Protestantism by country
There are more than 900 million Protestants worldwide,[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][lower-alpha 1] among approximately 2.4 billion Christians.[10][1][11][12][lower-alpha 2] In 2010, a total of more than 800 million included 300 million in Sub-Saharan Africa, 260 million in the Americas, 140 million in Asia-Pacific region, 100 million in Europe and 2 million in Middle East-North Africa.[2] Protestants account for nearly forty percent of Christians worldwide and more than one tenth of the total human population.[2] Various estimates put the percentage of Protestants in relation to the total number of world's Christians at 33%,[5] 36%,[13] 36.7%,[2] and 40%,[3] while in relation to the world's population at 11.6%[2] and 13%.[8]
In European countries which were most profoundly influenced by the Reformation, Protestantism still remains the most practiced religion.[5] These include the Nordic countries and the United Kingdom.[5][14] In other historical Protestant strongholds such as Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Latvia, Estonia and Hungary, it remains one of the most popular religions.[15] Although Czech Republic was the site of one of the most significant pre-reformation movements,[16] there are only few Protestant adherents;[17][18] mainly due to historical reasons like persecution of Protestants by the Catholic Habsburgs,[19] restrictions during the Communist rule, and also the ongoing secularization.[16] Over the last several decades, religious practice has been declining as secularization has increased.[5][20] According to a 2012 study about Religiosity in the European Union in 2012 by Eurobarometer, Protestants made up 12% of the EU population.[21] According to Pew Research Center, Protestants constituted nearly one fifth (or 17.8%) of the continent's Christian population in 2010.[2] Clarke and Beyer estimate that Protestants constituted 15% of all Europeans in 2009, while Noll claims that less than 12% of them lived in Europe in 2010.[5][7]
Changes in worldwide Protestantism over the last century have been significant.[3][7][22] Since 1900, Protestantism has spread rapidly in Africa, Asia, Oceania and Latin America.[23][8][22] That caused Protestantism to be called a primarily non-Western religion.[7][22] Much of the growth has occurred after World War II, when decolonization of Africa and abolition of various restrictions against Protestants in Latin American countries occurred.[8] According to one source, Protestants constituted respectively 2.5%, 2%, 0.5% of Latin Americans, Africans and Asians.[8] In 2000, percentage of Protestants on mentioned continents was 17%, more than 27% and 5.5%, respectively.[8] According to Mark A. Noll, 79% of Anglicans lived in the United Kingdom in 1910, while most of the remainder was found in the United States and across the British Commonwealth.[7] By 2010, 59% of Anglicans were found in Africa.[7] China is home to world's largest Protestant minority.[2][lower-alpha 3]
Protestantism is growing in Africa,[23][24][25] Asia,[23][25][26] Latin America,[25][27] and Oceania,[23][22] while remaining stable or declining in Anglo America[22] and Europe,[5][28] with some exceptions such as France,[29] where it was legally eradicated after the abolition of the Edict of Nantes by the Edict of Fontainebleau and the following persecution of Huguenots, but now is claimed to be stable in number or even growing slightly.[29] According to some, Russia is another country to see Protestant growth.[30][31][32]
In 2010, the largest Protestant denominational families were historically Pentecostal denominations (10.8%), Anglican (10.6%), Lutheran (9.7%), Baptist (9%), United and uniting churches (unions of different denominations) (7.2%), Presbyterian or Reformed (7%), Methodist (3.4%), Adventist (2.7%), Congregationalist (0.5%), Brethren (0.5%), The Salvation Army (0.3%) and Moravian (0.1%). Other denominations accounted for 38.2% of Protestants.[2]
United States is home to approximately 20% of Protestants.[2] According to a 2012 study, Protestant share of U.S. population dropped to 48%, thus ending its status as religion of the majority for the first time.[33][34][35] The decline is attributed mainly to the dropping membership of the Mainline Protestant churches,[33][36] while Evangelical Protestant and Black churches are relatively stable or continue to grow.[33]
According to Scientific Elite: Nobel Laureates in the United State, a review of American Nobel prizes winners awarded between 1901 and 1972 by Harriet Zuckerman, 72% of American Nobel Prize Laureates came from Protestant backgrounds.[37] Overall, Protestants have won a total of 84.2% of all the American Nobel Prizes in Chemistry,[37] 60% in Medicine,[37] 58.6% in Physics,[37] between 1901 and 1972.
