Shanghai

Shanghai

Shanghai 上海
		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

Shanghai Municipality	上海市
Baoshan District	宝山区	1,227,978	1,904,886	676,908	55.12%	2,581,794	54,476	119,847	174,323	30,982	37,178	68,159	242,482	9.39%
Changning District	长宁区	702,239	690,571	-11,668	-1.66%	678,903	14,325	31,515	45,840	8,147	9,776	17,923	63,763	9.39%
Chongming District	崇明区	649,812	703,722	53,910	8.30%	757,632	15,986	35,169	51,155	34,093 [1]	40,912	75,006	126,161	16.65%
Fengxian District	奉贤区	624,285	1,083,463	459,178	73.55%	1,542,641	32,550	71,609	104,159	18,512	22,214	40,726	144,885	9.39%
Hongkou District	虹口区	860,726	852,476	-8,250	-0.96%	844,226	17,813	39,189	57,002	10,131	12,157	22,288	79,290	9.39%
Huangpu District	黄浦区	903,451	678,670	-224,781	-24.88%	453,889	9,577	21,070	30,647	5,447	6,536	11,983	42,629	9.39%
Jiading District	嘉定区	753,070	1,471,231	718,161	95.36%	2,189,392	46,196	101,632	147,828	26,273	31,527	57,800	205,628	9.39%
Jing'an District	静安区	305,329	246,788	-58,541	-19.17%	188,247	3,972	8,738	12,710	2,259	2,711	4,970	17,680	9.39%
Jinshan District	金山区	580,377	732,438	152,061	26.20%	884,499	18,663	41,058	59,721	19,459	23,351	42,810	102,531	11.59%
Minhang District	闵行区	1,217,309	2,429,372	1,212,063	99.57%	3,641,435	76,834	169,035	245,870	43,697	52,437	96,134	342,004	9.39%
Pudongxin District	浦东新区	3,187,445	5,044,430	1,856,985	58.26%	6,901,415	145,620	320,364	465,984	82,817	99,380	182,197	648,181	9.39%
Putuo District	普陀区	1,051,672	1,288,881	237,209	22.56%	1,526,090	32,200	70,841	103,042	18,313	21,976	40,289	143,330	9.39%
Qingpu District	青浦区	595,863	1,081,022	485,159	81.42%	1,566,181	33,046 [2]	72,702	105,749	37,588	45,106	82,694	188,443	12.03%
Songjiang District	松江区	641,156	1,582,398	941,242	146.80%	2,523,640	53,249	117,147	170,396	63,091 [3]	75,709	138,800	309,196	12.25%
Xuhui District	徐汇区	1,064,645	1,085,130	20,485	1.92%	1,105,615	23,328	51,323	74,651	13,267	15,921	29,188	103,839	9.39%
Yangpu District	杨浦区	1,243,757	1,313,222	69,465	5.59%	1,382,687	29,175	64,184	93,359	16,592	19,911	36,503	129,862	9.39%
Zhabei District	闸北区	798,620	830,496	31,876	3.99%	862,372	18,196	40,031	58,227	10,348	12,418	22,767	80,994	9.39%
		16,407,734	23,019,196	6,611,462	40.29%	29,630,658	625,207	1,375,455	2,000,662	441,016	529,219	970,236	2,970,898	10.03%

Totals		16,407,734	23,019,196	6,611,462	40.29%	29,630,658	625,207 [4]	1,375,455 [5]	2,000,662 [6]	441,016	529,219	970,236 [7]	2,970,898	10.03%
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[1]

20,000: China Study Journal (April 1991).

[2]

In 1990 Qingpu had 10,357 registered believers, of whom 1,452 were baptized members: Bridge (July-August 1991).

[3]

28,000: China Study Journal (April 1992). In 1966 there were more than 22,000 Catholics in Songjiang.

[4]

Mandryk, Operation World (2010), p.244, listed a percentage which amounts to 448,500 TSPM believers in Shanghai Municipality.

TSPM statistics for Shanghai did not usually declare if they were for the former Shanghai City or for the whole Municipality of 17 districts. Amity News Service (March 1997) listed 120,000 TSPM Christians in the former Shanghai City.

[5]

Mandryk, Operation World (2010), p.244, listed a percentage which amounts to 994,500 house church believers in Shanghai Municipality.

Johnstone & Mandryk, Operation World (2001), p.177, listed a percentage which amounts to 842,000 house church believers in Shanghai Municipality. In 1980 a Hong Kong publication estimated there were 3,000 house churches in Shanghai: Bai Shing (no.17, 1981).

[6]

Evangelicals in Shanghai
     43,000 (1949 in 280 churches: Lift Up Our Holy Hands , April 2000)
     36,000 (1966 - China Study Journal , December 1997)*
     46,000 (1985 - C hina Study Journal , December 1997)*
     60,000 (1989 - Tianfeng , December 1989)*
     80,000 (1990 - China Study Journal , December 1997)*
   120,000 (1993 - Tianfeng , September 1993)*
   127,000 (1996 - Amity News Service, June 1996)*
   127,000 (1997 - Amity News Service, June 1996)*
   140,000 (1998 - Tianfeng , September 1998)*
   140,000 (1998 - Global Chinese Ministries , December 2000-January 2001)*
   150,000 (2000 - Lift Up Our Holy Hands , April 2000)*
1,004,500 (2001 - Johnstone & Mandryk, Operation World , p.177)
   400,000 (2003 - TSPM leader to a Western visitor)*
   166,370 (2004 - Amity News Service, November-December 2004)*
   268,000 (2004 - International Mission Board, TSPM members in Shanghai City only)*
1,443,000 (2010 - Mandryk, Operation World , p.244)

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

[7]

Catholics in Shanghai
105,000 (1890 in 650 churches including Jiangsu: Chinese Recorder , March 1890)
164,088 (1907 in 984 churches including Jiangsu: Wolferstan, T0he Catholic Church in China , p.451)
120,000 (1988 - China Daily , 26 February 1988)
145,000 (1992 - China Study Journal , August 1992)
140,000 (1997 - Charbonnier, Guide to the Catholic Church in China , p.424)
463,460 (2001 - Johnstone & Mandryk, Operation World , p.177)
702,000 (2010 - Mandryk, Operation World , p.244)

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