Christianity by country
As of the year 2021, Christianity had approximately 2.38 billion adherents and is the largest religion by population respectively. According to a PEW estimation in 2020, Christians made up to 2.38 billion of the worldwide population of about 8 billion people. It represents nearly one-third of the world's population and is the largest religion in the world, with the three largest groups of Christians being the Catholic Church, Protestantism, and the Eastern Orthodox Church. The largest Christian denomination is the Catholic Church, with 1.3 billion baptized members. The second largest Christian branch is either Protestantism (if it is considered a single group), or the Eastern Orthodox Church (if Protestants are considered to be divided into multiple denominations).
Christianity is the predominant religion and faith in Europe, the Americas, the Philippines, East Timor, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Oceania. There are also large Christian communities in other parts of the world, such as Indonesia, Central Asia, the Middle East, and West Africa where Christianity is the second-largest religion after Islam. The United States has the largest Christian population in the world, followed by Brazil, Mexico, Russia, and the Philippines.
Christianity in multiple forms is the state religion of the following 15 nations: Argentina (Catholic Church), Armenia (Armenian Apostolic Church), Tuvalu (Church of Tuvalu), Costa Rica (Catholic Church), Kingdom of Denmark (Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark), England (Church of England), Greece (Church of Greece), Georgia (Eastern Orthodox Church), Iceland (Church of Iceland), Liechtenstein (Catholic Church), Malta (Catholic Church), Monaco (Catholic Church), Vatican City (Catholic Church), and Zambia. Christianity used to be the state religion of the former Ethiopian Empire (adopted in 340 A.D. by the Kingdom of Aksum) prior to the government's overthrow.
Lists
By country
Note: Population data are compiled using statistical science and are subject to observational error; these numbers should therefore be considered estimates only. The total number of Christians for each country is based on the number of people who are members of a Christian denomination or who identify themselves as Christian, plus their children. The number of people who actually believe in God or who regularly attend church is not addressed. People who mix Christianity with tribal religions are counted as Christians in this article. Most of the numbers for the Christian percentage of the population for each country were taken from the US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report, the CIA World Factbook, Joshua Project, Open doors, Pew Forum, and Adherents.com.
Top ten by numbers (2010)
A list of the top ten countries by largest number of Christians according to Pew Research Center in 2010.
| Rank | Country | Christians | % Christian |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 246,790,000 | 79.5% |
| 2 | Brazil | 175,700,000 | 90.2% |
| 3 | Mexico | 107,780,000 | 95% |
| 4 | Russia | 105,220,000 | 73.6% |
| 5 | Philippines | 86,790,000 | 93.1% |
| 6 | Nigeria | 80,510,000 | 50.8% |
| 7 | China | 67,070,000 | 5.0% |
| 8 | Congo DR | 63,150,000 | 95.7% |
| 9 | Germany | 58,240,000 | 70.8% |
| 10 | South Africa | 52,886,000 | 85.3% |
Top ten by percentage (2010)
A list of the top ten countries by highest percentage of the population that is Christian according to Pew Research Center in 2010.
