Protestantism by country

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Distribution of Protestants
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Percentage of Protestants by country
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Number of Protestants by country

There are approximately 833,457,000 Protestants worldwide, [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [a] among approximately 2.5 billion Christians. [10] [1] [11] [12] [b] In 2010, a total of more than 800 million included 300 million in Sub-Saharan Africa, 260 million in the Americas, 140 million in Asia-Pacific region, 100 million in Europe and 2 million in Middle East-North Africa. [2] Protestants account for nearly forty percent of Christians worldwide and more than one tenth of the total human population. [2] Various estimates put the percentage of Protestants in relation to the total number of the world's Christians at 33%, [5] 36%, [13] 36.7%, [2] and 40%, [3] while in relation to the world's population at 11.6% [2] and 13%. [8]

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In European countries which were most profoundly influenced by the Reformation, Protestantism still remains the most practiced religion. [5] These include the Nordic countries and United Kingdom. [5] [14] In other historical Protestant strongholds such as Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Latvia, Estonia and Hungary, it remains one of the most popular religions. [15] Although Czech Republic was the site of one of the most significant pre-reformation movements, [16] there are only few Protestant adherents [17] [18] —mainly due to historical reasons like persecution of Protestants by the Catholic Habsburgs, [19] restrictions during the Communist rule and also the ongoing secularization. [16] Over the last several decades, religious practice has been declining as secularization has increased. [5] [20] According to a 2019 study about religiosity in the European Union (EU) by Eurobarometer, Protestants made up 9% of the EU population. [21] According to Pew Research Center, Protestants constituted nearly one fifth (or 17.8%) of the continent's Christian population in 2010. [2] Clarke and Beyer estimate that Protestants constituted 15% of all Europeans in 2009, while Noll claims that less than 12% of them lived in Europe in 2010. [5] [7]

Changes in worldwide Protestantism over the last century have been significant. [3] [7] [22] Since 1900, Protestantism has spread rapidly in Africa, Asia, Oceania and South America. [23] [8] [22] That caused Protestantism to be called a primarily non-Western religion. [7] [22] Much of the growth has occurred after World War II, when decolonization of Africa and abolition of various restrictions against Protestants in Latin American countries occurred. [8] According to one source, Protestants constituted respectively 2.5% of South Americans, 2% of Africans and 0.5% of Asians in 1900. [8] In 2000, these percentages had increased to 17%, more than 27% and 5.5%, respectively. [8] According to Mark A. Noll, 79% of Anglicans lived in the United Kingdom in 1910, while most of the remainder were found in the United States and across the British Commonwealth. [7] By 2010, 59% of Anglicans were found in Africa. [7] China is home to the world's largest Protestant minority. [2] [c]

Protestantism is growing in Africa, [23] [24] [25] Asia, [23] [25] [26] Latin America, [25] [27] and Oceania, [23] [22] while remaining stable or declining in Anglo America [22] and Europe, [5] [28] with some exceptions such as France, [29] where it was legally eradicated after the abolition of the Edict of Nantes by the Edict of Fontainebleau and the following persecution of Huguenots, but now is claimed to be stable in number or even growing slightly. [29] According to some, Russia is another country to see Protestant growth. [30] [31] [32] However, "by 2050 it is expected that less than 9% of Protestants will be European" and "sometime around 2040 half of all Protestants will likely live in Africa." [33]

In 2010, the largest Protestant denominational families were historically Pentecostal denominations (10.8%), Anglican (10.6%), Lutheran (9.7%), Baptist (9%), United and uniting churches (unions of different denominations) (7.2%), Presbyterian or Reformed (7%), Methodist (3.4%), Adventist (2.7%), Congregationalist (0.5%), Brethren (0.5%), The Salvation Army (0.3%) and Moravian (0.1%). Other denominations accounted for 38.2% of Protestants. [2]

The United States is home to approximately 20% of Protestants. [2] According to a 2019 study, Protestant share of U.S. population dropped to 43%, further ending its status as religion of the majority. [34] [35] [36] The decline is attributed mainly to the dropping membership of the Mainline Protestant churches [35] [37] and even among Evangelical Protestant churches [38] [39] while Black churches are relatively stable or continue to grow. [35]

According to Scientific Elite: Nobel Laureates in the United States, a review of American Nobel prizes winners awarded between 1901 and 1972 by Harriet Zuckerman, 72% of American Nobel Prize laureates came from Protestant backgrounds. [40] Overall, Protestants have won a total of 84.2% of all the American Nobel Prizes in Chemistry, [40] 60% in Medicine, [40] 58.6% in Physics, [40] between 1901 and 1972.

