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[edit] Statistics

Christianity by Country
North America
South America
Europe
Middle East
Africa
Asia
Oceania

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Region Country Population % Christian
Middle East Christianity in Afghanistan 31,889,923[1] no data
Balkans Christianity in Albania 3,600,523[1] no data
North Africa Christianity in Algeria 33,333,216[1] no data
Western Europe Christianity in Andorra 71,822[1] no data
Southern Africa Christianity in Angola 12,263,596[1] no data
Caribbean Christianity in Anguilla 13,677[1] 90.5%(2001 census)[2]
South America Christianity in Argentina 40,301,927[1] no data
Caucasus Christianity in Armenia 2,971,650[1] no data
Oceania Christianity in Australia 20,434,176[1] 64%(2006 census)[3]
Central Europe Christianity in Austria 8,199,783[1] no data
Caucasus Christianity in Azerbaijan 8,120,247[1] no data
Caribbean Christianity in the Bahamas 305,655[1] no data
Middle East Christianity in Bahrain 708,573[1] 9%(2001 census)[2]
South Asia Christianity in Bangladesh 150,448,339[1] 0.3%[4]
Eastern Europe Christianity in Belarus 9,724,723[1] no data
Western Europe Christianity in Belgium 10,392,226[1] no data
Central America Christianity in Belize 294,385[1] no data
West Africa Christianity in Benin 8,078,314[1] 42.8%(2002 census)[5]
South Asia Christianity in Bhutan 2,327,849[1] no data
South America Christianity in Bolivia 9,119,152[1] no data
Balkans Christianity in Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,552,198[1] no data
Southern Africa Christianity in Botswana 1,815,508[1] 71.6%(2001 census)[2]
South America Christianity in Brazil 190,010,647[1] 89%(2000 census)[2]
Southeast Asia Christianity in Brunei 374,577[1] no data
Balkans Christianity in Bulgaria 7,322,858[1] 83.8%(2001 census)[2]
West Africa Christianity in Burkina Faso 14,326,203[1] no data
Central Africa Christianity in Burundi 8,390,505[1] no data
Southeast Asia Christianity in Cambodia 13,995,904[1] no data
West Africa Christianity in Cameroon 18,060,382[1] no data
North America Christianity in Canada 33,390,141[1] 70.3%(2001 census)[2]
West Africa Christianity in Cape Verde 423,613[1] no data
Central Africa Christianity in Central African Republic 4,369,038[1] no data
Central Africa Christianity in Chad 9,885,661[1] no data
South America Christianity in Chile 16,284,741[1] no data
East Asia Christianity in China 1,321,851,888[1] no data
South America Christianity in Colombia 44,379,598[1] 94.5%(2001 survey)[6]
East Africa Christianity in Comoros 711,417[1] no data
Central Africa Christianity in the Republic of the Congo 3,800,610[1] no data
Central Africa Christianity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 65,751,512[1] no data
Central America Christianity in Costa Rica 4,133,884[1] no data
West Africa Christianity in Côte d'Ivoire 18,013,409[1] no data
Balkans Christianity in Croatia 4,493,312[1] no data
North America Christianity in Cuba 11,394,043[1] no data
Middle East Christianity in Cyprus 788,457[1] no data
Central Europe Christianity in Czech Republic 10,228,744[1] no data
Western Europe Christianity in Denmark 5,468,120[1] no data
East Africa Christianity in Djibouti 496,374[1] no data
Caribbean Christianity in Dominica 72,377[1] no data
Caribbean Christianity in Dominican Republic 9,365,818[1] 75.8%(2004 survey)[7]
Southeast Asia Christianity in East Timor 1,084,971[1] no data
South America Christianity in Ecuador 13,755,680[1] no data
North Africa Christianity in Egypt 80,335,036[1] no data
Central America Christianity in El Salvador 6,948,073[1] no data
West Africa Christianity in Equatorial Guinea 551,201[1] no data
East Africa Christianity in Eritrea 4,906,585[1] no data
Eastern Europe Christianity in Estonia 1,315,912[1] no data
East Africa Christianity in Ethiopia 76,511,887[1] 60.8%(1994 census)[2]
Oceania Christianity in Fiji 918,675[1] no data
