"Protestants have grown from 15% of the population of Africa in 1970 (some 54m people) to 29% today (more than 340m). In Latin America, they have gone from 8% (23m) to 19% (121m) over the same period."
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R.G., “Why is Protestantism flourishing in the developing world?”, The Ecconomist, (Nov 9, 2017).
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