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List of Christian denominations by number of members

January 20, 2023

This is a list of Christian denominations by number of members. It is inevitably partial and generally based on claims by the denominations themselves. The numbers should therefore be considered approximate and the article an ongoing work-in-progress.

Percent of Christian population that is:[1]

  Catholic (50.1%)
  Protestant (36.7%)
  Eastern Orthodox (9.4%)
  Oriental Orthodox (2.5%)
  Other Christian (1.3%)

The list includes the following Christian denominations: the Catholic Church including the Eastern Catholic Churches; all the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches with some recognition and their offshoots; Protestant denominations with at least 0.2 million members; all the other Christian branches with distinct theologies, such as Restorationist and Nontrinitarian denominations; the independent Catholic denominations; and the Church of the East. With an estimated 2.42 or 2.3 billion adherents in 2015,[2][3][4] Christianity is the largest religious group in the world, and in 2020 there were about 2.6 billion adherents globally.[5]

Christian denominational families

 
Major denominational families in Christianity:
This box:
Schism (1552)
(16th century)
(11th century)
(Not shown are non-Nicene, nontrinitarian, and some restorationist denominations.)
 
Major branches and movements within Protestantism.

Christianity – 2.6 billion

Catholicism – 1.345 billion

 
A map of Catholicism by population percentage.

Catholicism is the largest branch of Christianity with 1.345 billion, and the Catholic Church is the largest among churches.[6] Figures below are in accordance with the Annuario Pontificio, at 2019.[6] The total figure does not include independent denominations that self-identify as Catholic, numbering some 18 million adherents.

Latin Church – 1.327 billion
Eastern Catholic Churches – 18 million[7]
Canonically irregular groups
Sedevacantists

Independent Catholicism – 18 million

Various denominations that self-identify as Catholic, despite not being affiliated with the Catholic Church.[16]

Protestantism – 900 million–1 billion

 
A map of Protestantism by population percentage.

Protestantism is the second largest major group of Christians by number of followers. Estimates vary from 800 million to 1 billion, or between 31% and 38% of all Christians.[24][25][26][27][28][29][30] The main reason for this wide range is the lack of a common agreement among scholars as to which denominations constitute Protestantism. For instance, most sources but not all include Anabaptism, Anglicanism, Baptists and Independent Nondenominational Christianity as part of Protestantism.[31] Moreover, Protestant denominations altogether do not form a single structure comparable to the Catholic Church, or to a lesser extent the Eastern Orthodox communion. However, several different comparable communions exist within Protestantism, such as the World Evangelical Alliance, Anglican Communion, World Communion of Reformed Churches, World Baptist Alliance, World Methodist Council and the World Lutheran Federation. Regardless, 900 million is the most accepted figure among various authors and scholars, and thus is used in this article. Note that this 900 million figure also includes Anglicanism, as well as Anabaptists, Baptists and multiple other groups that might sometimes disavow a common "Protestant" designation, and would rather prefer to be called, simply, "Christian".[24]

Historical Protestantism – 300–500 million

The number of individuals who are members of historical Protestant Churches totals to 300-500 million.[26]

 
A map of countries that have a church that is a member of the Anglican Communion (blue),[dubious – discuss] the Porvoo Communion (green), comprising European Anglican and Lutheran churches, and the Union of Utrecht (Old Catholic) (red), a federation of Old Catholic Churches.
Anglicanism – 110 million

There are about 110 million Christians in Anglican tradition,[32][33] mostly part of the Anglican Communion, the third-largest Christian communion in the world, with 42 members (provinces).

Baptist churches – 100 million

The worldwide Baptist community numbers about 100 million.[64][65][66][67][68] However, the Baptist World Alliance, the world communion of Baptist churches, self-reports only 51 million baptized believers, as Baptists do not count children as members.[67][65][66] Therefore, the BWA is the 9th largest Christian communion.[69]

Lutheranism – 70–90 million
 
Lutheran World Federation 2013 Membership Figures

The number of adherents in the Lutheran denomination totals to 70-90 million persons (the Lutheran World Federation reports 77 million, and is the sixth largest communion),[82] being represented in the following churches:[26][83]

Reformed churches (Calvinism) – 60–80 million

The Reformed tradition is represented by 60-80 million people who hold membership in the following churches;[120][121][122][123][124] the World Communion of Reformed Churches is the fourth-largest communion.[125]

Methodism – 60–80 million

The Methodist movement is represented by 60–80 million people (a figure including adherents but non-members), found in denominations including the following;[26][192] the World Methodist Council is the fifth largest communion.[193]

