Christianity by country

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Christian population percentage by country Christianity percent population in each nation World Map Christian data by Pew Research.svg
Christian population percentage by country

According to a Pew estimation in 2025, Christians made up to 2.64 billion of the worldwide population of about 8 billion people. [a] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] It represents nearly one-third of the world's population and is the largest religion in the world, with the three largest groups of Christians being the Catholic Church, Protestantism, and the Eastern Orthodox Church. [7] The largest Christian denomination is the Catholic Church, with 1.3 billion baptized members. [8] The second largest Christian branch is either Protestantism (if it is considered a single group), or the Eastern Orthodox Church (if Protestants are considered to be divided into multiple denominations).

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According to a 2020 Pew Research Center study, of the then 201 countries and territories, 120 had Christian majorities. [2]

Christianity is the predominant religion and faith in Europe, the Americas, the Philippines, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Oceania. [9] There are also large Christian communities in other parts of the world, such as Indonesia, Central Asia, the Middle East, and West Africa where Christianity is the second-largest religion after Islam. The United States has the largest Christian population in the world, followed by Brazil, Mexico, Russia, and the Philippines. [10]

Christianity in multiple forms is the state religion of the following 14 nations: Armenia (Armenian Apostolic Church), Tuvalu (Church of Tuvalu), Costa Rica (Catholic Church), [11] Kingdom of Denmark (Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark), [12] England (Church of England), [13] Greece (Church of Greece), Georgia (Eastern Orthodox Church), [14] [15] Iceland (Church of Iceland), [16] Liechtenstein (Catholic Church), [17] Malta (Catholic Church), [18] Monaco (Catholic Church), [19] Vatican City (Catholic Church), [20] and Zambia. Christianity used to be the state religion of the former Ethiopian Empire (adopted in 340 A.D. by the Kingdom of Aksum) prior to the government's overthrow. [21]

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Population data are compiled using statistical science and are subject to observational error; these numbers should therefore be considered estimates only. [22] The total number of Christians for each country is based on the number of people who are members of a Christian denomination or who identify themselves as Christian, plus their children. The number of people who actually believe in God or who regularly attend church is not addressed.

Top ten by numbers

A list of the top ten countries by largest number of Christians according to Pew Research Center in 2020. [2]

RankCountryChristians% Christian
1Flag of the United States.svg United States 217,270,00064.0
2Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 168,300,00080.7
3Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 113,070,00089.2
4Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 102,510,00091.5
5Flag of Russia.svg Russia 102,350,00069.9
6Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 92,770,00043.4
7Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Congo DR 92,400,00096.3
8Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 73,230,00061.6
9Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 51,630,00085.3
10Flag of Italy.svg Italy 48,210,00080.5

Top ten by percentage

A list of the top ten countries by highest percentage of the population that is Christian according to Pew Research Center in 2010. [23]

RankCountry% ChristianChristians
1Flag of Vatican City (2023-present).svg Vatican City 100.0%800
2Flag of Romania.svg Romania 99.0%21,490,000
3Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea 99.0%6,860,000
4Flag of East Timor.svg Timor-Leste 99.0%1,120,000
5Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga 99.0%100,000
6Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia 98.5%3,090,000
7Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia 97.6%2,280,000
8Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova 97.5%3,570,000
9Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Solomon Islands 97.5%520,000
10Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg Marshall Islands 97.5%50,000

