Christianity by country
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Christians made up 2.3 billion of the worldwide population of about 8 billion people in 2020 according to a 2025 Pew Research Center study. This represents 28.8% of the world's population. Christianity is the largest religion in the world.[2][3] The three largest groups of Christians being the Catholic Church, Protestantism, and the Eastern Orthodox Church.[4] The largest Christian denomination is the Catholic Church, with 1.3 billion baptized members.[5] The second largest Christian branch is either Protestantism or the Eastern Orthodox Church depending on whether Protestants are considered to be one group or divided into multiple denominations.
According to the Pew Research Center study, of the 201 countries and territories, 120 had Christian majorities in 2020, four fewer than in 2010.[2][6]
Christianity is the predominant religion and faith in Europe, the Americas, the Philippines, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Oceania.[7] 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.[8]
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),[9] Kingdom of Denmark (Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark),[10] England (Church of England),[11] Greece (Church of Greece), Georgia (Eastern Orthodox Church),[12][13] Iceland (Church of Iceland),[14] Liechtenstein (Catholic Church),[15] Malta (Catholic Church),[16] Monaco (Catholic Church),[17] Vatican City (Catholic Church),[18] 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.[19]
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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.[20] 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]
| Rank | Country | Christians | % Christian |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States |
217,270,000 | 64.0 |
| 2 |  Brazil |
168,300,000 | 80.7 |
| 3 |  Mexico |
113,070,000 | 89.2 |
| 4 |  Philippines |
102,510,000 | 91.5 |
| 5 |  Russia |
102,350,000 | 69.9 |
| 6 |  Nigeria |
92,770,000 | 43.4 |
| 7 |  Congo DR |
92,400,000 | 96.3 |
| 8 |  Ethiopia |
73,230,000 | 61.6 |
| 9 |  South Africa |
51,630,000 | 85.3 |
| 10 |  Italy |
48,210,000 | 80.5 |
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.[21]
| Rank | Country | % Christian | Christians |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Vatican City |
100.0% | 800 |
| 2 |  Romania |
99.0% | 21,490,000 |
| 3 |  Papua New Guinea |
99.0% | 6,860,000 |
| 4 |  Timor-Leste |
99.0% | 1,120,000 |
| 5 |  Tonga |
99.0% | 100,000 |
| 6 |  Armenia |
98.5% | 3,090,000 |
| 7 |  Namibia |
97.6% | 2,280,000 |
| 8 |  Moldova |
97.5% | 3,570,000 |
| 9 |  Solomon Islands |
97.5% | 520,000 |
| 10 |  Marshall Islands |
97.5% | 50,000 |
UN members and dependent territories
