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Table: Christian Population in Numbers by Country

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Table: Christian Population in Numbers by Country

View as: Numbers | Percent of All Christians | Percent of Total Population Country Estimated 2010 Christian Population Estimated 2010 Catholic Population Estimated 2010 Protestant Population Estimated 2010 Orthodox Population Estimated 2010 Other Christian Population Estimated 2010 Total Population Afghanistan 30,000 < 10,000 30,000 < 1,000 < 1,000 31,410,000 Albania 580,000 330,000 < 10,000 240,000 […]

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

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.