Data source: Gina A. Zurlo and Todd M. Johnson, eds., World Christian Database (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2024).
| Table | Field | Description |
|---|---|---|
| version_2020_people | Alien Christian code | Code of alien Christians (Christians of another culture residing among this people group, 0-10): 10= Alien church members from 50% to 100% or more; 9= from 20 to under 50%; 8= 10 to 20%; 7= 5 to 10%; 6= 1% to 5%; 5=.1 to 1%; 4= an organized alien church with members from.05 to under.1%; 3= A small unorganized cluster of 2 or more alien churches; 2= A single alien congregation or worship center; 1= A few scattered alien believers, without congregations; 0= No Known Alien Believers on this Territory. |
| version_2020_people | Atheists | Atheist Population among this people group. Atheists are militantly anti-religious or anti-Christian agnostics, secularists, or marxists. |
| version_2020_people | Audio code | Numeric or Character code for availability of audio scriptures for this people group. 6/B = Audio scriptures purchasable: complete Bible; 5/A = Audio scriptures purchasable: New Testament; 4/a = Audio scriptures purchasable: gospels or other portions; 1/c = Audio/film materials, or audio scriptures in near-language; 0/. = No audio scriptures or selections available. |
| version_2020_people | Autoglossonym | People’s own name for their language. |
| version_2020_people | Baha'is | Baha’i population for this people group in this country. Baha’is are followers of the Baha’i World Faith, founded by Baha’u’llah, since 1844. In government censuses Baha’is are usually counted as Muslims or Hindus and not shown separately. |
| version_2020_people | Biblioglossonym | The official name of the language for any Scripture translation done, or under way. 'Biblioglossonym' is the name chosen by a Bible society by which a translation of the Bible, or part of it, is formally known; often the anglicized form (e.g. French, German, Russian), often the speakers’ own autoglossonym (français, deutsch, russki). |
| version_2020_people | Braille code | 1 = Braille scriptures available for the blind. |
| version_2020_people | Broadcast note | Names or initials of radio broadcasters who have been or are beaming programs to this people group. |
| version_2020_people | Buddhists | Buddhist population for this people group in this country. Followers of the Buddha, include: (a) Mahayana (Greater Vehicle) or Northern Buddhism; (b) Theravada (Teaching of the Elders) or Southern Buddhism, stigmatized by Mahayanists as Hinayana (Lesser Vehicle, i.e. available to fewer people), actually the older, purer form of Buddhism; (c) Vajrayana, Mantrayana, Guhyamantrayana, or Tantrayana (Esoteric Vehicle), known as Tantrism, Shingon or Lamaism; and (d) traditional Buddhist sects, but excluding neo-Buddhist new religions or religious movements. |
| version_2020_people | Buddhists who know Christians | Buddhists who know Christians. |
| version_2020_people | Chinese folk-religionists | Chinese folk-religionists population for this people group in this country. |
| version_2020_people | Christian Broadcasting Code | Countries broadcasting Christian programs in this language (0-4) to this people group. 4= Available in major language; 3= Broadcasting from several countries; 2= Broadcasting from 1 or 2 countries; 1= Local broadcasts only or any broadcast in a same-cluster language; 0= none for this people group. |
| version_2020_people | Christian growth rate 1900 to 2020 | The average annual growth rate of the Christian population from 1900 to the base year 2020. |
| version_2020_people | Christians | Christian population for this people group in this country. |
| version_2020_people | Christians 1900 | Christians in this people group in 1900. |
| version_2020_people | Christians who know Agnostics | Christians who know Agnostics. |
| version_2020_people | Christians who know Buddhists | Christians who know Buddhists. |
| version_2020_people | Christians who know Ethnic religionists | Christians who know Ethnic religionists. |
| version_2020_people | Christians who know Hindus | Christians who know Hindus. |
| version_2020_people | Christians who know Muslims | Christians who know Muslims. |
| version_2020_people | Christians who know non-Christians | Christians who know non-Christians. |
| version_2020_people | Confucianists | Confucianist population for this people group in this country. Confucians are non-Chinese followers of Confucius and Confucianism; mostly Koreans and in Korea. |
| version_2020_people | Country ID | Country ID of this people group. |
| version_2020_people | Cross-cultural code | A numerical range of cross-cultural activity spelled out in the 'Cross-Cultural' data field. 0-16 scale, with 16 representing the most cross-cultural witnessing possible. |
| version_2020_people | Daoists | Daoist population for this people group in this country. These are followers of one of the 3 major religions of China, regarded as part of Chinese folk religion. |
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