List of countries by Christian population

Countries by share of Christian population (2012)

The following list sorts countries and territories according to their percentage of the Christian population. It also gives the total number of Christians within a country and, if numbers are available, their sectoral distribution. Much of the data and information come from a 2011 study by the Pew Research Center, as well as from censuses and information from the national statistical offices. It should be noted that some of the figures are based on estimates. In addition, the national statistics on religious affiliation in some countries also include non-practicing Christians in the Christian population.

In 2011 Christianity was the largest religious group in the world with around 2.2 billion followers worldwide, before Islam . Of the 232 countries and territories surveyed in the Pew Research Center study, 176 had a Christian majority. The countries with the largest Christian populations were the United States (247 million), Brazil (176 million), Mexico (108 million), Russia (105 million), and the Philippines (87 million). World regions with a Christian majority are Europe , North America , South America , Australasia and the southern half of Africa . There are also significant Christian minorities in almost every other region of the world. In the last few decades, the Christian population in Europe has stagnated or shrunk, while it has grown rapidly in sub-Saharan Africa .

The largest denomination of Christianity is Catholicism with 1.2 billion followers, making 52.9% of the world's Christian population and 15.9% of the world's population Catholics. Catholicism is particularly dominant in Latin America and southern Europe . Protestants are the second largest denomination of Christianity and with approx. 800 million followers have a share of 34.9% of the Christian population (11.6% share of the world population). Protestantism has its main focus in northwestern Europe , North America and the Anglophone part of Africa. The number of Orthodox Christians is estimated at just under 260 million, making them 11.4% of the Christian population (3.4% of the world population). Most of the Orthodox Christians live in Eastern and Southeastern Europe , the Near East and East Africa . Other Christians, why u. a. the Jehovah's Witnesses , charismatics and various free churches are estimated at around 28 million. This means that 1.4% of Christians and 0.4% of the world's population do not belong to any of the three major Christian denominations.

Christianity is the state religion in the following 15 nations : Argentina (Catholic Church), Armenia ( Armenian Apostolic Church ), Tuvalu ( Ekalesia Kelisiano Tuvalu ), Tonga ( Wesleyan Church of Tonga ), Costa Rica (Catholic Church), Denmark ( Danish People's Church ) , England ( Church of England ), Greece ( Greek Orthodox Church ) , Georgia ( Orthodox Church) , Iceland ( Icelandic State Church ), Liechtenstein (Catholic Church), Malta (Catholic Church), Monaco (Catholic Church), Vatican City (Catholic Church ) and Zambia .