Adventism – 22.3 million
Restorationism – 7 million
Anabaptism – 4 million
Plymouth Brethren – 1 million

The Plymouth Brethren number around 1 million members.[218]

Hussites – 1 million
 
Worldwide distribution of Quakers by country in 2017 according to the Friends World Committee for Consultation:
  No data
  1-99
  100-999
  1,000-3,999
  4,000-9,999
  10,000-119,285
Quakers – 0.4 million

Modern Protestantism – 400–500 million

The denominations listed below did not emerge from the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century or its commonly acknowledged offshoots. Instead, they are broadly linked to Pentecostalism or similar other independent evangelical and revivalistic movements that originated in the beginning of the 20th century.[219] For this reason, several sources tend to differentiate them from Protestants and classify them together as Independents, Non-core Protestants etc. Also included in this category are the numerous, yet very similar Nondenominational churches. Nonetheless, sources eventually combine their numbers to the Protestant tally.[24][25] Despite the absence of centralized control or leadership, if considered as a single cohort, this will easily be the second largest Christian tradition after Roman Catholicism.[220][221][222] According to the Center for the Study of Global Christianity (CSGC), there are an estimated 450 million Independents world-wide, as of mid-2019.[223]

Pentecostalism – 280 million

Those who are members of the Pentecostal denomination number around 280 million people.[26]

Nondenominational Christianity – 80–100 million
African initiated churches – 60 million

60 million people are members of African initiated churches.[232]

Chinese Patriotic Christian Churches - 25 million
New Apostolic Church – 10 million

The New Apostolic Church has around 10 million members.[239]

Local churches – 1 to 10 million
Messianic Judaism – 0.3 million

Messianic Judaism has a membership of 0.3 million people.[240]

Eastern Protestant Christianity – 22 million

Eastern Protestant Christianity (or Eastern Reformed Christianity) encompasses a range of heterogeneous Protestant Christian denominations that developed outside of the Occident, from the latter half of the nineteenth century and yet keeps elements of Eastern Christianity, to varying degrees. Most of these denominations came into being when existing Protestant Churches adopted reformational variants of Orthodox Christian liturgy and worship; while others are the result of reformations of Orthodox Christian beliefs and practices, inspired by the teachings of Western Protestant missionaries.[241][242][243] Some Protestant Eastern Churches are in communion with similar Western Protestant Churches.[241][244] However, Protestant Eastern Christianity within itself, does not constitute a single communion. This is due to the diverse polities, practices, liturgies and orientations of the denominations which fall under this category.

 
Eastern protestantism, percentage by country.

Eastern Orthodoxy – 220 million

 
A map of Eastern Orthodoxy by population percentage.

The best estimate of the number of Eastern Orthodox Christians is 220 million[249] or 80% of all Orthodox Christians worldwide.[250] Its main body consists of the various autocephalous churches along with the autonomous and other churches canonically linked to them, for the most part form a single communion, making the Eastern Orthodox Church the second largest single denomination behind the Catholic Church.[251][252][253] In addition, there are several Eastern Orthodox splinter groups and non-universally recognized churches.

Autocephalous churches – 168 million
Autonomous churches – 13 million
Churches in communion with the above Orthodox Churches but with disputed autocephaly – 19 million
Non-universally recognized churches – 3.82 million
Other separated Orthodox groups – 6 million

Oriental Orthodoxy – 62 million

 
A map of Oriental Orthodoxy by population percentage.

The Oriental Orthodox Churches are those descended from those that rejected the Council of Chalcedon in 451. Despite the similar name, they are therefore a different branch of Christianity from the Eastern Orthodox (see above). There are an estimated 62 million Oriental Orthodox Christians, worldwide.[267][268][269]

Autocephalous churches – 61.7 million
Autonomous churches – 0.01 million
Churches not in communion – 0.07 million

Non-trinitarian Restorationism – 35 million

 
Distribution of other Christians

A sixth group is composed by Nontrinitarian Restorationists. These groups are quite distinct from orthodox Trinitarian restorationist groups such as the Disciples of Christ, despite some shared history.

Latter Day Saint movement (Mormonism) – 17 million
Jehovah's Witnesses – 8.7 million[290]
Oneness Pentecostalism – 6 million
Minor denominations – 4.4 million

Church of the East – 0.6 million

Divisions occurred within the church itself, but by 1830 two unified patriarchates and distinct churches remained: the Assyrian Church of the East and the Chaldean Catholic Church (an Eastern Catholic Church in communion with the Holy See). The Ancient Church of the East split from the Assyrian Church of the East in 1968. In 2017, the Chaldean Catholic Church had approximately 628,405 members,[296] the Assyrian Church of the East 323,300,[297] while the Ancient Church of the East had 100,000.

