Christianity by country


As of the year 2015, Christianity had approximately 2.3 billion adherents out of a worldwide population of about 7.5 billion people. 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. The largest Christian denomination is the Catholic Church, with 1.3 billion baptized members. The second largest Christian branch is either Protestantism, or the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Christianity is the predominant religion in Europe, Russia, North America, South America, the Philippines, East Timor, Southern Africa, Central Africa, East Africa, and Oceania. 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 and Russia.
Christianity in multiple forms is the state religion of the following 16 nations: Argentina, Armenia, Tuvalu, Tonga, Costa Rica, Kingdom of Denmark, England, Greece, Georgia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Malta, Monaco
, Norway, Vatican City, and Zambia. Christianity used to be the state religion of the former Ethiopian Empire prior to the government's overthrow.

Lists

By country

Note: Population data are compiled using statistical science and are subject to observational error; these numbers should therefore be considered estimates only. 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. People who mix Christianity with tribal religions are counted as Christians in this article. Most of the numbers for the Christian percentage of the population for each country were taken from the US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report, the CIA World Factbook, Joshua Project, Open doors, Pew Forum, and Adherents.com.

UN members and dependent territories

Country or EntityChristians% Christian% Catholic% Protestant/ Orthodox/ Other ChristianGDP/Capita PPP World Bank 2012
6,250/8,000-30,0000.02%1,400
580,00017.0%10%7%9,443
380,0002%1%1%8,515
70,00098.3%20%78%
78,00089.5%88.2%1.3%
17,094,00075%50%25%6,105
15,00090.5%3%87%
66,00074.0%10%64%19,964
37,561,00086%-90%71%-77%13%-15%12,034
2,826,00097.9%1%96.9%6,645
98,00088%80.8%7.8%
12,201,60052.1%22.6%29.6%44,462
5,940,00067.3%57.9%9.4%43,324
280,0003.1%3.1%10,624
335,97595%12.0%83.0%31,629
185,00015.0%9.0%23,886
420,0000.4%0.4%1,883
244,00074%4.2%70%18,805
5,265,00055.4%7.1%48.3%15,579
6,860,00065%58%7%38,884
247,00076.7%40%36.7%7,529
3,943,00042.8%27%15%1,583
44,00064.7%15%50%
7,0001.0%0.1%0.9%6,699
9,730,00089.0%76%13%5,281
1,622,09345.94%15.19%30.75%9,235
1,416,00071.6%5%66%16,986
180,770,00090.0%64.6%22.2%11,909
23,00094.0%85%9%
45,00011.0%53,348
6,364,00085.0%1%84%15,933
3,746,00022.0%18%4%1,513
7,662,00075.0%60%15%560
148,0001.0%0.15%0.85%2,494
13,390,00065.0%38.4%26.3%2,324
22,103,00055% 29% 26% 42,693
487,00089.1%78.7%10.4%4,430
42,00073.8%
2,302,00080%29%51%857
4,150,00035.0%20%15%1,493
9,900,00068%55%13%22,655
31,220,000-67,070,0002.3%-4.0%0.3%2%9,233
43,560,00092%79%13%10,587
15,0002.1%1,230
19,00086%16.8%69.6%
3,409,00090.7%50%40%4,426
63,150,00092%50%42%422
3,912,00083%69%14%12,943
7,075,00032.8%28.9%3.9%2,039
4,107,00090.1%86.2%4.7%20,532
6,670,00059.2%52.7%7.5%
863,00079%1%78%30,597
1,175,00034%29.0%5.0%26,426
4,400,75479%1%77.8%41,388
53,0006.0%1%5%2,784
59,00088.7%61%27%12,643
9,734,00083%65%18%10,204
1,152,00099.1%96.9%2.2%
14,099,00094.0%74%20%9,738
9,029,00010.0%6,723
5,073,00081.9%52.6%29.3%7,069
683,00088.7%80.7%8.0%30,233
3,577,00067%4%54%566
310,00045%3%42%23,024
994,00082.7%25%57.7%5,246
77,477,00075%0.7%63.4%1,139
3,00094.3%94%
33,00095.4%94%
540,00064.4%8.9%55.5%4,943
3,909,00070.7%0.3%70.4%38,230
36,700,000-40,000,00051.1%-58%/63-66%50-63%/54%4%35,845
1,081,00088.0%41.9%46.1%16,086