By 2050, Protestantism is projected to rise to slightly more than half of the world's total Christian population.[38][lower-alpha 4] According to other experts such as Hans J. Hillerbrand, Protestants will be as numerous as Catholics.[39]
According to Mark Jürgensmeyer of the University of California, popular Protestantism[lower-alpha 5] is the most dynamic religious movement in the contemporary world, alongside the resurgent Islam.[40]
Methodology
For the purposes of this list, the following Christian branches are considered Protestant:
- Adventists
- Anabaptists
- Anglicans
- Baptists
- Calvinists (Reformed Tradition)
- Lutherans
- Methodists
- Pentecostals
- Other Protestants
Amish, Hutterites, Mennonites, Hussites, Brethren, Free Evangelicals, Waldensians, Quakers, Episcopalians, Congregationalists, Presbyterians, United and Holiness are all regarded as subgroups of the previously listed denominational families (branches) of Protestantism. Evangelicals, Charismatics, Neo-charismatics and other Revivalists are found virtually across every Protestant branch. Nondenominationals, various independents and Protestants from other denominations, not easily fitting in the traditional classification, are also taken into account.
Estimates of total Protestant population vary considerably. Most reliable sources claim a range of 800 million to more than 1 billion. Difficulties occur as there is no consensus among scholars which denominations should be considered Protestant.
Countries
The seven regions considered in the following table are the six traditional ones (Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Oceania), plus Middle East (i.e. countries with Islamic majority from the Mediterranean to Iran).
| Region | Country | Total Population (year) | % Protestant | Protestant Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia |  Afghanistan (details) |
29,928,987 | 0.03% | 10,000 |
| Europe |  Albania (details) |
3,563,112 | 0.23% | 8,191 |
| Middle East |  Algeria (details) |
35,531,853 | 1.62% | 250,000 |
| Europe |  Andorra (details) |
71,201 | 2.1% | 1,495 |
| Africa |  Angola (details) |
19,600,000 | 30.6% | 5,997,600 |
| North America |  Antigua and Barbuda (details) |
68,722 | 86% | 59,101 |
| South America |  Argentina (details) |
40,500,000 | 9% | 3,645,000 |
| Europe |  Armenia (details) |
2,982,904 | 3.7% | 110,368 |
| Oceania |  Australia (details) |
22,340,000 (2011) | 38.3% | 8,556,220[41] |
| Europe |  Austria (details) |
8,440,465 (2012) | 3.7% | 326,879[42] |
| Middle East |  Azerbaijan (details) |
8,581,400 | 0.07% | 6,007 |
| North America |  Bahamas (details) |
301,790 | 76% | 229,360 |
| Middle East |  Bahrain (details) |
688,345 | ? | ? |
| Asia |  Bangladesh (details) |
144,319,628 | 0.23% | 331,935 |
| North America |  Barbados (details) |
278,289 | 67% | 186,454 |
| Europe |  Belarus (details) |
10,300,483 | 5% | 515,024 |
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10,364,388 | 1.35% | 140,000 |
| North America |  Belize (details) |
279,457 | 30% | 83,837 |
| Africa |  Benin (details) |
9,100,000 | 23% | 2,093,000 |
| Asia |  Bhutan (details) |
2,232,291 | 0.018% | 400 |
| South America |  Bolivia (details) |
8,857,870 | 16% | 1,417,259 |
| Europe |  Bosnia and Herzegovina (details) |
4,025,476 | 0.04% | 1,610 |
| Africa |  Botswana (details) |
2,000,000 | 66% | 1,320,000 |
| South America |  Brazil (details) |
192,755,799 (2010) | 22.2% | 42,791,786[43] |
| Asia |  Brunei (details) |
372,361 | 1.3% | 4,841 |
| Europe |  Bulgaria (details) |
7,450,349 | 1% | 74,503 |
| Africa |  Burkina Faso (details) |
