Global Christianity

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GRAPHIC • Dec. 19, 2011

Christian Population in Numbers by Country

Country	Estimated 2010 Christian Population	Estimated 2010 Catholic Population	Estimated 2010 Protestant Population	Estimated 2010 Orthodox Population	Estimated 2010 Other Christian	Estimated 2010 Total Population
Zimbabwe	9,830,000	1,300,000	8,400,000	60,000	70,000	12,570,000
Zambia	12,760,000	2,750,000	8,870,000	20,000	1,110,000	13,090,000
Yemen	40,000	< 10,000	30,000	10,000	< 1,000	24,050,000
Western Sahara	< 1,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	530,000
Wallis and Futuna	10,000	10,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	10,000
Vietnam	7,030,000	5,590,000	1,410,000	< 1,000	20,000	87,850,000
Venezuela	25,890,000	22,500,000	2,920,000	30,000	440,000	28,980,000
Vatican City	< 1,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	< 1,000
Vanuatu	220,000	30,000	190,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	240,000
Uzbekistan	710,000	10,000	220,000	470,000	< 10,000	27,440,000
U.S. Virgin Islands	100,000	30,000	70,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	110,000
Uruguay	1,960,000	1,590,000	210,000	40,000	130,000	3,370,000
United States	246,790,000	74,470,000	159,850,000	1,870,000	10,590,000	310,380,000
United Kingdom	45,030,000	10,040,000	33,820,000	560,000	620,000	62,040,000
United Arab Emirates	940,000	750,000	100,000	100,000	< 1,000	7,510,000
Ukraine	38,080,000	2,550,000	590,000	34,850,000	80,000	45,450,000
Uganda	28,970,000	14,100,000	14,830,000	30,000	< 10,000	33,420,000
Tuvalu	< 10,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	< 10,000
Turks and Caicos Islands	40,000	< 10,000	30,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	40,000
Turkmenistan	320,000	< 1,000	30,000	270,000	20,000	5,040,000
Turkey	310,000	50,000	80,000	180,000	< 10,000	72,750,000
Tunisia	20,000	20,000	< 10,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	10,480,000
Trinidad and Tobago	880,000	350,000	510,000	< 10,000	20,000	1,340,000
Tonga	100,000	20,000	70,000	< 1,000	20,000	100,000
Tokelau	< 10,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	< 10,000
Togo	2,670,000	1,590,000	1,030,000	< 1,000	40,000	6,030,000
Timor-Leste	1,120,000	1,100,000	20,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	1,120,000
Thailand	550,000	240,000	300,000	< 1,000	20,000	69,120,000
Tanzania	26,740,000	14,250,000	12,250,000	< 1,000	240,000	44,840,000
Tajikistan	100,000	< 1,000	10,000	80,000	< 10,000	6,880,000
Taiwan	1,290,000	320,000	950,000	< 1,000	20,000	23,220,000
Syria	1,060,000	430,000	40,000	590,000	< 1,000	20,410,000
Switzerland	6,350,000	3,370,000	2,820,000	150,000	20,000	7,660,000
Sweden	6,310,000	110,000	6,040,000	120,000	40,000	9,380,000
Swaziland	1,040,000	60,000	970,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	1,190,000
Suriname	270,000	150,000	110,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	520,000
Sudan	1,760,000	970,000	700,000	90,000	< 1,000	32,750,000
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	100,000	< 10,000	90,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	110,000
St. Pierre and Miquelon	< 10,000	< 10,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	< 10,000
St. Lucia	160,000	110,000	50,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	170,000
St. Kitts and Nevis	50,000	< 10,000	40,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	50,000
St. Helena	< 10,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	< 10,000
Sri Lanka	1,570,000	1,380,000	180,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	20,860,000
Spain	36,240,000	34,670,000	460,000	900,000	210,000	46,080,000
