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<td> [[Christianity in Rwanda]] </td> |
<td> [[Christianity in Rwanda]] </td> |
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<td align="right"> 8,440,820 </td> |
<td align="right"> 8,440,820 </td> |
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<td align="center"> 93.6% </td> |
<td align="center"> 93.6% <ref name=FACTBOOK/></td> |
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<td align="right"> 7,892,335 </td> |
<td align="right"> 7,892,335 </td> |
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<td> Christianity in San Marino </td> |
<td> Christianity in San Marino </td> |
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<td align="right"> 28,880 </td> |
<td align="right"> 28,880 </td> |
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<td align="center"> 100% </td> |
<td align="center"> 100% <ref name=FACTBOOK/></td> |
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<td align="right"> 28,880 </td> |
<td align="right"> 28,880 </td> |
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<td> Christianity in Saudi Arabia </td> |
<td> Christianity in Saudi Arabia </td> |
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<td align="right"> 26,417,599 </td> |
<td align="right"> 26,417,599 </td> |
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<td align="center"> 3.7% </td> |
<td align="center"> 3.7% {{fact}}</td> |
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<td align="right"> 1,000,000 </td> |
<td align="right"> 1,000,000 </td> |
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<td> Christianity in Senegal </td> |
<td> Christianity in Senegal </td> |
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<td align="right"> 11,126,832 </td> |
<td align="right"> 11,126,832 </td> |
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<td align="center"> |
<td align="center"> 5% <ref name=FACTBOOK/></td> |
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<td align="right"> |
<td align="right"> 560,000 </td> |
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<td> Christianity in Serbia and Montenegro </td> |
<td> Christianity in Serbia and Montenegro </td> |
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<td align="right"> 10,829,175 </td> |
<td align="right"> 10,829,175 </td> |
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<td align="center"> 70% </td> |
<td align="center"> 70% {{fact}}</td> |
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<td align="right"> 7,576,100 </td> |
<td align="right"> 7,576,100 </td> |
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<td> Christianity in Seychelles </td> |
<td> Christianity in Seychelles </td> |
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<td align="right"> 81,188 </td> |
<td align="right"> 81,188 </td> |
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<td align="center"> |
<td align="center"> 94.7% <ref name=FACTBOOK/></td> |
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<td align="right"> |
<td align="right"> 76,885 </td> |
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<td> [[Christianity in Sierra Leone]] </td> |
<td> [[Christianity in Sierra Leone]] </td> |
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<td align="right"> 6,017,643 </td> |
<td align="right"> 6,017,643 </td> |
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<td align="center"> 10% </td> |
<td align="center"> 10% (''approximate'')<ref name=FACTBOOK/></td> |
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<td align="right"> 601,765 </td> |
<td align="right"> 601,765 </td> |
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<td> [[Christianity in Singapore]] </td> |
<td> [[Christianity in Singapore]] </td> |
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<td align="right"> 4,425,720 </td> |
<td align="right"> 4,425,720 </td> |
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<td align="center"> 14.6% </td> |
<td align="center"> 14.6% <ref name=FACTBOOK/></td> |
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<td align="right"> 646,167 </td> |
<td align="right"> 646,167 </td> |
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<td> Christianity in Slovakia </td> |
<td> Christianity in Slovakia </td> |
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<td align="right"> 5,431,363 </td> |
<td align="right"> 5,431,363 </td> |
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<td align="center"> 56% (''approximate'') <ref name=EUROBAROMETER/> </td> |
<td align="center"> 56% (''approximate'') <ref name=EUROBAROMETER/> - 83.8 <ref name=FACTBOOK/></td> |
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<td align="right"> 3, |
<td align="right"> 3,000,000 - 4,600,000</td> |
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<td> Christianity in Slovenia </td> |
<td> Christianity in Slovenia </td> |
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<td align="right"> 2,011,070 </td> |
<td align="right"> 2,011,070 </td> |
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<td align="center"> 32% |
<td align="center"> 32% <ref name=EUROBAROMETER/> - 61% <ref name=FACTBOOK/></td> |
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<td align="right"> |
<td align="right"> 640,000 - 1,200,000</td> |
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<td> Christianity in Somalia </td> |
<td> Christianity in Somalia </td> |
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<td align="right"> 8,591,629 </td> |
<td align="right"> 8,591,629 </td> |
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<td align="center"> 0. |
<td align="center"> 0.001% {{fact}}</td> |
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<td align="right"> 850 </td> |
<td align="right"> 850 </td> |
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<td> Christianity in South Africa </td> |
<td> Christianity in South Africa </td> |
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<td align="right"> 44,344,136 </td> |
<td align="right"> 44,344,136 </td> |
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<td align="center"> 79.7% </td> |