17,000,000 | 9% | 1,360,000 |
| Africa |  Burundi (details) |
10,200,000 | 20% | 2,400,000 |
| Asia |  Cambodia (details) |
13,607,069 | 0.04% | 5,390 |
| Africa |  Cameroon (details) |
16,380,005 | 20% | 3,276,001 |
| North America |  Canada (details) |
32,805,041 | 29% | 9,513,462 |
| Africa |  Cape Verde (details) |
415,294 | 3.5% | 14,535 |
| Africa |  Central African Republic (details) |
5,000,000 | 61% | 3,050,000 |
| Africa |  Chad (details) |
11,500,000 | 18% | 2,070,000 |
| South America |  Chile (details) |
17,278,000 | 15% | 3,455,600 |
| Asia |  China (details) |
1,360,000,000 | 2% - 4% | see note[lower-alpha 6] |
| South America |  Colombia (details) |
46,900,000 (2011 est) | 12.5% | 5,862,500 |
| Africa |  Comoros (details) |
671,247 | 0.25% | 1,678 |
| Africa |  Congo, Republic of (details) |
4,100,000 | 51% | 2,091,000 |
| Africa |  Congo, Democratic Republic of (details) |
67,800,000 | 51% | 34,578,000 |
| North America |  Costa Rica (details) |
4,700,000 (2011 est) | 20% | 940,000 |
| Europe |  Croatia (details) |
4,495,904 | 2% | 89,918 |
| North America |  Cuba (details) |
11,346,670 | 11% | 1,248,133 |
| Europe |  Cyprus (details) |
780,133 | 2% | 15,603 |
| Europe |  Czech Republic (details) |
10,241,138 | 1.1% [46] | 471,092 |
| Africa |  Côte d'Ivoire (details) |
22,500,000 | 23% | 5,175,000 |
| Europe |  Denmark (details) |
5,432,335 | 91% | 4,943,425 |
| Africa |  Djibouti (details) |
900,000 | 0.2% | 1,800 |
| North America |  Dominica (details) |
69,278 | 15% | 10,392 |
| North America |  Dominican Republic (details) |
10,000,000 (2011 est) | 18% (poll) | 1,800,000 |
| Asia |  East Timor (details) |
1,040,880 | 3% | 31,226 |
| South America |  Ecuador (details) |
14,700,000 | 12.5% | 1,837,500 |
| Middle East |  Egypt (details) |
82,600,000 | 1% | 820,600 |
| North America |  El Salvador (details) |
6,200,000 | 34.4% | 2,132,800 |
| Africa |  Equatorial Guinea (details) |
700,000 | 6% | 42,000 |
| Africa |  Eritrea (details) |
5,900,000 | 5% | 295,000 |
| Europe |  Estonia (details) |
1,332,893 | 52% | 693,104 |
| Africa |  Ethiopia (details) |
87,100,000 | 18% | 15,678,000 |
| Oceania |  Fiji (details) |
893,354 | 42.5% | 379,676 |
| Europe |  Finland (details) |
5,223,442 | 85.1% | 4,445,149 |
| Europe |  France (details) |
60,656,178 | 2% | 1,213,124 |
| Africa |  Gabon (details) |
1,500,000 | 24% | 277,840 |
| Africa |  Gambia (details) |
1,593,256 | 7% | 360,000 |
| Europe |  Georgia (details) |
4,677,401 | 2.14% | 100,000 |
| Europe |  Germany (details) |
80,219,695 (2011) | 30.3% | 24,328,100[47] |
| Africa |  Ghana (details) |
25,000,000 | 61% | 15,250,000 |
| Europe |  Greece (details) |
10,668,354 | 0.28% | 30,000 |
| North America |  Grenada (details) |
89,502 | 30% | 26,851 |
| North America |  Guatemala (details) |
14,700,000 | 38.2% | 6,038,150 |
| Africa |  Guinea (details) |
10,200,000 | 4% | 408,000 |
| Africa |  Guinea-Bissau (details) |
1,600,000 | 2% | 32,000 |
| South America |  Guyana (details) |
765,283 | 38% | 290,808 |
| North America |  Haiti (details) |
10,100,000 (2011 est) | 30% | 3,030,000 |
| North America |  Honduras (details) |
6,975,204 | 41% | 2,859,834 |
| Europe |  Hungary (details) |
10,006,835 | 24% | 2,401,640 |
| Europe |  Iceland (details) |
324,000 (2014) | 79.9% | 258,876[48] |
| Asia |  India (details) |
1,270,000,000 | 0.8 - 1.0% | 5,000,000 - 13,000,000[lower-alpha 7] |
| Asia |  Indonesia (details) |
237,640,000 (2010) | 6.96% | 16,530,000[50] |
| Middle East |  Iran (details) |
68,017,860 | 0.3% | 204,054 |
| Middle East |  Iraq (details) |