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This is a list of Christian denominations by number of members It is inevitably partial and generally based on claims by the denominations themselves The numbers should therefore be considered approximate and the article an ongoing work in progress Percent of Christian population that is 1 Catholic 50 1 Protestant 36 7 Eastern Orthodox 9 4 Oriental Orthodox 2 5 Other Christian 1 3 The list includes the following Christian denominations the Catholic Church including the Eastern Catholic Churches all the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches with some recognition and their offshoots Protestant denominations with at least 0 2 million members all the other Christian branches with distinct theologies such as Restorationist and Nontrinitarian denominations the independent Catholic denominations and the Church of the East With an estimated 2 42 or 2 3 billion adherents in 2015 2 3 4 Christianity is the largest religious group in the world and in 2020 there were about 2 6 billion adherents globally 5 Contents 1 Christian denominational families 2 Christianity 2 6 billion 2 1 Catholicism 1 345 billion 2 1 1 Independent Catholicism 18 million 2 2 Protestantism 900 million 1 billion 2 2 1 Historical Protestantism 300 500 million 2 2 1 1 Anglicanism 110 million 2 2 1 2 Baptist churches 100 million 2 2 1 3 Lutheranism 70 90 million 2 2 1 4 Reformed churches Calvinism 60 80 million 2 2 1 5 Methodism 60 80 million 2 2 1 6 Adventism 22 3 million 2 2 1 7 Restorationism 7 million 2 2 1 8 Anabaptism 4 million 2 2 1 9 Plymouth Brethren 1 million 2 2 1 10 Hussites 1 million 2 2 1 11 Quakers 0 4 million 2 2 2 Modern Protestantism 400 500 million 2 2 2 1 Pentecostalism 280 million 2 2 2 2 Nondenominational Christianity 80 100 million 2 2 2 3 African initiated churches 60 million 2 2 2 4 Chinese Patriotic Christian Churches 25 million 2 2 2 5 New Apostolic Church 10 million 2 2 2 6 Local churches 1 to 10 million 2 2 2 7 Messianic Judaism 0 3 million 2 2 3 Eastern Protestant Christianity 22 million 2 3 Eastern Orthodoxy 220 million 2 4 Oriental Orthodoxy 62 million 2 5 Non trinitarian Restorationism 35 million 2 6 Church of the East 0 6 million 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksChristian denominational families Edit Major denominational families in Christianity This box viewtalkedit Western Christianity Eastern Christianity Protestantism Anabaptism Anglicanism Calvinism Lutheranism Latin Church Catholic Church Eastern Catholic Churches Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodox Churches Church of the East Schism 1552 Assyrian Church of the East Ancient Church of the East Protestant Reformation 16th century Great Schism 11th century Council of Ephesus 431 Council of Chalcedon 451 Early Christianity Great Church Full communion Not shown are non Nicene nontrinitarian and some restorationist denominations Major branches and movements within Protestantism Christianity 2 6 billion EditCatholicism 1 345 billion Edit A map of Catholicism by population percentage Catholicism is the largest branch of Christianity with 1 345 billion and the Catholic Church is the largest among churches 6 Figures below are in accordance with the Annuario Pontificio at 2019 6 The total figure does not include independent denominations that self identify as Catholic numbering some 18 million adherents Latin Church 1 327 billionEastern Catholic Churches 18 million 7 Byzantine Rite 8 2 million Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church 5 5 million 8 Melkite Greek Catholic Church 1 6 million 9 Romanian Greek Catholic Church 0 5 million 9 Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church 0 4 million 9 Hungarian Greek Catholic Church 0 3 million 9 Slovak Greek Catholic Church 0 3 million 9 Belarusian Greek Catholic Church 0 1 million 10 Italo Albanian Catholic Church 0 01 million 9 Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia 0 01 million 9 Georgian Byzantine Catholic Church not sui iuris 0 01 million 11 Albanian Greek Catholic Church 0 01 million 12 Russian Greek Catholic Church 0 01 million 10 Greek Byzantine Catholic Church 0 006 million 13 Macedonian Greek Catholic Church 0 001 million 14 Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church 0 001 million 9 East Syriac Rite 4 9 million Syro Malabar Church 4 3 million 9 Chaldean Catholic Church 0 6 million 9 West Syriac Rite 4 1 million Maronite Church 3 5 million 9 Syro Malankara Catholic Church 0 5 million 9 Syriac Catholic Church 0 2 million 9 Armenian Rite 0 8 million Armenian Catholic Church 0 8 million 9 Alexandrian Rite 0 5 million Coptic Catholic Church 0 2 million 9 Eritrean Catholic Church 0 2 million 9 Ethiopian Catholic Church 0 07 million 9 Canonically irregular groupsSociety of Saint Pius X 1 million 15 SedevacantistsCongregation of Mary Immaculate QueenIndependent Catholicism 18 million Edit Various denominations that self identify as Catholic despite not being affiliated with