Western Europe Christianity in Finland 5,238,460[1] no data
Western Europe Christianity in France 63,718,187[1] no data
West Africa Christianity in Gabon 1,454,867[1] 60%(estimate)[8]
West Africa Christianity in The Gambia 1,688,359[1] no data
Caucasus Christianity in Georgia 4,646,003[1] 88.6%(2001 Census)[2]
Western Europe Christianity in Germany 82,400,996[1] no data
West Africa Christianity in Ghana 22,931,299[1] 68.8%(2000 census)[2]
Balkans Christianity in Greece 10,706,290[1] no data
Caribbean Christianity in Grenada 89,971[1] 94%[9]
Central America Christianity in Guatemala 12,728,111[1] no data
West Africa Christianity in Guinea 9,947,814[1] no data
West Africa Christianity in Guinea-Bissau 1,472,780[1] no data
South America Christianity in Guyana 769,095[1] no data
Caribbean Christianity in Haiti 8,706,497[1] 83.7%(UN Census)[10]
Central America Christianity in Honduras 7,483,763[1] no data
Central Europe Christianity in Hungary 10,053,000[11] 74.4%(2001 census)[12]
Western Europe Christianity in Iceland 301,931[1] no data
South Asia Christianity in India 1,129,866,154[1] 2.3%(2001 census)[2]
Southeast Asia Christianity in Indonesia 234,693,997[1] no data
Middle East Christianity in Iran 65,397,521[1] no data
Middle East Christianity in Iraq 27,499,638[1] no data
Western Europe Christianity in Ireland 4,339,000[13] 92.3%(2006 census)[14]
Middle East Christianity in Israel 6,426,679[1] no data
Western Europe Christianity in Italy 58,147,733[1] no data
Caribbean Christianity in Jamaica 2,780,132[1] 61.3%(census)[15]
East Asia Christianity in Japan 127,433,494[1] no data
Middle East Christianity in Jordan 6,053,193[1] no data
Central Asia Christianity in Kazakhstan 15,284,929[1] no data
East Africa Christianity in Kenya 36,913,721[1] 66%(official government figures)[16]
East Asia Christianity in North Korea 23,301,725[1] no data
East Asia Christianity in South Korea 49,044,790[1] 29.3%(2005 Govt. Survey)[17]
Middle East Christianity in Kuwait 2,505,559[1] no data
Central Asia Christianity in Kyrgyzstan 5,284,149[1] no data
Southeast Asia Christianity in Laos 6,521,998[1] 1.3%(1995 census)</sup)[2]
Eastern Europe Christianity in Latvia 2,259,810[1] no data
Middle East Christianity in Lebanon 3,925,502[1] 40%
Southern Africa Christianity in Lesotho 2,125,262[1] no data
West Africa Christianity in Liberia 3,195,931[1] no data
North Africa Christianity in Libya 6,036,914[1] no data
Central Europe Christianity in Liechtenstein 34,247[1] no data
Eastern Europe Christianity in Lithuania 3,575,439[1] 85%(2001 Census)[2]
Western Europe Christianity in Luxembourg 480,222[1] no data
Balkans Christianity in the Republic of Macedonia 2,055,915[1] 65.1%(2002 census)[2]
Southern Africa Christianity in Madagascar 19,448,815[1] no data
Southern Africa Christianity in Malawi 13,603,181[1] 79.9%(1998 census)[2]
Southeast Asia Christianity in Malaysia 24,821,286[1] 9.1%(2001 Census)[2]
South Asia Christianity in Maldives 369,031[1] no data
West Africa Christianity in Mali 11,995,402[1] no data
Europe Christianity in Malta 400,000[1] no data
North Africa Christianity in Mauritania 3,270,065[1] no data
Southern Africa Christianity in Mauritius 1,250,882[1] 32.2%(2001 census)[2]
North America Christianity in Mexico 108,700,891[1] 82.8%(2001 census)[2]
Eastern Europe Christianity in Moldova 4,328,816[1] no data
Western Europe Christianity in Monaco 32,671[1] no data
Central Asia Christianity in Mongolia 2,951,786[1] no data
North Africa Christianity in Morocco 33,757,175[1] no data
Southern Africa Christianity in Mozambique 20,905,585[1] 41.3%(1997 census)[2]
Southeast Asia Christianity in Myanmar 47,373,958[1] no data
Southern Africa Christianity in Namibia 2,055,080[1] no data
South Asia Christianity in Nepal 28,901,790[1] 0.45%(2001 census)[2]
Western Europe Christianity in the Netherlands 16,570,613[1] no data
Oceania Christianity in New Zealand 4,115,771[1] 53.5%(2001 census)[2]
