List of Christian denominations by number of members
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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 an ongoing work-in-progress.
The list includes the Catholic Church, all the Eastern Catholic Churches affiliated to the Catholic Church and its relevant breakaway groups; all the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches with some recognition and their spin-offs; the Protestant denominations and the provinces of the Anglican Communion with at least 0.2 million members; all the other Christian branches with a distinct theological tradition.
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Illustration of major branches of Christianity.[1][2] Not all aspects of Christianity are illustrated.
Largest denominations in the world[edit]
Catholicism - 1.2 billion[edit]
A map of Catholicism by population percentage.
- Catholic Church - 1,166 million[3]
- Latin Church - 1,149 million
- Catholic Charismatic Renewal - 160 million[4]
- Personal Ordinariate for former Anglicans - 0.005 million
- Eastern Catholic Churches - 17 million
- Alexandrian Rite
- Ethiopian Catholic Church - 0.2 million[5]
- Coptic Catholic Church - 0.2 million[5]
- Antiochene Rite
- Maronite Catholic Church - 3.1 million[5]
- Syro-Malankara Catholic Church - 0.4 million[5]
- Syriac Catholic Church - 0.1 million[5]
- Armenian Rite
- Armenian Catholic Church - 0.4 million[5]
- Chaldean Rite
- Syro-Malabar Catholic Church - 3.8 million[5]
- Chaldean Catholic Church - 0.4 million[5]
- Byzantine Rite
- Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church - 4.3 million[5]
- Melkite Greek Catholic Church - 1.3 million[5]
- Romanian Catholic Church - 0.7 million[5]
- Ruthenian Catholic Church - 0.5 million[5]
- Hungarian Greek Catholic Church - 0.3 million[5]
- Slovak Greek Catholic Church - 0.2 million[5]
- Italo-Albanian Catholic Church - 0.1 million[5]
- Belarusian Greek Catholic Church - 0.1 million[5]
- Georgian Byzantine Catholic Church - 0.01 million[6]
- Albanian Byzantine Catholic Church - 0.01 million[5]
- Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church - 0.01 million[5]
- Croatian Greek Catholic Church - 0.01 million[5]
- Greek Byzantine Catholic Church - 0.01 million[5]
- Macedonian Greek Catholic Church - 0.01 million[5]
- Russian Greek Catholic Church - 0.01 million[5]
- Alexandrian Rite
- Latin Church - 1,149 million
- Canonically irregular groups
- Society of St. Pius X - 0.5 million[7]
- Breakaway Catholic Churches - 28 million[8]
- Philippine Independent Church - 6 million[9]
- Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association - 5 million[10]
- Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church - 5 million[11]
- Old Catholic Church - 0.6 million
- Polish National Catholic Church - 0.025 million
- Apostolic Catholic Church - 0.005 million
Protestantism - 800 million[edit]
Estimates of the total number of Protestants are very uncertain, partly because of the difficulty in determining which denominations should be placed in the category. It seems however clear that Protestantism is the second largest major group of Christians after Catholicism by number of followers. Often that number is put at 800 million.[12] Some sources, which put the number at 800 million, include also Anglicanism (see below) within Protestantism.[13][14] However, Protestant denominations in the world differ vastly to slightly theologically and do not form a single communion.
