Data source: Gina A. Zurlo and Todd M. Johnson, eds., World Christian Database (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2024).
Table | Field | Description |
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version_2020_country | Martyrs | 2010. This figure represents the total number of documented martyrs in the country's history (33 to 2010). A 'Martyr' is defined as a believer in Christ who has lost his or her life prematurely, in a situation of witness, as a result of human hostility. Excludes 'background martyrs' in undocumentable situations (individual, domestic, family, isolated). |
version_2020_country | Mega Cities | Number of megacities in this country whose population exceeds 1 million persons. |
version_2020_country | Metro % | Percentage of the nation's total population that live in a metropolitan area. |
version_2020_country | Metro Pop | Number of people that live in a metropolitan area. |
version_2020_country | Minor Institutions | Number of minor institutions in the country in 2000. |
version_2020_country | Minor Institutions per m | Number of minor institutions per million of the country's population. |
version_2020_country | Mission Agencies | Number of foreign mission agencies present in this country in 2000. |
version_2020_country | Mission Index | The below phrase briefly describes the current status of the country's foreign missions presence, openness and participation. "1-7" referring to sharing, receiving, receiving/sending, sending, restricted, partially-closed, closed. |
version_2020_country | Missionaries Received | 2020. Number of people from other countries working as missionaries per million of the country's population. |
version_2020_country | Missionaries Received 1970 | 1970. Number of people from other countries working as missionaries per million of the country's population. |
version_2020_country | Missionaries Received 2000 | In 2000, the number of people from other countries working as missionaries in this country. |
version_2020_country | Missionaries Received 2010 | 2010. Number of people from other countries working as missionaries in this country. |
version_2020_country | Missionaries Received per m | 2020. Number of people from other countries working as missionaries per million of the country's population. |
version_2020_country | Missionaries Sent | 2020. Number of this country's citizen missionaries working abroad. |
version_2020_country | Missionaries Sent 1970 | 1970. Number of this country's citizen missionaries working abroad. |
version_2020_country | Missionaries Sent 2000 | In 2000, the number of this country's citizen missionaries working abroad. |
version_2020_country | Missionaries Sent 2010 | 2010. Number of this country's citizen missionaries working abroad. |
version_2020_country | Missionaries Sent per m Christians | Number of this country's citizen missionaries abroad, per million of its own Christians. |
version_2020_country | Muslim % | Number of Muslims as a percentage of the country's population in year 2020. |
version_2020_country | Muslims | Number of Muslims in this country's population. |
version_2020_country | Muslims who know Christians | Muslims who know Christians. |
version_2020_country | National Christian workers | 2010. Number of Citizen Christian workers in this country. 'Citizen' is defined as a member of a state or nation; subject, national. |
version_2020_country | National Christian workers per m | Number of citizen Christian workers working in this country, per million of this country's population. 'Citizen' is defined as a member of a state or nation; subject, national. |
version_2020_country | Net Worth per capita | Net worth per person, 2000, expressed in $US. See Wealth per capita for 2018 data. |
version_2020_country | New Chr pa 2025 | Projected net gain or loss in the number of new Christians each year for this country by 2025. The formula used to arrive at this is: Christian births + converts - Christian deaths - Christian defectors. |
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