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 is an ongoing work-in-progress.
The list includes the Catholic Church (including Eastern Catholic Churches), Protestant denominations with at least 0.2 million members, the Eastern Orthodox Church (and its offshoots), Oriental Orthodox Churches (and their offshoots), Nontrinitarian Restorationism, independent Catholic denominations, Nestorianism and all the other Christian branches and denominations with distinct theologies or polities.
Christianity is the largest religious group in the world, with an estimated 2.3 to 2.6 billion adherents in 2020.
Christian denominational families
The various denominations of Christianity fall into several large families, shaped both by culture and history.
Christianity arose in the first century AD after Rome had conquered much of the western parts of the fragmented Hellenistic empire created by Alexander the Great. The linguistic and cultural divisions of the first century AD Roman Empire with, broadly speaking, a Latin West and a Greek East, but also with significant areas in North Africa where Coptic was the dominant language, and areas in the Near East where Syriac or Aramaic was the dominant language, were reflected in the early Christian church. The church was called "Catholic" meaning "universal" from very early in the second century, a tacit acknowledgement of the many different cultures it encompassed.
Early Christianity suffered great, although intermittent, persecution from the state until Emperor Constantine the Great issued the Edict of Milan in 313 AD, legalizing Christianity. Shortly after the cessation of persecution, the Church had the luxury of reflecting on the meaning of its own teachings for the first time. Significant disputes arose, particularly over the nature of Christ and the relationship between Christ, the Father, and the Spirit. The Church chose to address those disputes with Ecumenical councils, the first four of which were at Nicaea, Constantinople, Ephesus and Chalcedon. The first two of these councils, the First Council of Nicaea and the First Council of Constantinople gave birth to the Nicene Creed which has become the touchstone for Christian beliefs.
Both of the next two Councils, the Council of Ephesus, and the Council of Chalcedon led to significant ruptures in the Church. Many Christians espousing the minority position at these two councils, even after extensive discussion and attempts at reconciliation, chose to strike out on their own, rather than to accept the positions held by the majority of the church fathers at the councils. Refusing to accept the Council of Ephesus, the Church of the East, encompassing many Syriac speaking Christians in what was then the far East of the Empire, split off in 431 AD. A few decades later, in 451 AD, after the Council of Chalcedon, the group that later became known as the Oriental Orthodox Churches, encompassing many Coptic speaking Christians in North Africa, also split off.
In 1054 AD, an accumulation of misunderstanding, disrespect and genuine theological differences led to the Great Schism, dividing Greek speaking Christians who became the Eastern Orthodox, from Latin speaking Christians who kept the name Catholic, but increasingly prefaced it with the adjective "Roman".
Beginning in 1517, the remaining western, Latin speaking church was itself rent asunder by the Reformation with many Christians rejecting papal authority and gathering together in new ways. Broadly speaking Protestantism has four streams: Lutheranism, Calvinism, Anabaptism, and Anglicanism. While all of these Christian groups from the Church of the East on, have their own subsequent splits, the fragmentation in Protestantism has been extreme, with tens of thousands of denominations. Some of these fragmented groups, particularly among the Eastern churches, have sought to return to Rome, and have reunited themselves under papal authority.
- (Not shown are ante-Nicene, nontrinitarian, and restorationist denominations.)
Christianity – 2.3 to 2.6 billion
Catholicism – 1.390 billion
Catholicism is the largest branch of Christianity and the Catholic Church is the largest among churches. About 50% of all Christians are Catholics. According to the annual directory of the Catholic Church or Annuario Pontificio of 2024, there were 1.390 billion baptized Catholics in 2022. In 2024, the World Christian Database reported 1.278 billion Catholics. That figure does not include independent denominations that self-identify as Catholic, numbering some 18 million adherents subscribing to Old Catholicism and other forms of Independent Catholicism.