Countries by Christian population

State or territory	Share of Christians	Number of Christians	Sectoral distribution of the population	was standing
Vatican city	100.0%	0000001,000	Catholics 100.0%	2010
East Timor	099.6%	0001,120,000	Catholics 98.9%, Protestants 1.6%	2010
Papua New Guinea	099.2%	0006,800,000	Protestants 68%, Catholics approx. 30%, other Christians approx. 1%	2010
Tonga	098.9%	0000100,000	Protestants 65.9%, Catholics 15.9%, other Christians 17.1%	2010
Armenia	098.5%	0003,040,000	Orthodox 86.6%, Catholics 8.7%, Protestants 2.2%, other Christians 1.0%	2010
American Samoa	098.3%	0000070,000	Protestants 60.0%, Catholics and other Christians each approx. 20%	2010
Namibia	097.6%	0002,230,000	Protestants 73.4%, Catholics 23.8%, other Christians 0.4%	2010
Marshall Islands	097.5%	0000050,000	Protestants 87.0%, Catholics 8.4%, other Christians 2.1%	2010
Moldova	097.5%	0003,480,000	Orthodox 95.4%, Protestants 1.4%, other Christians 0.4%	2010
Solomon Islands	097.5%	0000520,000	Protestants 76.6%, Catholics 19.0%, other Christians 1.8%	2010
Zambia	097.5%	0012,760,000	Protestants 67.8%, Catholics 21%, other Christians 8.5%	2010
Wallis and Futuna	097.4%	0000010,000	Catholics 95.2%, Protestants 1.0%, other Christians 1.3%	2010
Samoa	097.3%	0000180,000	Protestants 63.6%, Catholics 19.6%, other Christians 14.1%	2010
Kiribati	097.0%	0000100,000	Catholics 55.0%, Protestants 38.9%, other Christians 3.1%	2010
Paraguay	096.9%	0006,260,000	Catholics 89.6%, Protestants 6.3%, other Christians 1.0%	2010
Puerto Rico	096.9%	0003,630,000	Catholics 69.9%, Protestants 25.1%, other Christians 1.9%	2010
Lesotho	096.8%	0002,100,000	Protestants 49.9%, Catholics 45.7%, other Christians 1.1%	2010
Tuvalu	096.7%	0000010,000	Protestants 95.4%, Catholics 0.5%, other Christians 0.8%	2010
Grenada	096.6%	0000060,000	Catholics 51.9%, Protestants 43.4%, other Christians 1.3%	2010
Martinique	096.5%	0000390,000	Catholics 84.6%, Protestants 9.6%, other Christians 2.3%	2010
St. Helena	096.5%	0000010,000	Protestant majority	2010
Niue	096.4%	0000010,000	Protestant majority	2010
Bahamas	096.3%	0000330,000	Protestants 80.2%, Catholics 14.6%, other Christians 1.3%	2010
Greenland	096.1%	0000060,000	Protestants 95.5%, Catholics 0.2%, other Christians 0.4%	2010
Cook Islands	096.1%	0000020,000	Protestant majority	2010
Guadeloupe	095.9%	0000440,000	Catholics 85.2%, Protestants 7.5%, other Christians 3.2%	2010
Democratic Republic of Congo	095.7%	0063,150,000	Protestants 48.1%, Catholics 47.3%, other Christians 0.4%	2010
Peru	095.6%	0027,800,000	Catholics 81.3%, Protestants 12.5%, other Christians 1.8%	2010
Micronesia	095.4%	0000110,000	Catholics 52.7%, Protestants 41.7%, other Christians approx. 1%	2010
Barbados	095.2%	0000260,000	Protestants 88.0%, Catholics 4.3%, other Christians 2.8%	2010
Guatemala	095.2%	0013,700,000	Catholics 58.2%, Protestants 35.6%, other Christians 1.4%	2010
Mexico	095.0%	0107,780,000	Catholics 85%, Protestants approx. 8%, other Christians approx. 2%	2010
American Virgin Islands	094.8%	0000100,000	Protestants 65.5%, Catholics 27.1%, Orthodox 0.4%, other Christians 1.8%	2010
Saint-Pierre and Miquelon	094.7%	0000010,000	Catholics 93%, Protestants 1.2%, other Christians 0.5%	2010
St. Kitts and Nevis	094.6%	0000050,000	Protestants 84.1%, Catholics 9.2%, other Christians 1.4%	2010
Dominica	094.4%	0000060,000	Catholics 58.1%, Protestants 35.5%, other Christians 0.8%	2010
Poland	094.3%	0036,090,000	Catholics 92.2%, Protestants 1.3%, Orthodox 0.4%, other Christians 0.3%	2010
Guam	094.3%	0000170,000	Catholics 75.0%, Protestants 17.7%, other Christians 1.4%	2010