- Historical Protestantism - 300-400 million[13]
- Baptist churches - 75-105 million[13][15]
- Southern Baptist Convention - 15.7 million[16]
- National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. - 8.5 million[17]
- National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. - 3.1 million[17]
- Nigerian Baptist Convention - 2.5 million[17]
- Progressive National Baptist Convention - 2.5 million[17]
- Baptist General Convention of Texas - 2.3 million[17]
- Baptist Union of Uganda - 1.5 million[17]
- American Baptist Churches USA - 1.4 million[17]
- Brazilian Baptist Convention - 1.3 million[17]
- Baptist Bible Fellowship International - 1.2 million[18]
- Baptist Community of the Congo River - 1 million[17]
- National Primitive Baptist Convention of the U.S.A. - 1 million[18]
- National Missionary Baptist Convention of America - 1 million
- Myanmar Baptist Convention - 0.9 million[17]
- Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches - 0.8 million[19]
- Korea Baptist Convention - 0.8 million[17]
- Baptist Convention of Kenya - 0.8 million[17]
- Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India - 0.6 million[20]
- Cooperative Baptist Fellowship - 0.5 million[17]
- Nagaland Baptist Church Council - 0.5 million[17]
- Baptist Convention in Tanzania - 0.5 million[17]
- Orissa Evangelical Baptist Crusade - 0.5 million[17]
- Baptist General Association of Virginia - 0.5 million[17]
- National Baptist Convention (Brazil) - 0.4 million[17]
- Church of Christ in Congo–Baptist Community of Congo - 0.4 million[21]
- Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches - 0.3[17]
- American Baptist Association - 0.3 million[22]
- Union of Baptist Churches in Rwanda - 0.3 million[17]
- Association of Baptist Churches in Rwanda - 0.3 million[17]
- Garo Baptist Convention - 0.2 million[17]
- Baptist Community of Western Congo - 0.2 million[17]
- Baptist Missionary Association of America - 0.2 million[23]
- Conservative Baptist Association of America - 0.2 million[24]
- National Association of Free Will Baptists - 0.2 million[25]
- Canadian Baptist Ministries - 0.2 million[17]
- National Baptist Convention of Mexico - 0.2 million[17]
- Manipur Baptist Convention - 0.2 million[17]
- Convention of Baptist Churches of the Northern Circars - 0.2 million[17]
- Baptist Community in Central Africa - 0.2 million[17]
- Baptist Convention of Malawi - 0.2 million[17]
- Lutheranism - 65-90 million[13][26][27]
- Evangelical Church in Germany - 24.5 million[28]
- Church of Sweden - 6.5 million[29]
- Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus - 6.4 million[29]
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania - 5.8 million[29]
- United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India - 4.5 million[30]
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America - 4.5 million[29]
- Church of Denmark - 4.4 million[29]
- Batak Christian Protestant Church - 4.2 million[29]
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland - 4.1 million[29]
- Church of Norway - 3.8 million[29]
- Malagasy Lutheran Church - 3.0 million[29]
- Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod - 2.2 million[31]
- The Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria - 2.2 million[29]
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea - 0.9 million[29]
- Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil - 0.7 million[29]
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia - 0.7 million[29]
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa - 0.6 million[29]
- Christian Protestant Church in Indonesia - 0.6 million[29]
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia - 0.4 million[29]
- Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod - 0.4 million[32]
- Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia - 0.4 million[29]
- The Indonesian Protestant Church - 0.4 million[29]
- The Protestant Christian Church - 0.4 million[29]
- Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Austria - 0.3 million[29]
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cameroon - 0.2 million[29]
- Church of Iceland - 0.2 million[29]
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil - 0.2 million[33]
- Simalungun Protestant Christian Church - 0.2 million[29]
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe - 0.2 million[29]
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia - 0.2 million[29]
- Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Hungary - 0.2 million[29]
- Protestant Church of Augsburg Confession of Alsace and Lorraine - 0.2 million[29]
- The Lutheran Council of Great Britain - 0.2 million[29]
- Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church - 0.2 million[29]
- Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ - 0.2 million
- North American Lutheran Church - 0.2 million
- Reformed churches - 55-85 million[13][34][35]
- Presbyterianism - 40-50 million
- Presbyterian Church of East Africa - 4.0 million[36]
- Presbyterian Church of Nigeria - 3.8 million[37]
- Presbyterian Church of Africa - 3.4 million[38]
- Presbyterian Church in Korea (HapDong) - 3.0 million[39]
- The Presbyterian Church of Korea (TongHap) - 2.9 million[40]
- United Church of Canada - 2.8 million[41]
- Church of Christ in Congo–Presbyterian Community of Congo - 2.5 million[42]
- Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) - 1.8 million[43]
- Presbyterian Church of Cameroon - 1.8 million[44]
- Presbyterian Church of India - 1.3 million[45]
- Church of Central Africa, Presbyterian - 1.3 million[46]
- Church of Scotland - 1.1 million[47]
- Presbyterian Church of Brazil - 1.0 million[48]
- Presbyterian Church in Sudan - 1.0 million[49]
- Presbyterian Church in Cameroon - 0.7 million[50]
- Presbyterian Church in Korea (HapDongBoSu II.) - 0.7 million[51]
- Presbyterian Church in Korea (HapDongChunTong) - 0.6 million[52]
- Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana - 0.6 million[53]
- United Church of Christ in the Philippines - 0.5 million[54]
- Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa - 0.5 million[55]
- Presbyterian Church in America - 0.4 million[56]
- Presbyterian Church of Pakistan - 0.4 million[57]
- Korean Presbyterian Church - 0.4 million
- Presbyterian Church in Korea (Koshin) - 0.4 million
- Presbyterian Church in Ireland - 0.3 million
- Uniting Church in Australia - 0.3 million[58]
- Presbyterian Church in Rwanda - 0.3 million[59]
- Presbyterian Church in Taiwan - 0.3 million[60]
- Continental Reformed churches - 20-30 million
- Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar - 3.5 million[61]
- Protestant Church in Indonesia - 3.1 million[62]
- United Church of Zambia - 3.0 million[63]
- Protestant Church in the Netherlands - 2.5 million[64]
- Evangelical Church of Cameroon - 2.5 million[65]
- Swiss Reformed Church - 2.4 million[66]
- Protestant Evangelical Church in Timor - 2.0 million[67]
- Dutch Reformed Church - 1.1 million
- Christian Evangelical Church in Minahasa - 0.7 million[68]
- United Church in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands - 0.6 million[69]
- Protestant Church in Western Indonesia - 0.6 million[70]
- Evangelical Christian Church in Tanah Papua - 0.6 million[71]
- Protestant Church in the Moluccas - 0.6 million[72]
- Reformed Church in Hungary - 0.6 million[73]
- Reformed Church in Romania - 0.6 million[74]
- Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa - 0.5 million[75]
- Toraja Church - 0.4 million[76]
- Reformed Church of France - 0.4 million[77]
- Lesotho Evangelical Church - 0.3 million[78]
- Evangelical Christian Church in Halmahera - 0.3 million[79]
- Evangelical Reformed Church in Angola - 0.3 million[80]
- Christian Church of Sumba - 0.3 million[81]
- Karo Batak Protestant Church - 0.3 million[82]
- Reformed Church in America - 0.3 million[83]
- Christian Reformed Church in North America - 0.3 million[84]
- Christian Reformed Church of Nigeria - 0.3 million[85]
- Reformed Church in Zambia - 0.3 million[86]
- Kalimantan Evangelical Church - 0.2 million[87]
- Javanese Christian Churches - 0.2 million[88]
- Indonesia Christian Church - 0.2 million[89]
- Church of Christ in the Sudan Among the Tiv - 0.2 million[90]
- Church of Lippe - 0.2 million[91]
- Evangelical Church of Congo - 0.2 million[92]
- Evangelical Church of Gabon - 0.2 million[93]
- Christian Evangelical Church of Sangihe Talaud - 0.2 million[94]
- Central Sulawesi Christian Church - 0.2 million[95]
- Evangelical Reformed Church in Bavaria and Northwestern Germany - 0.2 million[96]
- Congregationalism - 5 million
- United Church of Christ - 1.2 million[97]
- Evangelical Congregational Church in Angola - 0.9 million[98]
- United Congregational Church of Southern Africa - 0.5 million[99]
- Presbyterianism - 40-50 million
- Methodism - 30-80 million[13][100]
- United Methodist Church - 12 million[101]
- African Methodist Episcopal Church - 2.5 million[102]
- Methodist Church Nigeria - 2 million[103]
- Church of the Nazarene - 2 million[104]
- Methodist Church of Southern Africa - 1.7 million[105]
- Korean Methodist Church - 1.5 million[106]
- African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church - 1.5 million[107]
- The Salvation Army - 1.4 million[108]
- United Methodist Church of Ivory Coast - 1 million[109]
- Free Methodist Church - 0.9 million[110]
- Christian Methodist Episcopal Church - 0.9 million[111]
- Methodist Church Ghana - 0.8 million[112]
- Methodist Church in India - 0.6 million[113]
- Methodist Church in Kenya - 0.5 million[114]
- Wesleyan Church - 0.4 million[115]
- Evangelical Free Church of America - 0.4 million[116]
- Methodist Church of Great Britain - 0.3 million[117]
- Methodist Church in Brazil - 0.2 million[118]
- Anabaptism and Schwarzenau Brethren - 3.5 million
- Schwarzenau Brethren/German Baptist groups - 1.5 million[119]
- Mennonites - 1.7 million
- Amish - 0.25 million
- Hutterites - 0.05 million
- Hussites - 1 million
- Moravians - 0.825 million
- Czechoslovak Hussite Church - 0.14 million
- Unity of the Brethren - 0.035 million
- Quakers (Religious Society of Friends) - 0.4 million
- Baptist churches - 75-105 million[13][15]
- Modern Protestantism - 400-500 million
- Pentecostalism - 280 million[13]
- Assemblies of God - 65 million[120]
- Apostolic Church - 15 million
- Fangcheng Fellowship - 12 million
- International Circle of Faith - 11 million[121]
- China Gospel Fellowship - 10 million
- Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) - 9 million
- International Church of the Foursquare Gospel - 8 million