| Country or entity | Christians[a] | % Christian[b] | % Catholic [b] | % Protestant / Orthodox / Other Christian [b] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan (details) |
6,250/8,000[22] – 30,000[23] | 0.02%[23] | ||
 Albania (details) |
384,833[24] | 19.0% | 10.0% | 9.0% |
 Algeria (details) |
20,000 – 200,000[25] or 71,000 (estimate for 2010)[26] | 0.01% | 0.01% | 1.0% [figures disagree] |
 American Samoa (details) |
70,000 | 98.3% | 20.0% | |
 Andorra (details) |
78,000 | 89.5% | 88.2%[27] | 1.3% |
 Angola (details) |
27,285,828[28] | 79.1% | 44.2%[28] | 34.9%[28] |
 Anguilla (details) |
15,000 | 90.5% | 3.0% | 87.0% |
 Antigua and Barbuda (details) |
70,183 | 87.6%[29] | 8.6% | 79.0% |
 Argentina (details) |
34,940,108 | 77.0%[30] | 66.0%[30] | 11.0%[30] |
| Armenia (details) |
2,645,110[31] | 98.6% | 0.6% | 98.0% |
 Aruba (details) |
83,128[32] | 82.3% | 75.7% | 6.6% |
 Australia (details) |
11,148,814[33] | 43.9%[33] | 20%[33] | 24%[33] |
 Austria (details) |
6,093,700[34] | 68.2%[34] | 50%[35][36] - 55.2%[34] | 3.0% – 7.0%[37][38] |
 Azerbaijan (details) |
280,000[39] | 3.1% | 3.1% | |
 Bahamas (details) |
335,975 | 95.0%[40] | 12.0% | 83.0% |
 Bahrain (details) |
185,000 | 15.0%[41] | 9.0% | |
 Bangladesh (details) |
488,583[42] | 0.3% | ||
 Barbados (details) |
244,000 | 74.0%[43][44] | 4.2% | 70.0% |
 Belarus (details) |
5,265,000 | 55.4%[45] | 7.1% | 48.3% |
 Belgium (details) |
4,021,000 – 5,795,000 | 34%[46][47] – 49%[48] | 31%[46][47] – 44%[48] | 3%[46][47] – 5%[48] |
 Belize (details) |
244,859[49] | 62.2% | 32.2% | 30.0% |
 Benin (details) |
5,570,000 | 48.5%[50][51] | 25.5% | 23.0% |
 Bermuda (details) |
37,688[52] | 61.1% | 15.1% | 46.0% |
 Bhutan (details) |
7,000 | 1.0% | 0.1% | 0.9% |
 Bolivia (details) |
9,730,000 | 89.0% | 76.0% | 13.0% |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (details) |
1,622,093[53] | 45.94%[53] | 15.19%[53] | 30.75%[53] |
 Botswana (details) |
1,416,000 | 71.6% | 5.0% | 66.0% |
| Brazil (details) |
147,634,177[54] | 83.7% | 56.8% | 26.9% |
 British Virgin Islands (details) |
22,951[55] | 83.9% | 9.0% | 74.9% |
 Brunei (details) |
29,462 | 6.7%[56] | ||
 Bulgaria (details) |
4,219,270[57] | 81.6% | 0.7% | 80.9% |
 Burkina Faso (details) |
4,787,272[58] | 26.3%[59] | 20.1% | 6.2% |
 Burundi (details) |
7,662,000 | 75.0% | 60.0% | 15.0% |
 Cambodia (details) |
50,000 | 0.3%[60] | ||
 Cameroon (details) |
15,390,000 | 73.0%[61] | 44.4% | 29.3% |
 Canada (details) |
19,373,325[62][63] | 53.3%[62] | 29.9%[62] | 23.4%[64] |
 Cape Verde (details) |
287,640[65] | 81.9% | 72.0% | 9.9% |
 Cayman Islands (details) |
52,600 | 66.9%[66] | 13.6% | 53.3% |
 Central African Republic (details) |
2,302,000 | 80.0% | 29.0% | 51.0% |
 Chad (details) |
4,150,000[23] | 35.0% | 20.0% | 15.0% |
 Chile (details) |
11,061,994 | 73.2% | 54.6% | 18.6% |
 People's Republic of China (details) |
