List of Christian denominations by number of members information
Percent of Christian population that is:[1]
Catholic (50.1%)
Protestant (36.7%)
Eastern Orthodox (9.4%)
Oriental Orthodox (2.5%)
Other Christian (1.3%)
This is a list of Christian denominations by number of members. It is inevitably partial and generally based on claims by the denominations themselves. The numbers should therefore be considered approximate and the article is an ongoing work-in-progress.
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The list includes the following Christian denominations: the Catholic Church including the Eastern Catholic Churches as well as independent Catholic denominations, Protestant denominations with at least 0.2 million members (including Anglican churches, which are sometimes described as a via media between Catholicism and Protestantism), the Eastern Orthodox Church (and its offshoots), the Oriental Orthodox Churches (and their offshoots), the branches of the Church of the East and all the other Christian branches with distinct theologies, such as Restorationist and Nontrinitarian denominations.
Christianity is the largest religious group in the world, with an estimated 2.3 to 2.6 billion adherents in 2020.[2][3][4][5]
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^Johnson, Todd M.; Grim, Brian J., eds. (2020). "All Religions (global totals)". World Religion Database. Leiden, Boston: BRILL, Boston University.
^"Status of Global Mission, 2015, in the Context of AD 1900–2050" (PDF). International Bulletin of Missionary Research, Vol. 39, No. 1. Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
^"World's largest religion by population is still Christianity". Pew Research Center. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
^Sherwood, Harriet (27 August 2018). "Religion: why faith is becoming more and more popular". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 29 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020. According to 2015 figures, Christians form the biggest religious group by some margin, with 2.3 billion adherents or 31.2% of the total world population of 7.3 billion.
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