Protestantism by country
There are between 800 million and 1 billion Protestants worldwide,[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][a] among approximately 2.5 billion Christians.[10][1][11][12][b] 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 the 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 2019 study about religiosity in the European Union (EU) by Eurobarometer, Protestants made up 9% 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 South 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% of South Americans, 2% of Africans, and 0.5% of Asians in 1900.[8] In 2000, these percentages had increased to 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 were 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 the world's largest Protestant minority.[2][c]
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] However, "by 2050 it is expected that less than 9% of Protestants will be European" and "sometime around 2040 half of all Protestants will likely live in Africa."[33]
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]
The United States is home to approximately 20% of Protestants.[2] According to a 2019 study, Protestant share of U.S. population dropped to 43%, further ending its status as religion of the majority.[34][35][36] The decline is attributed mainly to the dropping membership of the Mainline Protestant churches [35][37] and even among Evangelical Protestant churches[38][39] while Black churches are relatively stable or continue to grow.[35]
According to Scientific Elite: Nobel Laureates in the United States, 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.[40] Overall, Protestants have won a total of 84.2% of all the American Nobel Prizes in Chemistry,[40] 60% in Medicine,[40] 58.6% in Physics,[40] between 1901 and 1972.
By 2050, Protestantism is projected to rise to slightly more than half of the world's total Christian population.[41][d] According to other experts such as Hans J. Hillerbrand, Protestants will be as numerous as Catholics.[42]
According to Mark Jürgensmeyer of the University of California, popular Protestantism[e] is the most dynamic religious movement in the contemporary world, alongside the resurgent Islam.[43] According to various scholars and sources popular Protestantism is the fastest growing religion in the world.[note 1] is one of the fastest growing religious categories in the world.[44]
Methodology
For the purposes of this list, the following Christian branches are considered Protestant:
- Seventh-day Adventists
- Anabaptists (including Amish, Hutterites, Mennonites)
- Anglicans (including Episcopalians)
- Baptists
- Calvinists (or the Reformed tradition) (including Congregationalists, Presbyterians, Continental Reformed, Waldensians)
- Lutherans
- Methodists
- Pentecostals
- Other Protestants (including Hussites, Brethren, Free Evangelicals, Quakers, United, Holiness and others)
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 |
| Africa | 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 | 68% | 59,101[citation needed] |
| South America | Argentina (details) | 40,500,000 | 15.3% [45] | 6,874,290 |
| Europe | Armenia (details) | 2,982,904 | 3.7% | 110,368 |
| Oceania | Australia (details) | 23,401,892 (2016) | 23.1% | 6,355,952[46] |
| Europe | Austria (details) | 8,823,053 (2017) | 3.4% | 297,578[47] |
| Europe | Azerbaijan (details) | 8,581,400 | 0.07% | 6,007 |
| North America | Bahamas (details) | 353,658[48] | 70% | 247,561 |
| Asia | 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 |
| Europe | Belgium (details) | 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%[49]-17.2%[50]-20%[51] | 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) 211,189,413 (2020)[52] | 22.2%-31%[53] | 42,791,786[54]- |
| 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) | 37,242,571 | 26% | 8,330,000[55] |
| 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) | 18,192,000 | 13% - 15.5%[2] 11%[56] | 2,365,000 - 2.821.000 |
| Asia | China (details) | 1,382,710,000 (2016) | 2.9% | 39,970,000[57] |
| 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) | 65,966,000 (2010) | 48% | 31,663,680[58] |
| North America | Costa Rica (details) | 4,700,000 (2011 est) | 12.3%[59][60][61]-25%[62][49] | 1,250,000 |
| Africa | Côte d'Ivoire (details) | 22,500,000 | 23% | 5,175,000 |
| 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% [63] | |
| Europe | Denmark (details) | 5,700,000 | 77% - 82% | 4,389,000 - 4,674,000 |
| 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 | 1.2%[64]-1.96%[65] | 31,226 |
| South America | Ecuador (details) | 14,700,000 | 12.5%-14%[66] | 1,837,500 |
| Africa | Egypt | 105,000,000 | 2% | 2,100,000 |
| North America | El Salvador (details) | 6,200,000 | 34.4% / 28% [67] | 2,132,800 |
| Africa | Equatorial Guinea (details) | 700,000 | 6% | 42,000 |
| Africa | Eritrea (details) | 5,900,000 | 5% | 295,000 |
| Europe | Estonia (details) | 1,094,564 | 11% | 121,000 |
| Africa | Eswatini (details) | 1,200,000 | 67% | 801,000 |
| Africa | Ethiopia (details) | 73,750,932 (2007) | 18.6% | 13,717,673 |
| Oceania | Fiji (details) | 893,354 | 42.5% | 379,676 |
| Europe | Finland (details) | 5,534,000 | 68.4%[68] | 3,787,000 |
| Europe | France (details) | 60,656,178 | 2% | 1,213,124 |
| Africa | Gabon (details) | 1,500,000 | 39.7%[69] | |
| Africa | Gambia (details) | 1,593,256 | 7%[citation needed] | 360,000[citation needed] |
| Europe | Georgia (details) | 4,677,401 | 2.14% | 100,000 |
| Europe | Germany (details) | 83,155,000 (2020) | 25.4% | 21,125,000[70] |
| Africa | Ghana (details) | 24,200,000 (2010) | 58.1% | 14,060,200 |
| 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 | 14% | 1,401,640 |
| Europe | Iceland (details) | 376,200 (2022) | 68.1% | 256,200[71] |
