Protestantism by country

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The following is a list of Protestants by country. For the purposes of this list, "Protestant" includes the following denominations: Assemblies of God, Anglican, Baptist, Church of God, Church of the Nazarene, Churches of Christ, Congregationalist, Calvinist, Episcopalian, Holiness, Lutheran, Mennonite, Methodist, Pentecostal, Presbyterian, Reformed, Seventh-day Adventist, Quaker, "Evangelicals", non-Denominational Protestants, and other Protestants. There are 593 million Protestants in the world; a little less than three in ten Christians are Protestants.

The percentages of Protestants in each country were taken from a variety of sources, principally from the US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2004.^[1] Other sources used were Adherents.com,^[2] the CIA Factbook,^[3] and others.^{[citation needed]} The population estimates for each country were taken from the US Census Bureau^[4] (2005 estimates).

1 By country
2 By region
3 Data
4 Top sixty
5 See also
6 References

[edit] By country

**Protestants by country**
World		6,429,351,321	9.22%	592,915,587
Region	Country	Total Population (2005)	% Protestant	Protestants
Central Asia	Protestantism in Afghanistan	29,928,987	0.29%	10,000
Balkans	Protestantism in Albania	3,563,112	0.23%	8,191
North Africa	Protestantism in Algeria	32,531,853	1.62%	20,000
Southern Africa	Protestantism in Angola	11,190,786	15%	1,678,618
Caribbean	Protestantism in Antigua and Barbuda	68,722	86%	59,101
South America	Protestantism in Argentina	39,537,943	2%	790,759
Middle East	Protestantism in Armenia	2,982,904	3.7%	110,368
Oceania	Protestantism in Australia	20,090,437	17.6%	3,121,882[1]
Central Europe	Protestantism in Austria	8,184,691	4,7%	384,680
Middle East	Protestantism in Azerbaijan	8,581,400	0,07%	6,007
Caribbean	Protestantism in Bahamas	301,790	76%	229,360
Middle East	Protestantism in Bahrain	688,345	?	?
South Asia	Protestantism in Bangladesh	144,319,628	0.23%	331,935
Caribbean	Protestantism in Barbados	278,289	67%	186,454
Eastern Europe	Protestantism in Belarus	10,300,483	5%	515,024
Northern Europe	Protestantism in Belgium	10,364,388	1.35%	140,000
Central America	Protestantism in Belize	279,457	30%	83,837
West Africa	Protestantism in Benin	7,460,025	4%	298,401
South Asia	Protestantism in Bhutan	2,232,291	0	0
South America	Protestantism in Bolivia	8,857,870	16%	1,417,259
Balkans	Protestantism in Bosnia and Herzegovina	4,025,476	0.04%	1,610
Southern Africa	Protestantism in Botswana	1,640,115	41%	672,447
South America	Protestants in Brazil	186,112,794	15%	27,916,919
Southeast Asia	Protestantism in Brunei	372,361	1.3%	4,841
Balkans	Protestantism in Bulgaria	7,450,349	1%	74,503
West Africa	Protestantism in Burkina Faso	13,925,313	5%	696,266
Central Africa	Protestantism in Burundi	6,370,609	5%	318,531
Southeast Asia	Protestantism in Cambodia	13,607,069	0.04%	5,390
West Africa	Protestantism in Cameroon	16,380,005	20%	3,276,001
North America	Protestantism in Canada	32,805,041	29%	9,513,462
West Africa	Protestantism in Cape Verde	415,294	3.5%	14,535
Central Africa	Protestantism in Central African Republic	3,799,897	25%	949,974
Central Africa	Protestantism in Chad	9,826,419	12%	1,179,170
South America	Protestantism in Chile	15,980,912	15%	2,397,137
East Asia	Protestantism in China	1,306,313,812	1.2%	15,675,766
South America	Protestantism in Colombia	42,954,279	3.5%	1,503,400
East Africa	Protestantism in Comoros	671,247	0.25%	1,678
Central Africa	Protestantism in Congo (Brazzaville)	3,039,126	5%	151,956
Central Africa	Protestantism in Congo (Kinshasa)	60,085,004	20%	12,017,001
Central America	Protestants in Costa Rica	4,016,173	18%	722,911
Balkans	Protestantism in Croatia	4,495,904	2%	89,918
Caribbean	Protestantism in Cuba	11,346,670	5.29%	600,000
Middle East	Protestantism in Cyprus	780,133	2%	15,603
Central Europe	Protestantism in Czech Republic	10,241,138	4.6%	471,092
West Africa	Protestantism in Côte d'Ivoire	17,298,040	5%	864,902
Northern Europe	Protestantism in Denmark	5,432,335	91%	4,943,425
East Africa	Protestantism in Djibouti	476,703	1%	4,767
Caribbean	Protestantism in Dominica	69,278	15%	10,392