26,074,906 | 0.01% | 2,000 |
| Europe |  Ireland (details) |
4,234,925 (2006)[51] | 5% | 213,753[52] |
| Middle East |  Israel (details) |
6,276,883 | 0.01% | 500 |
| Europe |  Italy (details) |
58,102,112 | 1.3% | 755,328 |
| North America |  Jamaica (details) |
2,731,832 | 60% | 1,639,099 |
| Asia |  Japan (details) |
127,417,244 | 0.4% | 509,668 |
| Middle East |  Jordan (details) |
5,759,732 | 0.5% | 28,799 |
| Asia |  Kazakhstan (details) |
15,185,844 | 2% | 303,717 |
| Africa |  Kenya (details) |
41,600,000 | 60% | 24,960,000 |
| Oceania |  Kiribati (details) |
103,500 | 40% | 41,400 |
| Asia |  Korea, North (details) |
22,912,177 | 0.04% | 10,000 |
| Asia |  Korea, South (details) |
48,422,644 | 18.1% | 8,760,000 |
| Middle East |  Kuwait (details) |
2,335,648 | 2.14% | 50,000 |
| Asia |  Kyrgyzstan (details) |
5,146,281 | 0.03% | 1,337 |
| Asia |  Laos (details) |
6,217,141 | 0.56% | 35,000 |
| Europe |  Latvia (details) |
2,290,237 | 50% | 1,145,119 |
| Middle East |  Lebanon (details) |
3,826,018 | 1% | 40,000 |
| Africa |  Lesotho (details) |
2,200,000 | 50% | 1,100,000 |
| Africa |  Liberia (details) |
4,100,000 | 75% | 3,075,000 |
| Middle East |  Libya (details) |
6,765,563 | Less than 1% | ? |
| Europe |  Liechtenstein (details) |
33,436 | 7% | 2,341 |
| Europe |  Lithuania (details) |
3,596,617 | 1% | 35,966 |
| Europe |  Luxembourg (details) |
468,571 | 1% | 4,686 |
| Europe |  Macedonia (details) |
2,045,262 | 3% | 61,358 |
| Africa |  Madagascar (details) |
21,300,000 | 38% | 8,094,000 |
| Africa |  Malawi (details) |
15,900,000 | 55% | 8,745,000 |
| Asia |  Malaysia (details) |
28,900,000 | 4% | 115,000 |
| Asia |  Maldives (details) |
349,106 | 0 | 0 |
| Africa |  Mali (details) |
15,400,000 | 1% | 154,000 |
| Oceania |  Marshall Islands (details) |
62,000 | 76.7% | 47,554 |
| Middle East |  Mauritania (details) |
3,500,000 | 0.1% | 3,500 |
| Africa |  Mauritius (details) |
1,230,602 | 4.5% | 55,377 |
| North America |  Mexico (details) |
114,800,000 (2011 est) | 10% | 11,400,000 |
| Europe |  Moldova (details) |
4,455,421 | 0.26% | 11,634 |
| Oceania |  Micronesia (details) |
108,155 | 47% | 50,833 |
| Asia |  Mongolia (details) |
2,791,272 | 1.25% | 35,000 |
| Middle East |  Morocco (details) |
32,725,847 | Protestant minorities | ? |
| Africa |  Mozambique (details) |
23,100,000 | 27% | 6,237,000 |
| Asia |  Myanmar (details) |
42,909,464 | 3% | 1,287,284 |
| Africa |  Namibia (details) |
2,300,000 | 74% | 1,702,000 |
| Oceania |  Nauru (details) |
13,048 | 66% | 8,612 |
| Asia |  Nepal (details) |
27,676,547 | 0.01 | 3,979 |
| Europe |  Netherlands (details) |
16,407,491 | 21% | 3,445,573 |
| Oceania |  New Zealand (details) |
4,035,461 | 47% | 1,896,667 |
| North America |  Nicaragua (details) |
5,900,000 (2011 est) | 26.5% (PF) | 1,563,500 |
| Africa |  Niger (details) |
16,100,000 | 0.5% | 80,500 |
| Africa |  Nigeria (details) |
159,708,000 (2010) | 37.7% | 60,118,563[53] |
| Europe |  Norway (details) |
4,593,041 | 90% | 4,133,737 |
| Middle East |  Oman (details) |
3,001,583 | N/A | N/A |
| Asia |  Pakistan (details) |
162,419,946 | 0.86% | 1,400,000 |
| North America |  Panama (details) |
3,600,000 | 24% | 864,000 |
| Oceania |  Papua New Guinea (details) |
5,545,268 | 61.5% | 3,410,340 |
| South America |  Paraguay (details) |
6,600,000 | 6% | 396,000 |
| South America |  Peru (details) |
29,400,000 (2011 est) | 12.5% (2006 census) | 3,675,000 |
| Asia |  Philippines (details) |
100,000,000 | 10.0% | 10,000,000 |
| Europe |  Poland (details) |
38,635,144 | 0.34% | 130,000 |
