Data source: Gina A. Zurlo, ed., World Christian Database (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2026).
| Table | Field | Description |
|---|---|---|
| version_2020_country | Protestant excl Anglican pop | Used when "Anglican" is categorized as a major tradtion on the same level as Protestant. |
| version_2020_country | Protestants | Number of Affiliated Protestants (including Anglicans) in this country's population. |
| version_2020_country | Provinces | Major civil divisions (provinces, states) in the country. |
| version_2020_country | Religions over 1% | Religions over 1% in the country (rounded to integer). |
| version_2020_country | Religious Conflict | Religious conflict Index, 0-10, low is less conflict: a comparative measure of religious violence (persecution, which includes displacement and property damage) and religion-related conflict (civil wars). |
| version_2020_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). |
| version_2020_country | Religious Liberty | On a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being most freedom): the state of religious liberty in this country. Religious Liberty is defined as the freedom to practice one’s religion with the full range of religious rights specified in the UN’s 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. |
| version_2020_country | Religious Libraries | Number of religious libraries in the country in 2000. |
| version_2020_country | Religious libraries per m | Number of religious libraries available in this country per million people. Religious libraries are major professional, exclusively-theological or -religious, library collections under religious auspices, specializing primarily in religion, a majority of each’s holdings being religious. |
| version_2020_country | Religious Violence | Religious violence Index, 0-10, low is less violence: a comparative measure of religious violence (persecution, which includes displacement and property damage). |
| version_2020_country | ROG Country | HIS Registry of Geography country code ROG3 (currently = FIPS code). |
| version_2020_country | Rural % | Percentage of the nation's total population that live in a rural area. |
| version_2020_country | Rural Pop | Number of people that live in a rural area. |
| version_2020_country | Secular station audience % | the audience for Christian programs via secular stations, expressed as a percentage of this country's population. |
| version_2020_country | Selection UBS pa | Number of selections the UBS (United Bible Society) distributes per year in the country. Selections are small leaflets of 2 or 3 pages or so consisting of attractively-presented scripture passages printed in large numbers by Bible societies usually for special occasions or needs. (5 year average). |
| version_2020_country | Selections achievement % p.a. | Scripture selections actually distributed as a percentage of desired goal per year for this country. Selections are small leaflets of 2 or 3 pages or so consisting of attractively-presented scripture passages printed in large numbers by Bible societies usually for special occasions or needs. |
| version_2020_country | Selections Duplicate pa | Number of selections distributed via gospels, New Testaments or Bibles each year in the country. Selections are small leaflets of 2 or 3 pages or so consisting of attractively-presented scripture passages printed in large numbers by Bible societies usually for special occasions or needs. |
| version_2020_country | Selections Goal | This is the goal for the number of Selections to be placed in this country. Selections are small leaflets of 2 or 3 pages or so consisting of attractively-presented scripture passages printed in large numbers by Bible societies usually for special occasions or needs. |
| version_2020_country | Selections Goal pa | The number of Selections required to be distributed each year to meet the goal for selections in place in the country. Selections are small leaflets of 2 or 3 pages or so consisting of attractively-presented scripture passages printed in large numbers by Bible societies usually for special occasions or needs. |
| version_2020_country | Selections Other pa | Selections distributed by agencies other than the United Bible Societies (UBS), each year in this country. Selections are small leaflets of 2 or 3 pages or so consisting of attractively-presented scripture passages printed in large numbers by Bible societies usually for special occasions or needs. |
| version_2020_country | Selections Total pa | Total number of Selections distributed in this country by both the United Bible Societies (UBS) and other agencies. Selections are small leaflets of 2 or 3 pages or so consisting of attractively-presented scripture passages printed in large numbers by Bible societies usually for special occasions or needs. |
| version_2020_country | Service Agencies | In 2000, the number of all service agencies in the country. A 'service agency' is any major national, international or countrywide bodies, para-church organizations and agencies which assist or serve the churches but are not themselves denominations or church-planting missions. |
| version_2020_country | Service Agencies per m | This number represents all service agencies per million people of the country's population. "Service agency" is any major national, international or countrywide bodies, para-church organizations and agencies which assist or serve the churches but are not themselves denominations or church-planting missions. |
| version_2020_country | Shintoist % | Number of Shintoists as a percentage of the country's population in year 2020. These are Japanese who profess, or still profess, Shinto as their first or major religion. |
| version_2020_country | Shintoists | Number of Shintoists in this country's population. These are Japanese who profess, or still profess, Shinto as their first or major religion. |
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