Central America Christianity in Nicaragua 5,675,356[1] 89.6%(1995 census)<[18]
West Africa Christianity in Niger 12,894,865[1] no data
West Africa Christianity in Nigeria 135,031,164[1] no data
Western Europe Christianity in Norway 4,627,926[1] no data
Middle East Christianity in Oman 3,204,897[1] no data
South Asia Christianity in Pakistan 164,741,924[1] 1.5%Govt Source)[19]
Central America Christianity in Panama 3,242,173[1] no data
Oceania Christianity in Papua New Guinea 5,795,887[1] no data
South America Christianity in Paraguay 6,669,086[1] 96.9%(2002 census)[20]
South America Christianity in Peru 28,674,757[1] no data
Southeast Asia Christianity in The Philippines 91,077,287[1] 92.5%(2000 census)[2]
Central Europe Christianity in Poland 38,518,241[1] no data
Western Europe Christianity in Portugal 10,642,836[1] no data
Middle East Christianity in Qatar 907,229[1] 8.5%(2004 census)[2]
Central Europe Christianity in Romania 22,276,056[1] 99%(2002 census)[2]
Eastern Europe Christianity in Russia 141,377,752[1] 18.5%[2]- 78%[21]
East Africa Christianity in Rwanda 9,907,509[1] no data
Western Europe Christianity in San Marino 29,615[1] no data
Middle East Christianity in Saudi Arabia 27,601,038[1] no data
West Africa Christianity in Senegal 12,521,851[1] no data
Balkans Christianity in Serbia and Montenegro 10,835,001[1] no data
East Africa Christianity in Seychelles 81,895[1] 94.7%(2002 census)[2]
West Africa Christianity in Sierra Leone 6,144,562[1] no data
Southeast Asia Christianity in Singapore 4,553,009[1] 14.6%(2000 census)[2]
Central Europe Christianity in Slovakia 5,447,502[1] no data
Central Europe Christianity in Slovenia 2,009,245[1] no data
East Africa Christianity in Somalia 9,118,773[1] no data
Southern Africa Christianity in South Africa 43,997,828[1] 79.7%(2001 census)[2]
Western Europe Christianity in Spain 40,448,191[1] no data
South Asia Christianity in Sri Lanka 20,926,315[1] 6.2%(2001 census)[2]
North Africa Christianity in Sudan 39,379,358[1] no data
South America Christianity in Suriname 470,784[1] no data
Southern Africa Christianity in Swaziland 1,133,066[1] no data
Western Europe Christianity in Sweden 9,031,088[1] no data
Western Europe Christianity in Switzerland 7,554,661[1] 77.1%(2000 Census)[2]
Middle East Christianity in Syria 19,314,747[1] no data
East Asia Christianity in Taiwan 22,858,872[1] no data
Central Asia Christianity in Tajikistan 7,076,598[1] no data
East Africa Christianity in Tanzania 39,384,223[1] no data
Southeast Asia Christianity in Thailand 65,068,149[1] 0.7%(2000 Census)[2]
West Africa Christianity in Togo 5,701,579[1] no data
Central America Christianity in Trinidad and Tobago 1,056,608[1] 57.6%(2000 Census)[2]
North Africa Christianity in Tunisia 10,276,158[1] no data
Middle East Christianity in Turkey 71,158,647[1] no data
Central Asia Christianity in Turkmenistan 5,097,028[1] no data
East Africa Christianity in Uganda 30,262,610[1] 85%(2002 Census)[22]
Eastern Europe Christianity in Ukraine 46,299,862[1] 35%[23]- 51.7%[24]
Middle East Christianity in the United Arab Emirates[1] 4,444,011[1] no data
Western Europe Christianity in the United Kingdom 60,776,238[1] 71.6%(2001 Census)[25]38%[26]
North America Christianity in the United States 301,139,947[1] 76%(2002 est.)[2]
Caribbean Christianity in Puerto Rico (U.S.)[1] 3,944,259[1] 93%[27]
South America Christianity in Uruguay 3,460,607[1] no data
Central Asia Christianity in Uzbekistan 27,780,059[1] no data
Western Europe Christianity in Vatican City 921[1] 100%[citation needed]
South America Christianity in Venezuela 26,023,528[1] no data
Southeast Asia Christianity in Vietnam 85,262,356[1] no data
Middle East Christianity in West Bank and Gaza 4,018,332[1] no data
North Africa Christianity in Western Sahara 382,617[1] no data
Middle East Christianity in Yemen 22,230,531[1] no data
Southern Africa Christianity in Zambia 11,477,447[1] no data
Southern Africa Christianity in Zimbabwe 12,311,143[1] no data