<td align="center"> 79.7% <ref name=FACTBOOK/></td> |
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<td align="right"> 35,342,330 </td> |
<td align="right"> 35,342,330 </td> |
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<td ALIGN=center> [[Western Europe]] </td> |
<td ALIGN=center> [[Western Europe]] </td> |
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<td> [[Christianity in Spain]] </td> |
<td> [[Christianity in Spain]] </td> |
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<td align="right"> 40, |
<td align="right"> 40,000,000 </td> |
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<td align="center"> 54% |
<td align="center"> 54% <ref name=EUROBAROMETER/> - 94% <ref name=FACTBOOK/> </td> |
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<td align="right"> |
<td align="right"> 22,000,000 - 38,000,000</td> |
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<td> Christianity in Sri Lanka </td> |
<td> Christianity in Sri Lanka </td> |
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<td align="right"> 20,064,776 </td> |
<td align="right"> 20,064,776 </td> |
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<td align="center"> 6.2% </td> |
<td align="center"> 6.2% <ref name=FACTBOOK/></td> |
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<td align="right"> 1,244,017 </td> |
<td align="right"> 1,244,017 </td> |
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<td> [[Christianity in Sudan]] </td> |
<td> [[Christianity in Sudan]] </td> |
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<td align="right"> 40,572,741 </td> |
<td align="right"> 40,572,741 </td> |
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<td align="center"> 5% </td> |
<td align="center"> 5% <ref name=FACTBOOK/></td> |
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<td align="right"> 2,109,782 |
<td align="right"> 2,109,782 |
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<td ALIGN=center> [[South America]] </td> |
<td ALIGN=center> [[South America]] </td> |
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<td> Christianity in Suriname </td> |
<td> Christianity in Suriname </td> |
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<td align="right"> |
<td align="right"> 440,000 </td> |
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<td align="center"> |
<td align="center"> 47% <ref name=FACTBOOK/></td> |
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<td align="right"> |
<td align="right"> 210,000 </td> |
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<td> [[Christianity in Swaziland]] </td> |
<td> [[Christianity in Swaziland]] </td> |
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<td align="right"> 1,173,900 </td> |
<td align="right"> 1,173,900 </td> |
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<td align="center"> 86% </td> |
<td align="center"> 46%-86% (''depending on degree of [[syncretism]]'')<ref name=FACTBOOK/></td> |
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<td align="right"> 1,009,555 </td> |
<td align="right"> 1,009,555 </td> |
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<td> [[Christianity in Switzerland]] </td> |
<td> [[Christianity in Switzerland]] </td> |
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<td align="right"> 7,489,370 </td> |
<td align="right"> 7,489,370 </td> |
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<td align="center"> 43% ('' |
<td align="center"> 43% (''approximate'') <ref name=EUROBAROMETER/> </td> |
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<td align="right"> 3,220,429 </td> |
<td align="right"> 3,220,429 </td> |
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<td> [[Christianity in Syria]] </td> |
<td> [[Christianity in Syria]] </td> |
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<td align="right"> 18,448,752 </td> |
<td align="right"> 18,448,752 </td> |
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<td align="center"> 10% </td> |
<td align="center"> 10% (''approximate'')<ref name=FACTBOOK/></td> |
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<td align="right"> 1,844,876 </td> |
<td align="right"> 1,844,876 </td> |
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<td> [[Christianity in Taiwan]] </td> |
<td> [[Christianity in Taiwan]] </td> |
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<td align="right"> 22,894,384 </td> |
<td align="right"> 22,894,384 </td> |
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<td align="center"> 4.5% </td> |
<td align="center"> 4.5% <ref name=FACTBOOK/></td> |
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<td align="right"> 1,030,250 </td> |
<td align="right"> 1,030,250 </td> |
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<td> [[Christianity in Tajikistan]] </td> |
<td> [[Christianity in Tajikistan]] </td> |
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<td align="right"> 7,163,506 </td> |
<td align="right"> 7,163,506 </td> |
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<td align="center"> 5% </td> |
<td align="center"> 5% {{Fact}}</td> |
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<td align="right"> 358,175 </td> |
<td align="right"> 358,175 </td> |
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<td> [[Christianity in Tanzania]] </td> |
<td> [[Christianity in Tanzania]] </td> |
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<td align="right"> 36,766,356 </td> |
<td align="right"> 36,766,356 </td> |
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<td align="center"> 30% </td> |
<td align="center"> 30% (''approximate'')<ref name=FACTBOOK/></td> |
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<td align="right"> 11,029,950 </td> |
<td align="right"> 11,029,950 </td> |
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<td> Christianity in Thailand </td> |
<td> Christianity in Thailand </td> |
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<td align="right"> 65,444,371 </td> |
<td align="right"> 65,444,371 </td> |
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<td align="center"> 0. |