| Europe |  Portugal (details) |
10,566,212 | 3.3% | 348,685 |
| North America |  Puerto Rico (details) |
3,700,000 | 46% | 1,702,000 |
| Middle East |  Qatar (details) |
863,051 | 1% | Unknown |
| Europe |  Romania (details) |
22,329,977 | 6% | 1,339,799 |
| Europe |  Russia (details) |
143,420,309 | 0.29% | 400,000 |
| Africa |  Rwanda (details) |
10,900,000 | 43% | 4,687,000 |
| North America |  Saint Kitts and Nevis (details) |
38,958 | 83% | 32,335 |
| North America |  Saint Lucia (details) |
166,312 | 10% | 16,631 |
| North America |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (details) |
117,534 | 77% | 90,501 |
| Oceania |  Samoa (details) |
179,000 | 49.8% | 89,142 |
| Middle East |  Saudi Arabia (details) |
26,417,599 | 3.33% | 800,000 |
| Africa |  Senegal (details) |
11,126,832 | 0.5% | 55,634 |
| Europe |  Serbia (details) |
7,186,175 | 1.2% | 80,291 |
| Africa |  Seychelles (details) |
81,188 | 8% | 6,495 |
| Africa |  Sierra Leone (details) |
5,400,000 | 14% | 756,000 |
| Asia |  Singapore (details) |
4,425,720 | 8% | 354,058 |
| Europe |  Slovakia (details) |
5,431,363 | 8.9 | 935,235 |
| Europe |  Slovenia (details) |
2,011,070 | 0.8% | 16,135 |
| Africa |  Somalia (details) |
9,900,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Africa |  South Africa (details) |
50,500,000 | 73% | 36,865,000 |
| Europe |  Spain (details) |
40,341,462 | 3.7% | 1,500,000 |
| Asia |  Sri Lanka (details) |
20,064,776 | 0.8% | 160,518 |
| Africa |  Sudan (details) |
44,600,000 | 5% | 2,200,000 |
| South America |  Suriname (details) |
500,000 | 25% | 125,000 |
| Africa |  Swaziland (details) |
1,200,000 | 82% | 984,000 |
| Europe |  Sweden (details) |
9,001,774 | 86% | 7,741,526 |
| Europe |  Switzerland (details) |
7,489,370 | 35.3% | 2,643,748 |
| Middle East |  Syria (details) |
18,448,752 | 0.2% | 37,605 |
| Asia |  Taiwan (details) |
22,894,384 | 2.6% | 595,254 |
| Asia |  Tajikistan (details) |
7,163,506 | 0.01% | 711 |
| Africa |  Tanzania (details) |
46,200,000 | 27% | 12,474,000 |
| Asia |  Thailand (details) |
64,076,033 | 0.64% | 407,685 |
| Africa |  Togo (details) |
5,681,519 | 9.5% | 539,744 |
| Oceania |  Tonga (details) |
112,422 | 73% | 82,068 |
| North America |  Trinidad and Tobago (details) |
1,300,000 | 38% | 494,000 |
| Middle East |  Tunisia (details) |
10,074,951 | 3.33% | 300 |
| Middle East |  Turkey (details) |
69,660,559 | Less than 1% | 3,000 |
| Asia |  Turkmenistan (details) |
4,952,081 | 0.6% | 81 |
| Oceania |  Tuvalu (details) |
11,636 | 98.4% | 11,450 |
| Africa |  Uganda (details) |
34,500,000 | 44% | 15,180,000 |
| Europe |  Ukraine (details) |
47,425,336 | 2.3% | 900,000 |
| Middle East |  United Arab Emirates (details) |
2,563,212 | 5% | 128,160 |
| Europe |  United Kingdom (details) |
60,441,457 | 60% | 36,000,000 |
| North America |  United States (details) |
322,014,853 (2014) | 46.5% | 149,736,900[54] |
| South America |  Uruguay (details) |
3,400,000 | 11% (2006 gov. survey) | 374,000 |
| Asia |  Uzbekistan (details) |
26,851,195 | 0.01% | 1,345 |
| Oceania |  Vanuatu (details) |
243,304 | 40% | 97,321 |
| Europe |  Vatican City (details) |
921 | 0% | 0 |
| South America |  Venezuela (details) |
33,221,865 | 17%[55] | 5,647,717 |
| Asia |  Vietnam (details) |
83,535,576 | 1% | 835,355 |
| Middle East |  Yemen (details) |
20,727,063 | Approximately 1% | ? |
| Africa |  Zambia (details) |
13,500,000 | 68% | 9,180,000 |
| Africa |  Zimbabwe (details) |
12,100,000 | 67% | 8,107,000 |
| World | 7,000,000,000 | 12% | 840,000,000 | |
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").