Ecuador	094.1%	0013,610,000	Catholics 83.4%, Protestants 9.6%, other Christians 1.1%	2010
French Polynesia	094.0%	0000250,000	Protestants 40.6%, Catholics 39.8%, other Christians 13.6%	2010
Seychelles	094.0%	0000080,000	Catholics 83.0%, Protestants 10%, other Christians 1%	2010
Bolivia	093.9%	0009,330,000	Catholics 79.0%, Protestants 13.7%, other Christians 1.2%	2010
Montserrat	093.5%	0000010,000	Protestant majority	2010
Rwanda	093.4%	0009,920,000	Catholics 49.5%, Protestants 43.4%, other Christians 0.5%	2010
Vanuatu	093.3%	0000220,000	Protestants 78.2%, Catholics 13.8%, other Christians 1.5%	2010
Philippines	093.1%	0086,790,000	Catholics 81.4%, Protestants 10.8%, other Christians 0.9%	2010
Antigua and Barbuda	093.0%	0000080,000	Protestants 81.2%, Catholics 10.5%, other Christians 1.3%	2010
Panama	093.0%	0003,270,000	Catholics 75.3%, Protestants 16.4%, other Christians 1.3%	2010
Colombia	092.5%	0042,810,000	Catholics 82.3%, Protestants 10.0%, other Christians 0.2%	2010
Romania	092.2%	0018,552,000	Orthodox 81.0%, Protestants 6.2%, Catholics 5.1%	2011
Turks and Caicos Islands	092.1%	0000040,000	Protestants 78%, Catholics 12.3%, other Christians 1.9%	2010
Malta	091.6%	0000400,000	Catholics 89%, other Christians approx. 3%	2016
San Marino	091.6%	0000030,000	Catholics 90.5%, Protestants 0.3%, other Christians 0.8%	2010
St. Lucia	091.1%	0000160,000	Protestants 62.1%, Catholics 27.9%, other Christians 1.1%	2010
Croatia	091.0%	0004,110,000	Catholics 84.0%, Orthodox approx. 4%, Protestants approx. 0.3%	2011
Costa Rica	090.9%	0004,230,000	Catholics 66.7%, Protestants 22.7%, other Christians 1.5%	2010
Anguilla	090.6%	0000001,000	Protestant majority	2010
Serbia	090.6%	0007,260,000	Orthodox 85%, Catholics approx. 5%, Protestants approx. 1%	2011
Brazil	090.2%	0175,770,000	Catholics 68.6%, Protestants 20.8%, other Christians 0.8%	2010
Central African Republic	089.8%	0003,950,000	Protestants 60.7%, Catholics approx. 29%, other Christians approx. 0.5%	2010
Andorra	089.5%	0000080,000	Catholics 88.2%, Orthodox and Protestants each 0.3%, other Christians 0.8%	2010
Chile	089.5%	0015,310,000	Catholics 71.8%, Protestants 15.5%, other Christians 2%	2010
Greece	089.5%	0010,160,000	Orthodox 88.3%, Catholics 0.7%, Protestants and other Christians 0.3% each	2010
Georgia	089.3%	0003,890,000	Orthodox 87.3%, Catholics 0.8%, Protestants 0.4%, other Christians 0.3%	2010
Venezuela	089.3%	0025,890,000	Catholics 77.1%, Protestants 10.1%, other Christians 1.5%	2010
Cape Verde	089.1%	0000440,000	Catholics 78.7%, Protestants 7.2%, Orthodox 0.7%, other Christians 2.5%	2010
Dominican Republic	088.9%	0008,820,000	Catholics 67.2%, Protestants 21%, other Christians 0.7%	2010
Gibraltar	088.8%	0000030,000	Protestants 80.0%, Catholics 8.2%, other Christians 0.7%	2010
Equatorial Guinea	088.7%	0000620,000	Catholics 80.7%, Protestants 7.5%, other Christians 0.5%	2010
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	088.7%	0000100,000	Protestants 81.6%, Catholics 6.2%, other Christians 0.8%	2010
Angola	088.2%	0016,820,000	Catholics 56.8%, Protestants 30.6%, other Christians 0.7%	2010
El Salvador	088.2%	0005,460,000	Catholics 51.1%, Protestants 35.7%, other Christians 1.4%	2010
Honduras	087.6%	0006,660,000	Catholics 50.3%, Protestants 36.6%, other Christians 0.6%	2010
Reunion	087.6%	0000740,000	Catholics 80.0%, Protestants 6.9%, other Christians 0.7%	2010
Swaziland	087.5%	0001,040,000	Protestants 81.8%, Catholics 4.9%, other Christians 0.8%	2010
Belize	087.2%	0000270,000	Catholics 49.9%, Protestants 35.4%, other Christians 1.9%	2010