31,220,000[69] – 49,170,000[70] |
2.5% – 3.5%[70] |
0.46% – 0.69%[70] | 2.0% – 2.89%[70] |
 Colombia (details) |
43,560,000 | 92.0%[71] | 79.0% | 13.0% |
 Comoros (details) |
15,000 | 2.1% | ||
 Cook Islands (details) |
11,980[72] | 79.9% | 16.7% | 63.2% |
 Congo, Republic of (details) |
3,409,000 | 90.7% | 50.0% | 40.0% |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of (details) |
92,400,000[73] | 93.1% (n.i. 2.8% Kimbanguist)[74] – 95.8%[75] – 96.3%[73] | 29.9%[74] – 47.3%[75] | 48.5%[75] – 63.2% (n.i. Kimbanguist)[74] |
 Costa Rica (details) |
4,000,000 | 82.0% | 57.0% | 25.0% |
 Côte d'Ivoire (details) |
11,701,583[76] | 40.7% | ||
 Croatia (details) |
3,383,046[77] | 89.6%[78] | 80.7% | 8.5% |
 Cuba (details) |
6,670,000[23] | 65.0%[79] | 52.7% | 7.5% |
 Curaçao (details) |
130,585[80] | 86.1% | 70.1% | 16.0% |
 Cyprus (details) |
718,067[81] | 94.0% | 1.8% | 92.2% |
 Czech Republic (details) |
1,725,963[82] | 16.4% | 13.4% | 3.0% |
 Denmark (details) |
4,480,000[83] | 76.9% | 0.8% | 76.1% |
 Djibouti (details) |
4,455[84] | 0.4% | ||
 Dominica (details) |
58,089[85] | 85.0% | 54.3% | 30.7% |
 Dominican Republic (details) |
9,734,000 | 83.0% | 65.0% | 18.0% |
 Ecuador (details) |
14,099,000 | 94.0% | 74.0% | 20.0% |
 Egypt (details) |
9,029,000 | 10.0%[86] | ||
 El Salvador (details) |
5,073,000 | 81.9% | 52.6% | 29.3% |
 Equatorial Guinea (details) |
683,000 | 88.7%[23] | 80.7% | 8.0% |
 Eritrea (details) |
3,577,000 | 67.0%[87] | 4.0% | 54.0% |
 Estonia (details) |
408,847 | 30.7%[88] | 0.9% | 29.8% |
 Eswatini (details) |
975,757[89] | 91.3% | 3.4% | 87.9% |
| Ethiopia (details) |
73,230,000[73] | 61.6%[73] - 62.8%[90][91] - 67.3%[92] | 0.7%[92][90][91] | 62%[91] - 62.1%[90] - 66.6%[92] |
 Falkland Islands (details) |
3,000 | 94.3% | 94.0% | |
 Faroe Islands (details) |
33,018[93] | 95.4% | 94.0% | |
 Fiji (details) |
612,415[94] | 69.2% | ||
 Finland (details) |
3,619,666[95] | 64.2%[95] | 0.3% | 63.9% |
 France (details) |
25,744,860–33,874,816 | 38.0% (2020 est.)[96][c] 50% (2021 est.) 60.6%[97] |
29.0% – 47%[98] - 57.5% | 9.0%[96] - 3%[98] - 3.1% |
 Gabon (details) |
1,081,000 | 88.0%[99] | 41.9% | 46.1% |
 Gambia (details) |
79,000 | 4.2%[100] | ||
 Georgia (details) |
3,240,724[101][102] | 88.3% | 0.5% | 87.8% |
 Germany (details) |
39,800,000 | 47.7%[103] | 23.7%[103] | 24.0%[103] |
 Ghana (details) |
21,932,708[104] | 71.3% | 10.0% | 61.3% |
 Gibraltar (details) |
26,935[105] | 83.7% | 72.1% | 11.5% |
 Greece (details) |
10,000,000 | 93.0%[106] | <1.0%[106] | |
 Greenland (details) |
55,000 | 96.6% | 96.6% | |
 Grenada (details) |
90,632[107] | 90.1% | 33.9% | 56.2% |
 Guatemala (details) |
14,018,000 | 87.0% | 47.0% | 40.0% |
 Guinea (details) |
1,032,000 | 8.9%[108] | 5.0% | 5.0% |
 Guinea-Bissau (details) |
318,021[109] | 26.2% | ||
 Guyana (details) |