Caribbean	Protestantism in the Dominican Republic	8,950,034	11%	984,504
Southeast Asia	Protestantism in East Timor	1,040,880	3%	31,226
South America	Protestantism in Ecuador	13,363,593	4%	534,544
North Africa	Protestantism in Egypt	77,505,756	0.13%	100,000
Central America	Protestantism in El Salvador	6,704,932	21.2%	1,421,446
West Africa	Protestantism in Equatorial Guinea	523,051	4.5%	23,537
East Africa	Protestantism in Eritrea	4,561,599	2%	91,232
Northern Europe	Protestantism in Estonia	1,332,893	52%	693,104
East Africa	Protestantism in Ethiopia	73,053,286	10%	7,305,328
Oceania	Protestantism in Fiji	893,354	42.5%	379,676
Northern Europe	Protestantism in Finland	5,223,442	85.1%	4,445,149
Southern Europe	Protestantism in France	60,656,178	2%	1,213,124
West Africa	Protestantism in Gabon	1,389,201	20%	277,840
West Africa	Protestantism in The Gambia	1,593,256	7%	111,528
Middle East	Protestantism in Georgia	4,677,401	2.14%	100,000
Central Europe	Protestantism in Germany	82,431,390	33%	27,065,000
West Africa	Protestantism in Ghana	21,029,853	33%	6,939,852
Balkans	Protestantism in Greece	10,668,354	0.28%	30,000
Caribbean	Protestantism in Grenada	89,502	30%	26,851
Central America	Protestantism in Guatemala	14,655,189	33%	4,836,212
West Africa	Protestantism in Guinea	9,467,866	6%	568,072
West Africa	Protestantism in Guinea-Bissau	1,416,027	4%	56,642
South America	Protestantism in Guyana	765,283	38%	290,808
Caribbean	Protestantism in Haiti	8,121,622	16%	1,299,460
Central America	Protestantism in Honduras	6,975,204	23%	1,604,297
Central Europe	Protestantism in Hungary	10,006,835	24%	2,401,640
Northern Europe	Protestantism in Iceland	296,737	91%	270,031
South Asia	Protestantism in India	1,080,264,388	0.7%	7,561,851
Southeast Asia	Protestantism in Indonesia	241,973,879	5.9%	14,276,459
Middle East	Protestantism in Iran	68,017,860	0.3%	204,054
Middle East	Protestantism in Iraq	26,074,906	0.01%	2,000
Middle East	Protestantism in Israel	6,276,883	0.01%	500
Southern Europe	Protestantism in Italy	58,102,112	0.26%	151,066
Caribbean	Protestantism in Jamaica	2,731,832	60%	1,639,099
East Asia	Protestantism in Japan	127,417,244	0.4%	509,668
Middle East	Protestantism in Jordan	5,759,732	0.5%	28,799
Central Asia	Protestantism in Kazakhstan	15,185,844	2%	303,717
East Africa	Protestantism in Kenya	33,829,590	38%	12,855,244
East Asia	Protestantism in Korea, North	22,912,177	0.04%	10,000
East Asia	Protestantism in Korea, South	48,422,644	31%	16,550,000
Middle East	Protestantism in Kuwait	2,335,648	2.14%	50,000
Central Asia	Protestantism in Kyrgyzstan	5,146,281	0.03%	1,337
Southeast Asia	Protestantism in Laos	6,217,141	0.56%	35,000
Northern Europe	Protestantism in Latvia	2,290,237	50%	1,145,119
Middle East	Protestantism in Lebanon	3,826,018	1%	40,000
Southern Africa	Protestantism in Lesotho	1,867,035	20%	373,407
West Africa	Protestantism in Liberia	3,482,211	20%	696,442
North Africa	Protestantism in Libya	5,765,563	Less Than 1%	?
Central Europe	Protestantism in Liechtenstein	33,436	7%	2,341
Eastern Europe	Protestantism in Lithuania	3,596,617	1%	35,966
Southern Europe	Protestantism in Luxembourg	468,571	1%	4,686
Balkans	Protestantism in Macedonia	2,045,262	3%	61,358
Southern Africa	Protestantism in Madagascar	18,040,341	25%	4,510,085
Southern Africa	Protestantism in Malawi	12,158,924	35.5%	4,316,418
Southeast Asia	Protestantism in Malaysia	23,953,136	2.1%	503,016
South Asia	Protestantism in the Maldives	349,106	0	0
West Africa	Protestantism in Mali	12,291,529	1.7%	208,956
North Africa	Protestantism in Mauritania	3,086,859	?	?
Southern Africa	Protestantism in Mauritius	1,230,602	4.5%	55,377
Central America	Protestantism in Mexico	106,202,903	6%	6,372,174
Eastern Europe	Protestantism in Moldova	4,455,421	0.26%	11,634
Oceania	Protestantism in Micronesia	108,155	47%	50,833
Central Asia	Protestants in Mongolia	2,791,272	0.03%	875
North Africa	Protestantism in Morocco	32,725,847	Protestant Minorities	?
Southern Africa	Protestantism in Mozambique	19,406,703	22 %	4,269,475
Southeast Asia	Protestantism in Myanmar	42,909,464	3%	1,287,284
Southern Africa	Protestantism in Namibia	2,030,692	68%	1,380,871
Oceania	Protestantism in Nauru	13,048	66%	8,612
South Asia	Protestantism in Nepal	27,676,547	0.01	3,979