79,0004.2%1,948
3,930,00088.6%0.9%87.7%5,902
45,754,00055.0%27.2%27.8%40,394
19,300,00071.2%13.1%58.1%2,048
11,000,00098%0.7%97.3%24,667
55,00096.6%96.6%
101,00097.3%53%45%10,827
14,018,00087%47%40%5,100
1,032,0008.9%5%5%1,069
165,00010.0%10.0%1,192
434,00058.0%8%50%3,400
9,597,00096.0%80.0%16.0%1,228
6,660,00088%47%41%4,194
835,00011.8%5.0%6.8%51,946
5,254,179- 6,501,00052.87%-65.0%38.96%-58.0%13.91%21,570
273,30075.1%4.0%71.0%37,533
30,000,0002.3%1.3%1.0%3,876
24,000,00010%3%7%4,956
380,0000.4%0.4%11,395
944,0003.0%3.0%4,246
3,992,000 83.8% 78.2% 5.6% 42,662
266,0003.5%3.5%28,809
53,230,00083%81.2%2%32,512
1,784,00065.3%2%63.3%7,083
2,921,0002.3%1%1%35,204
388,0006.0%6,148
4,150,00026.2%2.3%23.9%13,892
34,774,00085.1%23.4%61.7%1,761
406,0001.7%
14,601,00027.6%7.9%19.7%30,722
458,00015.0%3.2%12.8%49,001
610,000-944,00011.4%-17.0%2,409
145,0002.2%1%1%2,926
1,570,00070%-80%24.1%-25.1%46.8%-54.9%21,005
1,600,000-1,800,00038.0%-41.0%26%15%16,610
1,876,00090.0%45%45%1,963
1,391,00085.5%85.5%655
170,0002.7%0.5%1.5%17,665
30,00084.4%75.9%8.5%
2,827,00081.4%-86.0%77.2%-80.0%5.6%-6.0%23,487
360,00072.4%68.7%3.7%88,318
8,260,00041.0%978
12,538,00079.9%902
2,820,0009.2%17,143
3000.08%9,072
348,0002.4%1,214
400,00091.6%88.6%3.0%29,013
5,0000.14%2,604
418,00032.2%15,649
107,780,00092.4%82.7%9.7%16,676
106,00095.4%3,824
3,480,00095.3%2.0%93.3%3,424
30,00082.6%77.0
58,0002.1%5,462
500,00078.8%3.4%72.4%14,206
336,0001%5,193
13,121,00056.1%28.4%27.7%1,024
3,790,0006.2%1%5.2%
1,991,00090.0%13.7%76.3%7,488
269,0000.9%0.1%0.8%1,484
5,750,000-7,900,00037% 22% 15% 42,938
1,738,638 37.0% 10.0% 27.0% 31,499
5,217,00084.6%58.8%25.8%4,072
85,0000.5%5%665
74,400,000-107,000,00040% - 58%10–14,5%30–43,5%6,204
1,334,00065%0.3%64.7%11,710
3,844,00076.7% 2.4%73.8% 62,767
180,0006.5%27,015
3,300,0001.6%0.8%0.8%2,891
16,00077.9%65%12.9%19,031
3,057,00092.0%80%12%16,615
6,800,00097%27%70%2,898
6,260,00096%88%8%6,138
27,635,00087%77%10%10,940
86,500,00085%80%5%4,413
50100.0%100%
36,090,00094.3%86.3%8%21,903
10,110,00084.3%81.0%3.3%25,305
3,878,00089%56%33%
263,00013.8%86,507
18,067,00098.0%11.0%87.0%16,518
66,000,000-99,775,00046.6%-77.0%<0.1%46.6%-77.0%23,549
9,619,00093.6%56.9%26%1,354
31,00091.6%90.5%1.1%
1,500,0005%
570,0004.2%1,944
7,260,00091.0%5.0%86.0%11,544
80,00094.7%82%15.2%27,008
619,000-1,294,00010%-20.9%1,359
900,00018.0%5.7%12%61,803
4,730,00080.0%67.0%13.0%24,896
1,610,00068.0%64.0%4.0%26,801
1,0000.01%0.0002%0.01%
43,090,00079.8%5%75%11,440
6,010,00060.5%30%30%
33,000,00071% -72%68%2%32,129
1,531,0007.5%6.1%1.4%6,247
525,0001.5%
262,00048.4%21.6%26.8%8,858
6,292,00065%2%63%42,217
5,700,00066.9%-69.1%36.5%-37.9%30.4%-31.2%55,246
1,800,00010.0%2%8%5,436
110,0001.4%0.1%1.3%2,247
31,342,00061.4%1,601
778,0001.2%0.6%0.6%9,815
1,966,00029.0%1,051
84,00081.0%16%65%5,026
774,00057.6%21.5%33.4%26,647
7,0000.06%0.06%9,795
120,000-310,0000.2%17,651
466,0009.0%9%10,583
29,943,00088.6%41.9%46.7%1,352
34,830,00081.9%7.5%74.4%7,418
940,0009.0%7%2%42,384
33,200,00038% 7% 31% 35,819
213,000,00065% -73%20%-22.7%45%-48.5%49,965
1,941,00058.1%47%11%16,037
710,0002.6%2.6%
28,340,00088.0%71%17%13,475
7,038,0008.2%7%1%3,635
25,000-41,0000.2%0.02%2,489
12,939,00095.5%20.2%72.3%1712
12,500,00087.0%17%63%559
Europe565,560,00076.2%35.0%41.2%-
Latin America and the Caribbean531,280,00090.0%70%20%-
Africa526,016,92662.7%21.0%41.7%-
Asia285,120,000-375,905,0007.0%-12.0%3.0%-5.1%4.0%-6.8%-
North America266,630,00077.4%22.0%55.4%-
Oceania25,754,00073.3%38.9%34.4%-
Middle East-North Africa12,000,000–16,000,0003.8%-5.0%2.0%-2.6%1.8%-2.3%-
Total2,431,209,71833.4%16.9%16.5%-

