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Variables: Total number of Christians by country and percent of population that are Christians: Followers of Jesus Christ, including: (a) Catholics; (b) Protestants; (c) Orthodox; (d) Independents; and (e) unaffiliated. (World Religion Database, 2020) (Christians)1


% Christians


NATION

REGION

Christians
(2020)1 [X]

% Christians
(2020)1 [X]
Afghanistan South-Central Asia 7,544 0.02
Akrotiri Western Asia
Albania Southern Europe 1,082,066 37.60
Algeria Northern Africa 129,356 0.30
American Samoa Polynesia 54,091 98.00
Andorra Southern Europe 70,191 90.84
Angola Middle Africa 30,517,271 92.85
Anguilla Caribbean 13,592 90.60
Antarctica Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda Caribbean 90,801 92.72
Argentina South America 40,118,101 88.77
Armenia Western Asia 2,806,648 94.72
Aruba Caribbean 102,776 96.26
Australia Australia/New Zealand 14,620,214 57.33
Austria Western Europe 6,221,625 69.08
Azerbaijan Western Asia 245,870 2.43
Bahamas, The Caribbean 365,830 93.03
Bahrain Western Asia 205,437 12.07
Bangladesh South-Central Asia 914,776 0.56
Barbados Caribbean 272,858 94.95
Belarus Eastern Europe 7,351,480 77.80
Belgium Western Europe 7,383,690 63.71
Belize Central America 366,850 92.26
Benin Western Africa 5,276,415 43.52
Bermuda Northern America 55,244 88.71
Bhutan South-Central Asia 17,570 2.28
Bolivia South America 10,836,206 92.83
Bosnia and Herzegovina Southern Europe 1,614,414 49.21
Botswana Southern Africa 1,647,290 70.05
Bougainville Melanesia
Brazil South America 192,938,521 90.77
British Indian Ocean Territory Eastern Africa
British Virgin Islands Caribbean 24,691 81.66
Brunei South-Eastern Asia 52,010 11.89
Bulgaria Eastern Europe 5,748,843 82.74
Burkina Faso Western Africa 4,876,074 23.33
Burma (Myanmar) South-Eastern Asia 4,310,599 7.92
Burundi Eastern Africa 11,102,372 93.37
Cambodia South-Eastern Asia 425,533 2.55
Cameroon Middle Africa 15,841,853 59.68
Canada Northern America 23,951,800 63.46
Cape Verde Western Africa 527,733 94.92
Caribbean Netherlands Caribbean 24,162 92.15
Cayman Islands Caribbean 53,618 81.59
Central African Republic Middle Africa 3,534,616 73.18
Chad Middle Africa 5,779,520 35.19
Channel Islands Northern Europe 148,177 85.23
Chile South America 16,869,213 88.25
China Eastern Asia 106,018,155 7.37
China-Tibet Eastern Asia
Christmas Island Australia/New Zealand
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Australia/New Zealand
Colombia South America 48,543,031 95.40
Comoros Eastern Africa 4,444 0.51
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Middle Africa 85,061,043 94.98
Congo, Republic of the Middle Africa 4,928,953 89.32
Cook Islands Polynesia 16,939 96.44
Costa Rica Central America 4,859,643 95.40
Cote d'Ivoire Western Africa 9,202,347 34.89
Croatia Southern Europe 3,849,511 93.77
Cuba Caribbean 6,870,206 60.66
Curacao Caribbean 153,477 93.53
Cyprus Western Asia 851,367 70.51
Czech Republic Eastern Europe 3,746,299 34.98
Denmark Northern Europe 4,695,216 81.06
Dhekelia Western Asia
Djibouti Eastern Africa 10,869 1.10
Dominica Caribbean 67,971 94.42
Dominican Republic Caribbean 10,296,182 94.91
Ecuador South America 16,842,563 95.46
Egypt Northern Africa 9,473,480 9.26
El Salvador Central America 6,270,984 96.68
Equatorial Guinea Middle Africa 1,238,447 88.27
Eritrea Eastern Africa 1,655,160 46.67
Estonia Northern Europe 494,651 37.29
Ethiopia Eastern Africa 67,902,667 59.06
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) South America 2,882 82.74
Faroe Islands Northern Europe 47,908 98.04