477,284[110] | 63.9% | 7.1% | 56.8% |
 Haiti (details) |
9,597,000 | 96.0% | 80.0% | 16.0% |
 Honduras (details) |
6,660,000 | 88.0%[111] | 47.0% | 41.0% |
 Hong Kong (details) |
1,301,000[112][113] | 17.6% | 5.4% | 12.2% |
 Hungary (details) |
5,254,179[114] | 52.87%[114] | 38.96%[114] | 13.91%[114] |
 Iceland (details) |
266,000[115] | 68.3%[115] | 3.9%[115] | 64.4%[115] |
 India (details) |
30,000,000 | 2.3%[116] | 1.3% | 1.0% |
 Indonesia (details) |
29,149,241[117] | 10.49%[118] | 3.06% | 7.43% |
 Iran (details) |
380,000 – 1,500,000[119] | 0.4% –1.5% | 0.4% –1.5% | |
 Iraq (details) |
500,000 | 1.2% | 1.2% | |
 Ireland (details) |
3,888,839[120] | 81.0%[120] | 73.8%[120] | 5.6%[120] |
 Isle of Man (details) |
40,725[121] | 54.6% | ||
 Israel (details) |
266,000 | 3.5% | 3.5% | |
| Italy (details) |
48,210,000[73] - 53,230,000[122] | 80.5%[73] - 83.0% | 81.2% | 2.0% |
 Jamaica (details) |
1,848,607[123] | 70.5% | 2.2% | 68.3% |
 Japan (details) |
1,872,320[124] | 1.1%[124] | 0.5% | 0.6% |
 Jordan (details) |
388,000 | 6.0%[125] | ||
 Kazakhstan (details) |
3,300,000 | 17.2%[126] | ||
 Kenya (details) |
37,086,506[127] | 78.7% | 20.6% | 58.1% |
 Kiribati (details) |
116,474[128] | 97.6% | 59.0% | 38.7% |
 Korea, North (details) |
406,000 | 1.7% | ||
 Korea, South (details) |
13,566,000 | 27.6%[129] | 7.9% | 19.7% |
 Kuwait (details) |
458,000 | 15.0% | 3.2% | 12.8% |
 Kyrgyzstan (details) |
610,000[23] – 944,000 | 11.4%[23] – 17.0%[130] | ||
 Laos (details) |
112,230[131] | 1.7% | ||
 Latvia (details) |
1,570,000 | 70.0%[132] – 80.0%[133] | 24.1%[132] – 25.1%[133][134] | 46.8%[132] – 54.9%[133] |
 Lebanon (details) |
1,600,000 –1,800,000[135][136] | 38.0% – 41.0% | 26.0% | 15.0% |
 Lesotho (details) |
1,876,000 | 90.0% | 45.0% | 45.0% |
 Liberia (details) |
4,458,286[137] | 84.9% | ||
 Libya (details) |
170,000[23] | 2.7%[23] | 0.5% | 1.5% |
 Liechtenstein (details) |
30,912[138] | 82.4% | 72.5% | 10.0% |
 Lithuania (details) |
2,236,185[139] | 92.2% | 86.0% | 6.2% |
 Luxembourg (details) |
360,000 | 72.4%[140] | 68.7% | 3.7% |
 Madagascar (details) |
22,322,966 | 85.0%[141] | ||
 Malawi (details) |
13,581,623[142] | 77.3% | 17.2% | 60.1% |
 Malaysia (details) |
2,941,049[143] | 9.0% | ||
 Maldives (details) |
300 - 1,400[144] | 0.08% | ||
 Mali (details) |
484,857[145] | 2.3% | ||
 Malta (details) |
399,983[146] | 88.5% | 82.6% | 5.9% |
| Marshall Islands (details) |
40,003[147] | 96.2% | 9.3% | 86.9% |
 Mauritania (details) |
5,000 | 0.14% | ||
 Mauritius (details) |
398,212[148] | 32.3% | 25.0% | 7.3% |
| Mexico (details) |
111,959,525[149] | 89.1% | 78.0% | 11.2% |
 Micronesia, Federated States of (details) |
101,468[150] | 98.7% | 54.7% | 44.0% |
| Moldova (details) |
2,602,368 | 99.6%[151] | 0.1% | 99.5% |
 Monaco (details) |
30,000 | 82.6%[152] | 77.0[152] | |
 Mongolia (details) |
