Religion
| Religious background in Chile | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Religion | Percent | |||
| Roman Catholic | 69.9% | |||
| Protestant | 15.1% | |||
| None | 8.3% | |||
| Other | 4.4% | |||
| Mormon | 3.3% | |||
| Jehovah Witness | 1.0% | |||
In the most recent census (2002), 70 percent of the population over age 14 identified as Roman Catholic and 15.1 percent as evangelical. In the census, the term "evangelical" referred to all non-Catholic Christian churches with the exception of the Orthodox Church (Greek, Persian, Serbian, Ukrainian, and Armenian), the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), Seventh-day Adventists, and Jehovah's Witnesses. Approximately 90 percent of evangelicals are Pentecostal. Wesleyan, Lutheran, Reformed Evangelical, Presbyterian, Anglican, Episcopalian, Baptist and Methodist churches are also present. Non-religious people, atheists and agnostics, account for around 8% of the population.
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