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As of the year 2021, Christianity had approximately 2.4 billion adherents and is the largest religion by population respectively.[2] According to a PEW estimation in 2020, Christians made up to 2.38 billion of the worldwide population of about 8 billion people.[a][3][4][5][6][7] 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.[8] The largest Christian denomination is the Catholic Church, with 1.3 billion baptized members.[9] 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).
Christianity is the predominant religion and faith in Europe, the Americas, the Philippines, East Timor, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Oceania.[10] 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.[11]
Christianity in multiple forms is the state religion of the following 15 nations: Argentina (Catholic Church),[12] Armenia (Armenian Apostolic Church), Tuvalu (Church of Tuvalu), Costa Rica (Catholic Church),[13] Kingdom of Denmark (Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark),[14] England (Church of England),[15] Greece (Church of Greece), Georgia (Eastern Orthodox Church),[16][17] Iceland (Church of Iceland),[18] Liechtenstein (Catholic Church),[19] Malta (Catholic Church),[20] Monaco (Catholic Church),[21] Vatican City (Catholic Church),[22] 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.[23]
- ^ "Global Christianity – A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Christian Population" (PDF). Pew Research Center.
- ^ Johnson, Todd M.; Grim, Brian J., eds. (2020). "All Religions (global totals)". World Religion Database. Leiden,Boston: BRILL, Boston University.
- ^ "Religion Information Data Explorer | GRF". www.globalreligiousfutures.org. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
- ^ 33.39% of ~7.2 billion world population (under the section 'People') "World". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. 7 October 2021.
- ^ Pew Research Center, Christians are the largest religious group in 2015, pewforum.org, USA, MARCH 31, 2017
- ^ "Major Religions Ranked by Size". Adherents.com. Archived from the original on August 16, 2000. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ ANALYSIS (2011-12-19). "Global Christianity". Pewforum.org. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
- ^ Hinnells, The Routledge Companion to the Study of Religion, p. 441.
- ^ "Presentation of the Pontifical Yearbook 2019 and the Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae 2017". Holy See Press Office. 6 March 2019. Archived from the original on 7 March 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica table of religions, by region; retrieved November 2007
- ^ "Which countries have the 10 largest Christian and Muslim Populations?". Pewresearch.org. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
- ^ "Argentina". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
- ^ "Costa Rica". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
- ^ "Denmark". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
- ^ "Church and State in Britain: The Church of privilege". Centre for Citizenship. Archived from the original on 2008-05-11. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
- ^ The Church Triumphant: A History of Christianity Up to 1300, E. Glenn Hinson, p 223
- ^ Georgian Reader, George Hewitt, p. xii
- ^ "Iceland". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
- ^ "Liechtenstein". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
- ^ "Malta". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
- ^ "Monaco". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
- ^ "Vatican". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
- ^ "Zambia". U.S. State Department. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
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