the Catholic Church 16 Philippine Independent Church 6 million 17 in communion with the Anglican Communion 18 Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association 5 million 19 Apostolic Catholic Church 5 million 20 Traditionalist Mexican American Catholic Church 2 million Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church 0 56 million 21 Old Catholic Church 0 1 million in communion with the Anglican Communion 22 Polish National Catholic Church 0 03 million Palmarian Catholic Church 0 002 million 23 Protestantism 900 million 1 billion Edit A map of Protestantism by population percentage Protestantism is the second largest major group of Christians by number of followers Estimates vary from 800 million to 1 billion or between 31 and 38 of all Christians 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 The main reason for this wide range is the lack of a common agreement among scholars as to which denominations constitute Protestantism For instance most sources but not all include Anabaptism Anglicanism Baptists and Independent Nondenominational Christianity as part of Protestantism 31 Moreover Protestant denominations altogether do not form a single structure comparable to the Catholic Church or to a lesser extent the Eastern Orthodox communion However several different comparable communions exist within Protestantism such as the World Evangelical Alliance Anglican Communion World Communion of Reformed Churches World Baptist Alliance World Methodist Council and the World Lutheran Federation Regardless 900 million is the most accepted figure among various authors and scholars and thus is used in this article Note that this 900 million figure also includes Anglicanism as well as Anabaptists Baptists and multiple other groups that might sometimes disavow a common Protestant designation and would rather prefer to be called simply Christian 24 Historical Protestantism 300 500 million Edit The number of individuals who are members of historical Protestant Churches totals to 300 500 million 26 A map of countries that have a church that is a member of the Anglican Communion blue dubious discuss the Porvoo Communion green comprising European Anglican and Lutheran churches and the Union of Utrecht Old Catholic red a federation of Old Catholic Churches Anglicanism 110 million Edit There are about 110 million Christians in Anglican tradition 32 33 mostly part of the Anglican Communion the third largest Christian communion in the world with 42 members provinces Anglican Communion 85 million 34 35 36 37 38 Church of England 25 0 million 39 Church of Nigeria 20 1 million 40 Church of Uganda 8 1 million 41 Anglican Church of Kenya 5 0 million 42 Church of South India 3 8 million 43 Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan 3 5 million Anglican Church of Australia 3 1 million 44 Anglican Church of Southern Africa 2 3 million 45 Anglican Church of Tanzania 2 0 million 46 Episcopal Church in the United States 1 7 million 47 Church of North India 1 5 million 48 Province of the Episcopal Church of Sudan 1 1 million Anglican Church of Rwanda 1 0 million 49 Church of the Province of Central Africa 0 9 million 50 Anglican Church of Burundi 0 8 million 51 Church in the Province of the West Indies 0 8 million 52 Anglican Church in Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia 0 6 million 53 Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean 0 5 million 54 Church of Christ in Congo Anglican Community of Congo 0 5 million 55 Church of Pakistan 0 5 million 56 Province of the Anglican Church of the Congo 0 5 million Church of Ireland 0 4 million 57 Anglican Church of Canada 0 4 million 58 Church of the Province of West Africa 0 3 million 59 Anglican Church of Melanesia 0 2 million 60 Continuing Anglican movement and independent churches 0 4 million Traditional Anglican Communion 0 4 million 61 Anglican Church in North America 0 13 million 62 Reformed Evangelical Anglican Church of South Africa 0 09 million 63 Baptist churches 100 million Edit The worldwide Baptist community numbers about 100 million 64 65 66 67 68 However the Baptist World Alliance the world communion of Baptist churches self reports only 51 million baptized believers as Baptists do not count children as members 67 65 66 Therefore the BWA is the 9th largest Christian communion 69 Southern Baptist Convention 13 7 million 70 National Baptist Convention USA Inc 8 4 million 71 72 Nigerian Baptist Convention 6 5 million 73 National Missionary Baptist Convention of America 3 1 million 74 National Baptist Convention of America Inc 3 1 million 74 Baptist Union of Uganda 2 5 million 74 Baptist Community of Congo 2 1 million 74 Baptist Convention of Tanzania 2 0 million 74 Brazilian Baptist Convention 1 8 million 75 Baptist General Convention of Texas 1 7 million 76 Progressive National Baptist Convention 1 5 million 74 Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India 1 3 million 74 American Baptist Churches USA 1 2 million 74 Baptist Bible