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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 ...
In 2020, Pew estimated the number of Christians worldwide to be around 2.38 billion. According to various scholars and sources, high birth rates and conversions in the Global South were cited as the reasons for the Christian population growth.
Christians. Largest Christian populations (as of 2011): United States 229,157,250 Brazil 169,213,130 Russia 114,198,444 Mexico 106,204,560 Nigeria 80,510,000 Philippines 78,790,000 China 67,070,000 Democratic Republic of the Congo 63,150,000 Italy 55,832,000 Ethiopia 51,477,950
According to Pew Research Center study, by 2050 the number of Christians in absolute number is expected to grow to more than double in the next few decades, from 517 million to 1.1 billion in Sub Saharan Africa, from 531 million to 665 million in Latin America and Caribbean, from 287 million to 381 million in Asia, and from 266 million to 287 ...
In 2024, there are 0.8 — 1.1 billion Protestants worldwide, 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]
Estimates vary, mainly over the question of which denominations to classify as Protestant. The total Protestant population has reached 1.17 billion in 2024, corresponding to nearly 44% of the world's Christians.
Christian leaders estimate there are between 400,000 and 850,000 Christians. Approximately two-thirds are Chaldeans (an eastern rite of the Catholic Church), nearly one-fifth are Assyrians ( Church of the East ), and the remainder are Syriacs (Eastern Orthodox), Armenians (Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox), Anglicans, and other Protestants.
Christianity remains the dominant religion in the Western World, where 70% are Christians. According to a 2012 Pew Research Center survey, if current trends continue, Christianity will remain the world's largest religion by 2050. By 2050, the Christian population is expected to exceed 3 billion.
The WCE is known for providing membership statistics for major world religions and Christian denominations including historical data and projections of future populations. The data incorporated into the World Christian Encyclopedia have been made available online at the World Christian Database (WCD).
World Christianity. World Christianity or global Christianity has been defined both as a term that attempts to convey the global nature of the Christian religion [1] [2] [3] and an academic field of study that encompasses analysis of the histories, practices, and discourses of Christianity as a world religion and its various forms as they are ...