By 2050, some project Protestantism to rise to slightly more than half of the world's total Christian population. [41] [d] According to Hans J. Hillerbrand, Protestant and Catholic share of the global Christian population will almost be the same by 2050, with Protestants exhibiting a significantly higher growth rate. [42]

According to Mark Juergensmeyer of the University of California, popular Protestantism [e] is the most dynamic religious movement in the contemporary world, alongside resurgent Islam. [43]

Methodology

For the purposes of this list, the following Christian branches are considered Protestant:

Evangelicals, Charismatics, Neo-charismatics and other revivalists are found virtually across every Protestant branch. Nondenominationals, various independents and Protestants from other denominations, not easily fitting in the traditional classification, are also taken into account.

Estimates of total Protestant population vary considerably. Most reliable sources claim a range of 800 million to more than 1 billion. Difficulties occur as there is no consensus among scholars which denominations should be considered Protestant.

Countries

The seven regions considered in the following table are the six traditional ones (Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Oceania), plus Middle East (i.e., countries with Islamic majority from the Mediterranean to Iran).

Protestants by country
Region CountryTotal population (year) % ProtestantProtestant total
Asia Flag of the Taliban.svg Afghanistan (details)29,928,9870.03%10,000
Europe Flag of Albania.svg Albania (details)3,563,1120.23%8,191
Africa Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria (details)35,531,8531.62%250,000
Europe Flag of Andorra.svg Andorra (details)71,2012.1%1,495
Africa Flag of Angola.svg Angola (details)19,600,00030.6%5,997,600
North America Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Antigua and Barbuda (details)68,72268%59,101[ citation needed ]
South America Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina (details)40,500,00015.3% [44] 6,874,290
Europe Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia (details)2,982,9043.7%110,368
Oceania Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (details)23,401,892 (2016)23.1%6,355,952 [45]
Europe Flag of Austria.svg Austria (details)8,823,053 (2017)3.4%297,578 [46]
Europe Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan (details)8,581,4000.07%6,007
North America Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas (details)353,658 [47] 70%247,561
Asia Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain (details)688,345??
Asia Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh (details)144,319,6280.23%331,935
North America Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados (details)278,28967%186,454
Europe Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus (details)10,300,4835%515,024
Europe Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium (details)10,364,3881.35%140,000
North America Flag of Belize.svg Belize (details)279,45730%83,837
Africa Flag of Benin.svg Benin (details)9,100,00023%2,093,000
Asia Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan (details)791,5240.05%400
South America Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia (details)8,857,87016% [48] -17.2% [49] -20% [50] 1,417,259
Europe Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina (details)4,025,4760.04%1,610
Africa Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana (details)2,000,00066%1,320,000
South America Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil (details)203,080,75626.9% [51] [52] 47,418,024 [53]
Asia Flag of Brunei.svg Brunei (details)372,3611.3%4,841
Europe Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria (details)6,445,4811.1%69,852
Africa Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso (details)17,000,0009%1,360,000
Africa Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi (details)10,200,00020%2,400,000
Asia Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia (details)13,607,0690.04%5,390
Africa Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon (details)16,380,00520%3,276,001
North America Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada (details)36,242,57121.7%7,869,955 [54]
Africa Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde (details)415,2943.5%14,535
Africa Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic (details)5,000,00061%3,050,000
Africa Flag of Chad.svg Chad (details)11,500,00018%2,070,000
South America Flag of Chile.svg Chile (details)18,192,00016.3% 2,466,607
Asia Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (details)1,382,710,000 (2016)2.9%39,970,000 [55]
South America Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia (details)46,900,000 (2011 est)16.4% (2020)5,862,500
Africa Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros (details)671,2470.25%1,678
Africa Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo, Republic of (details)4,100,00051%2,091,000
Africa Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Congo, Democratic Republic of (details)65,966,000 (2010)50%31,663,680 [56]
North America Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica (details)4,700,000 (2011 est)12.3% [57] [58] [59] -25% [60] [48] 1,250,000
Africa Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Côte d'Ivoire (details)22,500,00023%5,175,000
Europe Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia (details)4,495,9042%89,918
North America Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba (details)11,346,67011%1,248,133
Europe Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus (details)780,1332%15,603
Europe Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic (details)10,241,1381.1% [61]
Europe Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (details)5,700,00077% - 82%4,389,000 - 4,674,000
Africa Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti (details)900,0000.2%1,800
North America Flag of Dominica.svg Dominica (details)69,27815%10,392
North America Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic (details)10,000,000 (2011 est)18% (poll)1,800,000
Asia Flag of East Timor.svg East Timor (details)1,040,8801.2% [62] -1.96% [63] 31,226
South America Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador (details)14,700,00012.5%-14% [64] 1,837,500