Fellowship International 1 2 million 77 Lott Carey Foreign Mission Convention 1 1 million 74 Baptist Community of the Congo River 1 1 million 74 National Primitive Baptist Convention of the U S A 1 0 million 77 Myanmar Baptist Convention 1 0 million 74 Cooperative Baptist Fellowship 0 8 million 74 Baptist General Association of Virginia 0 6 million 74 Baptist Convention of Kenya 0 6 million 74 Nagaland Baptist Church Council 0 6 million 74 Korea Baptist Convention 0 5 million 74 Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches 0 5 million 74 Orissa Evangelical Baptist Crusade 0 5 million 74 National Baptist Convention Brazil 0 4 million 74 Baptist Convention of Malawi 0 3 million 74 Garo Baptist Convention 0 3 million 74 Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches 0 3 74 Ghana Baptist Convention 0 3 74 Union of Baptist Churches in Rwanda 0 3 million 74 Conservative Baptist Association of America 0 2 million 78 National Association of Free Will Baptists 0 2 million 79 Convention of Visayas and Mindanao of Southern Baptist Churches 0 2 million 74 Manipur Baptist Convention 0 2 million 74 Evangelical Baptist Church of the Central African Republic 0 2 million 74 Converge 0 2 million 80 Seventh Day Baptists 0 05 million 81 Lutheranism 70 90 million Edit Lutheran World Federation 2013 Membership Figures The number of adherents in the Lutheran denomination totals to 70 90 million persons the Lutheran World Federation reports 77 million and is the sixth largest communion 82 being represented in the following churches 26 83 Evangelical Church in Germany 20 2 million 10 0 million United Protestants i e Lutheran amp Reformed 9 9 million Lutherans 0 3 million Reformed 84 Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus 10 4 million 85 Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania 7 9 million 86 Church of Sweden 5 6 million 87 88 United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India 4 5 million 89 Church of Denmark 4 3 million 90 91 Batak Christian Protestant Church 4 0 million 92 Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland 3 7 million 93 94 Church of Norway 3 5 million 95 96 Malagasy Lutheran Church 3 0 million 97 Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 3 0 million 98 99 The Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria 2 2 million 100 Lutheran Church Missouri Synod 1 8 million 101 Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea 1 2 million 102 Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia 0 7 million 103 Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa 0 6 million 104 Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil 0 5 million 105 106 The Protestant Christian Church 0 5 million 92 Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia 0 4 million 103 Evangelical Free Church of America 0 4 million 107 The Indonesian Christian Church 0 3 million 92 Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ 0 3 million 108 Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cameroon 0 3 million 109 Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Austria 0 3 million 110 Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe 0 3 million 111 Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia 0 3 million 112 Christian Protestant Church in Indonesia 0 3 million 92 Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod 0 3 million 113 Church of Iceland 0 2 million 114 Simalungun Protestant Christian Church 0 2 million 92 Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil 0 2 million 115 Protestant Church of Augsburg Confession of Alsace and Lorraine 0 2 million 116 Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia 0 2 million 117 Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hungary 0 2 million 118 Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church 0 2 million 119 Laestadianism 0 2 millionReformed churches Calvinism 60 80 million Edit The Reformed tradition is represented by 60 80 million people who hold membership in the following churches 120 121 122 123 124 the World Communion of Reformed Churches is the fourth largest communion 125 Presbyterianism 40 million Presbyterian Church of East Africa 4 0 million 126 Presbyterian Church of Nigeria 3 8 million 127 Presbyterian Church of Africa 3 4 million 128 National Presbyterian Church in Mexico 2 8 million 129 Church of Christ in Congo Presbyterian Community of Congo 2 5 million 130 Presbyterian Church of Korea TongHap 2 4 million 131 Presbyterian Church in Korea HapDong 2 4 million 132 Presbyterian Church in Cameroon 2 0 million 133 Presbyterian Church of Cameroon 1 8 million 134 Church of Central Africa Presbyterian 1 8 million 135 Presbyterian Church in Korea BaekSeok 1 5 million 136 Presbyterian Church of India 1 3 million 137 Presbyterian Church USA 1 2 million 138 Presbyterian Church in Sudan 1 0 million 139 Presbyterian Church of Ghana 1 0 million 140 Presbyterian Church of Brazil 0 7 million 141 Evangelical Presbyterian Church Ghana 0 6 million 