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As of the year 2023, Christianity had approximately 2.4 billion adherents and is the largest religion by population. According to a PEW estimation in 2020, Christians made up to 2.38 billion of the worldwide population of about 8 billion people.
Christian population growth is the population growth of the global Christian community. According to a 2011 Pew Research Center survey, there were more than 2.2 billion Christians around the world in 2010, more than three times as many as the 600 million recorded
2.382 billion: 31.0%: Islam: 1.907 billion: 24.9%: Secular /Nonreligious /Agnostic/Atheist: 1.193 billion: 15.58%: Hinduism: 1.161 billion: 15.2%: Buddhism: 506 million: 6.6%: Chinese traditional religion: 394 million: 5.6%: Ethnic religions excluding some in separate categories 300 million: 3%: African traditional religions: 100 million: 1.2% ...
The study also suggested that by 2050, the global Christian population will change considerably. By 2050, 38% of the world's Christians will live in the Sub-Saharan Africa, followed by 23% in Latin America and the Caribbean, 16% in Europe, 13% in Asia and the Pacific and 10% of the world's Christians will live in North America.
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]
Evangelical Christian Church of the Land of Papua – 0.6 million [173] Protestant Church of Maluku – 0.6 million [174] Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa – 0.5 million [175] Reformed Church in Romania – 0.5 million [176] Toraja Church – 0.4 million [177] Reformed Church of France – 0.4 million [178]
The report, “World Population Prospects 2022,” puts the world's population at 7.942 billion now.
The UN Population Division has calculated the future population of the world's countries, based on current demographic trends. In 2022, world population reached 8 billion. The UN's 2022 report projects world population to be 9.7 billion people in 2050, and about 10.3 billion by 2100.
The country where the membership of the church is the largest percentage of the population is Vatican City at 100%, followed by East Timor at 97%. According to the Census of the 2023 Annuario Pontificio (Pontifical Yearbook), the number of baptized Catholics in the world was about 1.376 billion at the end of 2021.
It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.4 billion followers, comprising around 31.2% of the world population. Its adherents, known as Christians , are estimated to make up a majority of the population in 157 countries and territories .