Haiti	086.8%	0008,680,000	Catholics 56.7%, Protestants 29.5%, other Christians 0.6%	2010
Palau	086.7%	0000020,000	Catholics 55.1%, Protestants 29.6%, other Christians 2.0%	2010
Uganda	086.7%	0028,970,000	Protestants 44.4%, Catholics 42.2%	2010
Monaco	086.0%	0000030,000	Catholic majority	2010
Nicaragua	085.9%	0004,970,000	Catholics 58.5%, Protestants 26.5%, other Christians 0.9%	2010
Republic of the Congo	085.9%	0003,470,000	Protestants 51.4%, Catholics 30.1%, other Christians 4.4%	2010
Liechtenstein	085.8%	0000030,000	Catholics 76.0%, Protestants approx. 7.5%, other Christians approx. 1.4%	2010
Liberia	085.6%	0003,420,000	Protestants 76.0%, Catholics 7.2%, Orthodox 0.7%, other Christians 1.5%	2010
Argentina	085.2%	0034,420,000	Catholics 76.8%, Protestants 7.3%, other Christians 1.1%	2010
New Caledonia	085.2%	0000210,000	Catholics 50.8%, Protestants 32.4%, other Christians 2.0%	2010
Guernsey and Jersey	085.2%	0000130,000	Protestants 66.2%, Catholics 18.5%, other Christians 0.4%	2010
Ireland	085.1%	0003,992,800	Catholics 78.3%, Protestants approx. 4%, Orthodox approx. 1.3%	2016
Kenya	084.8%	0034,340,000	Protestants 59.6%, Catholics 22.1%, Orthodox 1.5%, other Christians 1.4%	2010
British Virgin Islands	084.5%	0000020,000	Protestants 78.4%, Catholics 3.4%, other Christians 2.7%	2010
French Guiana	084.4%	0000200,000	Catholics 76.9%, Protestants 5.9%, other Christians 1.6%	2010
Portugal	084.3%	0008,904,000	Catholics 81.0%, other Christians approx. 3%	2011
Ukraine	083.8%	0038,080,000	Orthodox 76.7%, Catholics 5.6%, Protestants 1.3%	2010
Bulgaria	084.1%	0006,300,000	Orthodox 83.0%, Protestants 0.6%, Catholics 0.5%	2010
Isle of Man	084.1%	0000070,000	Protestants 72.0%, Catholics 11.0%, other Christians 1.1%	2010
Iceland	083.1%	0000277,000	Protestants 80%, Catholics approx. 3%	2015
Malawi	082.7%	0012,320,000	Protestants 55%, Catholics approx. 26%, other Christians approx. 1.5%	2010
Lithuania	082.1%	0002,980,000	Catholics 77%, Orthodox approx. 5%	2011
Sao Tome and Principe	082.1%	0000140,000	Catholics 72.0%, Protestants approx. 9.5%, other Christians approx. 1%	2010
Bermuda	081.7%	0000050,000	Protestants 64.8%, Catholics 14.9%, Orthodox 0.5%, other Christians 1.4%	2010
Northern Mariana Islands	081.3%	0000050,000	Catholics 64.1%, Protestants 16%, other Christians 1.2%	2010
Cayman Islands	081.1%	0000050,000	Protestants 70.8%, Catholics 8.8%, other Christians 1.5%	2010
South Africa	080.9%	0040,560,000	Protestants 72.9%, Catholics 7.3%, other Christians 0.6%	2010
United States	079.5%	0246,790,000	Protestants 51.5%, Catholics 24.0%, Orthodox 0.6%, other Christians 3.4%	2010
Slovenia	079.2%	0001,610,000	Catholics 75%, Orthodox approx. 3%, Protestants approx. 1%	2010
Nauru	079.0%	0000010,000	Protestant majority	2010
Montenegro	078.8%	0000500,000	Orthodox 75.1%, Catholics 3.6%	2010
Denmark	078.2%	0004,610,000	Protestants 67%, Orthodox approx. 2%, Catholics approx. 1%, other Christians approx. 7.5%	2015
Zimbabwe	078.2%	0009,830,000	Protestants 66.8%, Catholics 10.3%, Orthodox and other Christians each 0.5%	2010
Norway	077.9%	0004,098,000	Protestants 75%, Catholics approx. 3%	2016
Gabon	077.7%	0001,170,000	Catholics 53.5%, Protestants 24%, other Christians 0.2%	2010
Jamaica	077.1%	0002,110,000	Protestants 72.8%, Catholics 2.6%, other Christians 1.6%	2010
Slovakia	075.5%	0004,102,000	Catholics 66%, Protestants approx. 9%, Orthodox approx. 1%	2011
Ghana	074.9%	0018,260,000	Protestants 60.8%, Catholics 12.9%, other Christians 1.1%	2010
Madagascar	074.5%	0015,430,000	Protestants 35.9%, Catholics 35%	2010