Fiji Melanesia 572,946 63.91
Finland Northern Europe 4,353,908 78.58
France Western Europe 42,496,640 65.11
French Guiana South America 251,484 84.20
French Polynesia Polynesia 263,515 93.81
Gabon Middle Africa 1,885,676 84.72
Gambia, The Western Africa 110,667 4.58
Georgia Western Asia 3,424,267 85.84
Germany Western Europe 56,377,431 67.29
Ghana Western Africa 22,097,094 71.11
Gibraltar Southern Europe 29,858 88.62
Greece Southern Europe 9,337,931 89.59
Greenland Northern America 54,447 95.90
Grenada Caribbean 108,667 96.58
Guadeloupe Caribbean 430,129 95.87
Guam Micronesia (region) 158,684 94.02
Guatemala Central America 17,441,282 97.35
Guernsey Northern Europe
Guinea Western Africa 462,663 3.52
Guinea-Bissau Western Africa 255,244 12.97
Guyana South America 424,900 54.02
Haiti Caribbean 10,747,565 94.26
Honduras Central America 9,485,050 95.76
Hong Kong Eastern Asia 1,136,414 15.16
Hungary Eastern Europe 8,429,446 87.26
Iceland Northern Europe 317,286 92.98
India South-Central Asia 66,315,897 4.81
Indonesia South-Eastern Asia 33,409,114 12.21
Iran South-Central Asia 579,343 0.69
Iraq Western Asia 185,558 0.46
Ireland Northern Europe 4,550,469 92.16
Isle of Man Northern Europe 71,511 84.10
Israel Western Asia 187,778 2.17
Italy Southern Europe 46,863,171 77.51
Jamaica Caribbean 2,503,656 84.55
Japan Eastern Asia 2,628,920 2.08
Jersey Northern Europe
Jordan Western Asia 140,973 1.38
Kazakhstan South-Central Asia 4,890,586 26.05
Kenya Eastern Africa 43,554,099 81.00
Kiribati Micronesia (region) 115,637 96.81
Korea, (North) Democratic Republic of Eastern Asia 99,001 0.38
Korea, (South) Republic of Eastern Asia 17,012,623 33.18
Kosovo Southern Europe 129,021 6.16
Kuwait Western Asia 507,962 11.89
Kyrgyzstan South-Central Asia 286,253 4.39
Laos South-Eastern Asia 197,803 2.72
Latvia Northern Europe 1,529,435 81.09
Lebanon Western Asia 2,339,471 34.28
Lesotho Southern Africa 1,973,803 92.14
Liberia Western Africa 2,085,024 41.22
Libya Northern Africa 36,048 0.52
Liechtenstein Western Europe 33,852 88.76
Lithuania Northern Europe 2,426,434 89.13
Luxembourg Western Europe 474,235 75.76
Macau Eastern Asia 45,606 7.02
Macedonia Southern Europe 1,332,438 63.96
Madagascar Eastern Africa 16,086,959 58.09
Malawi Eastern Africa 15,169,355 79.30
Malaysia South-Eastern Asia 2,969,589 9.18
Maldives South-Central Asia 1,557 0.29
Mali Western Africa 475,145 2.35
Malta Southern Europe 423,850 95.99
Marshall Islands Micronesia (region) 56,263 95.05
Martinique Caribbean 360,406 96.04
Mauritania Western Africa 10,870 0.23
Mauritius Eastern Africa 420,412 33.06
Mayotte Eastern Africa 1,423 0.52
Mexico Central America 123,370,089 95.69
Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia (region) 108,913 94.69
Moldova Eastern Europe 3,920,300 97.18
Monaco Western Europe 33,489 85.34
Mongolia Eastern Asia 63,575 1.94
Montenegro Southern Europe 497,511 79.21
Montserrat Caribbean 4,570 91.42
Morocco Northern Africa 31,550 0.09
Mozambique Eastern Africa 17,439,492 55.80
Namibia Southern Africa 2,309,459 90.89
Nauru Micronesia (region) 8,128 75.02
Nepal South-Central Asia 1,253,412 4.30
Netherlands Western Europe 9,514,604 55.53
New Caledonia Melanesia 242,961 85.10
New Zealand Australia/New Zealand 2,624,213 54.42
Nicaragua Central America 6,296,831 95.05
Niger Western Africa 62,896 0.26
Nigeria Western Africa 95,186,337 46.18
Niue Polynesia 1,565 96.72
Norfolk Island Australia/New Zealand
Northern Cyprus Western Asia
Northern Mariana Islands Micronesia (region) 46,737 81.20
Norway Northern Europe 4,684,810 86.42
