Shanghai

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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.