Africa Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 105,000,0002%2,100,000
North America Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador (details)6,200,00034.4% / 28% [65] 2,132,800
Africa Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea (details)700,0006%42,000
Africa Flag of Eritrea.svg Eritrea (details)5,900,0005%295,000
Europe Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia (details)1,094,56411%121,000
Africa Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini (details)1,200,00067%801,000
Africa Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia (details)73,750,932 (2007)18.6%13,717,673
Oceania Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji (details)893,35442.5%379,676
Europe Flag of Finland.svg Finland (details)5,564,00065.8% [66] 3,662,000
Europe Flag of France.svg France (details)60,656,1782%1,213,124
Africa Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon (details)1,500,00039.7% [67]
Africa Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia (details)1,593,2567%[ citation needed ]360,000[ citation needed ]
Europe Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia (details)4,677,4012.14%100,000
Europe Flag of Germany.svg Germany (details)83,155,000 (2020)22.6%18,600,000 [68]
Africa Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana (details)24,200,000 (2010)58.1%14,060,200
Europe Flag of Greece.svg Greece (details)10,668,3540.28%30,000
North America Flag of Grenada.svg Grenada (details)89,50230%26,851
North America Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala (details)14,700,00038.2%6,038,150
Africa Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea (details)10,200,0004%408,000
Africa Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Guinea-Bissau (details)1,600,0002%32,000
South America Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana (details)765,28338%290,808
North America Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti (details)10,100,000 (2011 est)30%3,030,000
North America Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg Honduras (details)6,975,20441%2,859,834
Europe Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary (details)10,006,83514%1,401,640
Europe Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland (details)376,200 (2022)68.1%256,200 [69]
Asia Flag of India.svg India (details)1,407,563,842 (2021) [70] [71] 1.5%18,860,000 [72]
Asia Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia (details)270,000,000 (2020)7.6%20,246,000 [73]
Asia Flag of Iran.svg Iran (details)68,017,8600.3%204,054
Asia Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq (details)38,146,0250.1%40,000
Europe Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland (details)4,761,900 (2016)4.2%201,400 [74]
Asia Flag of Israel.svg Israel (details)9,076,8830.71%64,000
Europe Flag of Italy.svg Italy (details)58,102,1121,3%755,328
North America Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica (details)2,731,83260%1,639,099
Asia Flag of Japan.svg Japan (details)127,417,2440.4%509,668
Asia Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan (details)5,759,7320.5%28,799
Asia Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan (details)15,185,8442%303,717
Africa Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya (details)50,953,000 (2019)60.8%31,081,162
Oceania Flag of Kiribati.svg Kiribati (details)103,50040%41,400
Asia Flag of North Korea.svg Korea, North (details)22,912,1770.04%10,000
Asia Flag of South Korea.svg Korea, South (details)51,815,81019.70%10,207,715
Asia Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait (details)2,335,6482.14%50,000
Asia Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan (details)5,146,2810.03%1,337
Asia Flag of Laos.svg Laos (details)6,217,1410.56%35,000
Europe Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia (details)2,070,37135%714,000
Asia Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon (details)3,826,0181%40,000
Africa Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho (details)2,200,00050%1,100,000
Africa Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia (details)4,100,00075%3,075,000
Africa Flag of Libya.svg Libya (details)6,765,563Less than 1%?
Europe Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Liechtenstein (details)33,4367%2,341
Europe Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania (details)3,596,6171%35,966
Europe Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg (details)468,5711%4,686
Africa Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar (details)21,300,00038%8,094,000
Africa Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi (details)15,900,00055%8,745,000
Asia Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia (details)28,900,0004%1,156,000
Asia Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives (details)349,10600
Africa Flag of Mali.svg Mali (details)15,400,0001%154,000
Oceania Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg Marshall Islands (details)62,00076.7%47,554
Africa Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania (details)3,500,0000.1%3,500
Africa Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius (details)1,230,6024.5%55,377
North America Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico (details)114,800,000 (2011 est)5%-7.3% [75] -10% [76] 5,700,000-11,400,000
Europe Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova (details)4,455,4210.26%11,634
Oceania Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia.svg Micronesia (details)108,15547%50,833
Asia Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia (details)3,348,2721.25%41,800
Africa Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco (details)32,725,847Protestant minorities?
Africa Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique (details)23,100,00027%6,237,000
Asia Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar (details)42,909,4643%1,287,284
Africa Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia (details)2,300,00074%1,702,000
Oceania Flag of Nauru.svg Nauru (details)13,04866%8,612
Asia Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal (details)27,676,5470.013,979
Europe Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands (details)16,407,49111%3,445,573