| 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% |
| 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% |
| Region | Total Population | Protestants | % Protestant | % of Protestant total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| Southeastern Europe | 65,407,609 | 1,713,080 | 2.62% | 0.31% |
| Southern Europe | 180,498,923 | 1,964,538 | 1.09% | 0.33% |
| Total | 728,604,218 | 117,868,043 | 16.2% | 19.90% |
| 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% |
| Region | Total Population | Protestants | % Protestant | % of Protestant total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oceania | 30,809,781 | 13,474,012 | 43.73% | 2.27% |
Top sixty countries by number and percentage of Protestants
| Rank | Country | Protestants | % Protestant | Country | % Protestant | Protestants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 165,653,774 | 55% | Tuvalu | 98.4% | 11,450 |
| 2 | Brazil | 42,300,000 | 22% | Denmark | 91% | 4,943,425 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 40,000,000 | 62% | Iceland | 91% | 270,031 |
| 4 | Nigeria | 34,124,557 | 26.5% | Norway | 90% | 4,133,737 |
| 5 | Germany | 31,323,928 | 38% | Sweden | 86% | 7,741,526 |
| 6 | South Africa | 30,154,013 | 68% | Antigua and Barbuda | 86% | 59,101 |
| 7 | China | 67,645,000 | 5% | 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, Democratic Republic of the | 12,017,001 | 20% | Bahamas | 76% | 229,360 |
| 11 | Philippines | 10,030,000 | 10%[56] | Tonga | 73% | 82,068 |
| 12 | Uganda | 9,544,319 | 35% | Namibia | 68% | 1,380,871 |
| 13 | Canada | 9,513,462 | 29% | South Africa | 68% | 30,154,013 |
| 14 | Mexico | 8,955,174 | 8% | Barbados | 67% | 186,454 |
| 15 | South Korea | 8,760,000 | 18.1% | Swaziland | 66% | 774,774 |
| 16 | Sweden | 7,741,526 | 86% | Nauru | 66% | 8,612 |
| 17 | Australia | 7,634,366 | 38% | Papua New Guinea | 61.5% | 3,410,340 |
| 18 | India | 7,561,851 | 0.7% | United Kingdom | 60% | 36,000,000 |
| 19 | Ghana | 6,939,852 | 33% | Jamaica | 60% | 1,639,099 |
| 20 | Ethiopia | 7,305,328 | 18% | United States | 55% | 162,653,774 |
| 21 | Venezuela | 5,647,717 | 17% | 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, Federated States of | 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 | 35.3% | Uganda | 35% | 9,544,319 |
| 34 | Papua New Guinea | 3,410,340 | 61.5% | 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 | 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, Democratic Republic of the | 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 |
See also
- Christianity by country
- List of Christian denominations by number of members
- Roman Catholicism by country
- Orthodoxy by country
- Christianity by country
Other religions:
- Buddhism by country
- Hinduism by country
- Islam by country
- Jews by country
- No Faith by Country
- Bahá'í statistics
General:
Notes
- ↑ Most current estimates place the world's Protestant population in the range of 800 million to more than a billion. For example, author Hans Hillerbrand estimated a total 2004 Protestant population of 833,457,000,[9] while a report by Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary - 961,961,000 (with inclusion of independents as defined in this article) in mid-2015.[1]
- ↑ Current sources are in general agreement that Christians make up about 33% of the world's population—slightly over 2.4 billion adherents in mid-2015.
- ↑ Estimates for China vary in dozens of millions. Nevertheless, in comparison to the other countries, there is no disagreement that China has the most numerous Protestant minority.
- ↑ Protestant, Independent and Anglican parties are understood as Protestant as stated previously in the article, as well as in the book: Statistics for the P, I and A megablocs are often combined because they overlap so much-hence the order followed here.
- ↑ A flexible term; defined as all forms of Protestantism with the notable exception of the historical denominations deriving from the Protestant Reformation.
- ↑ Estimates vary considerably, from 18 up to 90 million or more.[44][45]
- ↑ Estimates vary considerably, from 5 million to larger figures.[49]
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