Beijing

Beijing

Beijing 北京
		POPULATION						CHRISTIANS					Total
							Evangelicals			Catholics			Christians
		Census	Census			Estimate			TOTAL			TOTAL		% of 2020
Location		2000	2010	Growth		2020	TSPM	House church	Evangelicals	CPA	House church	Catholics	TOTAL	Population

Bejiing Municipality	北京市
Changping District	昌平区	614,821	1,660,501	1,045,680	170.08%	2,706,181	18,943	66,301	85,245	5,412	6,495	11,907	97,152	3.59%
Chaoyang District	朝阳区	2,289,756	3,545,137	1,255,381	54.83%	4,800,518	33,604	117,613	151,216	14,402	17,282	31,683	182,900	3.81%
Daxing District	大兴区	671,444	1,365,112	693,668	103.31%	2,058,780	16,470	57,646	74,116	4,118	4,941	9,059	83,175	4.04%
Dongcheng District (inc. Chongwen)	东城区	881,763	919,253	37,490	4.25%	956,743	6,697	23,440	30,137	2,870	3,444	6,315	36,452	3.81%
Fangshan District	房山区	814,367	944,832	130,465	16.02%	1,075,297	8,602	30,108	38,711	2,151	2,581	4,731	43,442	4.04%
Fengtai District	丰台区	1,369,480	2,112,162	742,682	54.23%	2,854,844	19,984	69,944	89,928	8,565	10,277	18,842	108,770	3.81%
Haidian District	海淀区	2,240,124	3,280,670	1,040,546	46.45%	4,321,216	30,249	105,870	136,118	12,964	15,556	28,520	164,638	3.81%
Huairou District	怀柔区	296,002	372,887	76,885	25.97%	449,772	4,048	14,168	18,216	900	1,079	1,979	20,195	4.49%
Mengtougou District	门头沟区	266,591	290,476	23,885	8.96%	314,361	2,515	8,802	11,317	629	754	1,383	12,700	4.04%
Miyun District	密云区	420,019	467,680	47,661	11.35%	515,341	4,638	16,233	20,871	1,031	1,237	2,268	23,139	4.49%
Pinggu District	平谷区	396,701	415,958	19,257	4.85%	435,215	3,917	13,709	17,626	870	1,045	1,915	19,541	4.49%
Shijingshan District	石景山区	489,439	616,083	126,644	25.88%	742,727	5,199	18,197	23,396	1,485	1,783	3,268	26,664	3.59%
Shunyi District	顺义区	636,479	876,620	240,141	37.73%	1,116,761	7,817	27,361	35,178	2,234	2,680	4,914	40,092	3.59%
Tongzhou District	通州区	673,952	1,184,256	510,304	75.72%	1,694,560	11,862	41,517	53,379	5,084 [1]	6,100	11,184 [2]	64,563	3.81%
Xicheng District (inc. Xuanwu)	西城区	1,232,823	1,243,315	10,492	0.85%	1,253,807	8,777	30,718	39,495	3,761	4,514	8,275	47,770	3.81%
Yanqing District	延庆区	275,433	317,426	41,993	15.25%	359,419	3,235	11,322	14,556	719	863	1,581	16,138	4.49%
		13,569,194	19,612,368	6,043,174	44.54%	25,655,542	186,557	652,949	839,505	67,193	80,631	147,824 [3]	987,329	3.85%

Totals		13,569,194	19,612,368	6,043,174	44.54%	25,655,542	186,557 [4]	652,949 [5]	839,505 [6]	67,193	80,631	147,824 [7]	987,329	3.85%
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[1]

In 1986, 90% of the 1,700 people in Jiahoutuan village were Catholics: Xinhua (8 December 1986).

[2]

In 1950 there were 6,650 Catholics in Tongzhou Diocese, in 10 parishes: www.catholic-hierarchy.org

[3]

In 1949 there were 215,915 Catholics in the Beijing Archdiocese, in 75 parishes: www.catholic-hierarchy.org.

[4]

This figure includes about 5,000 Orthodox believers in Beijing, who are not part of the TSPM but do not fit in any of the other categories on this table. Mandryk, Operation World (2010), p.229, listed a percentage which amounts to 97,700 TSPM believers in Beijing Municipality.
According to a 2011 report in Xinhua, "around 5,000 people are baptized annually in Beijing's 21 TSPM churches," Xinhua (27 July 2011).

[5]

Compass Direct (February 2004) stated the Beijing house churches numbered "90,000 Christians in 3,000 fellowships, especially in the suburbs and villages surrounding Beijing." A house church survey in 2001 estimated 500,000 believers in Beijing at the time, after powerful revival had swept many parts of the municipality in the previous years.

Mandryk, Operation World (2010), p.229, listed a percentage which amounts to 472,200 house church believers in Beijing Municipality. Johnstone & Mandryk, Operation World (2001), p.168, listed a percentage which amounts to 499,500 house church believers in Beijing Municipality.

[6]

Evangelicals in Beijing
20,000 (1949 - Chao, The China Mission Handbook , p.109)
5,000 (1990 - Beijing Yearbook , 1990)*
5,000 (1990 - Xinhua, 24 December 1990)*
30,000 (1991 - Swedish Missiological Themes, 1991)
30,000 (1998 - Amity News Service)*
500,000 (2001 - Unpublished house church survey, March 2001)
540,000 (2001 - Johnstone & Mandryk, Operation World , p.168)
90,000 (2002 - TSPM China Prayer Calendar)*
39,300 (2004 - Amity News Service, November-December 2004)*
90,000 (2004 in 3,000 churches: Compass Direct, February 2004)
569,900 (2010 - Mandryk, Operation World , p.229)

* Denotes source may only refer to registered church estimates. TSPM figures typically only count adult baptized members.

[7]

Catholics in Beijing
6,000 (1305 - John of Montecorvino)
32,770 (1890 in 121 churches including north Hebei and Tianjin: Chinese Recorder , March 1890)
105,170 (1907 in 456 churches including Tianjin: Wolferstan, The Catholic Church in China , p.450)
250,000 (1922 - Stauffer, The Christian Occupation of China , p.63)
222,565 (1950 - Compiled from diocese statistics at www.catholic-hierarchy.org)
40,000 (1988 - Li Ping Da Gong Bao , 26 December 1988)*
40,000 (1989 - China Daily , 2 September 1989)*
40,000 (1994 - Lambert, Resurrection of the Chinese Church , p.181)
54,000 (2001 - Johnstone & Mandryk, Operation World , p.168)
162,800 (2010 - Mandryk, Operation World , p.229)

* Denotes source may only refer to registered church estimates. CPA figures typically only count adult baptized members.