142 United Church of Christ in the Philippines 0 5 million 143 Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa 0 5 million 144 United Church of Canada 0 4 million 145 Presbyterian Church in America 0 4 million 146 Presbyterian Church of Pakistan 0 4 million 147 Presbyterian Church in Korea Koshin 0 4 million Church of Scotland 0 3 million 148 or 1 5 million 149 Korean Presbyterian Church 0 3 million 150 Presbyterian Church in Rwanda 0 3 million 151 Uniting Church in Australia 0 2 million 152 Presbyterian Church in Taiwan 0 2 million 153 Presbyterian Church in Ireland 0 2 million 154 Continental Reformed churches 30 million Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar 3 5 million 155 Protestant Church in Indonesia 3 1 million 156 United Church in Zambia 3 0 million 157 Evangelical Church of Cameroon 2 5 million 158 Swiss Reformed Church 2 4 million 159 Christian Evangelical Church in Timor 2 0 million 160 Protestant Church in the Netherlands 1 6 million 161 Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa NGK 1 1 million Christian Evangelical Church in Minahasa 0 7 million 162 United Church in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands 0 6 million 163 Protestant Church in Western Indonesia 0 6 million 164 Evangelical Christian Church in Tanah Papua 0 6 million 165 Protestant Church of Maluku 0 6 million 166 Reformed Church in Hungary 0 6 million 167 Reformed Church in Romania 0 6 million 168 Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa 0 5 million 169 Toraja Church 0 4 million 170 Reformed Church of France 0 4 million 171 Lesotho Evangelical Church 0 3 million 172 Evangelical Christian Church in Halmahera 0 3 million 173 Christian Church of Sumba 0 3 million 174 Karo Batak Protestant Church 0 3 million 175 Christian Reformed Church of Nigeria 0 3 million 176 Reformed Church in Zambia 0 3 million 177 Evangelical Reformed Church in Angola 0 2 million 178 Reformed Church in America 0 2 million 179 Christian Reformed Church in North America 0 2 million 180 Kalimantan Evangelical Church 0 2 million 181 Javanese Christian Church 0 2 million 182 Indonesia Christian Church 0 2 million 183 Church of Christ in the Sudan Among the Tiv 0 2 million 184 Evangelical Church of Congo 0 2 million 185 Christian Evangelical Church of Sangihe Talaud 0 2 million 186 Central Sulawesi Christian Church 0 2 million 187 Evangelical Reformed Church in Bavaria and Northwestern Germany 0 2 million 188 Congregationalism 5 million Evangelical Congregational Church in Angola 0 9 million 189 United Church of Christ 0 8 million 190 United Congregational Church of Southern Africa 0 5 million 191 Methodism 60 80 million Edit The Methodist movement is represented by 60 80 million people a figure including adherents but non members found in denominations including the following 26 192 the World Methodist Council is the fifth largest communion 193 United Methodist Church 12 million 194 African Methodist Episcopal Church 2 5 million 195 Church of the Nazarene 2 million 196 Methodist Church Nigeria 2 million 197 The Salvation Army 1 8 million 198 Methodist Church of Southern Africa 1 7 million 199 African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church 1 4 million 200 Korean Methodist Church 1 3 million 201 United Methodist Church of Ivory Coast 1 million 202 Free Methodist Church 0 9 million 203 Christian Methodist Episcopal Church 0 9 million 204 Methodist Church Ghana 0 8 million 205 Methodist Church in India 0 6 million 206 Methodist Church in Kenya 0 5 million 207 Korean Evangelical Church of America Korean Holiness Evangelical Church 0 5 million Wesleyan Church 0 4 million 208 Methodist Church of Great Britain 0 2 million 209 Methodist Church in Brazil 0 2 million 210 Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma 0 2 million 211 Global Methodist Church Just formed in May of 2022 212 Adventism 22 3 million Edit Seventh day Adventist Church 21 9 million 213 Church of God Seventh Day 0 2 million Advent Christian Church 0 1 million Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement 0 042 millionRestorationism 7 million Edit Churches of Christ 5 million Churches of Christ in Australia 0 05 million Christian churches and churches of Christ 1 1 million 77 Community of Disciples of Christ in Congo 0 7 million 214 Christian Church Disciples of Christ 0 4 million 215 Anabaptism 4 million Edit Mennonites 2 1 million 216 Schwarzenau Brethren German Baptists 1 5 million 217 Amish 0 3 million Hutterites 0 05 millionPlymouth Brethren 1 million Edit The Plymouth Brethren number around 1 million members 218 Hussites 1 million Edit Moravians 0 825 million Czechoslovak Hussite Church 0 14 million Unity of the Brethren 0 035 million Worldwide distribution of Quakers by country in 2017 according to the Friends World Committee for Consultation No data 1 99 100 999 1 000 3 999 4 000 9 999 10 000 119 285 Quakers 0 4 million Edit Modern Protestantism 400 500 million Edit The denominations listed below did not emerge