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 | Christians who know Agnostics | Christians who know Agnostics. |
version_2020_country | Christians who know Buddhists | Christians who know Buddhists. |
version_2020_country | Christians who know Ethnic religionists | Christians who know Ethnic religionists. |
version_2020_country | Christians who know Hindus | Christians who know Hindus. |
version_2020_country | Christians who know Muslims | Christians who know Muslims. |
version_2020_country | Christians who know non-Christians | Christians who know non-Christians. |
version_2020_country | Church crime pa | Ecclesiastical crime (embezzlements) each year in this country. 'Ecclesiastical Crime' refers to criminal activity on the part of church officials; restricted in scope here to embezzlements of church funds by their top custodians (treasurers, presidents, et alii). |
version_2020_country | Church growth % pa 1900-2000 | This is the annual affiliated Christians growth in the country between 1900-2000, measured as a percentage. |
version_2020_country | Church Growth Index | Index growth relative to demographics for this country. |
version_2020_country | Church income pa | The collective income earned by all churches in this country each year. |
version_2020_country | Cities | Number of cities in this country whose population exceeds 300,000 persons (or smaller capital cities). |
version_2020_country | Confucianist % | Number of Confucianist as a percentage of the country's population in year 2020. Confucians are non-Chinese followers of Confucius and Confucianism; mostly Koreans and in Korea. |
version_2020_country | Confucianists | Number of Confucianists in this country's population. Confucianists are Non-Chinese followers of Confucius and Confucianism; mostly Koreans and in Korea. |
version_2020_country | Congregations | Number of worship centers (churches, congregations) in this country. |
version_2020_country | Congregations per m | Number of worship centers per million of the country's population. |
version_2020_country | Corruption Index | Transparency International's "Corruption Perceptions Index" (CPI) measures the perceived levels of public-sector corruption in a given country. Expressed here in reverse so that higher values indicate higher levels of corruption. Primary source: Transparency International, 2019. |
version_2020_country | Country Affiliated Christian % | Church members as a percentage of this country's population in 2020; Affiliated Church members are persons belonging to or connected with organized churches, whose names are inscribed, written or entered on the churches’ books, records, or rolls. |
version_2020_country | Country Affiliated Christians | Number of church members in this country in 2020; Affiliated Church members are persons belonging to or connected with organized churches, whose names are inscribed, written or entered on the churches’ books, records, or rolls. |
version_2020_country | Country footnote | Note to clarify the areas included in this country. |
version_2020_country | Country ID | Unique country identifier (primary key) used by the database. A four-letter abbreviation or code assigned by WCD to each country is also unique, but not unchanging. |
version_2020_country | Country Name | Name of this Country. |
version_2020_country | Country Pop 1900 | This figure represents the country's total population in 1900. |
version_2020_country | Country Pop 1910 | This figure represents the country's total population in 1910. |
version_2020_country | Country Pop 1930 | This figure represents the country's total population in 1930. |
version_2020_country | Country Pop 1950 | This figure represents the country's total population in 1950. |
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