<td align="center"> 0.7% <ref name=FACTBOOK/></td> |
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<td align="right"> |
<td align="right"> 460,000 </td> |
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<td> Christianity in Togo </td> |
<td> Christianity in Togo </td> |
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<td align="right"> 5,681,519 </td> |
<td align="right"> 5,681,519 </td> |
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<td align="center"> 29% </td> |
<td align="center"> 29% <ref name=FACTBOOK/></td> |
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<td align="right"> 1,647,665 </td> |
<td align="right"> 1,647,665 </td> |
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<td> Christianity in Trinidad and Tobago </td> |
<td> Christianity in Trinidad and Tobago </td> |
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<td align="right"> 1,088,644 </td> |
<td align="right"> 1,088,644 </td> |
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<td align="center"> 57.6% </td> |
<td align="center"> 57.6% <ref name=FACTBOOK/></td> |
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<td align="right"> 627,090 </td> |
<td align="right"> 627,090 </td> |
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<td ALIGN=center> [[North Africa]] </td> |
<td ALIGN=center> [[North Africa]] </td> |
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<td> Christianity in Tunisia </td> |
<td> Christianity in Tunisia </td> |
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<td align="right"> 10, |
<td align="right"> 10,000,000 </td> |
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<td align="center"> |
<td align="center"> 1% <ref name=FACTBOOK/></td> |
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<td align="right"> |
<td align="right"> 100,000 </td> |
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<td> [[Christianity in Turkey]] </td> |
<td> [[Christianity in Turkey]] </td> |
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<td align="right"> 69,660,559 </td> |
<td align="right"> 69,660,559 </td> |
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<td align="center"> 0.2% </td> |
<td align="center"> 0.2% {{fact}}</td> |
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<td align="right"> 139,320 </td> |
<td align="right"> 139,320 </td> |
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<td ALIGN=center> [[Central Asia]] </td> |
<td ALIGN=center> [[Central Asia]] </td> |
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<td> [[Christianity in Turkmenistan]] </td> |
<td> [[Christianity in Turkmenistan]] </td> |
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<td align="right"> |
<td align="right"> 5,100,000 </td> |
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<td align="center"> |
<td align="center"> 9% <ref name=FACTBOOK/></td> |
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<td align="right"> |
<td align="right"> 460,00 </td> |
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<td> [[Christianity in the United Arab Emirates]] </td> |
<td> [[Christianity in the United Arab Emirates]] </td> |
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<td align="right"> 2,563,212 </td> |
<td align="right"> 2,563,212 </td> |
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<td align="center"> 3% </td> |
<td align="center"> 3% {[fact}}</td> |
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<td align="right"> 76,900 </td> |
<td align="right"> 76,900 </td> |
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<td> Christianity in Puerto Rico (U.S.) </td> |
<td> Christianity in Puerto Rico (U.S.) </td> |
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<td align="right"> 3,916,632 </td> |
<td align="right"> 3,916,632 </td> |
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<td align="center"> 93% </td> |
<td align="center"> 93% {{fact}}</td> |
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<td align="right"> 3,642,530 </td> |
<td align="right"> 3,642,530 </td> |
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<td ALIGN=center> [[Central Asia]] </td> |
<td ALIGN=center> [[Central Asia]] </td> |
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<td> [[Christianity in Uzbekistan]] </td> |
<td> [[Christianity in Uzbekistan]] </td> |
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<td align="right"> |
<td align="right"> 28,000,000 </td> |
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<td align="center"> |
<td align="center"> 9% <ref name=FACTBOOK/></td> |
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<td align="right"> 2, |
<td align="right"> 2,500,000 </td> |
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<th colspan="2"> Total </th> |
<th colspan="2"> Total </th> |
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<th> 6, |
<th> 6,600,000,000 </th> |
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<th> 27.50% </th> |
<th> 27.50% - 33.03% <ref name=FACTBOOK/></th> |
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<th> 1, |
<th> 1,800,000,000 - 2,180,000,000 </th> </th> |
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Revision as of 18:17, 6 June 2007
This article's factual accuracy is disputed. |
The following table pertains to Christianity by country, notably population statistics. Many of the figures cited in this article are hotly debated, with numbers varying widely between different sources[1], and as such should be taken as approximate.
The United States currently has the most Christian missionaries around the world, followed by South Korea.
Inclusion of statistics
When changing or adding statistics:
- Unsourced changes will be removed.
- A reliable source must be given for each change
- Links to websites clearly promoting a specific religion are not reliable sources
- Many official sources are considered more reputable than others (e.g., http://bbc.co.uk or https://cia.gov are considered reputable, while a personal webpage is not).
- If there is any doubt as the figures, a range of figures may be listed, as long as there are sources for both figures.