| Rank | Country | % Christian | Christians |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vatican City | 100% | 800 |
| 2 | Romania | 99% | 21,490,000 |
| 3 | Papua New Guinea | 99% | 6,860,000 |
| 4 | Tonga | 99% | 100,000 |
| 5 | Timor-Leste | 99% | 1,120,000 |
| 6 | Armenia | 98.5% | 3,090,000 |
| 7 | Namibia | 97.6% | 2,280,000 |
| 8 | Marshall Islands | 97.5% | 50,000 |
| 9 | Moldova | 97.5% | 3,570,000 |
| 10 | Solomon Islands | 97.5% | 520,000 |
UN members and dependent territories
| Country or entity | Christians | % Christian | % Catholic | % Protestant/ Orthodox/ Other Christian |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan (details) | 6,250/8,000-30,000 | 0.02% | ||
| Albania (details) | 580,000 | 17.0% | 10% | 7% |
| Algeria (details) | 20,000-200,000 or 71,000 (estimate for 2010) | 0.01% | 0.01% | 1% |
| American Samoa (details) | 70,000 | 98.3% | 20% | |
| Andorra (details) | 78,000 | 89.5% | 88.2% | 1.3% |
| Angola (details) | 17,094,000 | 75% | 50% | 25% |
| Anguilla (details) | 15,000 | 90.5% | 3% | 87% |
| Antigua and Barbuda (details) | 66,000 | 74.0% | 10% | 64% |
| Argentina (details) | 34,940,108 | 77% | 66% | 11% |
| Armenia (details) | 2,826,000 | 97.9% | 1% | 96.9% |
| Aruba (details) | 98,000 | 88% | 80.8% | 7.8% |
| Australia (details) | 11,148,814 | 43.9% | 20.0% | 23.9% |
| Austria (details) | 5,185,959 | 58%-62% | 54.9% | 3%-7% |
| Azerbaijan (details) | 280,000 | 3.1% | 3.1% | |
| Bahamas (details) | 335,975 | 95% | 12.0% | 83.0% |
| Bahrain (details) | 185,000 | 15.0% | 9.0% | |
| Bangladesh (details) | 495,000 | 0.3% | 0.4% | |
| Barbados (details) | 244,000 | 74% | 4.2% | 70% |
| Belarus (details) | 5,265,000 | 55.4% | 7.1% | 48.3% |
| Belgium (details) | 6,860,000 | 65% | 58% | 7% |
| Belize (details) | 247,000 | 76.7% | 40% | 36.7% |
| Benin (details) | 5,570,000 | 48.5% | 25.5% | 23.0% |
| Bermuda (details) | 44,000 | 64.7% | 15% | 50% |
| Bhutan (details) | 7,000 | 1.0% | 0.1% | 0.9% |
| Bolivia (details) | 9,730,000 | 89.0% | 76% | 13% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina (details) | 1,622,093 | 45.94% | 15.19% | 30.75% |
| Botswana (details) | 1,416,000 | 71.6% | 5% | 66% |
| Brazil (details) | 180,770,000 | 90.0% | 64.6% | 22.2% |
| British Virgin Islands (details) | 23,000 | 94.0% | 9% | 85% |
| Brunei (details) | 29,000 | 7.1% | ||
| Bulgaria (details) | 6,364,000 | 64.7% | 0.6% | 64.1% |
| Burkina Faso (details) | 5,393,000 | 26.3% | 20.1% | 6.2% |
| Burundi (details) | 7,662,000 | 75.0% | 60% | 15% |
| Cambodia (details) | 148,000 | 1.0% | 0.15% | 0.85% |
| Cameroon (details) | 15,390,000 | 73% | 44.4% | 29.3% |
| Canada (details) | 19,300,000 | 53.3% | 29.9% | 23.4% |
| Cape Verde (details) | 487,000 | 89.1% | 78.7% | 10.4% |
| Cayman Islands (details) | 52,600 | 66.9% | 13.6% | 53.3% |
| Central African Republic (details) | 2,302,000 | 80% | 29% | 51% |
| Chad (details) | 4,150,000 | 35.0% | 20% | 15% |
| Chile (details) | 9,900,000 | 68% | 55% | 13% |
| People's Republic of China (details) | 31,220,000-34,610,000/49,170,000 |
2.5%-3.5% |
0.46%-0.69% | 2%-2.89% |
| Colombia (details) | 43,560,000 | 92% | 79% | 13% |
| Comoros (details) | 15,000 | 2.1% | ||
| Cook Islands (details) | 13,000 | 87.0% | 17.4% | 69.6% |