[edit] Other Estimates

The American Central Intelligence Agency World Factbook [28] estimates the percentage of people in the world to be Christians at 33.03%.

[edit] Footnotes and Specific References

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  2. ^ 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 CIA factbook. Retrieved on 2007-04-17.
  3. ^ US Dept. of State - Australia - International Religious Freedom Report 2007. Retrieved on 2007-11-14.
  4. ^ Bangladesh Government Data. Retrieved on 2007-07-11.
  5. ^ US Dept. of State - Benin - International Religious Freedom Report 2007. Retrieved on 2007-10-22.
  6. ^ US Department of State - Colombia - International Religious Freedom Report 2005. Retrieved on 2007-06-03.
  7. ^ US Department of State - Dominican Republic - International Religious Freedom Report 2005. Retrieved on 2007-06-03.
  8. ^ US Department of State - Gabon - International Religious Freedom Report 2005. Retrieved on 2007-06-03.
  9. ^ US Department of State - Grenada - International Religious Freedom Report 2005. Retrieved on 2007-06-03.
  10. ^ US Embassy - Haiti - International Religious Freedom Report 2006 - A U.N. Population Fund census released in May 2006 (based on 2003 data). Retrieved on 2007-06-03.
  11. ^ Hungarian Central Statistical Office
  12. ^ Hungarian census
  13. ^ Central Statistics Office population estimate, April 2007; retrieved 2008-05-20
  14. ^ Central Statistics Office, Volume 13, Table 5
  15. ^ Jamaican Census Figures. Retrieved on 2007-06-03.
  16. ^ US Department of State - Kenya - International Religious Freedom Report 2005. Retrieved on 2007-06-03.
  17. ^ US Department of State - KSouth korea - International Religious Freedom Report 2007. Retrieved on 2007-10-25.
  18. ^ US Department of State - Nicaragua - International Religious Freedom Report 2005. Retrieved on 2007-06-03.
  19. ^ ReligiousTolerence.Org. Retrieved on 2007-05-31.
  20. ^ US Department of State - Paraguay - International Religious Freedom Report 2005. Retrieved on 2007-06-03.
  21. ^ RUSSIAN PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH CENTER (IN RUSSIAN ). Retrieved on 2007-11-10.
  22. ^ US Department of State - Uganda - International Religious Freedom Report 2005. Retrieved on 2007-06-03.
  23. ^ US Department of State - UKRAINE - International Religious Freedom Report 2007. Retrieved on 2007-06-03.
  24. ^ Eurobarometer on Social Values, Science and technology 2005 - page 11. Retrieved on 2007-10-21.
  25. ^ [1] National Statistics Online - Religion in Britain
  26. ^ ReportDGResearchSocialValuesEN2.PDF
  27. ^ Business Register Online. Retrieved on 2007-07-07.
  28. ^ US CIA Factbook - World Figures. Retrieved on 2007-06-07.

[edit] See also

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