,501,000
|
79,650,000
|
80,717,000
|
1.34
|
82,895,000
|
113,746,000
|
|
Independents
|
95,605,000
|
385,745,000
|
394,102,000
|
2.17
|
411,365,000
|
581,642,000
|
|
Orthodox
|
139,662,000
|
215,129,000
|
216,247,000
|
0.52
|
218,501,000
|
252,716,000
|
|
Protestant
|
210,759,000
|
342,002,000
|
346,650,000
|
1.36
|
356,138,000
|
468,633,000
|
|
Roman Catholics
|
665,594,000
|
1,057,328,000
|
1,070,547,000
|
1.24
|
1,097,144,000
|
1,361,965,000
|
|
Christian workers
|
2,350,000
|
5,104,000
|
5,154,000
|
0.97
|
5,255,000
|
6,500,000
|
|
Missionaries
|
240,000
|
420,000
|
425,000
|
1.07
|
434,000
|
550,000
|
|
|
|
|
Church members' income (US$)
|
4,100 billion
|
15,198 billion
|
15,500 billion
|
2.28
|
16,300 billion
|
26,000 billion
|
|
Computers used by Christians
|
1,000
|
332 million
|
n/a
|
6.40
|
400 million
|
1.5 billion
|
|
Christian magazines
|
23,000
|
35,000
|
36,500
|
4.20
|
40,000
|
100,000
|
|
Radio/TV-stations
|
1,230
|
4,000
|
4,050
|
0.62
|
4,075
|
5,400
|
|
World mission plans since A.D.30
|
510
|
1,500
|
1,540
|
2.96
|
1,640
|
3,000
|