Statistics
Region | Country | Population(2005E) | % Christian | Christian total |
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Central Asia | Christianity in Afghanistan | 29,928,987 | 0.1% [2] | 30,000 |
Balkans | Christianity in Albania | 3,563,112 | 30% (approximate) [3][4] | 1,689,934 |
North Africa | Christianity in Algeria | 32,531,853 | 0.4% [citation needed] | 50,000 |
Southern Africa | Christianity in Angola | 12,127,071 | 53% (1998 est.) [3] | 6,427,347 |
Caribbean | Christianity in Anguilla | 13,477 | 90.5 (2001 census) [3] | 12,196 |
South America | Christianity in Argentina | 39,537,943 | 94% (less than 25% practicing) [3] | 37,165,720 |
Caucasus | Christianity in Armenia | 2,982,904 | 98.7% [3] | 2,944,122 |
Oceania | Christianity in Australia | 20,090,437 | 67.4% [3] | 13,543,693 |
Central Europe | Christianity in Austria | 8,192,880 | 49%(approx) [5] - 81.8% (approx) [6] | 4,014,511 - 6,701,775 |
Caucasus | Christianity in Azerbaijan | 7,911,974 | 6.6% [citation needed] | 519,027 |
Caribbean | Christianity in the Bahamas | 303,770 | 96.3 [3] | 293,000 |
Middle East | Christianity in Bahrain | 698,585 | 9% [3] | 63,000 |
South Asia | Christianity in Bangladesh | 144,319,628 | 0.7% [7]. | 1,050,000 |
Eastern Europe | Christianity in Belarus | 10,300,483 | 95% [citation needed] | 9,785,475 |
Western Europe | Christianity in Belgium | 10,364,388 | 38% (approx) [5] | 3,938,467 - 8,809,729 |
Central America | Christianity in Belize | 279,457 | 84.2% [citation needed] | 235,254 |
West Africa | Christianity in Benin | 7,460,025 | 30% (approximate)[3] | 2,238,000 |
South Asia | Christianity in Bhutan | 2,232,291 | 0.3% [citation needed] | 6,696 |
South America | Christianity in Bolivia | 8,857,870 | 98% [citation needed] | 8,680,712 |
Balkans | Christianity in Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,907,000 | 51% [citation needed] | 1,992,570 |
Southern Africa | Christianity in Botswana | 1,640,115 | 71.6% (2001 census)[3] | 1,174,311 |
South America | Christianity in Brazil | 186,112,794 | 89% [3] | 166,000,000 |
Southeast Asia | Christianity in Brunei | 372,361 | 10% (approximate)[3] | 40,000 |
Balkans | Christianity in Bulgaria | 7,450,349 | 35% (approx) [5] - 83.8% [3] | 2,607,622 - 6,240,000 |
West Africa | Christianity in Burkina Faso | 13,925,313 | 10% (approximate)[3] | 1,400,000 |
Central Africa | Christianity in Burundi | 6,370,609 | 67% [3] | 4,268,308 |
Southeast Asia | Christianity in Cambodia | 14,071,000 | 2% [citation needed] | 281,420 |
West Africa | Christianity in Cameroon | 16,380,005 | 40% (approximate)[3] | 6,600,000 |
North America | Christianity in Canada | 32,805,041 | 70.3% [3] | 23,100,000 |
West Africa | Christianity in Cape Verde | 420,979 | 90% [citation needed] | 378,881 |
Central Africa | Christianity in Central African Republic | 3,799,897 | 50% (approximate)[3] | 1,899,948 |
Central Africa | Christianity in Chad | 9,826,419 | 35% [3] | 3,439,279 |
South America | Christianity in Chile | 15,980,912 | 91% [8] | 14,542,629 |
East Asia | Christianity in China | 1,306,313,812 | 3% - 5%[3] | 39,189,414 - 65,315,690 |
South America | Christianity in Colombia | 42,954,279 | 94.5%[9] | 40,591,793 |
East Africa | Christianity in Comoros | 671,247 | 2% [3] | 13,000 |
Central Africa | Christianity in the Republic of the Congo | 3,039,126 | 50% [citation needed] | 1,519,563 |
Central Africa | Christianity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo | 60,085,004 | 70% [3] | 42,000,000 |
Central America | Christianity in Costa Rica | 4,016,173 | 94% [3] | 3,780,000 |
West Africa | Christianity in Côte d'Ivoire | 17,298,040 | 20-30% [3] | 3,500,000-5,200,000 |