| Congo, Republic of (details) | 3,409,000 | 90.7% | 50% | 40% |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of (details) | 63,150,000 | 92% | 50% | 42% |
| Costa Rica (details) | 4,000,000 | 82% | 57% | 25% |
| Côte d'Ivoire (details) | 11,697,000 | 39.8% | ||
| Croatia (details) | 4,107,000 | 87.4% | 79.0% | 8.4% |
| Cuba (details) | 6,670,000 | 65% | 52.7% | 7.5% |
| Cyprus (details) | 863,000 | 79% | 1% | 78% |
| Czech Republic (details) | 1,241,000 | 11.7% | 9.3% | 2.4% |
| Denmark (details) | 4,400,754 | 79% | 1% | 77.8% |
| Djibouti (details) | 53,000 | 6.0% | 1% | 5% |
| Dominica (details) | 59,000 | 88.7% | 61% | 27% |
| Dominican Republic (details) | 9,734,000 | 83% | 65% | 18% |
| Ecuador (details) | 14,099,000 | 94.0% | 74% | 20% |
| Egypt (details) | 9,029,000 | 10.0% | ||
| El Salvador (details) | 5,073,000 | 81.9% | 52.6% | 29.3% |
| Equatorial Guinea (details) | 683,000 | 88.7% | 80.7% | 8.0% |
| Eritrea (details) | 3,577,000 | 67% | 4% | 54% |
| Estonia (details) | 298,410 | 26.8% | 0.8% | 26.0% |
| Eswatini (details) | 994,000 | 82.7% | 25% | 57.7% |
| Ethiopia (details) | 77,477,000 | 75% | 0.7% | 63.4% |
| Falkland Islands (details) | 3,000 | 94.3% | 94% | |
| Faroe Islands (details) | 33,000 | 95.4% | 94% | |
| Fiji (details) | 540,000 | 64.4% | 8.9% | 55.5% |
| Finland (details) | 3,736,000 | 67.1% | 0.3% | 66.9% |
| France (details) | 41,000,000-46,000,000 | 51.1%-58%/63-66% | 50-63%/54% | 4% |
| Gabon (details) | 1,081,000 | 88.0% | 41.9% | 46.1% |
| Gambia (details) | 79,000 | 4.2% | ||
| Georgia (details) | 3,241,000 | 88.1% | 0.5% | 87.6% |
| Germany (details) | 44,861,000 | 53.9% | 26.7% | 27.2% |
| Ghana (details) | 21,955,000 | 71.3% | 10.0% | 61.3% |
| Greece (details) | 10,000,000 | 93% | <1% | 97.3% |
| Greenland (details) | 55,000 | 96.6% | 96.6% | |
| Grenada (details) | 101,000 | 97.3% | 53% | 45% |
| Guatemala (details) | 14,018,000 | 87% | 47% | 40% |
| Guinea (details) | 1,032,000 | 8.9% | 5% | 5% |
| Guinea-Bissau (details) | 165,000 | 10.0% | 10.0% | |
| Guyana (details) | 468,000 | 62.7% | 7.1% | 55.6% |
| Haiti (details) | 9,597,000 | 96.0% | 80.0% | 16.0% |
| Honduras (details) | 6,660,000 | 88% | 47% | 41% |
| Hong Kong (details) | 1,357,000 | 18.4% | 5.0% | 6.8% |
| Hungary (details) | 5,254,179- 6,501,000 | 52.87%-65.0% | 38.96%-58.0% | 13.91% |
| Iceland (details) | 272,200 | 72.3% | 3.9% | 68.4% |
| India (details) | 30,000,000 | 2.3% | 1.3% | 1.0% |
| Indonesia (details) |
29,149,241 |
10.49% | 3.06% | 7.43% |
| Iran (details) | 380,000-1,500,000 | 0.4%-1.5% | 0.4%-1.5% | |
| Iraq (details) | 500,000 | 1.2% | 1.2% | |
| Ireland (details) | 3,992,000 (2016) | 83.8% (2016) | 78.2% (2016) | 5.6% (2016) |
| Israel (details) | 266,000 | 3.5% | 3.5% | |
| Italy (details) | 53,230,000 | 83% | 81.2% | 2% |
| Jamaica (details) | 1,859,000 | 68.9% | 2.2% | 66.7% |
| Japan (details) | 1,915,294 | 1.1% | 0.5% | 0.6% |
| Jordan (details) | 388,000 | 6.0% | ||
| Kazakhstan (details) | 3,300,000 | 17.2% | ||
| Kenya (details) | 40,668,000 | 85.5% | 20.6% | 64.9% |
| Korea, North (details) | 406,000 | 1.7% | ||
| Korea, South (details) | 13,566,000 | 27.6% | 7.9% | 19.7% |
| Kuwait (details) | 458,000 | 15.0% | 3.2% | 12.8% |