Occupied Palestinian Territories Western Asia 45,078 0.88
Oman Western Asia 185,207 3.63
Pakistan South-Central Asia 4,187,911 1.90
Palau Micronesia (region) 16,690 92.25
Panama Central America 3,888,212 90.11
Papua New Guinea Melanesia 8,482,207 94.80
Paraguay South America 6,810,364 95.48
Peru South America 31,808,544 96.47
Philippines South-Eastern Asia 99,307,046 90.62
Pitcairn Islands Polynesia
Poland Eastern Europe 36,183,532 95.61
Portugal Southern Europe 9,227,949 90.50
Puerto Rico Caribbean 2,739,883 95.77
Qatar Western Asia 399,618 13.87
Reunion Eastern Africa 783,689 87.53
Romania Eastern Europe 18,958,980 98.55
Russia Eastern Europe 119,945,103 82.19
Rwanda Eastern Africa 11,852,297 91.51
Saint Barthelemy Caribbean
Saint Helena Western Africa 5,817 95.82
Saint Kitts and Nevis Caribbean 50,329 94.62
Saint Lucia Caribbean 176,129 95.92
Saint Martin Caribbean
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Northern America 5,472 94.43
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Caribbean 98,328 88.63
Samoa Polynesia 196,012 98.79
San Marino Southern Europe 31,056 91.51
Sao Tome and Principe Middle Africa 210,608 96.10
Saudi Arabia Western Asia 2,102,068 6.04
Senegal Western Africa 860,785 5.14
Serbia Southern Europe 5,940,421 89.45
Seychelles Eastern Africa 93,098 94.67
Sierra Leone Western Africa 932,957 11.70
Singapore South-Eastern Asia 1,209,487 20.67
Sint Maarten Caribbean 38,297 89.31
Slovakia Eastern Europe 4,616,435 84.56
Slovenia Southern Europe 1,732,110 83.32
Solomon Islands Melanesia 654,437 95.28
Somalia Eastern Africa 4,168 0.03
Somaliland Eastern Africa
South Africa Southern Africa 48,520,343 81.81
South Sudan Eastern Africa 6,772,390 60.50
Spain Southern Europe 40,525,559 86.68
Spanish North Africa Northern Africa
Sri Lanka South-Central Asia 1,975,686 9.23
Sudan Northern Africa 1,974,012 4.50
Suriname South America 299,192 51.00
Svalbard Northern Europe
Swaziland Southern Africa 1,013,947 87.40
Sweden Northern Europe 5,857,323 58.00
Switzerland Western Europe 6,555,049 75.74
Syria Western Asia 672,156 3.84
Taiwan Eastern Asia 1,441,852 6.05
Tajikistan South-Central Asia 65,886 0.69
Tanzania Eastern Africa 33,050,100 55.33
Thailand South-Eastern Asia 912,335 1.31
Timor-Leste South-Eastern Asia 1,157,292 87.78
Togo Western Africa 3,960,702 47.84
Tokelau Polynesia 1,273 94.30
Tonga Polynesia 101,262 95.80
Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean 887,663 63.43
Tunisia Northern Africa 23,090 0.20
Turkey Western Asia 176,131 0.21
Turkmenistan South-Central Asia 68,049 1.13
Turks and Caicos Islands Caribbean 35,421 91.48
Tuvalu Polynesia 11,173 94.75
Uganda Eastern Africa 38,623,764 84.44
Ukraine Eastern Europe 37,004,929 84.61
United Arab Emirates Western Asia 1,114,172 11.27
United Kingdom Northern Europe 45,742,020 67.38
United States (General) Northern America 245,457,098 74.16
Uruguay South America 2,208,996 63.59
Uzbekistan South-Central Asia 347,705 1.04
Vanuatu Melanesia 286,852 93.39
Vatican City Southern Europe 809 100.00
Venezuela South America 26,343,153 92.64
Vietnam South-Eastern Asia 8,927,051 9.17
Virgin Islands (U.S.) Caribbean 98,660 94.48
Wallis and Futuna Polynesia 10,944 97.31
Western Sahara Northern Africa 921 0.15
Yemen Western Asia 16,519 0.06
Zambia Eastern Africa 15,717,006 85.49
Zimbabwe Eastern Africa 12,149,510 81.74
       

Sources

1 Todd M. Johnson and Brian J. Grim, eds. World Religion Database (Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2022).

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