| Asia | India (details) | 1,407,563,842 (2021)[72][73] | At least 9,700,000[74] | |
| Asia | Indonesia (details) | 270,000,000 (2020) | 7.6% | 20,246,000[75] |
| Asia | Iran (details) | 68,017,860 | 0.3% | 204,054 |
| Asia | Iraq (details) | 38,146,025 | 0.1% | 40,000 |
| Europe | Ireland (details) | 4,761,900 (2016) | 4.2% | 201,400[76] |
| Asia | Israel (details) | 6,276,883 | 0.01% | 5,000 (mostly Anglican) |
| Europe | Italy (details) | 58,102,112 | 0.3%[77]-0.6%[78]-0.8%[79] | 755,328 |
| North America | Jamaica (details) | 2,731,832 | 60% | 1,639,099 |
| Asia | Japan (details) | 127,417,244 | 0.4% | 509,668 |
| Asia | Jordan (details) | 5,759,732 | 0.5% | 28,799 |
| Asia | Kazakhstan (details) | 15,185,844 | 2% | 303,717 |
| Africa | Kenya (details) | 40,513,000 (2010) | 47.4% | 19,203,162 |
| 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 |
| Asia | 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) | 2,070,371 | 35% | 714,000 |
| Asia | 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 |
| Africa | 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 |
| 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% | 1,156,000 |
| 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 |
| Africa | 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) | 5%-7.3%[80]-10% [81] | 5,700,000-11,400,000 |
| 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 |
| Africa | 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 | 11% | 3,445,573 |
| Oceania | New Zealand (details) | 4,699,755 | 26.7%[82] | 1,253,742 |
| 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) | 200,000,000 | 37.7% | 60,118,563[83]-75,400,000 |
| Europe | North Macedonia (details) | 2,045,262 | 3% | 61,358 |
| Europe | Norway (details) | 5,367,000 | 72.0% | 3,865,000[84][85] |
| Asia | Oman (details) | 3,001,583 | 5.8% | 11,500 |
| Asia | Pakistan (details) | 162,419,946 | 0.86% | 1,400,000 |
| Oceania | Palau (details) | 20,000 | 29.6% | 5,960 |
| 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) | 32,510,000 (2019) | 12.5% (2006 census) | 3,675,000 |
| Asia | Philippines (details) | 100,000,000 | 10.0%-8.2%[86] | 10,000,000 |
| Europe | Poland (details) | 38,635,144 | 0.2%[87] | 130,000 |
| Europe | Portugal (details) | 10,566,212 | 0.4%[88][89] | 348,685 |
| North America | Puerto Rico (details) | 3,500,000 | 15% | 500,000 |
| Asia | 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 | 74% | 29,335 |
| 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 |
| Asia | 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 |
| Oceania | Solomon Islands (details) | 540,000 | 76.6% | 410,000 |
| Africa | Somalia (details) | 9,900,000 | 0 | 0 |
| Africa | South Africa (details) | 50,500,000 (2010) | 72.9% | 36,814,500[58] |
| Africa | South Sudan (details) | 9,950,000 | 20.7% | 2,060,000 |
| Europe | Spain (details) | 50,000,000 | 1%[58] | 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 |
| Europe | Sweden (details) | 10,000,000 | 60% | 6,000,000 |
| Europe | Switzerland (details) | 8,482,152 (2017) | 27%[90] | 2,290,000 |
| Asia | 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) | 62,092,761[91] | 27% | 16,765,045 |
| 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 |
| Africa | Tunisia (details) | 10,074,951 | 3.33% | 335,496 |
| Europe | Turkey (details) | 84,680,273 | Less than 1% | 3,000 |
| Asia | Turkmenistan (details) | 4,952,081 | 0.6% | 81 |
| Oceania | Tuvalu (details) | 11,636 | 94% | 11,450 |
| Africa | Uganda (details) | 34,856,000 (2014) | 45.1% | 15,720,056 |
| Europe | Ukraine (details) | 47,425,336 | 2.3% | 900,000 |
| Asia | United Arab Emirates (details) | 2,563,212 | 5% | 128,160 |
| Europe | United Kingdom (details) | 63,181,775 (2010) | 16%-50%[92][93] | 10,000,000-32,000,000[94] |
| North America | United States (details) | 330,000,000 | 46.5%[95] 36%[96] 43% [97] | 118,800,000 141,900,000 153,450,000 |
| 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%[98] | 5,647,717 |
| Asia | Vietnam (details) | 83,535,576 | 1% | 835,355 |
| Asia | 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 | 7,600,000,000 (2017) | 12.1% | 920,000,000 | |
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% |
| Balkans | 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% |
Maps
Europe
Approximate spread of Protestantism after the Reformation, and following the Counter-Reformation. Crypto-Protestants are not shown.
Approximate spread of Protestantism at the Reformation's peak. Crypto-Protestants, Crypto-papists, and Crypto-Muslims are not shown.
The Protestant Reformation at its peak.
After the Counter-Reformation. Crypto-Protestants are not shown.
After the Edict of Fontainebleau. Crypto-Protestants are not shown.
Modern spread after the Irish independence, Expulsion of Finns from Karelia and the Expulsions of Germans.
World
Countries by percentage of Protestants in 1545.
Countries by percentage of Protestants in 1710.
Countries by percentage of Protestants in 1938.
Countries by percentage of Protestants in 2010.
Protestant majority countries in 1938.
Protestant majority countries in 2010.
See also
- Christianity by country
- List of Christian denominations by number of members
- List of the largest Protestant denominations
- Catholic Church by country
- Eastern Orthodoxy by country
- Oriental Orthodoxy by country
Other religions
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 Protestant population of 833,457,000 in 2004,[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[which?] are in general agreement[citation needed] 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.
- ^ A flexible term, defined as all forms of Protestantism with the notable exception of the historical denominations deriving directly from the Protestant Reformation.
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