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Most Christian Countries 2024

Christianity is the largest religion in the world. It is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth.

How Many Christians are in the World Today?

Approximately 2.38 billion people practice some form of Christianity globally. This means that about one-third of the world’s total population is Christian. Christianity has several denominations, but the largest is the Catholic Church. There are about 1.2 billion Catholics globally. Other large denominations include Protestantism and the Eastern Orthodox Church.

The Most Christian Countries

Christianity is the predominant religion in Europe, Russia, North America, South America, parts of Africa, Timor Leste, the Philippines, and much of Oceania. However, Christianity is also practiced on a smaller scale in regions including the Middle East and Indonesia. In some 21 nations worldwide, Christianity has been deemed the state religion. These nations include England, Greece, and Iceland. Nations with high numbers of Christians or members of any religion but no official state religion and where religion does not play a role in policymaking are secular countries.

In terms of how many Christians reside in a nation, the United States leads the pack with approximately 230 million. Brazil also has a high number of Christians – over 180 million, to be exact.

Countries with the highest total number of Christians:

Country
# Christians
United States230,000,000
Brazil180,770,000
Mexico107,780,000
Nigeria88,400,000
Philippines86,500,000
Russia80,000,000
DR Congo63,150,000
Italy53,230,000
Ethiopia52,580,000
China48,220,000

In terms of percentages of Christians compared to a nation’s population as a whole, the top spot is understandably claimed by Vatican City, the independent city state that is the headquarters of the Catholic Church. The Vatican's roughly 825 citizens are all Christian, which gives it a percentage of 100%. In second place is Timor Leste (formerly East Timor). Of this island nation's more than 1.1 million residents, approximately 99.1% are Christian. A full 98% of American' Samoa's 70,000 residents practice Christianity, but it's a U.S. territory rather than an independent country. Thus, third place falls to Romania, which is 98% Christian.

Countries with the highest percentage of Christians:

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Country
% Christians
% Catholic
% Protestant/Orthodox/Other Christian
# Christians
Timor Leste99.1%96.9%2.2%1,152,000
American Samoa98.3%20%78%70,000
Romania98%11%87%18,067,000
Greece98%0.7%97.3%11,000,000
Armenia97.9%0%97.9%2,826,000
Grenada97.3%53%45%101,000
Papua New Guinea97%27%70%6,800,000
Puerto Rico97%50%47%3,878,000
Greenland96.6%0%96.6%55,000
Haiti96%80%16%9,597,000
Paraguay96%88%8%6,260,000
Zambia95.5%20.2%72.3%12,939,000
Micronesia95.4%0%0%106,000
Faroe Islands95.4%0%94%33,000
Moldova95.3%2%93.3%3,480,000
Bahamas95%12%83%335,975
Seychelles94.7%82%15.2%80,000
Poland94.3%86.3%8%36,090,000
Falkland Islands94.3%0%94%3,000
Ecuador94%74%20%14,099,000
British Virgin Islands94%85%9%23,000
Rwanda93.6%56.9%26%9,619,000
Mexico92.4%82.7%9.7%107,780,000
DR Congo92%50%42%63,150,000
Colombia92%79%13%43,560,000
Panama92%80%12%3,057,000
Malta91.6%88.6%3%400,000
San Marino91.6%90.5%1.1%31,000
Serbia91%5%86%7,260,000
Republic of the Congo90.7%50%40%3,409,000
Anguilla90.5%3%87%15,000
Croatia90.1%86.2%4.7%4,107,000
Brazil90%64.6%25.4%180,770,000
Namibia90%13.7%76.3%1,991,000
Lesotho90%45%45%1,876,000
Andorra89.5%88.2%1.3%78,000
Cape Verde89.1%78.7%10.4%487,000
Bolivia89%76%13%9,730,000
Equatorial Guinea88.7%80.7%8%683,000
Dominica88.7%61%27%59,000
Uganda88.6%41.9%46.7%29,943,000
Georgia88.6%0.9%87.7%3,930,000
Argentina88%74%14%37,561,000
Venezuela88%71%17%28,340,000
Honduras88%47%41%6,660,000
Gabon88%41.9%46.1%1,081,000
Aruba88%80.8%7.8%98,000
Peru87%77%10%27,635,000
Guatemala87%47%40%14,018,000
Zimbabwe87%17%63%12,500,000
Monaco86%0%0%30,000
Cook Islands86%16.8%69.6%19,000
Liberia85.5%0%85.5%1,391,000
Kenya85.1%23.4%61.7%34,774,000
Philippines85%80%5%86,500,000
Bulgaria85%1%84%6,364,000
Nicaragua84.6%58.8%25.8%5,217,000
Liechtenstein84.4%75.9%8.5%30,000
Portugal84.3%81%3.3%10,110,000
Ireland83.8%78.2%5.6%3,992,000
Lithuania83.4%78.2%6%2,827,000
Italy83%81.2%2%53,230,000
Dominican Republic83%65%18%9,734,000
Costa Rica83%69%14%3,912,000
Eswatini82.7%25%57.7%994,000
Ukraine81.9%7.5%74.4%34,830,000
El Salvador81.9%52.6%29.3%5,073,000
Tonga81%16%65%84,000
Central African Republic80%29%51%2,302,000
Slovakia80%67%13%4,730,000
Malawi79.9%0%0%12,538,000
South Africa79.8%5%75%43,090,000
Denmark79%1%77.8%4,400,754
Cyprus79%1%78%863,000
Montenegro78.8%3.4%72.4%500,000
Palau77.9%65%12.9%16,000
Iceland76.8%3.9%72.9%274,000
Norway76.7%2.4%74.3%3,844,000
Belize76.7%40%36.7%247,000
Angola75%50%25%17,094,000
Burundi75%60%15%7,662,000
Latvia75%25.1%50%1,570,000
Barbados74%4.2%70%244,000
Antigua and Barbuda74%10%64%66,000
Cayman Islands73.8%0%0%42,000
Switzerland73%40%35%5,700,000
Luxembourg72.4%68.7%3.7%360,000
Finland71.9%0.3%71.6%3,965,000
Botswana71.6%5%66%1,416,000
Ghana71.2%13.1%58.1%19,300,000
United States71%20.8%49.8%230,000,000
Spain71%68%2%33,000,000
Chile68%55%13%9,900,000
Slovenia68%64%4%1,610,000
Canada67.3%38.7%29%22,103,000
Austria67.3%57.9%9.4%5,940,000
Jamaica65.3%2%63.3%1,784,000
Russia65%0.1%65%80,000,000
Cameroon65%38.4%26.3%13,390,000
Belgium65%58%7%6,860,000
Sweden65%2%63%6,292,000
Hungary65%49%13.91%6,501,000
Bermuda64.7%15%50%44,000
Fiji64.4%8.9%55.5%540,000
Ethiopia64%0.7%63.4%52,580,000
France63%54%4%40,000,000
Tanzania61.4%0%0%31,342,000
South Sudan60.5%30%30%6,010,000
United Kingdom59.3%8.9%50%33,200,000
Cuba59.2%52.7%7.5%6,670,000
Uruguay58.1%47%11%1,941,000
Trinidad and Tobago57.6%21.5%33.4%774,000
Guyana57%8%49%434,000
Germany56.1%27.7%28.4%46,600,000
Mozambique56.1%28.4%27.7%13,121,000
Belarus55.4%7.1%48.3%5,265,000
Australia52.1%22.6%29.6%12,201,600
Eritrea50%4%45%2,871,000
Nigeria49%12%36%88,400,000
Suriname48.4%21.6%26.8%262,000
New Zealand47.8%12.6%35.2%1,858,977
Bosnia and Herzegovina45.94%15.19%30.75%1,622,093
Estonia45%3%42%310,000
Benin42.8%27%15%3,943,000
Madagascar41%0%0%8,260,000
Netherlands39%22%15.2%6,750,000
Lebanon39%26%15%1,700,000
Chad35%20%15%4,150,000
Czech Republic34%29%5%1,175,000
Ivory Coast32.8%28.9%3.9%7,075,000
Mauritius32.2%0%0%418,000
South Korea29.2%10.9%18.3%14,601,000
Togo29%0%0%1,966,000
Kazakhstan26.2%2.3%23.9%4,150,000
Burkina Faso22%18%4%3,746,000
Singapore18%5.7%12%900,000
Albania17%10%7%580,000
Sierra Leone15%0%0%919,000
Kuwait15%3.2%12.8%458,000
Bahrain15%0%9%185,000
Kyrgyzstan14.5%0%0%780,000
Qatar13.8%0%0%263,000
Hong Kong11.8%5%6.8%835,000
Brunei11%0%0%45,000
Indonesia10%3%7%24,000,000
Egypt10%0%0%9,029,000
Syria10%2%8%1,800,000
Guinea Bissau10%10%0%165,000
Malaysia9.2%0%0%2,820,000
United Arab Emirates9%7%2%940,000
Turkmenistan9%0%9%466,000
Guinea8.9%5%5%1,032,000
Vietnam8.2%7%1%7,038,000
Sri Lanka7.5%6.1%1.4%1,531,000
Oman6.5%0%0%180,000
Myanmar6.2%1%5.2%3,790,000
Jordan6%0%0%388,000
Djibouti6%1%5%53,000
Saudi Arabia5%0%0%1,500,000
Senegal4.2%0%0%570,000
Gambia4.2%0%0%79,000
Israel3.5%0%3.5%266,000
Azerbaijan3.1%0%3.1%280,000
China3%0.3%2%48,220,000
Iraq3%0%3%944,000
Libya2.7%0.5%1.5%170,000
Uzbekistan2.6%0%2.6%710,000
Mali2.4%0%0%348,000
India2.3%1.3%1%30,000,000
Japan2.3%1%1%2,921,000
Laos2.2%1%1%145,000
Mongolia2.1%0%0%58,000
Comoros2.1%0%0%15,000
Algeria2%1%1%380,000
North Korea1.7%0%0%406,000
Pakistan1.6%0.8%0.8%3,300,000
Sudan1.5%0%0%525,000
Tajikistan1.4%0.1%1.3%110,000
Thailand1.2%0.6%0.6%778,000
Morocco1%0%0%336,000
Cambodia1%0.15%0.85%148,000
Bhutan1%0.1%0.9%7,000
Nepal0.9%0.1%0.8%269,000
Niger0.5%0%5%85,000
Bangladesh0.4%0.4%0%420,000
Iran0.4%0%0.4%380,000
Turkey0.2%0%0%220,000
Yemen0.2%0.02%0%33,000
Tunisia0.2%0%0.2%25,000
Mauritania0.14%0%0%5,000
Afghanistan0.1%0%0%15,000
Maldives0.08%0%0%300
Western Sahara0.04%0.04%0%200
Somalia0.01%0%0.01%1,000
Total0%0%0%2,089,384,899
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Which country has the highest Christian population?

Vatican City has the highest percentage of Christians, with 100% of its residents being Christians. The United States has the highest total number of Christians.

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