South Sudan	6,530,000	4,280,000	2,240,000	< 10,000	< 10,000	10,800,000
South Korea	14,100,000	5,270,000	8,560,000	< 1,000	260,000	48,180,000
South Africa	40,560,000	3,680,000	36,550,000	30,000	300,000	50,130,000
Somalia	< 10,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	< 10,000	< 1,000	9,330,000
Solomon Islands	520,000	100,000	410,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	540,000
Slovenia	1,610,000	1,520,000	20,000	60,000	< 10,000	2,030,000
Slovakia	4,730,000	4,110,000	540,000	50,000	20,000	5,460,000
Singapore	920,000	360,000	550,000	< 10,000	< 10,000	5,090,000
Sierra Leone	1,240,000	420,000	810,000	< 1,000	10,000	5,870,000
Seychelles	80,000	70,000	< 10,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	90,000
Serbia	7,260,000	430,000	100,000	6,730,000	< 1,000	7,770,000
Senegal	460,000	430,000	20,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	12,430,000
Saudi Arabia	1,200,000	1,050,000	100,000	50,000	< 1,000	27,450,000
Sao Tome and Principe	140,000	120,000	20,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	170,000
San Marino	30,000	30,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	30,000
Samoa	180,000	40,000	120,000	< 1,000	30,000	180,000
Rwanda	9,920,000	5,260,000	4,610,000	< 1,000	50,000	10,620,000
Russia	105,220,000	740,000	2,560,000	101,450,000	470,000	142,960,000
Romania	21,380,000	1,220,000	1,350,000	18,750,000	70,000	21,490,000
Reunion	740,000	680,000	60,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	850,000
Republic of the Congo	3,470,000	1,220,000	2,080,000	< 1,000	180,000	4,040,000
Republic of Macedonia	1,340,000	< 10,000	< 10,000	1,330,000	< 1,000	2,060,000
Qatar	240,000	190,000	50,000	< 10,000	< 1,000	1,760,000
Puerto Rico	3,630,000	2,620,000	940,000	< 10,000	70,000	3,750,000
Portugal	10,110,000	9,860,000	170,000	20,000	60,000	10,680,000
Poland	36,090,000	35,290,000	160,000	510,000	130,000	38,280,000
Philippines	86,790,000	75,940,000	10,030,000	< 1,000	820,000	93,260,000
Peru	27,800,000	23,630,000	3,630,000	< 10,000	520,000	29,080,000
Paraguay	6,260,000	5,780,000	410,000	< 10,000	60,000	6,450,000
Papua New Guinea	6,800,000	2,060,000	4,690,000	< 1,000	50,000	6,860,000
Panama	3,270,000	2,650,000	580,000	< 10,000	50,000	3,520,000
Palestinian territories	100,000	20,000	30,000	50,000	< 1,000	4,040,000
Palau	20,000	10,000	< 10,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	20,000
Pakistan	2,760,000	810,000	1,950,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	173,590,000
Oman	180,000	110,000	40,000	30,000	< 1,000	2,780,000
Norway	4,210,000	100,000	4,070,000	20,000	30,000	4,880,000
Northern Mariana Islands	50,000	40,000	< 10,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	60,000
North Korea	480,000	40,000	440,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	24,350,000
Niue	< 10,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	< 10,000
Nigeria	80,510,000	20,040,000	59,680,000	30,000	760,000	158,420,000
Niger	110,000	30,000	80,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	15,510,000
Nicaragua	4,970,000	3,380,000	1,530,000	< 1,000	50,000	5,790,000
New Zealand	2,530,000	620,000	1,770,000	< 10,000	140,000	4,370,000
New Caledonia	210,000	130,000	80,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	250,000
Netherlands Antilles	190,000	150,000	40,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	200,000
Netherlands	8,500,000	4,830,000	3,630,000	< 10,000	40,000	16,610,000
Nepal	130,000	< 10,000	130,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	29,960,000
Nauru	< 10,000	< 10,000	< 10,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	10,000
Namibia	2,230,000	540,000	1,680,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	2,280,000