| Kyrgyzstan (details) | 610,000-944,000 | 11.4%-17.0% | ||
| Laos (details) | 145,000 | 2.2% | 1% | 1% |
| Latvia (details) | 1,570,000 | 70%-80% | 24.1%-25.1% | 46.8%-54.9% |
| Lebanon (details) | 1,600,000-1,800,000 | 38.0%-41.0% | 26% | 15% |
| Lesotho (details) | 1,876,000 | 90.0% | 45% | 45% |
| Liberia (details) | 1,391,000 | 85.5% | 85.5% | |
| Libya (details) | 170,000 | 2.7% | 0.5% | 1.5% |
| Liechtenstein (details) | 30,000 | 84.4% | 75.9% | 8.5% |
| Lithuania (details) | 2,232,000 | 79.4% | 74.2% | 5.2% |
| Luxembourg (details) | 360,000 | 72.4% | 68.7% | 3.7% |
| Madagascar (details) | 22,322,966 | 85.0% | ||
| Malawi (details) | 13,582,000 | 77.3% | 17.2 | 60.1 |
| Malaysia (details) | 2,271,000 | 9.0% | ||
| Maldives (details) | 300 | 0.08% | ||
| Mali (details) | 348,000 | 2.4% | ||
| Malta (details) | 400,000 | 91.6% | 88.6% | 3.0% |
| Mauritania (details) | 5,000 | 0.14% | ||
| Mauritius (details) | 418,000 | 32.2% | ||
| Mexico (details) | 111,959,525 | 88.9% | 77.7% | 11.2% |
| Micronesia, Federated States of (details) | 106,000 | 95.4% | ||
| Moldova (details) | 2,752,000 | 91.8% | 0.1% | 91.7% |
| Monaco (details) | 30,000 | 82.6% | 77.0 | |
| Mongolia (details) | 42,859 | 1.3% | ||
| Montenegro (details) | 500,000 | 78.8% | 3.4% | 72.4% |
| Morocco (details) | 336,000 | 1% | ||
| Mozambique (details) | 13,121,000 | 56.1% | 28.4% | 27.7% |
| Myanmar (details) | 3,790,000 | 6.2% | 1% | 5.2% |
| Namibia (details) | 1,991,000 | 90.0% | 13.7% | 76.3% |
| Nepal (details) | 376,000 | 1.4% | ||
| Netherlands (details) | 5,750,000– 7,900,000 |
37% (2018) - 43.8% | 22% (registered, 2018) - 23.7% | 15% (2018)- 20.1% |
| New Zealand (details) | 1,738,638 (2018) | 37.0% (2018) | 10.0% (2018) | 27.0% (2018) |
| Nicaragua (details) | 5,217,000 | 84.6% | 58.8% | 25.8% |
| Niger (details) | 85,000 | 0.5% | 5% | |
| Nigeria (details) | 74,400,000– 107,000,000 |
45.9% | 10.6% | 35.3% |
| North Macedonia (details) | 1,110,000 | 60.4%. | 0.4% | 60.0% |
| Norway (details) | 3,844,000 | 76.7% (2018) | 2.4% | 73.8% (2018) |
| Oman (details) | 180,000 | 6.5% | ||
| Pakistan (details) | 3,300,000 | 1.6% | 0.8% | 0.8% |
| Palau (details) | 16,000 | 77.9% | 65% | 12.9% |
| Panama (details) | 3,057,000 | 92.0% | 80% | 12% |
| Papua New Guinea (details) | 6,800,000 | 97% | 27% | 70% |
| Paraguay (details) | 6,260,000 | 96% | 88% | 8% |
| Peru (details) | 29,519,000 | 94.5% | 76.0% | 18.5% |
| Philippines (details) | 92,746,021 | 85.3% | 78.8% | 6.5% |
| Pitcairn Islands (details) | 50 | 100.0% | 100% | |
| Poland (details) | 36,090,000 | 94.3% | 86.3% | 8% |
| Portugal (details) | 7,445,000 | 84.8% | 80.2% | 4.6% |
| Puerto Rico (details) | 3,878,000 | 89% | 56% | 33% |
| Qatar (details) | 263,000 | 13.8% | ||
| Romania (details) | 18,067,000 | 98.0% | 11.0% | 87.0% |
| Russia (details) | 66,000,000– 99,775,000 |
46.6%-77.0% | <0.1% | 46.6%-77.0% |
| Rwanda (details) | 9,619,000 | 93.6% | 56.9% | 26% |
| San Marino (details) | 31,000 | 91.6% | 90.5% | 1.1% |
| Saudi Arabia (details) | 1,500,000 | 5% | ||
| Senegal (details) | 570,000 | 4.2% | ||
| Serbia (details) | 7,260,000 | 91.0% | 5.0% | 86.0% |
| Seychelles (details) | 80,000 | 94.7% | 82% | 15.2% |
| Sierra Leone (details) | 619,000-1,294,000 | 10%-20.9% | ||