Central Europe • Balkans | Christianity in Croatia | 4,495,904 | 62% (approx) [5] 93% [10] | 2,787,460 - 4,181,190 |
North America | Christianity in Cuba | 11,346,670 | 45% [11] | 5,106,015 |
Middle East | Christianity in Cyprus | 780,133 | 82% | 639,764 |
Central Europe | Christianity in Czech Republic | 10,241,138 | 14% (approximate) [5] - 30% [12] | 1,433,759 - 3,072,341 |
Western Europe | Christianity in Denmark | 5,411,405 | 26% (approximate) [5] - 97% [13] | 1,406,965 - 5,303,176 |
East Africa | Christianity in Djibouti | 476,703 | 6% | 28,608 |
Caribbean | Christianity in Dominica | 68,902 | 88.7% [14] | 61,116 |
Caribbean | Christianity in Dominican Republic | 8,950,034 | 75.8%[15] | 6,784,125 |
Southeast Asia | Christianity in East Timor | 1,040,880 | 93% | 968,130 |
South America | Christianity in Ecuador | 13,363,593 | 98% | 13,096,330 |
North Africa | Christianity in Egypt | 78,505,756 | 10% [3] | 7,850,575 |
Central America | Christianity in El Salvador | 6,704,932 | 80.9%[16] | 5,424,289 |
West Africa | Christianity in Equatorial Guinea | 504,000 | 90% | 453,600 |
East Africa | Christianity in Eritrea | 4,861,599 | 50% | 2,430,799 |
Eastern Europe | Christianity in Estonia | 1,324,333 | 10% [5] - 28% [3] | 132,433 |
East Africa | Christianity in Ethiopia | 74,053,286[17] | 50%[18] | 37,026,643 |
Oceania | Christianity in Fiji | 893,354 | 52% | 464,568 |
Western Europe | Christianity in Finland | 5,223,442 | 36%(approx) [5] - 83.6% (approx) [19] | 1,880,439 - 4,507,830 |
Western Europe | Christianity in France | 63,587,700 | 30% (approx) [5] - 89% [3] | 19,076,310 - 42,158,645 |
West Africa | Christianity in Gabon | 1,389,201 | 30% 60%[20] | 833,520 |
West Africa | Christianity in The Gambia | 1,593,256 | 9% | 143,397 |
Caucasus | Christianity in Georgia | 4,677,401 | 88.6% | 4,144,176 |
Western Europe | Christianity in Germany | 82,431,390 | 42% [5] - 68% [3] | 34,621,183 |
West Africa | Christianity in Ghana | 21,029,853 | 63% | 13,244,490 |
Balkans | Christianity in Greece | 10,668,354 | 98% | 10,028,296 |
Caribbean | Christianity in Grenada | 89,502 | 94%[21] | 84,131 |
Central America | Christianity in Guatemala | 14,655,189 | 85% | 12,456,920 |
West Africa | Christianity in Guinea | 9,467,866 | 8% | 757,432 |
West Africa | Christianity in Guinea-Bissau | 1,416,027 | 5% | 70,800 |
South America | Christianity in Guyana | 765,283 | 50% | 382,640 |
Caribbean | Christianity in Haiti | 8,121,622 | 83.7%[22] | 6,797,797 |
Central America | Christianity in Honduras | 6,975,204 | 86% [23] | 5,998,675 |
Central Europe | Christianity in Hungary | 10,006,835 | 35% [5] - 75% [3] | 3,902,665 |
Western Europe | Christianity in Iceland | 296,737 | 33% (approx) [5] - 94% [3] | 97,923 |
South Asia | Christianity in India | 1,028,610,388 | 2.3% [3] | 23,658,038 |
Southeast Asia | Christianity in Indonesia | 241,973,879 | 12% | 25,000,000 |
Middle East | Christianity in Iran | 68,017,860 | 0.2% | 136,000 |
Middle East | Christianity in Iraq | 26,074,906 | 2.8% | 750,000 |
Western Europe | Christianity in Ireland | 4,100,000 | 68% [5] - 93% [3] | 2,700,000 - 3,800,000 |
Middle East | Christianity in Israel | 6,276,883 | 2.1% | 131,814 |
Western Europe | Christianity in Italy | 58,103,033 | 70% | 40,672,123 |
Caribbean | Christianity in Jamaica | 2,731,832 | 61.3%[24] | 1,674,613 |
; East Asia | Christianity in Japan | 127,417,244 | 0.7% | 891,920 |
Middle East | Christianity in Jordan | 5,759,732 | 6% | 345,600 |
Central Asia | Christianity in Kazakhstan | 15,185,844 | 53% | 8,048,580 |
East Africa | Christianity in Kenya | 33,829,590 | 66% [25] | 22,327,529 |
East Asia | Christianity in North Korea | 22,912,177 | 0.05% | 12,000 |
East Asia | Christianity in South Korea | 48,846,823 | 26.3% [3] | 12,846,714 |
