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2,000,000

2,000,000 -- christian affiliated population for New Zealand population (2006)

Name: Christian Affiliated Population Statistics
Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-09-26

2006 · Statistics New Zealand

In the 2006 New Zealand Census, just over 2 million people identified as affiliated with Christianity.

Source states 'just over 2 million'
Undoubtedly includes those who are only nominally Christian

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Last verified: 2026-09-26 · How we verify data →

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Value

2,000,000

Unit

Count

Data Vintage

2006

Entity

New Zealand population

Geography

Evidence Quality

Strong, reliable evidence

Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.

61/100 confidence

Single source - not yet corroborated

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Extraction

Source Trust

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Methodology

Freshness

Source

Statistics New Zealand Primary Tier A

http://www.trb.co.nz/StandardPage.asp?id=1204&title=Believing+in+Radio ↗

Confidence: 32/100 Vintage: 2006 Channel: Common Crawl

Source Article

The Radio Bureau

Original Research

Statistics New Zealand · Original study ↗

Methodology

New Zealand 2006 Census

Methodology documented

Segmentation

Industrymarketing RegionNZ Channelaffiliate

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New Zealand population: 2,000,000 christian affiliated population. Source: Statistics New Zealand (2006). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/nz-christian-affiliation-census-2006

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