Year	1970	2000	Annual growth rate (%)	Mid 2005	Prognosis 2025
Global population	3,692,495,000	6,070,581,000	1.23	6,453,628,000	7,851,455,000
Urban population	1,362,294,000	2,878,859,000	1.87	3,158,016,000	4,572,884,000
Population under 15 years old	1,379,442,000	1,828,710,000	1.74	1,829,328,000	1,900,868,000
Illiterates	836,256,000	990,317,000	1.72	1,078,271,000	934,703,000
Cities over 100,000	2,400	4,050	2.13	4,500	6,500
Cities over 1,000,000	161	402	1.82	440	650
Urban slum dwellers	260 million	700 million	3.47	830 million	1,600 million
Christians of all kinds	1,234,339,000	2,000,836,000	1.31	2,135,783,000	2,640,665,000
Muslims	549,125,000	1,194,396,000	1.93	1,313,984,000	1,825,283,000
Agnostics	532,338,000	762,028,000	0.17	768,598,000	806,884,000
Hindus	462,379,000	808,104,000	1.49	870,047,000	1,065,868,000
Buddhists	232,667,000	362,374,000	0.89	378,809,000	457,048,000
Atheists	165,391,000	147,212,000	0.58	151,548,000	151,742,000
New Religionists	78,324,000	103,846,000	0.81	108,132,000	122,188,000
Ethnic Religions	163,477,000	239,108,000	1.40	256,341,000	270,210,000
Sikhs	10,618,000	23,509,000	1.54	25,374,000	31,985,000
Jews	15,097,000	14,401,000	1.01	15,146,000	16,895,000
Non-Christians	2,458,156,000	4,069,745,000	1.19	4,317,845,000	5,210,790,000
Unaffiliated Christians	105,626,000	105,372,000	0.81	109,711,000	112,779,000
Great Commission Christians	277,153,000	650,094,000	1.14	688,034,000	853,179,000
Church attenders	885,777,000	1,359,420,000	1.04	1,431,573,000	1,760,568,000
Evangelicals	93,358,000	224,790,000	2.21	250,776,000	348,648,000
Pentecostals & Charismatics	72,223,000	526,916,000	2.24	588,502,000	798,320,000
Martyrs per Year	377,000	160,000	1.10	169,000	210,000
Members by Ecclesiastical Megabloc
Anglicans	47,409,000	75,164,000	1.18	79,719,000	108,257,000
Independents	96,926,000	379,085,000	2.39	426,672,000	612,670,000
Orthodox	139,646,000	214,436,000	0.47	219,501,000	235,834,000
Protestants	211,052,000	347,762,000	1.56	375,814,000	491,084,000
Roman Catholics	665,475,000	1,055,651,000	1.17	1,118,992,000	1,336,338,000
Christian workers (nationals)	2,350,000	5,104,000	0.97	5,357,000	6,500,000
Missionaries	240,000	420,.000	1.07	443,000	550,000
Church members' income (US$)	4,100 billion	15,680 billion	2.04	17,350 billion	26,000 billion
Computers used by Christians	1,000	328 million	6.05	440 million	1,2 billion
Christian magazines	23,000	35,000	4.2	43,000	100,000
Monthly listeners/viewers of Christian Radio/TV	750,000,000	2,150,000,000	2.30	2,409,000,000	3,800,000,000
Global missions plans since A.D.30	510	1,500	2.77	1,720	3,000