from the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century or its commonly acknowledged offshoots Instead they are broadly linked to Pentecostalism or similar other independent evangelical and revivalistic movements that originated in the beginning of the 20th century 219 For this reason several sources tend to differentiate them from Protestants and classify them together as Independents Non core Protestants etc Also included in this category are the numerous yet very similar Nondenominational churches Nonetheless sources eventually combine their numbers to the Protestant tally 24 25 Despite the absence of centralized control or leadership if considered as a single cohort this will easily be the second largest Christian tradition after Roman Catholicism 220 221 222 According to the Center for the Study of Global Christianity CSGC there are an estimated 450 million Independents world wide as of mid 2019 223 Pentecostalism 280 million Edit Those who are members of the Pentecostal denomination number around 280 million people 26 Assemblies of God 67 million the 7th largest communion 224 Apostolic Church 15 million International Circle of Faith 11 million 225 Fangcheng Fellowship 10 million 226 China Gospel Fellowship 10 million International Church of the Foursquare Gospel 9 million Ethiopian Kale Heywet Church 9 million Church of God in Christ 6 5 million 227 Church of God Cleveland Tennessee 6 million Jesus Is Lord Church Worldwide 5 million Ethiopian Full Gospel Believers Church 4 5 million 228 International Pentecostal Holiness Church 4 million Christian Congregation of Brazil 2 8 million The Pentecostal Mission 2 5 million True Jesus Church 2 5 million The Church of Pentecost 2 1 million Universal Church of the Kingdom of God 2 million Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa 1 2 million Church of God of Prophecy 1 5 million Association of Pentecostal Churches of Rwanda 1 million God is Love Pentecostal Church 0 8 million Association of Vineyard Churches 0 3 million 229 Nondenominational Christianity 80 100 million Edit Calvary Chapel 25 million Christian and Missionary Alliance 6 million 230 Born Again Movement 3 million 231 Church of God Anderson Indiana 1 2 millionAfrican initiated churches 60 million Edit 60 million people are members of African initiated churches 232 Zion Christian Church 15 million Eternal Sacred Order of Cherubim and Seraphim 10 million Kimbanguist Church 5 5 million Redeemed Christian Church of God 5 million 233 Church of the Lord Aladura 3 6 million 234 Council of African Instituted Churches 3 million 235 Church of Christ Light of the Holy Spirit 1 4 million 236 African Church of the Holy Spirit 0 7 million 237 African Israel Church Nineveh 0 5 million 238 Chinese Patriotic Christian Churches 25 million Edit New Apostolic Church 10 million Edit The New Apostolic Church has around 10 million members 239 Local churches 1 to 10 million Edit Messianic Judaism 0 3 million Edit Messianic Judaism has a membership of 0 3 million people 240 Eastern Protestant Christianity 22 million EditEastern Protestant Christianity or Eastern Reformed Christianity encompasses a range of heterogeneous Protestant Christian denominations that developed outside of the Occident from the latter half of the nineteenth century and yet keeps elements of Eastern Christianity to varying degrees Most of these denominations came into being when existing Protestant Churches adopted reformational variants of Orthodox Christian liturgy and worship while others are the result of reformations of Orthodox Christian beliefs and practices inspired by the teachings of Western Protestant missionaries 241 242 243 Some Protestant Eastern Churches are in communion with similar Western Protestant Churches 241 244 However Protestant Eastern Christianity within itself does not constitute a single communion This is due to the diverse polities practices liturgies and orientations of the denominations which fall under this category Eastern protestantism percentage by country Ethiopian Eritrean Evangelical Church 16 5 million Alexandrian Rite Believers Eastern Church 3 5 million West Syrian Rite Mar Thoma Syrian Church 1 million Syro Antiochene Rite 245 246 in communion with the Anglican Communion 18 Armenian Evangelical Church 0 25 million Armenian Rite St Thomas Evangelical Church of India 0 1 million Syro Antiochene Rite Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovenia 0 02 million Byzantine Rite 247 Evangelical Church of Romania 0 16 million Byzantine Rite Kosovo Protestant Evangelical Church 0 15 million Byzantine Rite 248 Eastern Orthodoxy 220 million Edit A map of Eastern Orthodoxy by population percentage The best estimate of the number of Eastern Orthodox Christians is 220 million 249 or 80 of all Orthodox Christians worldwide 250 Its main body consists of the various autocephalous churches along with the autonomous and other churches canonically linked to them for the most part form a single communion making the