- Church of God in Christ - 6.5 million[122]
- Jesus is Lord Church - 6 million
- International Pentecostal Holiness Church - 4 million
- United Pentecostal Church International - 4 million
- The Pentecostal Mission - 2.5 million
- Christian Congregation of Brazil - 2.5 million
- True Jesus Church - 2.5 million
- Church of Pentecost - 2.1 million
- Universal Church of the Kingdom of God - 2 million
- Pentecostal Assemblies of the World - 1.5 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
- Nondenominational evangelicalism - 80 million
- Calvary Chapel - 25 million
- Born Again Movement - 3 million[123]
- Association of Vineyard Churches - 15 million
- Christian and Missionary Alliance - 4 million[124]
- Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) - 1.2 million
- African initiated Protestant churches - 60 million[125]
- Zion Christian Church - 15 million
- Eternal Sacred Order of Cherubim and Seraphim - 10 million
- Kimbanguist Church - 5.5 million
- Church of the Lord (Aladura) - 3.6 million[126]
- Council of African Instituted Churches - 3 million[127]
- Church of Christ Light of the Holy Spirit - 1.4 million[128]
- African Church of the Holy Spirit - 0.7 million[129]
- African Israel Church Nineveh - 0.5 million[130]
- Seventh-day Adventist Church - 18.1 million[131]
- New Apostolic Church - 10 million[132]
- Chinese-originated and Chinese Independent Churches – 10 million
Groups listed have origins in the Lord's Recovery movement associated with Watchman Nee and Witness Lee. The Shouters are an offshoot of the Local Churches considered a dangerous sect by the Chinese government; due to the extremely decentralized nature of both groups, there is controversy over which house churches should be actually considered part of each. Eastern Lightning, which is in turn an offshoot of The Shouters, is very hierarchical (in contrast to its predecessors) and teaches that Christ has already returned as a woman named Lightning Deng.- Local Churches – between 1 and 10 million
- Eastern Lightning – 1 million
- The Shouters – unknown, probably less than 1 million
- Restoration Movement - 7 million
- Churches of Christ - 5 million
- Christian churches and churches of Christ - 1.1 million[18]
- Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) - 0.7 million[133]
- Community of Disciples of Christ in Congo - 0.7 million[134]
- Plymouth Brethren - 1 million[135]
- Pentecostalism - 280 million[13]
Eastern Orthodoxy - 225–300 million[edit]
A map of Eastern Orthodoxy by population percentage.
The most common estimates of the number of Orthodox Christians worldwide are approximately 225–300 million, forming a single communion, making it the second largest, single Christian denomination behind the Catholic Church.[136] These are the adherents of the recognized Orthodox jurisdictions (autocephalous and autonomous churches) that are in full communion with each other. In addition, there are some Orthodox splinter groups and non-universally recognized churches.
- Autocephalous churches - 240 million
- Russian Orthodox Church - 150 million
- Romanian Orthodox Church - 23 million
- Church of Greece - 15 million
- Serbian Orthodox Church - 11.5 million
- Bulgarian Orthodox Church - 10 million
- Georgian Orthodox Church - 3.5 million
- Greek Orthodox Church of Constantinople - 3.5 million
- Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch - 2.5 million
- Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria - 1.5 million
- Orthodox Church in America - 1.2 million
- Polish Orthodox Church - 1 million
- Albanian Orthodox Church - 0.8 million
- Church of Cyprus - 0.7 million
- Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem - 0.14 million
- Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church - 0.07 million
- Autonomous churches - 12 million
- Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) - 7.2 million[137]
- Moldovan Orthodox Church - 3.2 million
- Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia - 1.25 million
- Metropolitan Church of Bessarabia - 0.62 million
- Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric - 0.34 million[citation needed]
- Estonian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) - 0.3 million
- Patriarchal Exarchate in Western Europe - 0.15 million
- Finnish Orthodox Church - 0.08 million
- Chinese Orthodox Church - 0.03 million
- Japanese Orthodox Church - 0.02 million
- Latvian Orthodox Church - 0.02 million
- Non-universally recognized churches - 25 million
- Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kyiv Patriarchate) - 19.5 million[137]
- Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church - 0.8 million
- Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church - 2.4 million
- Macedonian Orthodox Church - 2 million
- Orthodox Church of Greece (Holy Synod in Resistance) - 0.75 million
- Old Calendar Romanian Orthodox Church - 0.50 million
- Old Calendar Bulgarian Orthodox Church - 0.45 million
- Orthodox Church in Italy - 0.12 million
- Montenegrin Orthodox Church - 0.05 million
- Other separated Orthodox groups - 10 million
- Old Believers - 5.5 million
- Greek Old Calendarists - 0.86 million
- True Orthodox Church - 0.85 million
Oriental Orthodoxy - 86 million[edit]
A map of Oriental Orthodoxy by population percentage.