UN members and dependent territories

Christianity by country
Country or entityChristians [b] % Christian [c] % Catholic [c] % Protestant / Orthodox / Other Christian [c]
Flag of the Taliban.svg Afghanistan (details)6,250/8,000 [24] – 30,000 [25] 0.02% [25]
Flag of Albania.svg Albania (details)384,833 [26] 19.0%10.0%9.0%
Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria (details)20,000 – 200,000 [27] or 71,000 (estimate for 2010) [28] 0.01%0.01%1.0%
[ figures disagree ]
Flag of American Samoa.svg American Samoa (details)70,00098.3%20.0%
Flag of Andorra.svg Andorra (details)78,00089.5%88.2% [29] 1.3%
Flag of Angola.svg Angola (details)27,816,41379.2%41.1% [30] 38.1% [30]
Flag of Anguilla.svg Anguilla (details)15,00090.5%3.0%87.0%
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Antigua and Barbuda (details)70,18387.6% [31] 8.6%79.0%
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina (details)34,940,10877.0% [32] 66.0% [32] 11.0% [32]
Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia (details)2,645,110 [33] 98.6%0.6%98.0%
Flag of Aruba.svg Aruba (details)83,128 [34] 82.3%75.7%6.6%
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (details)11,148,814 [35] 47.3%21.5%25.8%
Flag of Austria.svg Austria (details)5,185,95958.0% – 62.0%54.9% [36] 3.0% – 7.0% [37] [38]
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan (details)280,000 [39] 3.1%3.1%
Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas (details)335,97595.0% [40] 12.0%83.0%
Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain (details)185,00015.0% [41] 9.0%
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh (details)488,583 [42] 0.3%
Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados (details)244,00074.0% [43] [44] 4.2%70.0%
Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus (details)5,265,00055.4% [45] 7.1%48.3%
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium (details)6,860,00065.0% [46] 58.0% [46] 7.0% [46]
Flag of Belize.svg Belize (details)244,859 [47] 62.2%32.2%30.0%
Flag of Benin.svg Benin (details)5,570,00048.5% [48] [49] 25.5%23.0%
Flag of Bermuda.svg Bermuda (details)37,688 [50] 61.1%15.1%46.0%
Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan (details)7,0001.0%0.1%0.9%
Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia (details)9,730,00089.0%76.0%13.0%
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina (details)1,622,093 [51] 45.94% [51] 15.19% [51] 30.75% [51]
Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana (details)1,416,00071.6%5.0%66.0%
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil (details)147,634,177 [52] 83.7%56.8%26.9%
Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg British Virgin Islands (details)22,951 [53] 83.9%9.0%74.9%
Flag of Brunei.svg Brunei (details)29,4626.7% [54]
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria (details)4,219,270 [55] 81.6%0.7%80.9%
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso (details)4,787,272 [56] 26.3% [57] 20.1%6.2%
Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi (details)7,662,00075.0%60.0%15.0%
Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia (details)50,0000.3% [58]
Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon (details)15,390,00073.0% [59] 44.4%29.3%
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada (details)19,373,325 [60] [61] 53.3% [60] 29.9% [60] 23.4% [62]
Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde (details)287,640 [63] 81.9%72.0%9.9%
Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg Cayman Islands (details)52,60066.9% [64] 13.6%53.3%
Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic (details)2,302,00080.0%29.0%51.0%
Flag of Chad.svg Chad (details)4,150,000 [25] 35.0%20.0%15.0%
Flag of Chile.svg Chile (details)11,061,99473.2%

[65] [66]

54.6%18.6%
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg People's Republic of China (details)31,220,000 [67] – 34,610,000 / 49,170,000 [68]

2.5% – 3.5% [68]

