Christian Population Worldwide

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Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic theology based on the life and preaching of Jesus of Nazareth. Christianity is the most significant confession globally, with roughly 2.38 billion followers describing 1/3 of the worldwide population. Its proponents, known as Christians, are calculated to make up a preponderance of the population in 157 nations and territories and are a minority in all others. The map below shows the percentage of the Christian population.

The four most significant branches of Christianity are the Catholic Church (1.3 billion), Protestantism (0.8 billion), the Eastern Orthodox Church (0.22 billion), and the Oriental Orthodox churches (0.060 billion). Despite a decrease in adherence in the West, Christianity continues to be the dominant religion in the region, with about 70 percent of that population identifying as Christian. Christianity is spreading in Africa and Asia, the world’s most populated continents. The map below depicts the most significant branches of Christianity worldwide.