A Pew Research Center article, published 16 February 2011, examining how many Christians live in Egypt. It reports Egypt's 1927 and 1996 census figures for the Christian share of the population, and the 2008 Egyptian Demographic and Health Survey's finding of about 5 percent Christian respondents, while noting that media reports citing Coptic Orthodox Church officials of 10 percent or more are not supported by any census or large scale survey it could find.
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Citation
AuthorPew Research Center staff
PublisherPew Research Center
Publication Year2011
URLhttps://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2011/02/16/how-many-christians-are-there-in-egypt/
Source TypeDemographic study
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Reliability Tier1
Reliability tier 1: a research organization report that reads Egypt's own 1927 and 1996 census figures and the 2008 Egyptian Demographic and Health Survey directly, rather than repeating media claims, and says so explicitly when it finds no census or survey support for higher church and media figures. Cross-Tradition Connections
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- Denominations, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 general references.
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