Oceania Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand (details)4,699,75526.7% [77] 1,253,742
North America Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua (details)5,900,000 (2011 est)26.5% (PF)1,563,500
Africa Flag of Niger.svg Niger (details)16,100,0000.5%80,500
Africa Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria (details)200,000,00037.7%60,118,563 [78] -75,400,000
Europe Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia (details)2,045,2623%61,358
Europe Flag of Norway.svg Norway (details)5,367,00072.0%3,865,000 [79] [80]
Asia Flag of Oman.svg Oman (details)3,001,5835.8%[98] 11,500
Asia Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan (details)162,419,9460.86%1,400,000
Oceania Flag of Palau.svg Palau (details)20,00029.6%5,960
North America Flag of Panama.svg Panama (details)3,600,00024%864,000
Oceania Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea (details)5,545,26861.5%3,410,340
South America Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay (details)6,600,0006%396,000
South America Flag of Peru.svg Peru (details)32,510,000 (2019)12.5% (2006 census)3,675,000
Asia Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines (details)100,000,00010.0%-8.2% [81] 10,000,000
Europe Flag of Poland.svg Poland (details)38,635,1440.35%130,000
Europe Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal (details)10,421,1172.2%229,265
North America Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico (details)3,500,00033%1,100,000
Asia Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar (details)863,0511%Unknown
Europe Flag of Romania.svg Romania (details)22,329,9776%1,339,799
Europe Flag of Russia.svg Russia (details)143,420,3092%2,485,000
Africa Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda (details)10,900,00043%4,687,000
North America Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg Saint Kitts and Nevis (details)38,95874%29,335
North America Flag of Saint Lucia.svg Saint Lucia (details)166,31210%16,631
North America Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (details)117,53477%90,501
Oceania Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa (details)179,00049.8%89,142
Asia Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia (details)26,417,5993.33%800,000
Africa Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal (details)11,126,8320.5%55,634
Europe Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia (details)7,186,1751.2%80,291
Africa Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles (details)81,1888%6,495
Africa Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone (details)5,400,00014%756,000
Asia Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore (details)4,425,7208%354,058
Europe Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia (details)5,431,3638.9935,235
Europe Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia (details)2,011,0700.8%16,135
Oceania Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Solomon Islands (details)540,00076.6%410,000
Africa Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia (details)9,900,00000
Africa Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa (details)50,500,000 (2010)72.9%36,814,500 [56]
Africa Flag of South Sudan.svg South Sudan (details)9,950,00020.7%2,060,000
Europe Flag of Spain.svg Spain (details)50,000,0003% [56] 1,500,000
Asia Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka (details)20,064,7760.8%160,518
Africa Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan (details)44,600,0005%2,200,000
South America Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname (details)500,00025%125,000
Europe Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (details)10,000,00060%6,000,000
Europe Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (details)8,482,152 (2017)27% [82] 2,290,000
Asia Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg Syria (details)18,448,7520.2%37,605
Asia Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan (details)22,894,3842.6%595,254
Asia Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan (details)7,163,5060.01%711
Africa Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania (details)62,092,761 [83] 38%22,765,045
Asia Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand (details)64,076,0330.77%492,800
Africa Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo (details)5,681,5199.5%539,744
Oceania Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga (details)112,42273%82,068
North America Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago (details)1,300,00038%494,000
Africa Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia (details)10,074,9513.33%335,496
Europe Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey (details)84,680,273Less than 1%13,000
Asia Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan (details)4,952,0810.6%81
Oceania Flag of Tuvalu.svg Tuvalu (details)11,63694%11,450
Africa Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda (details)34,856,000 (2014)45.1%15,720,056
Europe Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine (details)47,425,3362.3%900,000
Asia Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates (details)2,563,2125%128,160
Europe Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom (details)67,330,000 (2021)31% [84] 20,770,000
North America Flag of the United States.svg United States (details)341,000,000 [85] 46.5% [86]
36% [87]
43% [88]
40% [89]
158,565,000
122,760,000
146,630,000
136,400,000
South America Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay (details)3,400,00015%510,000
Asia Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan (details)26,851,1950.01%1,345
Oceania Flag of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu (details)243,30440%97,321
Europe Flag of Vatican City (2023-present).svg Vatican City (details)9210%0
South America Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela (details)33,221,86517% [90] 5,647,717
Asia Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam (details)83,535,5761%835,355
Asia Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen (details)20,727,063Approximately 1%?
Africa Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia (details)13,500,00068%9,180,000
Africa Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe (details)12,100,00067%8,107,000
World7,600,000,000 (2017)12.1%920,000,000