Middle East | Christianity in Kuwait | 2,335,648 | 10.7% | 250,000 |
Central Asia | Christianity in Kyrgyzstan | 5,146,281 | 20% | 1,029,256 |
Southeast Asia | Christianity in Laos | 6,217,141 | 1.5% | 93,256 |
Eastern Europe | Christianity in Latvia | 2,290,237 | 32% (approximate) [5] | 732,875 |
Middle East | Christianity in Lebanon | 3,826,018 | 40% | 1,530,407 |
Southern Africa | Christianity in Lesotho | 1,867,035 | 80% | 1,493,600 |
West Africa | Christianity in Liberia | 3,482,211 | 40% | 1,392,884 |
North Africa | Christianity in Libya | 5,765,563 | 3% | 172,968 |
Eastern Europe | Christianity in Lithuania | 3,600,000 | 44% [5] - 85% [3] | 1,500,000 - 3,000,000 |
Western Europe | Christianity in Luxembourg | 468,571 | 39% (approximate) [5] | 182,742 |
Balkans | Christianity in FYR Macedonia | 2,045,262 | 32.6% | 666,767 |
Southern Africa | Christianity in Madagascar | 18,040,341 | 41% | 7,396,564 |
Southern Africa | Christianity in Malawi | 12,158,924 | 70%[26] | 8,511,246 |
Southeast Asia | Christianity in Malaysia | 23,953,136 | 10% | 2,395,314 |
South Asia | Christianity in Maldives | 349,106 | 0.1% | 350 |
West Africa | Christianity in Mali | 12,291,529 | 5% | 614,576 |
North Africa | Christianity in Mauritania | 3,086,859 | 0.1% | 3,087 |
Southern Africa | Christianity in Mauritius | 1,230,602 | 32.2% | 396,253 |
North America | Christianity in Mexico | 106,202,903 | 95% | 100,892,850 |
Eastern Europe | Christianity in Moldova | 4,455,421 | 98.2% | 4,375,301 |
Central Asia | Christianity in Mongolia | 2,791,272 | 0.3% | 10,000 |
North Africa | Christianity in Morocco | 32,725,847 | 0.1% | 35,000 |
Southern Africa | Christianity in Mozambique | 19,406,703 | 41.3% | 8,014,967 |
Southeast Asia | Christianity in Myanmar | 42,909,464 | 4% [3] | 2,000,000 |
Southern Africa | Christianity in Namibia | 2,030,692 | 90% | 1,827,630 |
South Asia | Christianity in Nepal | 27,676,547 | 1.4% | 400,000 |
Western Europe | Christianity in the Netherlands | 16,407,491 | 29% (approximate) [5] | 4,758,172 |
Oceania | Christianity in New Zealand | 4,035,461 | 53.5% | 2,158,992 |
Central America | Christianity in Nicaragua | 5,465,100 | 91.5%[27] | 5,000,566 |
West Africa | Christianity in Niger | 11,665,937 | 5% | 583,300 |
West Africa | Christianity in Nigeria | 128,771,988 | 45% | 57,947,400 |
Western Europe | Christianity in Norway | 4,593,041 | 10% (approx) [28] | 459,304 |
Middle East | Christianity in Oman | 3,001,583 | 0.01% (1984)[29] | 450 |
South Asia | Christianity in Pakistan | 162,419,946 | 1.5% [30] | 2,436,299 |
Central America | Christianity in Panama | 3,039,150 | 90% | 2,735,280 |
Oceania | Christianity in Papua New Guinea | 5,545,268 | 66% | 3,659,900 |
South America | Christianity in Paraguay | 6,347,884 | 96.9% [31] | 6,151,099 |
South America | Christianity in Peru | 27,925,628 | 83.1% | 23,206,256 |
Southeast Asia | Christianity in The Philippines | 87,857,473 | 92.5% | 81,268,187 |
Central Europe | Christianity in Poland | 38,635,144 | 75% (approx)[5] | 28,976,358 |
Western Europe | Christianity in Portugal | 10,566,212 | 76% (approx) [5] | 8,030,321 |
Middle East | Christianity in Qatar | 863,051 | 8.1% | 70,000 |
Central Europe | Christianity in Romania | 22,329,977 | 85% (approx) [5] | 18,980,480 |
Eastern Europe | Christianity in Russia | 143,420,309 | 44.63% [32] | 75,500,000 |
East Africa | Christianity in Rwanda | 8,440,820 | 93.6% [3] | 7,892,335 |
Western Europe | Christianity in San Marino | 28,880 | 100% [3] | 28,880 |
Middle East | Christianity in Saudi Arabia | 26,417,599 | 3.7% [citation needed] | 1,000,000 |
West Africa | Christianity in Senegal | 11,126,832 | 5% [3] | 560,000 |
Balkans | Christianity in Serbia and Montenegro | 10,829,175 | 70% [citation needed] | 7,576,100 |