Latin Church – 1.372 billion
Eastern Catholic Churches – 18 million
- Byzantine Rite – 8.7 million
- Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church – 5.5 million
- Melkite Greek Catholic Church – 1.6 million
- Romanian Greek Catholic Church – 0.5 million
- Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church – 0.4 million
- Hungarian Greek Catholic Church – 0.3 million
- Slovak Greek Catholic Church – 0.3 million
- Belarusian Greek Catholic Church – 0.1 million
- Italo-Albanian Catholic Church – 0.01 million
- Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia – 0.01 million
- Georgian Byzantine Catholic Church (not sui iuris) – 0.01 million
- Albanian Greek Catholic Church – 0.01 million
- Russian Greek Catholic Church – 0.01 million
- Greek Byzantine Catholic Church – 0.006 million
- Macedonian Greek Catholic Church – 0.001 million
- Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church – 0.001 million
- East Syriac Rite – 4.9 million
- Syro-Malabar Church – 4.3 million
- Chaldean Catholic Church – 0.6 million
- West Syriac Rite – 4.2 million
- Maronite Church – 3.5 million
- Syro-Malankara Catholic Church – 0.5 million
- Syriac Catholic Church – 0.2 million
- Armenian Rite – 0.8 million
- Armenian Catholic Church – 0.8 million
- Alexandrian Rite – 0.5 million
- Coptic Catholic Church – 0.2 million
- Eritrean Catholic Church – 0.2 million
- Ethiopian Catholic Church – 0.07 million
Canonically irregular groups
- Society of Saint Pius X – 1 million
Sedevacantists
- Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen[citation needed]
- Society of Saint Pius V[citation needed]
Protestantism – 0.6–1.1 billion
Protestantism is the second largest major group of Christians by number of followers. Estimates vary from 0.6 to 1.1 billion, or between 24% and 40% of all Christians. 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 include Anabaptism, Anglicanism, Baptists and non-denominational Christianity as part of Protestantism. However, widely used references like the World Christian Encyclopedia, which has been documenting the changing status of World Christianity over the past 120 years classifies Independent Christians as a separate category from Protestantism. 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, the Anglican Communion, the World Communion of Reformed Churches, the Baptist World Alliance, the World Methodist Council and the Lutheran World 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 Anglicans, Anabaptists, Baptists, as well as multiple other groups that might sometimes disavow a common "Protestant" designation, and would rather prefer to be called, simply, "Christian". According to Mark Juergensmeyer of the University of California, "popular Protestantism" (that is to say all forms of Protestantism with the notable exception of the historical denominations deriving from the Protestant Reformation) is the most dynamic religious movement in the contemporary world, alongside resurgent Islam.
Historical Protestantism – 300–600 million
The number of individuals who are members of historical Protestant Churches totals to 300–600 million.
Anglicanism – 85-110 million
There are about 110 million Christians in Anglican tradition, mostly part of the Anglican Communion, the third-largest Christian communion in the world, with 42 members (provinces).
- Anglican Communion – 85 million
- Church of England – 25.0 million
- Church of Nigeria – 20.1 million
- Church of Uganda – 8.1 million
- Anglican Church of Kenya – 5.0 million
- Church of South India – 3.8 million
- Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan – 3.5 million[citation needed]
- Anglican Church of Australia – 3.1 million
- Anglican Church of Southern Africa – 3 million
- Anglican Church of Tanzania – 2.0 million
- Church of North India – 1.5 million
- Episcopal Church in the United States – 1.5 million
- Province of the Episcopal Church of Sudan – 1.1 million[citation needed]
- Anglican Church of Rwanda – 1.0 million
- Church of the Province of Central Africa – 0.9 million
- Anglican Church of Burundi – 0.8 million
- Church in the Province of the West Indies – 0.8 million
- Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia – 0.6 million
- Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean – 0.5 million
- Church of Christ in the Congo–Anglican Community of Congo – 0.5 million
- Church of Pakistan – 0.5 million
- Province of the Anglican Church of the Congo – 0.5 million[citation needed]
- Anglican Church of Mozambique and Angola – 0.5 million[citation needed]
- Church of the Province of West Africa – 0.3 million
- Church of Ireland – 0.3 million
- Anglican Church of Canada – 0.3 million
- Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea – 0.2 million[citation needed]
- Anglican Church of Melanesia – 0.2 million
- Continuing Anglican movement and independent churches – 0.7 million
- Traditional Anglican Church – 0.4 million
Baptist churches – 60-100 million
The worldwide Baptist community numbers about 100 million. 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, since they believe in believer's baptism. Therefore, the BWA is the seventh largest Christian communion.