Austria	073.6%	0006,373,000	Catholics 64.2%, Protestants 4.8%, Orthodox 4.6%	2016
Russia	073.6%	0105,220,000	Orthodox 71%, Protestants 1.8%, Catholics 0.5%, other Christians 0.3%	2010
Cyprus	073.2%	0000810,000	Orthodox 71.8%, Catholics 1.3%	2010
Botswana	072.1%	0001,450,000	Protestants 65.6%, Catholics 6.0%, other Christians 0.4%	2010
Finland	072.0%	0003,969,364	Protestants 70.9%, Orthodox 1.1%	2017
Italy	071.4%	0043,434,000	Catholics 67%, Orthodox approx. 3%, Protestants approx. 1%	2015
Belarus	071.2%	0006,830,000	Orthodox 61.5%, Catholics 8.7%, Protestants 1.0%	2010
Spain	071.2%	0033,104,000	Catholics 70.2%, Protestants 1%	2016
Cameroon	070.8%	0013,880,000	Catholics 38.6%, Protestants 31.6%, other Christians 0.6%	2010
Luxembourg	070.4%	0000360,000	Catholics 65.9%, Protestants 3.2%, Orthodox 0.7%, other Christians 0.6%	2010
Sweden	069.9%	0006,887,000	Protestants 66%, Orthodox, Catholics and other Christians each approx. 1%	2015
Canada	067.7%	0022,103,000	Catholics 39%, Protestants approx. 24%, Orthodox approx. 2%	2011
Switzerland	066.9%	0004,671,000	Catholics 36.5%, Protestants 24.5%, other Christians 5.9%	2016
Trinidad and Tobago	065.8%	0000880,000	Protestants 37.8%, Catholics 26.1%, Orthodox 0.4%, other Christians 1.6%	2010
North Macedonia	065.2%	0001,340,000	Orthodox 64.8%, Catholics 0.4%	2010
Guyana	064.9%	0000490,000	Protestants 48.9%, Catholics 13.2%, Orthodox 1.5%, other Christians 1.3%	2010
Fiji	064.4%	0000550,000	Protestants 53%, Catholics 9.1%, other Christians 2.4%	2010
Germany	064.2%	0051,187,000	Protestants 31.7%, Catholics 31.2%, Orthodox 1.3%	2011
Ethiopia	063.4%	0052,580,000	Orthodox 43.5%, Protestants 19.2%, Catholics 0.7%	2010
Eritrea	062.9%	0003,310,000	Orthodox 57.7%, Catholics 4.6%, Protestants 0.7%	2010
Latvia	062.6%	0001,281,000	Orthodox 26%, Catholics and Protestants each approx. 18%, other Christians approx. 0.5%	2015
Belgium	060.7%	0006,849,000	Catholics 53%, Protestants approx. 6%, Orthodox approx. 2%	2015
South Sudan	060.5%	0006,530,000	Catholics 39.7%, Protestants 20.7%	2010
Tanzania	059.6%	0026,740,000	Catholics 31.8%, Protestants 27.3%, other Christians 0.5%	2010
United Kingdom	059.5%	0037,584,000	Protestants 45%, Catholics approx. 14.5%	2011
Cuba	059.2%	0006,670,000	Catholics 51.7%, Protestants 5.6%, Orthodox 0.5%, other Christians 1.5 %	2010
Uruguay	058.2%	00001,960,000	Catholics 47.1%, Protestants 6.3%, Orthodox 1.1%, other Christians 3.7%	2010
Mozambique	056.1%	0013,120,000	Catholics 28.4%, Protestants 27.1%, other Christians 0.7%	2010
France	056.0%	0033,072,000	Catholics 51%, Protestants 3%, Orthodox 2%	2016
Hungary	054.2%	0005,385,000	Catholics 39%, Protestants approx. 15%	2011
Benin	053.4%	0004,730,000	Catholics 30.0%, Protestants 23.2%, other Christians 0.3%	2010
Bosnia and Herzegovina	052.7%	0001,980,000	Orthodox 38.2%, Catholics 14.4%	2010
Australia	052.1%	0012,202,000	Protestants 27%, Catholics 25%, Orthodox approx. 3%	2016
Suriname	051.0%	0000270,000	Catholics 29.0%, Protestants 21.0%	2010
Nigeria	050.8%	0080,510,000	Protestants 37.7%, Catholics 12.6%, other Christians 0.5%	2010
New Zealand	047.7%	0001,859,000	Protestants 35%, Catholics approx. 13%	2013
Ivory Coast	044.8%	0008,840,000	Protestants 22.7%, Catholics 21.4%, Orthodox 0.4%, other Christians 0.3%	2010
Togo	044.2%	0002,670,000	Catholics 26.4%, Protestants 17.1, other Christians 0.6%	2010
Chad	040.0%	0004,500,000	Catholics 22.5%, Protestants 17.6%	2010
Netherlands	039.2%	0006,697,000	Catholics 23.7%, Protestants 15.5%	2015
Lebanon	038.3%	0001,620,000	Catholics 28.8%, Orthodox 8.3%, Protestants 1%	2010
South Korea	029.3%	0014,100,000	Protestants 17.8%, Catholics 10.9%, other Christians 0.5%	2010