Northern Europe	Protestantism in the Netherlands	16,407,491	33%	5,414,472
Oceania	Protestantism in New Zealand	4,035,461	47%	1,896,667
Central America	Protestantism in Nicaragua	5,465,100	16.1%	879,881
West Africa	Protestantism in Niger	11,665,937	1%	116,659
West Africa	Protestantism in Nigeria	128,771,988	26.5%	34,124,577
Northern Europe	Protestantism in Norway	4,593,041	90%	4,133,737
Middle East	Protestantism in Oman	3,001,583	0	0
South Asia	Protestantism in Pakistan	162,419,946	0.86%	1,400,000
Central America	Protestantism in Panama	3,039,150	15%	455,873
Oceania	Protestantism in Papua New Guinea	5,545,268	61.5%	3,410,340
South America	Protestantism in Paraguay	6,347,884	2%	126,958
South America	Protestantism in Peru	27,925,628	7.2%	2,010,645
Southeast Asia	Protestantism in the Philippines	87,857,473	10%	8,785,747
Central Europe	Protestantism in Poland	38,635,144	0.34%	130,000
Southern Europe	Protestantism in Portugal	10,566,212	1%	105,662
Caribbean	Protestantism in Puerto Rico	3,916,632	18%	154,147
Middle East	Protestantism in Qatar	863,051	1%	Unknown
Northern Europe	Protestantism in the Republic of Ireland	4,015,676	4%	160,627
Balkans	Protestantism in Romania	22,329,977	6%	1,339,799
Eastern Europe	Protestantism in Russia	143,420,309	0.29%	400,000
Central Africa	Protestantism in Rwanda	8,440,820	43.9%	3,705,519
Caribbean	Protestantism in Saint Kitts and Nevis	38,958	83%	32,335
Caribbean	Protestantism in Saint Lucia	166,312	10%	16,631
Caribbean	Protestantism in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	117,534	77%	90,501
Middle East	Protestantism in Saudi Arabia	26,417,599	3.33%	800,000
West Africa	Protestantism in Senegal	11,126,832	0.5%	55,634
Balkans	Protestantism in Serbia and Montenegro	10,829,175	1%	108,291
East Africa	Protestantism in Seychelles	81,188	8%	6,495
West Africa	Protestantism in Sierra Leone	6,017,643	6%	361,059
Southeast Asia	Protestantism in Singapore	4,425,720	8%	354,058
Central Europe	Protestantism in Slovakia	5,431,363	8.4%	456,235
Central Europe	Protestantism in Slovenia	2,011,070	0.8%	16,135
East Africa	Protestantism in Somalia	8,591,629	0	0
Southern Africa	Protestantism in South Africa	44,344,136	68%	30,154,013
Southern Europe	Protestantism in Spain	40,341,462	0.87%	350,000
South Asia	Protestantism in Sri Lanka	20,064,776	0.8%	160,518
East Africa	Protestantism in Sudan	40,187,486	5%	2,009,374
South America	Protestantism in Suriname	438,144	22%	96,392
Southern Africa	Protestantism in Swaziland	1,173,900	66%	774,774
Northern Europe	Protestantism in Sweden	9,001,774	86%	7,741,526
Central Europe	Protestantism in Switzerland	7,489,370	49%	3,669,791
Middle East	Protestantism in Syria	18,448,752	0	0
East Asia	Protestantism in Taiwan	22,894,384	2.6%	595,254
Central Asia	Protestantism in Tajikistan	7,163,506	0.01%	711
East Africa	Protestantism in Tanzania	36,766,356	14%	5,147,290
Southeast Asia	Protestantism in Thailand	65,444,371	0.4%	261,778
Oceania	Protestantism in Tonga	112,422	73%	82,068
West Africa	Protestantism in Togo	5,681,519	9.5%	539,744
Caribbean	Protestantism in Trinidad and Tobago	1,088,644	24.6%	267,806
North Africa	Protestantism in Tunisia	10,074,951	3.33%	300
Middle East	Protestantism in Turkey	69,660,559	2.35%	3,000
Central Asia	Protestantism in Turkmenistan	4,952,081	0.6%	81
Oceania	Protestantism in Tuvalu	11,636	98.4%	11,450
East Africa	Protestantism in Uganda	27,269,482	35%	9,544,319
Eastern Europe	Protestantism in Ukraine	47,425,336	0.9%	426,828
Middle East	Protestantism in the United Arab Emirates	2,563,212	5%	128,160
Northern Europe	Protestantism in the United Kingdom	60,441,457	60%	36,000,000
North America	Protestants in the United States	295,734,134	55%	162,653,774
South America	Protestantism in Uruguay	3,415,920	7%	239,114
Central Asia	Protestantism in Uzbekistan	26,851,195	0.01	1,345
Western Europe	Protestantism in Vatican City	921	0%	0
South America	Protestantism in Venezuela	25,375,281	29%	7,358,832
Southeast Asia	Protestantism in Vietnam	83,535,576	1%	835,355
North Africa	Protestantism in Western Sahara	273,008	?	?
Middle East	Protestantism in Yemen	20,727,063	Approximately 1%	?
Southern Africa	Protestantism in Zambia	11,261,795	27%	3,040,685
Southern Africa	Protestantism in Zimbabwe	12,746,990	33%	4,206,507