East Africa | Christianity in Seychelles | 81,188 | 94.7% [3] | 76,885 |
West Africa | Christianity in Sierra Leone | 6,017,643 | 10% (approximate)[3] | 601,765 |
Southeast Asia | Christianity in Singapore | 4,425,720 | 14.6% [3] | 646,167 |
Central Europe | Christianity in Slovakia | 5,431,363 | 56% (approximate) [5] - 83.8 [3] | 3,000,000 - 4,600,000 |
Central Europe | Christianity in Slovenia | 2,011,070 | 32% [5] - 61% [3] | 640,000 - 1,200,000 |
East Africa | Christianity in Somalia | 8,591,629 | 0.001% [citation needed] | 850 |
Southern Africa | Christianity in South Africa | 44,344,136 | 79.7% [3] | 35,342,330 |
Western Europe | Christianity in Spain | 40,000,000 | 54% [5] - 94% [3] | 22,000,000 - 38,000,000 |
South Asia | Christianity in Sri Lanka | 20,064,776 | 6.2% [3] | 1,244,017 |
North Africa | Christianity in Sudan | 40,572,741 | 5% [3] | 2,109,782 |
South America | Christianity in Suriname | 440,000 | 47% [3] | 210,000 |
Southern Africa | Christianity in Swaziland | 1,173,900 | 46%-86% (depending on degree of syncretism)[3] | 1,009,555 |
Western Europe | Christianity in Sweden | 9,001,774 | 18% (approximate) [5] | 1,620,319 |
Western Europe | Christianity in Switzerland | 7,489,370 | 43% (approximate) [5] | 3,220,429 |
Middle East | Christianity in Syria | 18,448,752 | 10% (approximate)[3] | 1,844,876 |
East Asia | Christianity in Taiwan | 22,894,384 | 4.5% [3] | 1,030,250 |
Central Asia | Christianity in Tajikistan | 7,163,506 | 5% [citation needed] | 358,175 |
East Africa | Christianity in Tanzania | 36,766,356 | 30% (approximate)[3] | 11,029,950 |
Southeast Asia | Christianity in Thailand | 65,444,371 | 0.7% [3] | 460,000 |
West Africa | Christianity in Togo | 5,681,519 | 29% [3] | 1,647,665 |
Central America | Christianity in Trinidad and Tobago | 1,088,644 | 57.6% [3] | 627,090 |
North Africa | Christianity in Tunisia | 10,000,000 | 1% [3] | 100,000 |
Middle East | Christianity in Turkey | 69,660,559 | 0.2% [citation needed] | 139,320 |
Central Asia | Christianity in Turkmenistan | 5,100,000 | 9% [3] | 460,00 |
East Africa | Christianity in Uganda | 27,269,482 | 85%[33] | 23,206,329 |
Eastern Europe | Christianity in Ukraine | 47,425,336 | 51.7% [3] | 23,179,059 |
Middle East | Christianity in the United Arab Emirates | 2,563,212 | 3% {[fact}} | 76,900 |
Western Europe | Christianity in the United Kingdom | 60,441,457 | 35% (approx.) [5] - 71.6% [34] | 21,154,509 - 42,960,000 |
North America | Christianity in the United States | 295,734,134 | 78%[3] | 230,672,624 |
Caribbean | Christianity in Puerto Rico (U.S.) | 3,916,632 | 93% [citation needed] | 3,642,530 |
South America | Christianity in Uruguay | 3,415,920 | 68% [3] | 2,322,880 |
Central Asia | Christianity in Uzbekistan | 28,000,000 | 9% [3] | 2,500,000 |
Western Europe | Christianity in Vatican City | ; 921 | 100% [35] | 921 |
South America | Christianity in Venezuela | 25,375,281 | 98% [3] | 24,867,794 |
Southeast Asia | Christianity in Vietnam | 83,535,576 | 7.2% [3] | 6,014,563 |
Middle East | Christianity in West Bank and Gaza | 3,761,904 | 5% [citation needed] | 188,100 |
North Africa | Christianity in Western Sahara | 273,008 | 0.2% [citation needed] | 546 |
Middle East | Christianity in Yemen | 20,727,063 | 0.5% [citation needed] | 103,635 |
Southern Africa | Christianity in Zambia | 11,261,795 | 50-75% [3] | 5,600,000 - 8,400,000 |
Southern Africa | Christianity in Zimbabwe | 12,746,990 | 25-75% (depending on extent of syncretism)[3] | 3,200,000 - 9,600,250 |
Total | 6,600,000,000 | 27.50% - 33.03% [3] | 1,800,000,000 - 2,180,000,000 |
By Region
The following are summary tables of the numbers and percentages of Christians in each region.
