Hainan

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Hainan   海南                                
    POPULATION           CHRISTIANS         Total  
                Evangelicals   Catholics       Christians  
    Census Census     Estimate       TOTAL     TOTAL     % of 2020
Location [1]   2000 2010 Growth   2020   TSPM House church Evangelicals CPA House church Catholics   TOTAL Population
       
Danzhou Prefecture 儋州市                              
Danzhou City 儋州市 835,465 932,356 96,891 11.60% 1,029,247   18,526 48,169 66,695 453 906 1,359 68,054 6.61%
    835,465 932,356 96,891 11.60% 1,029,247   18,526 [2] 48,169 66,695 [3] 453 906 1,359   68,054 6.61%
       
Haikou Prefecture 海口市                              
Longhua District 龙华区 317,508 593,018 275,510 86.77% 868,528   19,108 49,680 68,787 382 764 1,146 69,934 8.05%
Meilan District 美兰区 623,653 623,653 0 0.00% 623,653   13,720 35,673 49,393 274 549 823 50,217 8.05%
Qiongshan District 琼山区 479,958 479,958 0 0.00% 479,958   15,359 [4] 39,933 55,291 211 422 634 55,925 11.65%
Xiuying District 秀英区 156,155 349,541 193,386 123.84% 542,927   11,944 31,055 43,000 239 478 717 43,716 8.05%
    1,508,341 2,046,170 468,896 31.09% 2,515,066   60,131 [5] 156,341 216,472 1,107 2,213 3,320 219,792 8.74%
       
Sansha Prefecture (disputed territories in the South China Sea) 三沙市                              
Nansha (Spratly Islands) 南沙群岛 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Xisha (Paracel Islands) 西沙群岛 517 444 -73 -14.12% 371   0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Zhongsha (Macclesfield Bank) 中沙群岛的岛礁及其海域 0 0 0 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    517 444 -73 -14.12% 371   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00%
       
Sanya Prefecture 三亚市                              
Haitang District 海棠区 68,878 68,878 0 0.00% 68,878   1,929 5,014 6,943 30 61 91 7,034 10.21%
Jiyang District 吉阳区 257,469 257,469 0 0.00% 257,469   7,209 18,744 25,953 113 227 340 26,293 10.21%
Tianya District 天涯区 269,546 269,546 0 0.00% 269,546   7,547 19,623 27,170 119 237 356 27,526 10.21%
Yazhou District 崖州区 89,515 89,515 0 0.00% 89,515   2,506 6,517 9,023 39 79 118 9,141 10.21%
    482,296 685,408 0 0.00% 685,408   19,191 [6] 49,898 69,089 302 603 905 69,994 10.21%
       
Counties and Cities directly administered by Hainan 海南省省直辖县级行政区划                              
Baisha County 白沙黎族自治县 164,494 167,918 3,424 2.08% 171,342   857 2,227 3,084 75 151 226 3,310 1.93%
Baoting County 保亭黎族苗族自治县 139,506 146,684 7,178 5.15% 153,862   769 2,000 2,770 68 135 203 2,973 1.93%
Changjiang County 昌江黎族自治县 219,502 223,839 4,337 1.98% 228,176   1,141 2,966 4,107 100 201 301 4,408 1.93%
Chengmai County 澄迈县 434,598 467,161 32,563 7.49% 499,724   2,499 6,496 8,995 [7] 220 440 660 9,655 1.93%
Ding'an County 定安县 279,335 284,614 5,279 1.89% 289,893   1,449 3,769 5,218 [8] 128 255 383 5,601 1.93%
Dongfang City 东方市 358,318 408,309 49,991 13.95% 458,300   11,458 [9] 29,790 41,247 202 403 605 41,852 9.13%
Ledong County 乐东黎族自治县 447,382 458,875 11,493 2.57% 470,368   2,352 6,115 8,467 207 414 621 9,088 1.93%
Lingao County 临高县 389,734 427,873 38,139 9.79% 466,012   2,330 6,058 8,388 [10] 205 410 615 9,003 1.93%
Lingshui County 陵水黎族自治县 303,272 320,468 17,196 5.67% 337,664   1,688 4,390 6,078 149 297 446 6,524 1.93%
Qionghai City 琼海市 449,845 483,217 33,372 7.42% 516,589   11,365 [11] 29,549 40,914 [12] 227 455 682 41,596 8.05%
Qiongzhong County 琼中黎族苗族自治县 171,598 174,076 2,478 1.44% 176,554   883 2,295 3,178 [13] 78 155 233 3,411 1.93%
Tunchang County 屯昌县 251,121 256,931 5,810 2.31% 262,741   1,314 3,416 4,729 116 231 347 5,076 1.93%
Wanning City 万宁市 513,604 545,597 31,993 6.23% 577,590   12,707 [14] 33,038 [15] 45,745 [16] 254 508 762 46,508 8.05%
Wenchang City 文昌市 509,271 537,426 28,155 5.53% 565,581   12,443 [17] 32,351 44,794 [18] 249 498 747 45,541 8.05%
Wuzhishan City 五指山市 100,836 104,119 3,283 3.26% 107,402   2,685 [19] 6,981 9,666 47 95 142 9,808 9.13%
    4,732,416 5,007,107 274,691 5.80% 5,281,798   65,939 171,441 237,380 2,324 4,648 6,972 244,352 4.63%
       