Mozambique	13,120,000	6,640,000	6,330,000	< 1,000	150,000	23,390,000
Morocco	20,000	10,000	< 10,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	31,950,000
Montserrat	< 10,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	< 10,000
Montenegro	500,000	20,000	< 1,000	470,000	< 1,000	630,000
Mongolia	60,000	< 1,000	40,000	< 10,000	10,000	2,760,000
Monaco	30,000	30,000	< 10,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	40,000
Moldova	3,480,000	< 10,000	50,000	3,410,000	20,000	3,570,000
Mexico	107,780,000	96,330,000	9,390,000	110,000	1,950,000	113,420,000
Mayotte	< 10,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	200,000
Mauritius	320,000	310,000	10,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	1,300,000
Mauritania	< 10,000	< 10,000	< 10,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	3,460,000
Martinique	390,000	340,000	40,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	410,000
Marshall Islands	50,000	< 10,000	50,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	50,000
Malta	400,000	400,000	< 10,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	420,000
Mali	500,000	330,000	140,000	30,000	< 1,000	15,370,000
Maldives	< 10,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	320,000
Malaysia	2,590,000	1,330,000	1,240,000	< 10,000	10,000	28,400,000
Malawi	12,320,000	3,900,000	8,200,000	< 10,000	220,000	14,900,000
Madagascar	15,430,000	7,260,000	8,110,000	20,000	40,000	20,710,000
Macau	40,000	30,000	< 10,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	540,000
Luxembourg	360,000	330,000	20,000	< 10,000	< 10,000	510,000
Lithuania	2,980,000	2,760,000	50,000	170,000	< 10,000	3,320,000
Liechtenstein	30,000	30,000	< 10,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	40,000
Libya	170,000	100,000	10,000	70,000	< 1,000	6,360,000
Liberia	3,420,000	290,000	3,040,000	40,000	60,000	3,990,000
Lesotho	2,100,000	990,000	1,080,000	< 10,000	20,000	2,170,000
Lebanon	1,620,000	1,220,000	40,000	350,000	< 10,000	4,230,000
Latvia	1,250,000	430,000	450,000	370,000	< 1,000	2,250,000
Laos	90,000	30,000	60,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	6,200,000
Kyrgyzstan	660,000	< 10,000	100,000	540,000	20,000	5,330,000
Kuwait	390,000	230,000	30,000	130,000	< 1,000	2,740,000
Kosovo	200,000	50,000	< 10,000	140,000	< 1,000	2,080,000
Kiribati	100,000	50,000	40,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	100,000
Kenya	34,340,000	8,970,000	24,160,000	650,000	560,000	40,510,000
Kazakhstan	4,190,000	380,000	310,000	3,430,000	70,000	16,030,000
Jordan	140,000	30,000	20,000	90,000	< 1,000	6,190,000
Japan	1,900,000	400,000	910,000	20,000	570,000	126,540,000
Jamaica	2,110,000	70,000	2,000,000	< 10,000	40,000	2,740,000
Ivory Coast	8,840,000	4,230,000	4,480,000	80,000	50,000	19,740,000
Italy	51,550,000	50,250,000	800,000	120,000	390,000	60,550,000
Israel	150,000	90,000	30,000	30,000	< 10,000	7,420,000
Isle of Man	70,000	< 10,000	60,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	80,000
Ireland	4,210,000	3,950,000	230,000	20,000	< 10,000	4,470,000
Iraq	270,000	110,000	110,000	50,000	< 1,000	31,670,000
Iran	110,000	< 10,000	20,000	80,000	< 1,000	73,970,000
Indonesia	21,160,000	7,230,000	13,860,000	< 1,000	70,000	239,870,000
India	31,850,000	10,570,000	18,860,000	2,370,000	50,000	1,224,610,000
Iceland	300,000	10,000	290,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	320,000
Hungary	8,260,000	6,050,000	2,160,000	20,000	30,000	9,980,000
Hong Kong	840,000	160,000	670,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	7,050,000
Honduras	6,660,000	3,820,000	2,780,000	< 10,000	50,000	7,600,000
Haiti	8,680,000	5,670,000	2,950,000	< 1,000	60,000	9,990,000
Guyana	490,000	100,000	370,000	10,000	< 10,000	750,000