42,859 | 1.3%[153] | ||
 Montenegro (details) |
467,349[154] | 76.5% | 3.3% | 73.2% |
 Montserrat (details) |
3,586[155] | 84.1% | 10.6% | 73.5% |
 Morocco (details) |
336,000 | 1.0%[156] | ||
 Mozambique (details) |
12,287,678[157] | 46.2% | 27.6% | 18.6% |
 Myanmar (details) |
3,790,000 | 6.2% | 1.0% | 5.2% |
| Namibia (details) |
1,991,000 | 90.0% | 13.7% | 76.3% |
 Nauru (details) |
10,975[158] | 94.4% | 34.0% | 60.4% |
 Nepal (details) |
512,313[159] | 1.8% | ||
 Netherlands (details) |
5,382,883 | 30.0% (2023)[160] | 17.0% (registered, 2023)[160] | 14.0% (2023)[160] |
 New Zealand (details) |
1,738,638 (2018)[161] | 37.0% (2018)[161] | 10.0% (2018)[161] | 27.0% (2018)[161] |
 Nicaragua (details) |
5,217,000 | 84.6% | 58.8% | 25.8% |
 Niger (details) |
56,856[162] | 0.3% | 5.0% | |
| Nigeria (details) |
74,400,000 –92,770,000[73] – 107,000,000 | 43.4%[73] – 45.9%[163] | 10.6%[163] | 35.3%[163] |
 North Macedonia (details) |
1,100,732[164][165] | 64.6% | 0.4% | 64.2% |
 Norway (details) |
3,844,000[166] | 76.7% (2018)[167][168] | 2.4%[169] | 73.8% (2018)[167][168] |
 Oman (details) |
180,000[23] | 6.5%[23] | ||
 Pakistan (details) |
3,300,788[170] | 1.4% | ||
 Palau (details) |
14,148[171][d] | 80.3% | 46.4% | 33.9% |
 Panama (details) |
3,057,000 | 92.0% | 80.0% | 12.0% |
| Papua New Guinea (details) |
6,800,000 | 97.0% | 27.0% | 70.0% |
 Paraguay (details) |
6,260,000 | 96.0%[111] | 88.0% | 8.0% |
 Peru (details) |
29,519,000 | 94.5%[172] | 76.0% | 18.5% |
| Philippines (details) |
92,746,021[173] | 85.3% | 78.8% | 6.5% |
 Pitcairn Islands (details) |
50 | 100.0% | 100.0% | |
 Poland (details) |
27,550,861[174] | 72.4% | 71.4% | 1% |
 Portugal (details) |
7,445,000 | 84.8%[175] | 80.2% | 4.6% |
 Puerto Rico (details) |
3,878,000 | 89.0%[176][177] | 56.0% | 33.0% |
 Qatar (details) |
263,000 | 13.8% | ||
| Romania (details) |
16,155,689[178] | 98.5% | 5.2% | 93.3% |
| Russia (details) |
102,400,000[20] | 69.9%[20] | ||
 Rwanda (details) |
12,201,213[179] | 92.2% | 40.0% | 52.3% |
 Saint Helena (details) |
3,436[180] | 86.4% | 2.4% | 84.0% |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis (details) |
39,206[181] | 83.2% | 5.9% | 77.2% |
 Saint Lucia (details) |
133,001[182] | 80.7% | 52.8% | 27.9% |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (details) |
89,891[183] | 86.4% | 6.6% | 79.8% |
 Samoa (details) |
183,559[184] | 89.3% | 18.0% | 71.3% |
 San Marino (details) |
31,000 | 91.6%[23] | 90.5% | 1.1% |
 São Tomé and Príncipe (details) |
127,938[185] | 72.3% | 56.3% | 16.0% |
 Saudi Arabia (details) |
1,500,000 | 5.0%[186] | ||
 Senegal (details) |
570,000 | 4.2%[187] | ||
 Serbia (details) |
5,758,719 | 86.68%[188] | 3.87% | 82.81% |
 Seychelles (details) |
76,937[189] | 84.7% | 69.3% | 15.4% |
 Sierra Leone (details) |
619,000 – 1,294,000 | 10.0%[190] –20.9%[191] | ||