- Southern Baptist Convention – 13.0 million
- National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. – 8.4 million
- Nigerian Baptist Convention – 6.5 million
- National Missionary Baptist Convention of America – 3.1 million
- National Baptist Convention of America International, Inc. – 3.1 million
- Baptist Union of Uganda – 2.5 million
- Baptist Community of Congo – 2.1 million
- Baptist Convention of Tanzania – 2.0 million
- Brazilian Baptist Convention – 1.8 million
- Baptist General Convention of Texas – 1.7 million
- Progressive National Baptist Convention – 1.5 million
- Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India – 1.3 million
- American Baptist Churches USA – 1.2 million
- Baptist Bible Fellowship International – 1.2 million
- Lott Carey Foreign Mission Convention – 1.1 million
- Baptist Community of the Congo River – 1.1 million
- National Primitive Baptist Convention of the U.S.A. – 1.0 million
- Myanmar Baptist Convention – 1.0 million
- Cooperative Baptist Fellowship – 0.8 million
- Baptist General Association of Virginia – 0.6 million
- Baptist Convention of Kenya – 0.6 million
- Nagaland Baptist Church Council – 0.6 million
- Korea Baptist Convention – 0.5 million
- Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches – 1.0 million
- Orissa Baptist Evangelistic Crusade – 0.5 million
- National Baptist Convention, Brazil – 0.4 million
- Baptist Convention of Malawi – 0.3 million
- Garo Baptist Convention – 0.3 million
- Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches – 0.3 million
- Ghana Baptist Convention – 0.3 million
- Union of Baptist Churches in Rwanda – 0.3 million
- Venture Church Network – 0.2 million
- National Association of Free Will Baptists – 0.2 million
- – 0.2 million
- Manipur Baptist Convention – 0.2 million
- Evangelical Baptist Church of the Central African Republic – 0.2 million
- Converge – 0.2 million
- Seventh Day Baptists – 0.05 million
Lutheranism – 70–90 million
The number of adherents in the Lutheran denominations totals to 70–90 million persons (the Lutheran World Federation reports 77 million and is the sixth largest communion) being represented in the following churches:
- Evangelical Church in Germany – 10.8 million, with the remainder of the denominations's 19.2 million members being non-Lutheran
- Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus – 10.4 million
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania – 7.9 million
- Church of Sweden – 5.5 million
- United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India – 4.5 million
- Church of Denmark – 4.2 million
- Batak Christian Protestant Church – 4.1 million
- Malagasy Lutheran Church – 4.0 million
- Church of Norway – 3.5 million
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland – 3.5 million
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America – 2.8 million
- Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria – 2.2 million
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea – 1.8 million
- Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod – 1.7 million
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia – 0.9 million
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa – 0.6 million
- Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil – 0.6 million
- The Protestant Christian Church – 0.5 million
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia – 0.4 million
- Evangelical Free Church of America – 0.4 million
- The Indonesian Christian Church – 0.3 million
- Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ – 0.3 million
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cameroon – 0.3 million
- Protestant Church of the Augsburg Confession in Austria – 0.3 million
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe – 0.3 million
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia – 0.3 million
- Christian Protestant Church in Indonesia – 0.3 million
- Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod – 0.3 million
- Church of Iceland – 0.2 million
- Simalungun Protestant Christian Church – 0.2 million
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil – 0.2 million
- Protestant Church of the Augsburg Confession of Alsace and Lorraine – 0.2 million
- Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia – 0.2 million
- Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Hungary – 0.2 million
- Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church – 0.2 million
- Laestadianism (various denominations) – 0.2 million[citation needed]
Calvinism / Reformed churches – 70–80 million
The Reformed tradition is represented by 70–80 million people who hold membership in the following churches; the World Communion of Reformed Churches is the fourth-largest communion.
