Qinghai

Qinghai

Qinghai 青海
		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

Guoluo (Golog) Prefecture	果洛藏族自治州
Banma (Baima) County	班玛县	22,088	27,185	5,097	23.08%	32,282	16	129	145	0	10	10	155	0.48%
Dari (Darlag) County	达日县	24,354	30,995	6,641	27.27%	37,636	19	151	169	0	10	10	179	0.48%
Gande (Gade) County	甘德县	25,494	34,840	9,346	36.66%	44,186	22	177	199	0	10	10	209	0.47%
Jiuzhi (Jigzhi) County	久治县	19,336	26,081	6,745	34.88%	32,826	16	131	148	0	10	10	158	0.48%
Maduo (Madoi) County	玛多县	10,890	11,336	446	4.10%	11,782	6	47	53	0	10	10	63	0.53%
Maqin (Maqen) County	玛沁县	35,778	51,245	15,467	43.23%	66,712	33	267	300	13	27	40	340	0.51%
		137,940	181,682	43,742	31.71%	225,424	113	902	1,014	13	77	90	1,104	0.49%

Haibei Prefecture	海北藏族自治州
Gangcha (Ganca) County	刚察县	39,223	41,333	2,110	5.38%	43,443	174	646	820	9	10	18	838	1.93%
Haiyan County	海晏县	32,879	37,788	4,909	14.93%	42,697	171	635	806	9	9	18	824	1.93%
Mengyuan County	门源回族自治县	141,426	147,710	6,284	4.44%	153,994	616	2,291	2,907	31	34	65	2,972	1.93%
Qilian County	祁连县	45,394	46,473	1,079	2.38%	47,552	190	708	898	10	10	20	918	1.93%
		258,922	273,304	14,382	5.55%	287,686	1,151	4,281	5,432	58	63	121	5,552	1.93%

Haidong Prefecture	海东市
Hualong County	化隆回族自治县	213,706	203,317	-10,389	-4.86%	192,928	772	2,871	3,642	39	116	154	3,797	1.97%
Huzhu County	互助土族自治县	357,089	356,437	-652	-0.18%	355,785	2,135	7,941	10,076	71	213	285	10,360	2.91%
Ledu District	乐都区	262,704	260,184	-2,520	-0.96%	257,664	1,546	5,751	7,297	52	155	206	7,503	2.91%
Minhe County	民和回族土族自治县	346,748	350,118	3,370	0.97%	353,488	1,414	5,260	6,674	71	212	283	6,957	1.97%
Ping'an District	平安区	106,866	102,975	-3,891	-3.64%	99,084	595	2,212	2,806	20	59	79	2,885	2.91%
Xunhua County	循化撒拉族自治县	104,452	123,814	19,362	18.54%	143,176	573	2,130	2,703	29	86	115	2,818	1.97%
		1,391,565	1,396,845	5,280	0.38%	1,402,125	7,034	26,165	33,198	280	841	1,122	34,320	2.45%

Hainan Prefecture	海南藏族自治州
Gonghe County	共和县	111,974	122,966	10,992	9.82%	133,958	670 [1]	2,492	3,161	402	1,005	1,407	4,568	3.41%
Guide County	贵德县	91,552	101,771	10,219	11.16%	111,990	560 [2]	2,083	2,643	336	840	1,176	3,819	3.41%
Guinan County	贵南县	63,579	76,560	12,981	20.42%	89,541	358	1,332	1,691	269	672	940	2,631	2.94%
Tongde County	同德县	48,741	64,369	15,628	32.06%	79,997	320	1,190	1,510	240	600	840	2,350	2.94%
Xinghai County	兴海县	59,580	76,025	16,445	27.60%	92,470	324	1,204	1,528	277	694	971	2,499	2.70%
		375,426	441,691	66,265	17.65%	507,956	2,232	8,301	10,533	1,524	3,810	5,334	15,866	3.12%

Haixi Prefecture	海西蒙古族藏族自治州
Dachaidan (Da Qaidam) Committee	大柴旦行委	13,671	13,671	0	0.00%	13,671	164	610	774	21	31	51	826	6.04%
Delingha (Delhi) City	德令哈市	83,585	78,184	-5,401	-6.46%	72,783	1,165 [3]	3,494	4,658	109	164	273	4,931	6.78%
Dulan County	都兰县	57,670	76,623	18,953	32.86%	95,576	669	2,489	3,158	143	215	358	3,516	3.68%
Ge'ermu (Golmud) City	格尔木市	135,897	215,214	79,317	58.37%	294,531	1,767 [4]	10,603	12,370	442	663	1,104	13,475	4.58%
Lenghu Committee	冷湖行委	2,434	2,434	0	0.00%	2,434	24	91	115	4	5	9	124	5.10%
Mangya (Mangnai) Committee	茫崖行委	31,017	31,017	0	0.00%	31,017	310	1,154	1,464	47	70	116	1,580	5.10%
Tianjun County	天峻县	18,927	33,923	14,996	79.23%	48,919	440	2,201	2,642	73	110	183	2,825	5.78%
Wulan (Ulan) County	乌兰县	36,015	38,272	2,257	6.27%	40,529	324	1,427	1,751	61	91	152	1,903	4.70%
		332,094	489,338	110,122	33.16%	599,460	4,864	22,068	26,932	899	1,349	2,248	29,180	4.87%

Huangnan Prefecture	黄南藏族自治州
Henan County	河南蒙古族自治县	32,250	39,374	7,124	22.09%	46,498	46	173	219	93	186	279	498	1.07%
Jianzha (Jianca) County	尖扎县	51,064	55,325	4,261	8.34%	59,586	60	222	281	119	238	358	639	1.07%
Tongren County	同仁县	77,040	92,601	15,561	20.20%	108,162	108	402	511	216	433	649	1,159	1.07%
Zeku (Zekog) County	泽库县	54,288	69,416	15,128	27.87%	84,544	85	315	399	169	338	507	906	1.07%
		214,642	256,716	42,074	19.60%	298,790	299	1,111	1,410	598	1,195	1,793	3,203	1.07%