[edit] By region

The following are summary tables of the numbers and percentages of Protestants in each region. Also included are the percentages of Protestants in the world that reside in that region ("% of Protestant total").

**Protestants in Africa**
Region	Total Population	Protestants	% Protestant	% of Protestant total
Central Africa	91,561,875	18,322,151	20.01%	3.09%
East Africa	225,488,566	36,965,728	16.39%	6.23%
North Africa	161,963,837	100,300	0.06%	0.01%
Southern Africa	137,092,019	55,432,677	40.44%	9.35%
West Africa	269,935,590	49,230,627	18.24%	8.30%
Total	886,041,887	160,051,482	18.06%	26.99%

**Protestants in Asia**
Region	Total Population	Protestants	% Protestant	% of Protestant total
Central Asia	92,019,166	308,736	0.34%	0.05%
East Asia	1,527,960,261	25,550,708	1.67%	4.31%
Middle East	271,013,623	680,757	0.25%	0.11%
South Asia	1,437,326,682	9,458,283	0.66%	1.59%
Southeast Asia	571,337,070	26,387,155	4.62%	4.45%
Total	3,899,656,802	62,385,639	1.6%	10.52%

**Protestants in Europe**
Region	Total Population	Protestants	% Protestant	% of Protestant total
Balkans	65,407,609	1,713,080	2.62%	0.31%
Central Europe	82,033,047	7,803,177	9.51%	1.32%
Eastern Europe	209,198,166	1,389,452	0.66%	0.23%
Northern Europe	191,466,473	104,997,796	54.8%	17.71%
Southern Europe	180,498,923	1,964,538	1.09%	0.33%
Total	728,604,218	117,868,043	16.2%	19.90%

**Protestants in The Americas**
Region	Total Population	Protestants	% Protestant	% of Protestant total
Caribbean	37,285,819	5,912,490	15.86%	0.99%
Central America	147,338,108	16,376,631	11.12%	2.76%
North America	328,539,175	172,167,236	52.4%	29.03%
South America	371,075,531	44,682,767	12.04%	7.53%
Total	884,238,633	239,139,124	27.05%	40.32%

**Protestants in Oceania**
Region	Total Population	Protestants	% Protestant	% of Protestant total
Oceania	30,809,781	13,474,012	43.73%	2.27%

[edit] Data

[edit] Top sixty

On the left: A list of the top sixty countries by total number of Protestants. On the right: a list of the top sixty countries by percentage of the population that is Protestant.

Top 60 countries with the most Protestants.

Top 60 countries with the highest percentage of Protestants.

