South African Census 2001

South Africa, 2001

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ZAF_2001_PHC_v01_M

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Religion (p08_rlg)

Data file: SA Census 2001 Person_v1

Overview

Valid: 1971412

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 8

Range: 1 - 99

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	Dutch Reformed Churches	140159	7.1%
2	Reformed Churches	1920	0.1%
3	Nederduits Hervormde Kerk	1771	0.1%
4	Anglican Church	91070	4.6%
5	Church of England in South Africa	6889	0.3%
6	International Fellowship of Christian Churches	1411	0.1%
7	Methodist Church of South Africa	173550	8.8%
8	Presbyterian Churches	41310	2.1%
9	United Congregational Church of South Africa	15654	0.8%
10	Lutheran Church of Southern Africa	37216	1.9%
11	Roman Catholic Church	156509	7.9%
12	Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa	9242	0.5%
13	Other Apostolic Churches	209294	10.6%
14	Baptist Churches of Southern Africa	17681	0.9%
15	Pinkster Protestante Kerk	2427	0.1%
16	Afrikaanse Protestante Kerk	527	0%
17	Full Gospel Church of God in Southern Africa	13558	0.7%
18	Orthodox Churches	0	0%
19	Church of Christ of Latter Day South Africaints	643	0%
20	Pentecostal Churches	1395	0.1%
21	South Africalvation Army United Church	2717	0.1%
22	Seventh-Day Adventist Church	8226	0.4%
23	New Apostolic Church	1121	0.1%
24	Assemblies of God of South Africa	17492	0.9%
25	St Engenas Zion Christian Church	203	0%
26	Zion Christian Church	153010	7.8%
27	Bandla Lama Nazaretha	11444	0.6%
28	African Methodist Episcopal Church	10624	0.5%
29	St John's Apostolic Church	24350	1.2%
30	International Pentecost Church	1625	0.1%
31	Other African Independent Churches	26215	1.3%
32	Other Christian Churches	139825	7.1%
33	African Traditional Belief	3037	0.2%
34	Judaism	2564	0.1%
35	Buddhism	146	0%
36	Taoist	13	0%
37	Confucian	81	0%
38	Hinduism	39766	2%
39	Islam	40195	2%
40	Bahais	82	0%
41	Other Non-Christian Church	0	0%
42	Jehovah?s Witnesses	9896	0.5%
43	Other Non-Christian Religions	541	0%
44	Other Methodist Churches	5012	0.3%
45	Other Presbyterian Churches	9129	0.5%
46	Other Congregational Churches	16783	0.9%
47	Other Lutheran Churches	1457	0.1%
48	Other Catholic Churches	1262	0.1%
49	Other Baptist Churches	20558	1%
50	Other Pentecostal Churches	33405	1.7%
51	Other Orthodox Churches	1613	0.1%
52	Other (Seventh-Day) Adventist Churches	3822	0.2%
53	Other African Apostolic Churches	1126	0.1%
54	Other Assemblies	5639	0.3%
55	Other Zionist Churches	83083	4.2%
56	Church of the Nazarene	0	0%
57	Christian Scientist	183	0%
58	Christian Centres	11347	0.6%
59	Ethiopian-type Churches	38457	2%
60	Ethnic Churches	6658	0.3%
61	Other Evangelical Churches	47940	2.4%
62	Other Charismatic Churches	516	0%
63	No Religion	236960	12%
64	Refused	620	0%
65	Other	1264	0.1%
99	Unspecified	29179	1.5%

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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