0.46% – 0.69% [68] 2.0% – 2.89% [68]
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia (details)43,560,00092.0% [69] 79.0%13.0%
Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros (details)15,0002.1%
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands (details)11,980 [70] 79.9%16.7%63.2%
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo, Republic of (details)3,409,00090.7%50.0%40.0%
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Congo, Democratic Republic of (details)105,000,000-107,000,00092.0-95.0%50.0%42.0%
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica (details)4,000,00082.0%57.0%25.0%
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Côte d'Ivoire (details)11,701,583 [71] 40.7%
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia (details)3,383,046 [72] 89.6% [73] 80.7%8.5%
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba (details)6,670,000 [25] 65.0% [74] 52.7%7.5%
Flag of Curacao.svg Curaçao (details)130,585 [75] 86.1%70.1%16.0%
Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus (details)718,067 [76] 94.0%1.8%92.2%
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic (details)1,725,963 [77] 16.4%13.4%3.0%
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (details)4,480,000 [78] 76.9%0.8%76.1%
Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti (details)4,455 [79] 0.4%
Flag of Dominica.svg Dominica (details)58,089 [80] 85.0%54.3%30.7%
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic (details)9,734,00083.0%65.0%18.0%
Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador (details)14,099,00094.0%74.0%20.0%
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt (details)9,029,00010.0% [81]
Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador (details)5,073,00081.9%52.6%29.3%
Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea (details)683,00088.7% [25] 80.7%8.0%
Flag of Eritrea.svg Eritrea (details)3,577,00067.0% [82] 4.0%54.0%
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia (details)408,84730.7% [83] 0.9%29.8%
Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini (details)975,757 [84] 91.3%3.4%87.9%
Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia (details)77,477,00075.0%0.7%63.4%
Flag of the Falkland Islands.svg Falkland Islands (details)3,00094.3%94.0%
Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Faroe Islands (details)33,018 [85] 95.4%94.0%
Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji (details)612,415 [86] 69.2%
Flag of Finland.svg Finland (details)3,736,000 [87] 67.1% [87] 0.3%66.9%
Flag of France.svg France (details)25,744,860–33,874,81638.0% (2020 est.) [88] [d]
50% (2021 est.)
60.6% [89]
29.0% – 47% [90] - 57.5%9.0% [88] - 3% [90] - 3.1%
Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon (details)1,081,00088.0% [91] 41.9%46.1%
Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia (details)79,0004.2% [92]
Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia (details)3,240,724 [93] [94] 88.3%0.5%87.8%
Flag of Germany.svg Germany (details)44,861,00053.9% [95] 26.7% [95] 27.2% [95]
Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana (details)21,932,708 [96] 71.3%10.0%61.3%
Flag of Gibraltar.svg Gibraltar (details)26,935 [97] 83.7%72.1%11.5%
Flag of Greece.svg Greece (details)10,000,00093.0% [98] <1.0% [98]
Flag of Greenland.svg Greenland (details)55,00096.6%96.6%
Flag of Grenada.svg Grenada (details)90,632 [99] 90.1%33.9%56.2%
Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala (details)14,018,00087.0%47.0%40.0%
Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea (details)1,032,0008.9% [100] 5.0%5.0%
Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Guinea-Bissau (details)318,021 [101] 26.2%
Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana (details)477,284 [102] 63.9%7.1%56.8%
Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti (details)9,597,00096.0%80.0%16.0%
Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg Honduras (details)6,660,00088.0% [103] 47.0%41.0%
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong (details)1,301,000 [104] [105] 17.6%5.4%12.2%
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary (details)5,254,179 [106] – 6,501,000 [46] 52.87% [106] – 65.0% [46] 38.96% [106] – 58.0% [46] 13.91% [106]
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland (details)272,200 [107] 72.3% [107] 3.9% [107] 68.4% [107]
Flag of India.svg India (details)30,000,0002.3% [108] 1.3%1.0%
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia (details)29,149,241 [109] 10.49% [110] 3.06%7.43%
Flag of Iran.svg Iran (details)380,000 – 1,500,000 [111] 0.4% –1.5%0.4% –1.5%
Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq (details)500,0001.2%1.2%
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland (details)3,888,839 [112] 81.0% [112] 73.8% [112] 5.6% [112]
Flag of the Isle of Man.svg Isle of Man (details)40,725 [113] 54.6%
Flag of Israel.svg Israel (details)266,0003.5%3.5%
Flag of Italy.svg Italy (details)53,230,000 [114] 83.0%81.2%2.0%
Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica (details)1,848,607 [115] 70.5%2.2%68.3%
Flag of Japan.svg Japan (details)1,915,2941.1% [116] 0.5%0.6%
Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan (details)388,0006.0% [117]
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan (details)3,300,00017.2% [118]
Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya (details)37,086,506 [119] 78.7%20.6%58.1%
Flag of Kiribati.svg Kiribati (details)116,474 [120] 97.6%59.0%38.7%
Flag of North Korea.svg Korea, North (details)406,0001.7%
Flag of South Korea.svg Korea, South (details)13,566,00027.6% [121] 7.9%19.7%
Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait (details)458,00015.0%3.2%12.8%
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan (details)610,000 [25] – 944,00011.4% [25] – 17.0% [122]
Flag of Laos.svg Laos (details)112,230 [123] 1.7%
Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia (details)1,570,00070.0% [46] – 80.0% [124] 24.1% [46] – 25.1% [124] [125] 46.8% [46] – 54.9% [124]
Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon (details)1,600,000 –1,800,000 [126] [127] 38.0% – 41.0%26.0%15.0%
Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho (details)1,876,00090.0%45.0%45.0%
Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia (details)4,458,286 [128] 84.9%
Flag of Libya.svg Libya (details)170,000 [25] 2.7% [25] 0.5%1.5%
Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Liechtenstein (details)30,912 [129] 82.4%72.5%10.0%
Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania (details)2,236,185 [130] 92.2%86.0%6.2%
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg (details)360,00072.4% [131] 68.7%3.7%
Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar (details)22,322,96685.0% [132]
Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi (details)13,581,623 [133] 77.3%17.2%60.1%
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia (details)2,941,049 [134] 9.0%
Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives (details)300 - 1,400 [135] 0.08%
Flag of Mali.svg Mali (details)484,857 [136] 2.3%
Flag of Malta.svg Malta (details)399,983 [137] 88.5%82.6%5.9%
Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg Marshall Islands (details)40,003 [138] 96.2%9.3%86.9%
Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania (details)5,0000.14%
Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius (details)398,212 [139] 32.3%25.0%7.3%
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico (details)111,959,525 [140] 89.1%78.0%11.2%
Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia.svg Micronesia, Federated States of (details)101,468 [141] 98.7%54.7%44.0%
Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova (details)2,602,36899.6% [142] 0.1%99.5%
Flag of Monaco.svg Monaco (details)30,00082.6% [143] 77.0 [143]
Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia (details)42,8591.3% [144]
Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro (details)467,349 [145] 76.5%3.3%73.2%
Flag of Montserrat.svg Montserrat (details)3,586 [146] 84.1%10.6%73.5%
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco (details)336,0001.0% [147]
Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique (details)12,287,678 [148] 46.2%27.6%18.6%
Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar (details)3,790,0006.2%1.0%5.2%
Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia (details)1,991,00090.0%13.7%76.3%
Flag of Nauru.svg Nauru (details)10,975 [149] 94.4%34.0%60.4%
Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal (details)512,313 [150] 1.8%
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands (details)5,382,88330.0% (2023) [151] 17.0% (registered, 2023) [151] 14.0% (2023) [151]
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand (details)1,738,638 (2018) [152] 37.0% (2018) [152] 10.0% (2018) [152] 27.0% (2018) [152]
Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua (details)5,217,00084.6%58.8%25.8%
Flag of Niger.svg Niger (details)56,856 [153] 0.3%5.0%
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria (details)74,400,000 – 107,000,00045.9% [154] 10.6%35.3%
Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia (details)1,100,732 [155] [156] 64.6%0.4%64.2%
Flag of Norway.svg Norway (details)3,844,000 [157] 76.7% (2018) [158] [159] 2.4% [160] 73.8% (2018) [158] [159]
Flag of Oman.svg Oman (details)180,000 [25] 6.5% [25]
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan (details)3,300,788 [161] 1.4%
Flag of Palau.svg Palau (details)14,148 [162] [e] 80.3%46.4%33.9%
Flag of Panama.svg Panama (details)3,057,00092.0%80.0%12.0%
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea (details)6,800,00097.0%27.0%70.0%
Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay (details)6,260,00096.0% [103] 88.0%8.0%
Flag of Peru.svg Peru (details)29,519,00094.5% [163] 76.0%18.5%
Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines (details)92,746,021 [164] 85.3%78.8%6.5%
Flag of the Pitcairn Islands.svg Pitcairn Islands (details)50100.0%100.0%
Flag of Poland.svg Poland (details)27,550,861 [165] 91.2%90.0%1.2%
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal (details)7,445,00084.8% [166] 80.2%4.6%
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico (details)3,878,00089.0% [167] [168] 56.0%33.0%
Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar (details)263,00013.8%
Flag of Romania.svg Romania (details)16,155,689 [169] 98.5%5.2%93.3%
Flag of Russia.svg Russia (details)102,400,000 [22] 69.9% [22]
Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda (details)12,201,213 [170] 92.2%40.0%52.3%
Flag of Saint Helena.svg Saint Helena (details)3,436 [171] 86.4%2.4%84.0%
Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg Saint Kitts and Nevis (details)39,206 [172] 83.2%5.9%77.2%
Flag of Saint Lucia.svg Saint Lucia (details)133,001 [173] 80.7%52.8%27.9%
Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (details)89,891 [174] 86.4%6.6%79.8%
Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa (details)183,559 [175] 89.3%18.0%71.3%
Flag of San Marino.svg San Marino (details)31,00091.6% [25] 90.5%1.1%
Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg São Tomé and Príncipe (details)127,938 [176] 72.3%56.3%16.0%
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia (details)1,500,0005.0% [177]
Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal (details)570,0004.2% [178]
Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia (details)5,758,71986.68% [179] 3.87%82.81%
Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles (details)76,937 [180] 84.7%69.3%15.4%
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone (details)619,000 – 1,294,00010.0% [181] –20.9% [182]
Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore (details)654,355 [183] 18.9%7.0%11.9%
Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia (details)3,748,00068.8% [184] 59.8%9.0%
Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia (details)1,610,00068.0% [46] 64.0% [46] 4.0% [46]
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Solomon Islands (details)696,324 [185] 96.6%20.0%76.6%
Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia (details)178,869 [186] 1.0%
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa (details)52,886,00085.3% [187] 5.0%75.0%
Flag of South Sudan.svg South Sudan (details)6,010,000 [188] 60.5% [189] 30.0%30.0%
Flag of Spain.svg Spain (details)28,000,00059.2% [190] 58.2% [190] 1.0% [190]
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka (details)1,552,161 [191] 7.6%6.2%1.4%
Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan (details)525,0001.5% [192]
Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname (details)262,00048.4% – 51.6% [193] [194] 21.6%26.8%
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (details)6,577,47864.3% [195] 1.2%63.1%
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (details)5,700,00066.9% [196] – 69.1% [197] 36.5% [196] – 37.9% [197] 30.4% [196] – 31.2% [197]
Flag of Syria (2025-).svg Syria (details)1,800,000 [198] 10.0% [25] 2.0%8.0%
Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan (details)110,000 [25] 1.4%0.1%1.3%
Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania (details)31,342,00061.4% [199]
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand (details)768,0001.1% [200]
Flag of East Timor.svg Timor-Leste (details)1,242,668 [201] 99.5%97.5%2.0%
Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo (details)1,966,00029.0%
Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga (details)97,075 [202] 97.8%13.7%84.0%
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago (details)743,105 [203] 63.2%24.3%38.9%
Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia (details)30,000 [204] [f]
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey (details)120,000 [205] – 310,000 [206] 0.2%
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan (details)466,0009.0% [207] 9.0%
Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg Turks and Caicos Islands (details)6,442 [208] 87.6%5.7%82.0%
Flag of Tuvalu.svg Tuvalu (details)10,040 [209] 95.7%0.5%95.2%
Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda (details)37,489,984 [210] 84.5%37.4%47.0%
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine (details)34,830,000 [211] 81.9% [211] 7.5%74.4%
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates (details)940,0009.0% [212] 7.0%2.0%
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom (details)25,585,000 [213] – 31,889,00038.0% [214] – 47.7% [215] [216] [217] 7.0% [218] 31.0% [218]
Flag of the United States.svg United States (details)213,000,000 [219] 65.0% (2019) [219] – 73.0% [220] 20.0% [219] – 22.7% [220] 45.0% [219] – 48.5% [220]
Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay (details)1,941,00058.1% [221] 47.0%11.0%
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan (details)710,000 [25] 2.6% [25] 2.6% [25]
Flag of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu (details)245,163 [222] 83.5%12.1%71.4%
Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela (details)28,340,00088.0% [223] 71.0%17.0%
Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam (details)6,831,0007.1% [224] 6.1%1.0%
Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen (details)25,000 [225] – 41,000 [226] 0.01%0.01%
Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia (details)19,300,00098.0% [227] 17.9%80.0%
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe (details)12,937,804 [228] 85.2%6.4%78.8%
Europe 565,560,000 [6] 76.2% [6] 35.0% [229] 41.2% [6]
Latin America and the Caribbean 531,280,000 [6] 90.0% [6] 70.0% [230] 20.0% [231]
Africa 526,016,926 [6] 62.7% [6] 21.0% [229] 41.7% [6]
Asia 285,120,000 [6] –375,905,000 [232] 7.0% [6] –12.0% [232] 3.0% [229] –5.1% [232] 4.0% [6] –6.8% [232]
North America 266,630,000 [6] 77.4% [6] 22.0% [229] 55.4%
Oceania 25,754,000 [233] 73.3% [233] 38.9% [233] 34.4% [233]
Middle East-North Africa 12,000,000 –16,000,000 [234] 3.8% [6] –5.0% [235] 2.0% [229] –2.6%1.8% [6] – 2.3%
Total2,431,209,718 [232] 33.4% [232] 16.9% [232] 16.5% [232]