 Singapore (details) |
654,355[192] | 18.9% | 7.0% | 11.9% |
 Slovakia (details) |
3,748,000 | 68.8%[193] | 59.8% | 9.0% |
 Slovenia (details) |
1,610,000 | 68.0%[132] | 64.0%[132] | 4.0%[132] |
| Solomon Islands (details) |
696,324[194] | 96.6% | 20.0% | 76.6% |
 Somalia (details) |
178,869[195] | 1.0% | ||
| South Africa (details) |
51,630,000[73] - 52,886,000 | 85.3%[196][73] | 5.0% | 75.0% |
 South Sudan (details) |
6,010,000[197] | 60.5%[198] | 30.0% | 30.0% |
 Spain (details) |
28,000,000 | 59.2%[199] | 58.2%[199] | 1.0%[199] |
 Sri Lanka (details) |
1,552,161[200] | 7.6% | 6.2% | 1.4% |
 Sudan (details) |
525,000 | 1.5%[201] | ||
 Suriname (details) |
262,000 | 48.4% – 51.6%[202][203] | 21.6% | 26.8% |
 Sweden (details) |
6,577,478 | 64.3%[204] | 1.2% | 63.1% |
 Switzerland (details) |
5,700,000 | 66.9%[205] – 69.1%[206] | 36.5%[205] – 37.9%[206] | 30.4%[205] – 31.2%[206] |
 Syria (details) |
1,800,000[207] | 10.0%[23] | 2.0% | 8.0% |
 Tajikistan (details) |
110,000[23] | 1.4% | 0.1% | 1.3% |
 Tanzania (details) |
31,342,000 | 61.4%[208] | ||
 Thailand (details) |
768,000 | 1.1%[209] | ||
| Timor-Leste (details) |
1,242,668[210] | 99.5% | 97.5% | 2.0% |
 Togo (details) |
1,966,000 | 29.0% | ||
| Tonga (details) |
97,075[211] | 97.8% | 13.7% | 84.0% |
 Trinidad and Tobago (details) |
743,105[212] | 63.2% | 24.3% | 38.9% |
 Tunisia (details) |
30,000[213][e] | |||
 Turkey (details) |
120,000[214] – 310,000[215] | 0.2% | ||
 Turkmenistan (details) |
466,000 | 9.0%[216] | 9.0% | |
 Turks and Caicos Islands (details) |
6,442[217] | 87.6% | 5.7% | 82.0% |
 Tuvalu (details) |
10,040[218] | 95.7% | 0.5% | 95.2% |
 Uganda (details) |
37,489,984[219] | 84.5% | 37.4% | 47.0% |
 Ukraine (details) |
34,830,000[220] | 81.9%[220] | 7.5% | 74.4% |
 United Arab Emirates (details) |
940,000 | 9.0%[221] | 7.0% | 2.0% |
 United Kingdom (details) |
25,585,000[222] – 31,889,000 | 38.0% [223] – 47.7%[224][225] | 7.0%[226] | 31.0%[226] |
| United States (details) |
217,270,000[73] | 62%[227] – 69%[228] | 19%[227] – 21.8%[228] | 43%[227] – 47.2%[228] |
 Uruguay (details) |
1,510,000[73] | 44.5%[73] - 68%[229] | 55%[229] | 13%[229] |
 Uzbekistan (details) |
710,000[23] | 2.6%[23] | 2.6%[23] | |
 Vanuatu (details) |
245,163[230] | 83.5% | 12.1% | 71.4% |
 Venezuela (details) |
28,340,000 | 88.0%[231] | 71.0% | 17.0% |
 Vietnam (details) |
6,831,000 | 7.1%[232] | 6.1% | 1.0% |
 Yemen (details) |
25,000[233] – 41,000[234] | 0.01% | 0.01% | |
 Zambia (details) |
19,300,000 | 98.0%[235] | 17.9% | 80.0% |
 Zimbabwe (details) |
12,937,804[236] | 85.2% | 6.4% | 78.8% |
| Europe | 565,560,000[237] | 76.2%[237] | 35.0%[238] | 41.2%[237] |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 531,280,000[237] | 90.0%[237] | 70.0%[239] | 20.0%[240] |
| Africa | 526,016,926[237] | 62.7%[237] | 21.0%[238] | 41.7%[237] |