Guinea Bissau	300,000	270,000	30,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	1,520,000
Guinea	1,100,000	750,000	340,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	9,980,000
Guatemala	13,700,000	8,370,000	5,130,000	< 1,000	200,000	14,390,000
Guam	170,000	140,000	30,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	180,000
Guadeloupe	440,000	390,000	30,000	< 1,000	10,000	460,000
Grenada	100,000	50,000	50,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	100,000
Greenland	60,000	< 1,000	50,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	60,000
Greece	10,160,000	80,000	30,000	10,030,000	20,000	11,360,000
Gibraltar	30,000	20,000	< 10,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	30,000
Ghana	18,260,000	3,160,000	14,830,000	< 10,000	270,000	24,390,000
Germany	58,240,000	27,910,000	28,640,000	1,140,000	550,000	82,300,000
Georgia	3,890,000	30,000	20,000	3,820,000	10,000	4,350,000
Gambia	80,000	50,000	30,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	1,730,000
Gabon	1,170,000	810,000	360,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	1,510,000
French Polynesia	250,000	110,000	110,000	< 1,000	40,000	270,000
French Guiana	200,000	180,000	10,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	230,000
France	39,560,000	37,930,000	1,120,000	370,000	130,000	62,790,000
Finland	4,380,000	10,000	4,300,000	60,000	< 10,000	5,360,000
Fiji	550,000	80,000	460,000	< 1,000	20,000	860,000
Federated States of Micronesia	110,000	60,000	50,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	110,000
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	< 10,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	< 10,000
Faeroe Islands	50,000	< 1,000	50,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	50,000
Ethiopia	52,580,000	600,000	15,910,000	36,060,000	< 10,000	82,950,000
Estonia	550,000	< 10,000	280,000	250,000	< 10,000	1,340,000
Eritrea	3,310,000	240,000	40,000	3,030,000	< 1,000	5,250,000
Equatorial Guinea	620,000	570,000	50,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	700,000
El Salvador	5,460,000	3,160,000	2,210,000	< 1,000	90,000	6,190,000
Egypt	4,290,000	140,000	290,000	3,860,000	< 1,000	81,120,000
Ecuador	13,610,000	12,060,000	1,390,000	< 1,000	160,000	14,460,000
Dominican Republic	8,820,000	6,670,000	2,080,000	< 1,000	70,000	9,930,000
Dominica	60,000	40,000	20,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	70,000
Djibouti	20,000	10,000	< 10,000	< 10,000	< 1,000	890,000
Denmark	4,610,000	40,000	4,550,000	< 10,000	20,000	5,550,000
Democratic Republic of the Congo	63,150,000	31,180,000	31,700,000	< 10,000	260,000	65,970,000
Czech Republic	4,140,000	3,710,000	360,000	30,000	30,000	10,490,000
Cyprus	810,000	10,000	< 10,000	790,000	< 1,000	1,100,000
Cuba	6,670,000	5,820,000	640,000	50,000	160,000	11,260,000
Croatia	4,110,000	3,900,000	10,000	200,000	< 10,000	4,400,000
Costa Rica	4,230,000	3,110,000	1,060,000	< 1,000	70,000	4,660,000
Cook Islands	20,000	< 10,000	10,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	20,000
Comoros	< 10,000	< 10,000	< 10,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	730,000
Colombia	42,810,000	38,100,000	4,640,000	< 1,000	70,000	46,290,000
China	67,070,000	9,000,000	58,040,000	20,000	10,000	1,341,340,000
Chile	15,310,000	12,290,000	2,660,000	10,000	350,000	17,110,000
Channel Islands	130,000	30,000	100,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	150,000
Chad	4,500,000	2,520,000	1,980,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	11,230,000
Central African Republic	3,950,000	1,260,000	2,670,000	< 1,000	20,000	4,400,000
Cayman Islands	50,000	< 10,000	40,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	60,000