Eastern Orthodox Church the second largest single denomination behind the Catholic Church 251 252 253 In addition there are several Eastern Orthodox splinter groups and non universally recognized churches Autocephalous churches 168 millionRussian Orthodox Church 100 million 250 254 255 256 249 Romanian Orthodox Church 17 18 8 million 257 258 259 Church of Greece 10 million 257 Serbian Orthodox Church 8 12 million 257 260 Bulgarian Orthodox Church 8 10 million Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople 5 25 million 257 Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch 4 3 million 257 Georgian Orthodox Church 3 5 million Macedonian Orthodox Church 2 million 261 Church of Cyprus 0 7 million Polish Orthodox Church 0 6 million 257 Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria 0 5 million 262 Albanian Orthodox Church 0 4 million 257 Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem 0 4 million 257 Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church 0 075 million 257 Autonomous churches 13 millionUkrainian Orthodox Church Moscow Patriarchate 7 2 million 263 Metropolitan Church of Chișinău and All Moldova Moscow Patriarchate 3 2 million Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia 0 4 million 264 265 Metropolitan Church of Bessarabia Moldova Romanian Patriarchate 0 72 million 266 Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric North Macedonia 0 34 million citation needed Estonian Orthodox Church Moscow Patriarchate 0 3 million Finnish Orthodox Church Ecumenical Patriarchate 0 06 million 257 Chinese Orthodox Church Moscow Patriarchate 0 03 million Japanese Orthodox Church Moscow Patriarchate 0 03 million 257 Latvian Orthodox Church Moscow Patriarchate 0 02 million Estonian Orthodox Church Ecumenical Patriarchate 0 02 millionChurches in communion with the above Orthodox Churches but with disputed autocephaly 19 millionOrthodox Church of Ukraine 12 18 million Orthodox Church in America 1 million 257 Non universally recognized churches 3 82 millionBelarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church 2 4 million Orthodox Church of Greece Holy Synod in Resistance 0 75 million Old Calendar Bulgarian Orthodox Church 0 45 million Orthodox Church in Italy 0 12 million Old Calendarist Romanian Orthodox Church 0 05 million Montenegrin Orthodox Church 0 05 millionOther separated Orthodox groups 6 millionOld Believers 5 5 million Greek Old Calendarists 0 86 million True Orthodox Church 0 85 million Evangelical Orthodox Church 0 07 million Autocephalous Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate 0 002Oriental Orthodoxy 62 million Edit A map of Oriental Orthodoxy by population percentage The Oriental Orthodox Churches are those descended from those that rejected the Council of Chalcedon in 451 Despite the similar name they are therefore a different branch of Christianity from the Eastern Orthodox see above There are an estimated 62 million Oriental Orthodox Christians worldwide 267 268 269 Autocephalous churches 61 7 millionEthiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church 37 million 270 271 272 273 274 Coptic Orthodox Church 10 million 275 276 277 278 279 Armenian Apostolic Church 9 million 280 281 Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin 6 million Holy See of Cilicia 1 5 million Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople 0 5 0 7 million 282 Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem 0 34 million Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church 2 million 283 Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church 2 million 284 Syriac Orthodox Church 1 4 million 285 286 Jacobite Syrian Christian Church 1 2 million 287 Autonomous churches 0 01 millionFrench Coptic Orthodox Church 0 01 millionChurches not in communion 0 07 millionMalabar Independent Syrian Church 0 06 million British Orthodox Church 0 01 millionNon trinitarian Restorationism 35 million Edit Distribution of other Christians A sixth group is composed by Nontrinitarian Restorationists These groups are quite distinct from orthodox Trinitarian restorationist groups such as the Disciples of Christ despite some shared history Latter Day Saint movement Mormonism 17 millionThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints 16 8 million 288 Community of Christ 0 25 million 289 Jehovah s Witnesses 8 7 million 290 Oneness Pentecostalism 6 millionUnited Pentecostal Church International 4 million Pentecostal Assemblies of the World 1 5 millionMinor denominations 4 4 millionIglesia ni Cristo 2 3 million 291 The Unification Church aka Moonies 1 2 million 292 La Luz del Mundo around million See La Luz del Mundo Membership statistics Unitarian Universalism 0 6 million 293 Unitarian Universalist Association 0 2 million 294 Unitarian Universalism developed out of Christian traditions but no longer identifies as a Christian denomination Church of Christ Scientist 0 4 million Church of Christ 4th 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