Other states

StateChristians% Christian
Flag of the Republic of Abkhazia.svg Abkhazia (details)130,00068.0%
Flag of Kosovo.svg Kosovo (details)150,0008.7% [236]
Flag of Palestine.svg Palestine (details)173,0003.0% [237]
Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.svg Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (details)2000.03%
Flag of South Ossetia.svg South Ossetia (details)69,00096.4%
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan (details)902,0003.9% [238]
Flag of Transnistria (state).svg Transnistria (details)510,00095.0%
Flag of Vatican City (2023-present).svg Vatican City (details)836100.0%

Population growth

According to World Population Review, there were 2.38 billion Christians around the world in 2021. [239] According to a 2012 Pew Research Center survey, if current trends continue, Christianity will remain the world's largest religion by year 2050. According to a 2015 Pew Research Center study, Christianity is estimated to reach 3 billion adherents out of a projected population of 9.3 billion people in 2050, achieving parity with Muslim populations for the first time in history, which are predicted to be about 2.8 billion in 2050. [240]

Demographics of major traditions within Christianity (Pew Research Center, 2010 data) [241]
TraditionFollowers% of the
Christian population
% of the
world population
Follower dynamicsDynamics inside and
outside Christianity
Catholicism 1,200,000,00052.415.9Increase2.svg GrowingSteady2.svg Stable
Protestantism 800,640,00034.911.6Increase2.svg GrowingIncrease2.svg Growing
Orthodoxy 260,380,00011.43.8Increase2.svg GrowingIncrease2.svg Growing
Other Christianity 28,430,0001.30.4Increase2.svg GrowingIncrease2.svg Growing
Christianity 2,289,450,00010031.7Increase2.svg GrowingSteady2.svg Stable

See also

Other religions:

General:

Notes

  1. Current sources are in general agreement that Christians make up about 33% of the world's population—slightly over 2.4 billion adherents in mid-2015.
  2. Included Mormons
  3. 1 2 3 Out of total valid answers (exclude unknown/refused to answer), whenever possible
  4. The 2020 survey of religion by INSEE was conducted on a nationally representative large sample (≈ 28,000) of people aged 18–49 and 18–59. It is reputed to be representative of the whole population of Metropolitan France, comprising French people without immigrant background, French people with immigrant background since various generations, as well as first-generation immigrant citizens. [88]
  5. Another 867 people believed in Modekngei, a religion considered as partially Christian
  6. Tunisia's Ministry of Religious Affairs estimates there are approximately 30,000 Christians residing in the country, of which the majority are foreigners and about 80% of whom are Roman Catholic. Approximately 7000 Christians are Tunisian Citizens, mostly Anglicans and other Protestants. [204]

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