| Asia | 285,120,000[237] –375,905,000[241] | 7.0%[237] –12.0%[241] | 3.0%[238] –5.1%[241] | 4.0%[237] –6.8%[241] |
| North America | 266,630,000[237] | 77.4%[237] | 22.0%[238] | 55.4% |
| Oceania | 25,754,000[242] | 73.3%[242] | 38.9%[242] | 34.4%[242] |
| Middle East-North Africa | 12,000,000 –16,000,000[243] | 3.8%[237] –5.0%[244] | 2.0%[238] –2.6% | 1.8%[237] – 2.3% |
| Total | 2,431,209,718[241] | 33.4%[241] | 16.9%[241] | 16.5%[241] |
Other states
| State | Christians | % Christian |
|---|---|---|
 Abkhazia (details) |
130,000 | 68.0% |
 Kosovo (details) |
150,000 | 8.7%[245] |
 Palestine (details) (2020) |
173,000 | 1.0%[20] |
 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (details) |
200 | 0.03% |
 South Ossetia (details) |
69,000 | 96.4% |
 Taiwan (details) (2026) |
902,000 | 6.5%[246] |
 Transnistria (details) |
510,000 | 95.0% |
| Vatican City (details) (2026) |
836 | 100.0% [247] |
Population growth
According to World Population Review, there were 2.38 billion Christians around the world in 2021.[248] 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.[249]
Christianity lost its majority status in the United Kingdom, Australia, France and Uruguay, where no religion/religiously unaffiliated forms majority.[2]
| Tradition | Followers | % of the Christian population |
% of the world population |
Follower dynamics | Dynamics inside and outside Christianity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholicism | 1,200,000,000 | 52.4 | 15.9 |  Growing |
 Stable |
| Protestantism | 800,640,000 | 34.9 | 11.6 | Growing |
Growing |
| Orthodoxy | 260,380,000 | 11.4 | 3.8 | Growing |
Growing |
| Other Christianity | 28,430,000 | 1.3 | 0.4 | Growing |
Growing |
| Christianity | 2,289,450,000 | 100 | 31.7 | Growing |
Stable |
| Tradition | Followers | % of the Christian population |
% of the world population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholicism | 1,272,775,000 | 48.1 | 15.54 |
| Protestantism | 628,862,000 | 23.77 | 7.67 |
| Orthodoxy | 291,580,000 | 11.01 | 3.56 |
| Other Christianity | 452,795,124 | 17.12 | 5.53 |
| Christianity | 2,646,012,124 | 100 | 32.3 |
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Churches by Country.
- List of Christian denominations by number of members
- Catholic Church by country
- Eastern Orthodoxy by country
- Oriental Orthodoxy by country
- Protestantism by country
- List of the largest Protestant denominations
Other religions:
- Baháʼí Faith by country
- Ahmadiyya by country
- Buddhism by country
- Hinduism by country
- Irreligion by country
- Islam by country
- Jewish population by country
- Judaism by country
- Sikhism by country
General:
Notes
- Included Mormons
- Out of total valid answers (exclude unknown/refused to answer), whenever possible
- 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.[96]