Region | Total Population | Christians | % Christian | % of Christian total |
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Central Africa | 83,121,055 | 53,127,098 | 63.9% | 3.008% |
East Africa | 195,041,900 | 116,911,194 | 59.94% | 6.620% |
North Africa | 203,536,578 | 10,271,958 | 5.04% | 0.581% |
Southern Africa | 138,028,304 | 81,609,757 | 59.12% | 4.621% |
West Africa | 269,922,224 | 93,283,710 | 34.56% | 5.282% |
Total | 889,650,061 | 355,203,717 | 39.92% | 20.11% |
Region | Total Population | Christians | % Christian | % of Christian total |
---|---|---|---|---|
Caribbean | 23,809,623 | 20,014,531 | 84.06% | 0.92% |
Central America | 42,223,849 | 36,658,782 | 86.82% | 1.69% |
North America | 446,088,748 | 368,130,832 | 82.52% | 16.94% |
South America | 371,075,531 | 329,840,225 | 88.89% | 15.18% |
Total | 884,238,633 | 754,644,370 | 85.34% | 34.73% |
Region | Total Population | Christians | % Christian | % of Christian total |
---|---|---|---|---|
Oceania | 30,809,781 | 21,116,685 | 68.54% | 0.97% |
Footnotes and Specific References
- ^ Differences are due to several factors, such as missionary (or governmental) bias, stronger or looser definitions of Christian, and data sampling methods.
- ^ "Joshua Project". Retrieved 2007-04-17.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn "CIA factbook". Retrieved 2007-04-17.
- ^ There are currently no reliable numbers, the last serious research about religion in Albania was in 1930s
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z "Eurobarometer on Social Values, Science and technology 2005 - page 11" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-05-05.
- ^ "Austria International Religious Freedom Report 2005". Retrieved 2007-06-04.
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- ^ "US Department of State - Columbia - International Religious Freedom Report 2005". Retrieved 2007-06-03.
- ^ "CIA - Croatia". Retrieved 2007-06-04.
- ^ "Bible Society". Retrieved 2007-04-17.
- ^ "Czech Republic - CIA FACT BOOK".
- ^ "CIA FACT BOOK - Denmark". Retrieved 2007-05-05.
- ^ "US Department of State - Dominica - International Religious Freedom Report 2005". Retrieved 2007-06-03.
- ^ "US Department of State - Dominican Republic - International Religious Freedom Report 2005". Retrieved 2007-06-03.
- ^ "US Department of State - El Salvador - International Religious Freedom Report 2005". Retrieved 2007-06-03.
- ^ 1994 Ethiopian census as cited by Berhanu Abegaz, "Ethiopia: A Model Nation of Minorities" (accessed 6 April 2006)
- ^ "US Department of State - Ethiopia - International Religious Freedom Report 2005". Retrieved 2007-06-03.
- ^ "Finland International Religious Freedom Report 2005". Retrieved 2007-06-04.
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- ^ "US Department of State - Grenada - International Religious Freedom Report 2005". Retrieved 2007-06-03.
- ^ "US Embassy - Haiti - International Religious Freedom Report 2006". Retrieved 2007-06-03.
- ^ "US Department of State - Honduras - International Religious Freedom Report 2005". Retrieved 2007-06-03.
- ^ "Jamaican Census Figures". Retrieved 2007-06-03.
- ^ "US Department of State - Kenya - International Religious Freedom Report 2005". Retrieved 2007-06-03.
- ^ "US Department of State - Malawi - International Religious Freedom Report 2005". Retrieved 2007-06-03.
- ^ "US Department of State - Nicaragua - International Religious Freedom Report 2005". Retrieved 2007-06-03.
- ^ "Wikipedia, Religion In Norway Today". Retrieved 2007-05-28.
- ^ "Adherents.com". Retrieved 2007-04-18.
- ^ "ReligiousTolerence.Org". Retrieved 2007-05-31.
- ^ "US Department of State - Paraguay - International Religious Freedom Report 2005". Retrieved 2007-06-03.
- ^ "Answers.com- Religion In Russia". Retrieved 2007-06-01.
- ^ "US Department of State - Uganda - International Religious Freedom Report 2005". Retrieved 2007-06-03.
- ^ "UK Census 2001". Retrieved 2001.
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See also
- List of religious populations
- Buddhism by country
- Hinduism by country
- Islam by country
- Jews by country
- Protestantism by country
- Roman Catholicism by country
- Timeline of Christian missions
- No Faith by Country
References
- Denmark. Danish Church Ministry. [1] kristendom.dk.
- Djibouti. CIA: The World Factbook.
- El Salvador. CIA: The World Factbook.
- France. CIA: The World Factbook.
- Italy. BBC News - Factfile: Roman Catholics around the world.
- Jordan.CIA: The World Factbook.
- Korea, North. Eyewitness: Christianity in North Korea (January 6, 2002). BBC News.
- Kuwait. CBN News.
- Morocco. International Religious Freedom Report.
- Nepal. International Christian Concern.
- Russia.
- Saudi Arabia. ArabicNews.com.
- United Kingdom. 2001 Census.
- Puerto Rico. Business Register Online.