Estonia	028.1%	0000307,000	Orthodox 16%, Protestants approx. 12%	2011
Kazakhstan	026.2%	0004,190,000	Orthodox 21.4%, Catholics 2.4%, Protestants 2%, other Christians 0.4%	2010
Mauritius	024.8%	0000320,000	Catholics 23.6%, Protestants 1.1%	2010
Burkina Faso	023.2%	0003,820,000	Catholics 19%, Protestants 4.2%	2010
Sierra Leone	021.1%	0001,240,000	Protestants 13.7%, Catholics 7.1%, other Christians 0.2%	2010
Guinea-Bissau	020.1%	0000300,000	Catholics 17.9%, Protestants 2.1%	2010
Singapore	018.2%	0000920,000	Protestants 10.8%, Catholics 7.1%	2010
Albania	018.0%	0000580,000	Catholics 10.2%, Orthodox 7.5%, Protestants 0.3%	2010
Bahrain	014.5%	0000080,000	Catholic majority	2010
Kuwait	014.3%	0000390,000	Catholic majority	2010
Qatar	013.8%	0000240,000	Catholic majority	2010
Czech Republic	012.6%	0001,317,000	Catholics 10.5%, Protestants approx. 2%	2011
United Arab Emirates	012.6%	0000940,000	Catholic majority	2010
Kyrgyzstan	012.3%	0000660,000	Orthodox majority	2010
Hong Kong	011.9%	0000840,000	Protestant majority	2010
Guinea	011.0%	0001,100,000	Protestant majority	2010
Egypt	010.3%	0009,856,000	Orthodox majority	2016
Brunei	009.4%	0000040,000	Catholic majority	2010
Kosovo	009.4%	0000200,000	Orthodox majority	2010
Malaysia	009.1%	0002,590,000	Catholic majority	2010
Indonesia	008.8%	0021,160,000	Protestant majority	2010
Vietnam	008.0%	0007,030,000	Catholic majority	2010
Myanmar	007.9%	0003,790,000	Protestant majority	2010
Sri Lanka	007.5%	0001,570,000	Catholic majority	2010
Macau	007.2%	0000040,000	Catholic majority	2010
Oman	006.5%	0000180,000	Catholic majority	2010
Turkmenistan	006.3%	0000320,000	Orthodox majority	2010
Taiwan	005.5%	0001,290,000	Protestant majority	2010
Sudan	005.4%	0001,760,000	Protestant majority	2010
Syria	005.2%	0001,060,000	Orthodox majority	2010
People's Republic of China	005.0%	0067,070,000	Protestant majority	2010
Gambia	004.7%	0000080,000	Catholic majority	2010
Saudi Arabia	004.4%	0001,200,000	Catholic majority	2010
Senegal	003.7%	0000460,000	Catholic majority	2010
Mali	003.2%	0000500,000	Catholic majority	2010
Azerbaijan	003.1%	0000280,000	Orthodox majority	2010
Libya	002.7%	0000070,000	Catholic majority	2010
Uzbekistan	002.6%	0000710,000	Orthodox majority	2010
Palestine	002.4%	0000100,000	Orthodox majority	2010
Djibouti	002.3%	0000020,000	Catholic majority	2010
India	002.3%	0027,820,000	Protestant majority	2011
Mongolia	002.3%	0000060,000	Protestant majority	2010
Jordan	002.2%	0000140,000	Orthodox majority	2010
Israel	002.0%	0000150,000	Catholic majority	2010
North Korea	002.0%	0000480,000	Protestant majority	2010
Pakistan	001.6%	0002,760,000	Protestant majority	2010
Japan	001.5%	0001,900,000	Protestant majority	2010
Laos	001.5%	0000090,000	Protestant majority	2010
Tajikistan	001.4%	0000100,000	Orthodox majority	2010
Iraq	000.9%	0000270,000		2010
Thailand	000.8%	0000550,000		2010
Niger	000.7%	0000110,000		2010
Bhutan	000.5%	0000010,000		2010
Comoros	000.5%	0000010,000		2010
Cambodia	000.4%	0000050,000		2010
Maldives	000.4%	0000010,000		2010
Nepal	000.4%	0000130,000		2010
Turkey	000.4%	0000310,000		2010
Mauritania	000.3%	0000010,000		2010
Bangladesh	000.2%	0000280,000		2010
Tunisia	000.2%	0000020,000		2010
Iran	000.1%	0000110,000		2010
Algeria	000.1%	0000060,000		2010
Yemen	000.1%	0000040,000		2010
Afghanistan	000.1%	0000030,000		2010
Morocco	000.1%	0000020,000		2010
Somalia	000.1%	0000010,000		2010
Western Sahara	000.1%	0000001,000		2010
000WORLDWIDE	031.5%	2,168,330,000	Catholics 15.9%, Protestants 11.6%, Orthodox 3.8%, other Christians 0.4%	2010