By region

The following are summary tables of the numbers and percentages of Protestants in each region. Also included are the percentages of Protestants in the world that reside in that region ("% of Protestant total").

Protestants in Africa
RegionTotal PopulationProtestants % Protestant % of Protestant total
Central Africa 91,561,87518,322,15120.01%3.09%
East Africa 225,488,56636,965,72816.39%6.23%
North Africa 161,963,837100,3000.06%0.01%
Southern Africa 137,092,01955,432,67740.44%9.35%
West Africa 269,935,59049,230,62718.24%8.30%
Total886,041,887160,051,48218.06%26.99%
Protestants in Asia
RegionTotal PopulationProtestants % Protestant % of Protestant total
Central Asia 92,019,166308,7360.34%0.05%
East Asia 1,527,960,26125,550,7081.67%4.31%
Middle East 271,013,623680,7570.25%0.11%
South Asia 1,437,326,6829,458,2830.66%1.59%
Southeast Asia 571,337,07026,387,1554.62%4.45%
Total3,899,656,80262,385,6391.6%10.52%
Protestants in Europe
RegionTotal PopulationProtestants % Protestant % of Protestant total
Central Europe 82,033,0477,803,1779.51%1.32%
Eastern Europe 209,198,1661,389,4520.66%0.23%
Northern Europe 191,466,473104,997,79654.8%17.71%
Balkans 65,407,6091,713,0802.62%0.31%
Southern Europe 180,498,9231,964,5381.09%0.33%
Total728,604,218117,868,04316.2%19.90%
Protestants in the Americas
RegionTotal PopulationProtestants % Protestant % of Protestant total
Caribbean 37,285,8195,912,49015.86%0.99%
Central America 147,338,10816,376,63111.12%2.76%
North America 328,539,175172,167,23652.4%29.03%
South America 371,075,53144,682,76712.04%7.53%
Total884,238,633239,139,12427.05%40.32%
Protestants in Oceania
RegionTotal PopulationProtestants % Protestant % of Protestant total
Oceania 30,809,78113,474,01243.73%2.27%

Maps

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See also

Other religions

Notes

  1. Most current estimates place the world's Protestant population in the range of 800 million to more than 1 billion. For example, author Hans Hillerbrand estimated a total Protestant population of 833,457,000 in 2004, [9] while a report by Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary estimated 625,606,000 Protestants in mid-2024. [1]
  2. Current sources[ which? ] are in general agreement[ citation needed ] that Christians make up about 33% of the world's population—slightly over 2.4 billion adherents in mid-2015.
  3. Estimates for China vary in dozens of millions. Nevertheless, in comparison to the other countries, there is no disagreement that China has the most numerous Protestant minority.
  4. Protestant, Independent and Anglican parties are understood as Protestant as stated previously in the article, as well as in the book: Statistics for the P, I and A megablocs are often combined because they overlap so much-hence the order followed here.
  5. A flexible term; defined as all forms of Protestantism with the notable exception of the historical denominations deriving from the Protestant Reformation.

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