Totals   7,559,035 8,671,485 1,112,450 14.72% 9,783,935   163,788 [20] 425,848 [21] 589,636 [22] 4,185 8,370 12,555 [23]   602,191 6.15%
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[1]
Due to its small land mass and population, Hainan Island is the only province of China that does not use normal prefectural administrative divisions. China also claims the Paracels, Spratlys, and Zhongsha Islands Authority as a Sansha Prefecture. These three resource-rich archipelagoes, spread across a wide expanse of the South China Sea, are also claimed in total or in part by Vietnam, Taiwan, the Philppines, Malaysia and Brunei. They are likely to gain permanent populations in the near future.
[2]
16,300 believers in 24 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.
[3]
Danzhou contained 355 evangelical Christians in 1922: Stauffer, The Christian Occupation of China , p.xxv.
[4]
13,100 believers in 44 TSPM churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.
[5]
There were 8,100 TSPM believers in 27 churches in Haikou City proper in 2002: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002, not including Qiongshan and the other districts, which were later combined into the current Haikou Prefecture.
[6]
8,600 believers in 29 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.
[7]
Chengmai contained 193 evangelical Christians in 1922: Stauffer, The Christian Occupation of China , p.xxv.
[8]
Ding'an contained 133 evangelical Christians in 1922: Stauffer, The Christian Occupation of China , p.xxv.
[9]
7,000 believers in 23 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.
[10]
Lingao contained 80 evangelical Christians in 1922: Stauffer, The Christian Occupation of China , p.xxv.
[11]
8,500 believers in 28 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.
[12]
Qionghai contained just 2 evangelical Christians in 1922: Stauffer, The Christian Occupation of China , p.xxv.
[13]
Qiongshan and Qiongdong (now Qiongzhong) contained 577 evangelical Christians in 1922: Stauffer, The Christian Occupation of China , p.xxv.
[14]
10,800 believers in 34 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.
[15]
"Wanning County may have 10,000 believers, 90 per cent of whom meet in independent house churches": Lambert, China's Christian Millions (1999), p.215.
[16]
Wanning contained 105 evangelical Christians in 1922: Stauffer, The Christian Occupation of China , p.xxv.
[17]
10,300 believers in 34 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.
[18]
Wenchang contained 210 evangelical Christians in 1922: Stauffer, The Christian Occupation of China , p.xxv.
[19]
1,800 believers in 6 churches: TSPM China Prayer Calendar, 2002.
[20]
Mandryk, Operation World (2010), p.234, listed a percentage which amounts to 112,000 TSPM believers in Hainan. The overall official TSPM figure for Hainan remains low, even though their own statistics by county add up to much greater than their provincial total.
[21]
Mandryk, Operation World (2010), p.234, listed a percentage which amounts to 421,900 house church believers in Hainan. Johnstone & Mandryk, Operation World (2001), p.171, listed a percentage which amounts to 360,000 house church believers in Hainan.

These figures have been confirmed independently by house church sources in Hainan, who continue to report steady growth throughout the island, including among the ethnic minority groups.
[22]
Evangelicals in Hainan
       106   (1900 - Brown, Earthen Vessells and Transcendent Power , p.199)
   1,705   (1922 - Stauffer, The Christian Occupation of China , p.xxv)
   4,078   (1927 - Brown, Earthen Vessells and Transcendent Power, p.202)
  10,000 (1930 - Bridge , January-February 1988)
    4,000 (1988 - Bridge, January-February 1988)*
  37,000 (1992 - Bridge, 1992)*
  30,000 (1994 - Amity News Service)*
334,100 (2001 - Johnstone & Mandryk, Operation World , p.171)
  50,000 (2003 - Global Chinese Ministries, April 2003)*
  39,300 (2004 - Amity News Service, November-December 2004)*
533,900 (2010 - Mandryk, Operation World , p.234)

* Denotes source may only refer to registered church estimates. TSPM figures typically only count adult baptized members.
[23]
Catholics in Hainan
      400 (1908 - The Catholic Encyclopedia , Vol. VIII, 1910)
  6,000 (1949 - Bridge , 1989)
  3,419 (1950 - Compiled from diocese statistics at www.catholic-hierarchy.org)
  3,000 (1988 - Bridge, 1988)  
  3,000 (1989 - Bridge, December 1989)
  3,000 (1994 - UCA Dispatch, 30 June-1 July, 1994)
  6,000 (1997 - Charbonnier, Guide to the Catholic Church in China , p.299)
15,200 (2001 - Johnstone & Mandryk, Operation World , p.171)
  8,600 (2010 - Mandryk, Operation World , p.234)

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