- Autocephalous churches in communion
- Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church - 48 million[138]
- Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria - 15.5 million
- Armenian Apostolic Church - 8 million
- Syriac Orthodox Church - 6.6 million[139][140][141]
- Jacobite Syrian Christian Church - 1.2 million[142]
- Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church - 2.5 million
- Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church - 2 million[143]
- Armenian Orthodox Church of Cilicia - 1.5 million
- Autonomous churches in communion
- Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople - 0.42 million
- Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem - 0.34 million
- French Coptic Orthodox Church - 0.01 million
- British Orthodox Church - 0.01 million
- Churches not in communion
- Mar Thoma Syrian Church - 1.1 million[144]
- Malabar Independent Syrian Church - 0.06 million
Anglicanism - 85 million[edit]
- Anglican Communion - 80 million[145]
- Church of England - 25.0 million[146]
- Church of Nigeria - 18.0 million[147]
- Church of Uganda - 8.1 million[148]
- Anglican Church of Kenya - 5.0 million[149]
- Episcopal Church of Sudan - 4.5 million[150]
- Anglican Church of Australia - 3.9 million[151]
- Church of South India - 3.8 million[152]
- Anglican Church of Southern Africa - 2.3 million[153]
- Episcopal Church in the United States - 2.1 million[154]
- Anglican Church of Tanzania - 2.0 million[155]
- Anglican Church of Canada - 2.0 million[156]
- Church of North India - 1.5 million[157]
- Anglican Church of Rwanda - 1.0 million[158]
- Church of the Province of Central Africa - 0.9 million[159]
- Anglican Church of Burundi - 0.8 million[160]
- Church in the Province of the West Indies - 0.8 million[161]
- Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia - 0.5 million[162]
- Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean - 0.5 million[163]
- Church of Christ in Congo–Anglican Community of Congo - 0.5 million[164]
- Church of Pakistan - 0.5 million[165]
- Church of Ireland - 0.4 million[166]
- Church of the Province of West Africa - 0.3 million[167]
- Church of the Province of Melanesia - 0.2 million[168]
- Continuing Anglican movement and independent Anglican churches - 1.5 million
- Traditional Anglican Communion - 0.4 million[169]
- Church of England in South Africa - 0.1 million[170]
Restorationism and Non-Trinitarianism - 41 million[edit]
- Latter Day Saint movement - 15.5 million
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) - 15.3 million[171]
- Community of Christ - 0.2 million[172]
- Iglesia ni Cristo - 10 million[173][174]
- Jehovah's Witnesses - 8.2 million[175]
- Oneness Pentecostalism - 6 million
- United Pentecostal Church International - 4 million
- Pentecostal Assemblies of the World - 1.5 million
- La Luz del Mundo - between 1 and 7 million
- Unitarian Universalism - 0.6 million[176] (Unitarian Universalism developed out of Christian traditions but no longer identifies as a Christian denomination.)
- Unitarian Universalist Association - 0.2 million[177]
- Church of Christ, Scientist - 0.4 million
- Friends of Man - 0.07 million
- Christadelphians - 0.06 million
Church of the East - 0.6 million[edit]
- Assyrian Church of the East - 0.5 million
- Ancient Church of the East - 0.1 million
See also[edit]
- Christianity by country
- List of Christian denominations
- List of the largest Protestant churches
- Major religious groups
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External links[edit]
- Adherents.com
- Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches
- National Council of Churches USA
- Pew Research Center - News Release 2002
- Association of Religion Data Archives