| Singapore (details) | 1,075,000 | 18.9% | 7.0% | 11.9% |
| Slovakia (details) | 3,748,000 | 68.8% | 59.8% | 9.0% |
| Slovenia (details) | 1,610,000 | 68.0% | 64.0% | 4.0% |
| Somalia (details) | 1,000 | 0.01% | 0.0002% | 0.01% |
| South Africa (details) | 52,886,000 | 85.3% | 5% | 75% |
| South Sudan (details) | 6,010,000 | 60.5% | 30% | 30% |
| Spain (details) | 28,000,000 | 59.2% | 58.2% | 1% |
| Sri Lanka (details) | 1,531,000 | 7.4% | 6.1% | 1.3% |
| Sudan (details) | 525,000 | 1.5% | ||
| Suriname (details) | 262,000 | 48.4% - 51.6% | 21.6% | 26.8% |
| Sweden (details) | 6,577,478 | 64.3% | 1.2% | 63.1% |
| Switzerland (details) | 5,700,000 | 66.9%-69.1% | 36.5%-37.9% | 30.4%-31.2% |
| Syria (details) | 1,800,000 | 10.0% | 2% | 8% |
| Tajikistan (details) | 110,000 | 1.4% | 0.1% | 1.3% |
| Tanzania (details) | 31,342,000 | 61.4% | ||
| Thailand (details) | 768,000 | 1.1% | ||
| Timor-Leste (details) | 1,338,500 | 99.6% | 97.6% | 2% |
| Togo (details) | 1,966,000 | 29.0% | ||
| Tonga (details) | 84,000 | 81.0% | 16% | 65% |
| Trinidad and Tobago (details) | 774,000 | 57.6% | 21.5% | 33.4% |
| Tunisia (details) | 30,000 | |||
| Turkey (details) | 120,000– 310,000 |
0.2% | ||
| Turkmenistan (details) | 466,000 | 9.0% | 9% | |
| Uganda (details) | 29,266,000 | 84.5% | 39.3% | 45.2% |
| Ukraine (details) | 34,830,000 | 81.9% | 7.5% | 74.4% |
| United Arab Emirates (details) | 940,000 | 9.0% | 7% | 2% |
| United Kingdom (details) | 25,585,000 - 31,889,000 | 38% - 47.7% | 7% | 31% |
| United States (details) | 213,000,000 | 65% (2019)-73% | 20%-22.7% | 45%-48.5% |
| Uruguay (details) | 1,941,000 | 58.1% | 47% | 11% |
| Uzbekistan (details) | 710,000 | 2.6% | 2.6% | |
| Venezuela (details) | 28,340,000 | 88.0% | 71% | 17% |
| Vietnam (details) | 6,831,000 | 7.1% | 6.1% | 1.0% |
| Yemen (details) | 25,000-41,000 | 0.01% | 0.01% | |
| Zambia (details) | 12,939,000 | 95.5% | 20.2% | 72.3% |
| Zimbabwe (details) | 12,500,000 | 87.0% | 17% | 63% |
| Europe | 565,560,000 | 76.2% | 35.0% | 41.2% |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 531,280,000 | 90.0% | 70% | 20% |
| Africa | 526,016,926 | 62.7% | 21.0% | 41.7% |
| Asia | 285,120,000-375,905,000 | 7.0%-12.0% | 3.0%-5.1% | 4.0%-6.8% |
| North America | 266,630,000 | 77.4% | 22.0% | 55.4% |
| Oceania | 25,754,000 | 73.3% | 38.9% | 34.4% |
| Middle East-North Africa | 12,000,000–16,000,000 | 3.8%-5.0% | 2.0%-2.6% | 1.8%-2.3% |
| Total | 2,431,209,718 | 33.4% | 16.9% | 16.5% |
UN non member permanent observer states
note: One is a generally recognized sovereign state, while the other is a state with substantial, but limited, recognition
| Country | Christians | % Christian | overall % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palestine (details) | 173,000 | 6.0% | 6% |
| Vatican City (details) | 836 | 100.0% | 100% |
Non UN member or observer states with substantial, but limited recognition
Note: Includes non-United Nations members or observers with substantial, but limited recognition
| Country | Christians | % Christian |
|---|---|---|
| Kosovo (details) | 150,000 | 8.3% |
| Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (details) | 200 | 0.03% |
| Taiwan (details) | 902,000 | 3.9% |
Widely or fully unrecognized Non UN member or observer states
