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Tianjin   天津                                
    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
       
Tianjin Municipality 天津市                              
Baodi District 宝坻区 646,947 799,157 152,210 23.53% 951,367   5,708 6,850 12,558 [1] 3,330 3,996 7,326 19,884 2.09%
Beichen District 北辰区 444,791 669,121 224,330 50.43% 893,451   5,361 6,433 11,794 3,127 3,752 6,880 18,673 2.09%
Binhaixin District 滨海新区 1,115,997 2,423,204 1,307,207 117.13% 3,730,411   22,382 26,859 49,241 13,056 15,668 28,724 77,966 2.09%
Dongli District 东丽区 442,224 598,966 156,742 35.44% 755,708   6,046 7,255 13,300 2,645 3,174 5,819 19,119 2.53%
Hebei District 河北区 633,603 788,451 154,848 24.44% 943,299   7,546 9,056 16,602 3,302 3,962 7,263 23,865 2.53%
Hedong District 河东区 720,247 860,852 140,605 19.52% 1,001,457   8,012 9,614 17,626 3,505 4,206 7,711 25,337 2.53%
Heping District 和平区 310,368 273,477 -36,891 -11.89% 236,586   1,893 2,271 4,164 828 994 1,822 5,986 2.53%
Hexi District 河西区 779,131 870,632 91,501 11.74% 962,133   7,697 9,236 16,934 3,367 4,041 7,408 24,342 2.53%
Hongqiao District 红桥区 527,013 531,526 4,513 0.86% 536,039   4,288 5,146 9,434 1,876 2,251 4,128 13,562 2.53%
Jinghai District 静海区 542,593 646,978 104,385 19.24% 751,363   6,011 7,213 13,224 2,630 3,156 5,785 19,009 2.53%
Jinnan District 津南区 417,254 593,063 175,809 42.13% 768,872   4,613 5,536 10,149 2,691 3,229 5,920 16,069 2.09%
Jizhou District 蓟州区 800,763 784,789 -15,974 -1.99% 768,815   4,613 5,535 10,148 [2] 2,691 3,229 5,920 16,068 2.09%
Nankai District 南开区 860,104 1,018,196 158,092 18.38% 1,176,288   7,058 8,469 15,527 4,117 4,940 9,057 24,584 2.09%
Ninghe District 宁河区 359,247 416,143 56,896 15.84% 473,039   3,311 3,974 7,285 1,656 1,987 3,642 10,927 2.31%
Wuqing District 武清区 814,752 951,078 136,326 16.73% 1,087,404   7,612 9,134 16,746 [3] 3,806 4,567 8,373 25,119 2.31%
Xiqing District 西青区 433,697 713,060 279,363 64.41% 992,423   6,947 8,336 15,283 3,473 4,168 7,642 22,925 2.31%
    9,848,731 12,938,693 3,089,962 31.37% 16,028,655   109,098 130,918 240,016 [4] 56,100 67,320 123,421 [5] 363,436 2.27%
       
Totals   9,848,731 12,938,693 3,089,962 31.37% 16,028,655   109,098 [6] 130,918 [7] 240,016 [8] 56,100 [9] 67,320 123,421 [10]   363,436 [11] 2.27%
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[1]
There were 143 Protestants in Baodi in 1922: Stauffer, The Christian Occupation of China , Appendix p.vii.
[2]
There were just 29 Protestants in Ji Xian (later incorporated into Jizhou) in 1922: Stauffer, The Christian Occupation of China , Appendix p.vii.
[3]
There were 129 Protestants in Wuqing in 1922: Stauffer, The Christian Occupation of China , Appendix p.vii.
[4]
There were 15,000 believers in Tianjin City in 5 main churches: OMF (December 2002- January 2003). There were 3,421 Protestants in the city area in 1922: Stauffer, The Christian Occupation of China , Appendix p.vi. 36 Protestant churches were open in Tianjin in 1949. By 1958 only four remained open.
[5]
There were 50,000 Catholics in Tianjin in 1951, according to Palmer, God’s Underground in Asia (1953), p.147; the same number given half a century later by Hattaway, China's Unreached Cities , vol.2 (2003), p.83.
[6]
20,000 TSPM believers in Tiajin: Hattaway, China's Unreached Cities , vol.2 (2003), p.83.
Mandryk, Operation World (2010), p.247, listed a percentage which amounts to 74,700 TSPM believers in Tianjin.
[7]
30,000: Hattaway, China's Unreached Cities , vol.2 (2003), p.83. Mandryk, Operation World (2010), p.247, listed a percentage which amounts to 112,000 house church believers in Tianjin. Johnstone & Mandryk, Operation World (2001), p.178, listed a percentage which amounts to 39,500 house church believers in Tianjin.
[8]
Evangelicals in Tianjin
    3,421 (1922 - Stauffer, The Christian Occupation of China , Appendix p.vi)
    7,000 (1950 - Global Chinese Ministries, May 2002)
    8,000 (1990 - Zhongguo Shengshi Zizhiqu Ziliao Shouce , 1990)*
  55,000 (1997 - Amity News Service, September 1997)*
  59,300 (2001 - Johnstone & Mandryk, Operation World , p.178)
  19,650 (2004 - Amity News Service, November-December 2004)*
186,700 (2010 - Mandryk, Operation World , p.247)

* Denotes source may only refer to registered church estimates. TSPM figures typically only count adult baptized members.
[9]
20,000: Bridge (June-July 1988). Charbonnier, Guide to the Catholic Church in China (1989), p.59, listed 10,000 Catholics in Tianjin City.
[10]
Catholics in Tianjin
105,170 (1907 in 456 churches including Beijing: Wolferstan, The Catholic Church in China , p.450)  
  50,000 (1950 - Compiled from diocese figures at www.catholic-hierarchy.org)
  46,000 (1985 - China Daily , 9 December 1985)*
  90,000 (1988 - Tianjin Daily , 18 February 1989)*
100,000 (1997 - Charbonnier, Guide to the Catholic Church in China , p.58)*
172,000 (1997 - Lift Up Our Holy Hands , October 1997)
168,000 (2001 - Johnstone & Mandryk, Operation World , p.178)
286,300 (2010 - Mandryk, Operaton World , p.247)

* Denotes source may only refer to registered church estimates. CPA figures typically only count adult baptized members.
[11]
100,000 total Christians in Tianjin: Hattaway, China's Unreached Cities , vol.2 (2003), p.83. This number has grown in recent years due to the influx of immigrants to the city, including many from strong Christian areas.