Rank	Country	Protestants	% Protestant	Country	% Protestant	Protestants
1	United States	165,653,774	55%	Tuvalu	98.4%	11,450
2	United Kingdom	36,000,000	60%	Denmark	91%	4,943,425
3	Nigeria	34,124,557	26.5%	Iceland	91%	270,031
4	Germany	31,323,928	38%	Norway	90%	4,133,737
5	South Africa	30,154,013	68%	Sweden	86%	7,741,526
6	Brazil	27,916,919	15%	Antigua and Barbuda	86%	59,101
7	China	15,675,766	1.2%	Finland	85.1%	4,445,149
8	Indonesia	14,276,459	5.9%	Saint Kitts and Nevis	83%	32,335
9	Kenya	12,855,244	38%	Saint Vincent	77%	90,501
10	Congo (Kinshasa)	12,017,001	20%	Bahamas	76%	229,360
11	Uganda	9,544,319	35%	United Kingdom	60%	36,000,000
12	Canada	9,513,462	29%	Tonga	73%	82,068
13	Philippines	8,785,747	10%	Namibia	68%	1,380,871
14	South Korea	8,760,000	18.1%	South Africa	68%	30,154,013
15	Sweden	7,741,526	86%	Barbados	67%	186,454
16	Australia	7,634,366	38%	Swaziland	66%	774,774
17	India	7,561,851	0.7%	Nauru	66%	8,612
18	Venezuela	7,358,832	29%	Papua New Guinea	61.5%	3,410,340
19	Ethiopia	7,305,328	10%	Jamaica	60%	1,639,099
20	Ghana	6,939,852	33%	United States	55%	162,653,774
21	Mexico	6,372,174	6%	Estonia	52%	693,104
22	Netherlands	5,414,472	33%	Latvia	50%	1,145,119
23	Tanzania	5,147,290	14%	Switzerland	49%	3,669,791
24	Denmark	4,943,425	91%	New Zealand	47%	1,896,667
25	Guatemala	4,836,212	33%	Micronesia	47%	50,833
26	Madagascar	4,510,085	25%	Rwanda	43.9%	3,705,519
27	Finland	4,445,149	85.1%	Fiji	42.5%	379,676
28	Malawi	4,316,418	35.5%	Botswana	41%	672,447
29	Mozambique	4,269,475	22%	Germany	38%	31,323,928
30	Zimbabwe	4,206,507	33%	Australia	38%	7,634,366
31	Norway	4,133,737	90%	Guyana	38%	290,808
32	Rwanda	3,705,519	43.9%	Malawi	35.5%	4,316,418
33	Switzerland	3,669,791	49%	Uganda	35%	9,544,319
34	Papua New Guinea	3,410,340	61.5%	The Netherlands	33%	5,414,472
35	Cameroon	3,276,001	20%	Guatemala	33%	4,836,212
36	Zambia	3,040,685	27%	Ghana	33%	6,939,852
37	Hungary	2,401,640	24%	Zimbabwe	33%	4,206,507
38	Chile	2,397,137	15%	Belize	30%	83,837
39	Peru	2,010,645	7.2%	Grenada	30%	26,851
40	The Sudan	2,009,374	2%	Canada	29%	9,513,462
41	Angola	1,678,618	15%	Venezuela	29%	7,358,832
42	Jamaica	1,639,099	60%	Zambia	27%	3,040,685
43	Honduras	1,604,297	23%	Nigeria	26.5%	34,124,557
44	Colombia	1,503,400	3.5%	Madagascar	25%	4,510,085
45	El Salvador	1,421,446	21.2%	Trinidad and Tobago	24.6%	267,806
46	Bolivia	1,417,259	16%	Hungary	24%	2,401,640
47	Pakistan	1,400,000	0.86%	Honduras	23%	1,604,297
48	Namibia	1,380,871	68%	Mozambique	22%	4,269,475
49	Romania	1,339,799	6%	Suriname	22%	96,392
50	Haiti	1,299,460	16%	El Salvador	21.2%	1,421,446
51	Myanmar	1,287,284	3%	Cameroon	20%	3,276,001
52	France	1,213,124	2%	Congo (Kinshasa)	20%	12,017,001
53	Chad	1,179,170	12%	Gabon	20%	277,840
54	Latvia	1,145,119	19.4%	Lesotho	20%	373,407
55	Dominican Republic	984,504	11%	Liberia	20%	696,442
56	Central African Republic	949,974	25%	South Korea	18.1%	8,760,000
57	Nicaragua	879,881	16.1%	Costa Rica	18%	722,911
58	Côte d'Ivoire	864,902	6.43%	Nicaragua	16.1%	879,881
59	Vietnam	835,355	1%	Bolivia	16%	1,417,259
60	Argentina	790,759	2%	Haiti	16%	1,299,460