UN non member permanent observer states

note: One is a generally recognized sovereign state, while the other is a state with substantial, but limited, recognition
CountryChristians% Christianoverall %
173,0006.0%6%
836100.0%100%

Non UN member or observer states with substantial, but limited recognition

Note: Includes non-United Nations members or observers with substantial, but limited recognition
CountryChristians% Christian
150,0008.3%
2000.03%
902,0003.9%

widely or fully unrecognized Non UN member or observer states

CountryChristians% Christian
130,00068.0%
143,00098.8%
69,00096.4%
510,00095.0%

Top ten

On the left: a list of the top ten countries by largest number of Christians. On the right: a list of the top ten countries by highest percentage of the population that is Christian.
RankCountryChristians% ChristianCountry% ChristianChristians
1213,000,00065%100%800
2175,700,00091.4%99%21,490,000
3122,500,00095%99%6,860,000
4117,640,00078%99%100,000
5110,644,00085%98.5%3,090,000
692,281,00052.8%97.6%2,280,000
768,558,00095.6%97.5%50,000
854,978,00064.5%97.5%3,570,000
954,070,00091.5%97.5%13,090,000
1047,200,00057.3%93%10,000,000
Countries by highest percentage of the population that is Christian with at least 10 million Christians
RankCountry% ChristianChristians
198.0%21,300,000
297.5%12,800,000
395.7%63,200,000
495.6%27,800,000
595.0%107,000,000
694.3%36,100,000
794.1%13,600,000
892.5%42,800,000
992.3%10,400,000
1093.0%10,000,000

Percent ChristiansNumber of countriesPopulation
1002850
90–9949739,568,000
80–8928312,790,200
70–7920599,319,000
60–6911177,608,000
50–5916132,349,929
40–49313,594,000
30–39615,497,000
20–29523,657,000
10–191043,409,000
1–934124,755,000
0–1131,823,750

In total, 126 countries have a Christian majority, while 71 countries have a Christian minority. According to Pew Research study, of the 232 countries and territories, 157 have Christian majorities.

Population growth

According to Christian Today, there were 2.4 billion Christians around the world in 2015 and according to a 2012 Pew Research Center survey, if current trends continue, Christianity will remain the world's largest religion by year 2050. By 2050, the Christian population is expected to exceed 3 billion. Many charismatic movements are growing in Africa, Latin America, Muslim world, and Asia.

TraditionFollowers% of the Christian population% of the world populationFollower dynamicsDynamics in- and outside Christianity
Catholic Church1,200,000,00052.415.9 Growing Stable
Protestantism800,640,00034.911.6 Growing Growing
Orthodoxy260,380,00011.43.8 Growing Growing
Other Christianity28,430,0001.30.4 Growing Growing
Christianity2,289,450,00010031.7 Growing Stable