Countries by Catholic population

Catholic population worldwide

The 10 countries with the highest proportion and the highest number of Catholics (as of 2010).

rank	country	Proportion of Catholics	rank	country	Number of Catholics
1	Vatican city	100%	1	Brazil	133,660,000
2	East Timor	98.0%	2	Mexico	96,330,000
3	Malta	95.8%	3	Philippines	75,940,000
4th	Wallis and Futuna	95.2%	4th	United States	74,470,000
5	Saint-Pierre and Miquelon	93.0%	5	Italy	50,250,000
6th	Poland	92.2%	6th	Colombia	38,100,000
7th	San Marino	90.5%	7th	France	37,930,000
8th	Paraguay	89.6%	8th	Poland	35,290,000
9	Croatia	88.5%	9	Spain	34,670,000
10	Ireland	88.4%	10	Democratic Republic of Congo	31,180,000

Countries by Protestant population

Protestant population worldwide

The 10 countries with the highest proportion and the highest number of Protestants (as of 2010).

rank	country	Proportion of Protestants	rank	country	Number of Protestants
1	Greenland	95.5%	1	United States	159,850,000
2	Tuvalu	95.4%	2	Nigeria	59,680,000
3	Iceland	91.3%	3	People's Republic of China	58,040,000
4th	St. Helena	89.9%	4th	Brazil	40,500,000
5	Barbados	88.0%	5	South Africa	36,550,000
6th	Marshall Islands	87.0%	6th	United Kingdom	33,820,000
7th	Montserrat	86.7%	7th	Democratic Republic of Congo	31,700,000
8th	St. Kitts and Nevis	84.2%	8th	Germany	28,640,000
9	Swaziland	81.8%	9	Kenya	24,160,000
10	Norway	81.3%	10	India	18,860,000

Countries by Orthodox Population

Orthodox population worldwide

Oriental Orthodox population worldwide

The 10 countries with the highest proportion and the highest number of Orthodox (as of 2010).

rank	country	Proportion of Orthodox	rank	country	Number of Orthodox
1	Moldova	95.4%	1	Russia	101,450,000
2	Greece	88.3%	2	Ethiopia	36,060,000
3	Georgia	87.8%	3	Ukraine	34,850,000
4th	Romania	87.3%	4th	Romania	18,750,000
5	Armenia	86.6%	5	Greece	10,030,000
6th	Serbia	86.6%	6th	Egypt	8,560,000
7th	Ukraine	76.7%	7th	Serbia	6,730,000
8th	Montenegro	75.1%	8th	Bulgaria	6,220,000
9	Cyprus	71.8%	9	Belarus	5,900,000
10	Russia	71.0%	10	Georgia	3,820,000

Individual evidence

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