Cape Verde	440,000	390,000	40,000	< 10,000	10,000	500,000
Canada	23,430,000	13,130,000	9,300,000	470,000	530,000	34,020,000
Cameroon	13,880,000	7,570,000	6,200,000	< 1,000	110,000	19,600,000
Cambodia	50,000	< 10,000	50,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	14,140,000
Burundi	7,880,000	6,190,000	1,690,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	8,380,000
Burma (Myanmar)	3,790,000	610,000	3,160,000	< 1,000	10,000	47,960,000
Burkina Faso	3,820,000	3,130,000	690,000	< 10,000	< 1,000	16,470,000
Bulgaria	6,300,000	40,000	40,000	6,220,000	< 10,000	7,490,000
Brunei	40,000	20,000	20,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	400,000
British Virgin Islands	20,000	< 1,000	20,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	20,000
Brazil	175,770,000	133,660,000	40,500,000	< 10,000	1,590,000	194,950,000
Botswana	1,450,000	120,000	1,320,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	2,010,000
Bosnia-Herzegovina	1,980,000	540,000	< 10,000	1,440,000	< 10,000	3,760,000
Bolivia	9,330,000	7,850,000	1,360,000	< 1,000	120,000	9,930,000
Bhutan	< 10,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	730,000
Bermuda	50,000	< 10,000	40,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	60,000
Benin	4,730,000	2,650,000	2,050,000	< 1,000	20,000	8,850,000
Belize	270,000	160,000	110,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	310,000
Belgium	6,860,000	6,640,000	150,000	50,000	30,000	10,710,000
Belarus	6,830,000	830,000	90,000	5,900,000	< 10,000	9,600,000
Barbados	260,000	10,000	240,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	270,000
Bangladesh	280,000	110,000	170,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	148,690,000
Bahrain	180,000	110,000	60,000	10,000	< 1,000	1,260,000
Bahamas	330,000	50,000	280,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	340,000
Azerbaijan	280,000	< 1,000	20,000	260,000	< 10,000	9,190,000
Austria	6,970,000	6,320,000	430,000	190,000	30,000	8,390,000
Australia	16,030,000	6,500,000	8,620,000	740,000	170,000	22,270,000
Aruba	100,000	90,000	10,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	110,000
Armenia	3,040,000	270,000	70,000	2,680,000	30,000	3,090,000
Argentina	34,420,000	31,020,000	2,960,000	< 1,000	440,000	40,410,000
Antigua and Barbuda	80,000	< 10,000	70,000	< 1,000	< 10,000	90,000
Anguilla	10,000	< 1,000	10,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	20,000
Angola	16,820,000	10,850,000	5,840,000	< 1,000	130,000	19,080,000
Andorra	80,000	70,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	80,000
American Samoa	70,000	10,000	40,000	< 1,000	10,000	70,000
Algeria	60,000	< 10,000	60,000	< 10,000	< 1,000	35,470,000
Albania	580,000	330,000	< 10,000	240,000	< 10,000	3,200,000
Afghanistan	30,000	< 10,000	30,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	31,410,000

Percentages are calculated from unrounded numbers. Figures may not add exactly due to rounding. Populations of less than 1,000 are shown as <1,000. Populations of 1,000 to 9,999 are shown as <10,000. Populations of 10,000 and more are rounded to the ten thousands. Estimated 2010 total population figures are based primarily on the 2010 revision of the U.N. Population Prospects. The estimate for Kosovo is based on the World Religion Database. The estimate for Serbia is based on the U.N. figures minus the Kosovo figure from the World Religion Database. The Taiwan estimate is based on the U.N.’s regional total, which includes Taiwan’s population but does not specifically identify Taiwan. The Sudan and South Sudan estimates are based on the U.N. figure for Sudan divided using estimates from the World Religion Database.

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