| Country | Christians | % Christian |
|---|---|---|
| Abkhazia (details) | 130,000 | 68.0% |
| Artsakh (details) | 143,000 | 98.8% |
| South Ossetia (details) | 69,000 | 96.4% |
| Transnistria (details) | 510,000 | 95.0% |
Christian-majority countries and territories
According to a 2012 Pew Research Center study, of the then 232 countries and territories, 157 had Christian majorities. 126 countries had a Christian majority, while 71 countries had a Christian minority.
| Percent (%) Christians | Number of countries | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | 2 | 850 |
| 90–99 | 49 | 739,568,000 |
| 80–89 | 28 | 312,790,200 |
| 70–79 | 20 | 599,319,000 |
| 60–69 | 11 | 177,608,000 |
| 50–59 | 16 | 132,349,929 |
| 40–49 | 3 | 13,594,000 |
| 30–39 | 6 | 15,497,000 |
| 20–29 | 5 | 23,657,000 |
| 10–19 | 10 | 43,409,000 |
| 1–9 | 34 | 124,755,000 |
| 0–1 | 13 | 1,823,750 |
Countries by highest percentage of the population that is Christian with at least 10 million Christians:
| Rank | Country | % Christian | Christians |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romania | 98.0% | 21,300,000 |
| 2 | Zambia | 97.5% | 12,800,000 |
| 3 | Congo DR | 95.7% | 63,200,000 |
| 4 | Peru | 95.6% | 27,800,000 |
| 5 | Mexico | 95.0% | 107,000,000 |
| 6 | Poland | 94.3% | 36,100,000 |
| 7 | Ecuador | 94.1% | 13,600,000 |
| 8 | Greece | 93.0% | 10,000,000 |
| 9 | Colombia | 92.5% | 42,800,000 |
| 10 | Bolivia | 92.3% | 10,400,000 |
Population growth
According to World Population Review, there were 2.4 billion Christians around the world in 2020. and according to a 2012 Pew Research Center survey, if current trends continue, Christianity will remain the world's largest religion by year 2050. According to a 2015 Pew Research Center study, Christianity is estimated to reach 3 billion adherents out of a projected population of 9.3 billion people in 2050, achieving parity with Muslim populations for the first time in history, which are predicted to be about 2.8 billion in 2050.
| Tradition | Followers | % of the Christian population | % of the world population | Follower dynamics | Dynamics in- and outside Christianity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholicism | 1,200,000,000 | 52.4 | 15.9 |
 Growing
|
 Stable
|
| Protestantism | 800,640,000 | 34.9 | 11.6 |
Growing
|
Growing
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| Orthodoxy | 260,380,000 | 11.4 | 3.8 |
Growing
|
Growing
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| Other Christianity | 28,430,000 | 1.3 | 0.4 |
Growing
|
Growing
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| Christianity | 2,289,450,000 | 100 | 31.7 |
Growing
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Stable
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See also
- List of Christian denominations by number of members
- Catholic Church by country
- Eastern Orthodoxy by country
- Oriental Orthodoxy by country
- Protestantism by country
- List of the largest Protestant denominations
Other religions:
- Ahmadiyya by country
- Buddhism by country
- Hinduism by country
- Irreligion by country
- Islam by country
- Jewish population by country
- Judaism by country
- Sikhism by country
General: