Nicaragua

NICARAGUA

A. THE COUNTRY

The Republic of Nicaragua is the largest and most sparsely populated
state of the Central American republics.  The government is a
Presidential republic.  Many minerals and fertile soil make the country
potentially wealthy, but it is poor and heavily dependent on remittances
from Nicaraguans working abroad.  It has a mixed economy.  Illegal
logging of rainforest hardwood is an increasing problem.

B. THE PEOPLE

The population is ~5,823,000 and official language Spanish.  There are
English speaking communities on the east coast.
~84% are Latino, ~8.7% Afro-Nicaraguan, ~5.9% Amerindian, ~1.4% Other
(Middle Eastern, Chinese, Romani, European).

C. RELIGIONS AND CHRISTIANITY/PENTECOSTALISM

Nicaragua is a secular state.  ~97.32% claim to be Christian, ~1.7%
Non-religious, ~0.8% Ethnoreligionist, ~0.06% Chinese, ~0.05% Baha’i,
~0.04% Buddhist, ~0.03% Muslim.
In the Christian category:
~69.39% are Catholic, ~21.25% Protestant, ~11.76% Independent, ~0.19%
Anglican.
Evangelicals represent ~29.8% of the population.
Charismatics represent ~29.5% and of those ~19.7% are Pentecostals.
Other groups originating in Western society represent ~1.39% of the
population.

Donna Siemens

References:

http://en.wikipedia.org

Operation World, Jason Mandryk. Colorado Springs: Biblica Publishing, 2010.