Xining Prefecture	西宁市
Chengbei District	城北区	210,265	299,002	88,737	42.20%	387,739	3,877	16,673	20,550	775	1,551	2,326	22,877	5.90%
Chengdong District	城东区	270,268	359,688	89,420	33.09%	449,108	4,491	16,707	21,198	898	1,796	2,695	23,893	5.32%
Chengxi District	城西区	225,412	242,627	17,215	7.64%	259,842	2,598	9,666	12,265	520	1,039	1,559	13,824	5.32%
Chengzhong District	城中区	148,521	296,987	148,466	99.96%	445,453	4,455	16,571	21,025	891	1,782	2,673	23,698	5.32%
Datong County	大通回族土族自治县	416,968	435,937	18,969	4.55%	454,906	1,820 [5]	6,769	8,589	455	910	1,365	9,953	2.19%
Huangyuan County	湟源县	129,814	136,632	6,818	5.25%	143,450	1,435 [6]	5,336	6,771	287	574	861	7,632	5.32%
Huangzhong County	湟中县	448,465	437,835	-10,630	-2.37%	427,205	4,272	15,892	20,164	854	1,709	2,563	22,727	5.32%
		1,849,713	2,208,708	358,995	19.41%	2,567,703	22,948 [7]	87,614	110,562	4,681 [8]	9,361	14,042 [9]	124,603	4.85%

Yushu Prefecture	玉树藏族自治州
Chengduo (Chindu) County	称多县	40,391	55,619	15,228	37.70%	70,847	43	158	201	71	113	184	385	0.54%
Nangqian (Nangqen) County	囊谦县	57,387	85,825	28,438	49.55%	114,263	69	255	324	114	183	297	621	0.54%
Qumalai (Qumarleb) County	曲麻莱县	24,181	28,243	4,062	16.80%	32,305	19	72	91	32	52	84	175	0.54%
Yushu City	玉树市	77,854	120,447	42,593	54.71%	163,040	489	1,820	2,309	163	261	424	2,733	1.68%
Zadauo (Zadoi) County	杂多县	38,654	58,268	19,614	50.74%	77,882	47	174	221	78	125	202	423	0.54%
Zhiduo (Zhidoi) County	治多县	24,194	30,037	5,843	24.15%	35,880	22	80	102	36	57	93	195	0.54%
		262,661	378,439	115,778	44.08%	494,217	688	2,559	3,247	494	791	1,285	4,532	0.92%

Totals		4,822,963	5,626,723	803,760	16.67%	6,430,483	39,327 [10]	153,001 [11]	192,328 [12]	8,547	17,487	26,033 [13]	218,361	3.40%
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[1]

400: Amity News Service (October 1996). In 1996 Gonghe was one of only four counties in the whole province with a TSPM church.

[2]

400: Amity News Service (October 1996). In 1996 Guide was one of only four counties in the whole province with a TSPM church.

[3]

800 believers in 3 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.

[4]

700 believers in 2 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002. Mangya County was carved out of Ge'ermu City in 2006.

[5]

400: Amity News Service (October 1996). In 1996 Datong was one of only four counties in the whole province with a TSPM church. Since that time the church in Datong has grown rapidly.

[6]

400: Amity News Service (October 1996). In 1996 Huangyuan was one of only four counties in the whole province with a TSPM church.

[7]

14,000 believers in 19 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar. "More than 10,000 Protestants": Global Chinese Ministries (October 2007). In 1981 there were only about 40 TSPM believers in the city. This quickly increased to 6,780 baptized believers in 1997: Amity News Service (August 1997). Detailed statistics for TSPM church membership in Xining were published in Amity News Service (August 1997). A summary is:

1982 82 members
1984 264
1986 679
1988 1,527
1990 2,332
1992 3,297
1994 4,374
1996 5,603
1997 6,780

[8]

There were 250 CPA members in just one (Beishan Catholic) church in 1997: Charbonnier, Guide to the Catholic Church in China (1997), p.209.

[9]

In 1950 there were 4,144 Catholics in Xining Diocese, in 57 parishes: www.catholic-hierarchy.org

[10]

Mandryk, Operation World (2010), p.242, listed a percentage which amounts to 50,800 TSPM believers in Qinghai.

[11]

Mandryk, Operation World (2010), p.242, listed a percentage which amounts to 214,500 house church believers in Qinghai.

Johnstone & Mandryk, Operation World (2001), p.176, listed a percentage which amounts to 71,400 house church believers in Qinghai.

House church networks report rapid growth since 2000, especially in Xining and Haixi prefectures. The ethnic minority groups in the province, however, remain unreached and unevangelized.

[12]

Evangelicals in Qinghai
400 (1949 - Amity News Service, October 1996)
15,000 (1991 - Asia Focus , January 1991)*
30,000 (1997 - Tianfeng , February 1997)*
39,300 (2004 - Amity News Service, November-December 2004)*
102,000 (2001 - Johnstone & Mandryk, Operation World , p.176)
265,300 (2010 - Mandryk, Operation World , p.242)

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

[13]

Catholics in Qinghai
3,000 (1922 - Stauffer, The Christian Occupation of China , p.461)
4,144 (1950 in 57 parishes: Compiled from diocese statistics at www.catholic-hierarchy.org)
15,300 (2001 - Johnstone & Mandryk, Operation World , p.176)
16,900 (2010 - Mandryk, Operation World , p.242)

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