World Christian Database: field definitions

Data source: Gina A. Zurlo and Todd M. Johnson, eds., World Christian Database (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2024).

Table Field Description
country Orthodox Number of Affiliated Orthodox in this country. This includes Orthodoxy's 4 traditions: Eastern (Chalcedonian), Oriental (Pre-Chalcedonian, Non-Chalcedonian, Monophysite), Church of the East (Assyrian), and non-historical Orthodox.
country Parachurch income pa The collective income earned by all parachurches in this country each year.
country Pentecostal/Charismatics Pentecostals/Charismatics = Pentecostals + Charismatics + Independent Charismatics population in the country.
country Pentecostals Number of Pentecostals (Classical Pentecostals) in the country. "Classical Pentecostals" is a blanket term for traditional types of Pentecostal (Pentecostal Apostolic, Oneness-Pentecostal, Baptistic Pentecostal, Holiness-Pentecostal, Perfectionist- Pentecostal), as contrasted with Neo-pentecostal, Catholic pentecostal etc.
country People with gospel access The number of people with access to the gospel.
country People with gospel access % The percentage of this country's population with access to the gospel
country People with gospel access % 1900 The percentage of this country's population with access to the gospel in 1900.
country People with gospel access % 1950 The percentage of this country's population with access to the gospel in 1950.
country People with gospel access % 1970 The percentage of this country's population with access to the gospel in 1970.
country People with gospel access % 2000 The percentage of this country's population with access to the gospel in 2000.
country People with gospel access % 2025 The percentage of this country's population with access to the gospel in 2025.
country People with gospel access % 2050 The percentage of this country's population with access to the gospel in 2050.
country People with no gospel access The number of people with no access to the gospel.
country People with no gospel access % The percentage of this country's population with no access to the gospel.
country Physicians per 1,000 Health worker density and distribution. Primary source: Data compiled from multiple sources by World Bank.
country Pop Density Number of persons living in a square kilometer in this country. Primary source: United Nations 2022.
country Protestants Number of Affiliated Protestants (including Anglicans) in this country's population.
country Provinces Major civil divisions (provinces, states) in the country.
country R&D spending % Research and development expenditure as a proportion of GDP. Primary source: UNESCO (via World Bank).
country Red list Index Red List Index. Primary source: Birdlife International and International Union for Conservation of Nature.
country Refugee per 100,000 Proportion of the population who are refugees, by country of origin. Primary source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
country Religions over 1% Religions over 1% in the country (rounded to integer).
country Religious Freedom Index Restriction of Religious Freedom Index, 0-10, high is less freedom: Calculated as the country average of government restrictions (GRI) and social restrictions (SRI).
country Rural % Percentage of the nation's total population that live in a rural area.
country Rural Pop Number of people that live in a rural area.
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