- Presbyterianism – 40 million
- Presbyterian Church of East Africa – 4.0 million
- Presbyterian Church of Nigeria – 3.8 million
- Presbyterian Church of Africa – 3.4 million
- National Presbyterian Church in Mexico – 2.8 million
- Church of Central Africa Presbyterian – 2.5 million
- Church of Christ in Congo–Presbyterian Community of Congo – 2.5 million
- Presbyterian Church of Korea (TongHap) – 2.3 million
- Presbyterian Church in Korea (HapDong) – 2.3 million
- Presbyterian Church in Cameroon – 2.0 million
- Presbyterian Church of Cameroon – 1.8 million
- Presbyterian Church of India – 1.5 million
- Presbyterian Church in Korea (BaekSeok) – 1.5 million
- Presbyterian Church (USA) – 1.1 million
- Presbyterian Church in Sudan – 1.0 million
- Presbyterian Church of Ghana – 1.0 million
- Presbyterian Church of Brazil – 0.7 million
- Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana – 0.6 million
- United Church of Christ in the Philippines – 0.5 million
- Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa – 0.5 million
- Presbyterian Church in America – 0.4 million
- Presbyterian Church of Pakistan – 0.4 million
- Kosin Presbyterian Church in Korea – 0.4 million[citation needed]
- Church of Scotland – 0.3 million or 1.5 million
- Korean Presbyterian Church – 0.3 million
- Presbyterian Church in Rwanda – 0.3 million
- United Church of Canada – 0.3 million
- Uniting Church in Australia – 0.2 million
- Presbyterian Church in Taiwan – 0.2 million
- Presbyterian Church in Ireland – 0.2 million
- Continental Reformed Protestantism – 30 million
- Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar – 6 million
- Protestant Church in Indonesia – 3.1 million
- United Church in Zambia – 3.0 million
- Evangelical Church of Cameroon – 2.5 million
- Christian Evangelical Church in Timor – 2.0 million
- Protestant Church of Switzerland – 1.9 million
- Protestant Church in the Netherlands – 1.4 million
- Reformed Church in Hungary – 1.15 million
- Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa (NGK) – 1.1 million[citation needed]
- Christian Evangelical Church in Minahasa – 0.7 million
- United Church in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands – 0.6 million
- Protestant Church in Western Indonesia – 0.6 million
- Evangelical Christian Church of the Land of Papua – 0.6 million
- Protestant Church of Maluku – 0.6 million
- Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa – 0.5 million
- Reformed Church in Romania – 0.5 million
- Toraja Church – 0.4 million
- Reformed Church of France – 0.4 million
- Lesotho Evangelical Church in Southern Africa – 0.3 million
- Evangelical Christian Church in Halmahera – 0.3 million
- Christian Church of Sumba – 0.3 million
- Karo Batak Protestant Church – 0.3 million
- Christian Reformed Church of Nigeria – 0.3 million
- Reformed Church in Zambia – 0.3 million
- Evangelical Reformed Church in Angola – 0.2 million
- Christian Reformed Church in North America – 0.2 million
- Evangelical Church in Kalimantan – 0.2 million
- Javanese Christian Church – 0.2 million
- Indonesian Christian Church Synod – 0.2 million
- Church of Christ in the Sudan Among the Tiv – 0.2 million
- Evangelical Church of Congo – 0.2 million
- Christian Evangelical Church of Sangihe Talaud – 0.2 million
- Central Sulawesi Christian Church – 0.2 million
- Evangelical Reformed Church in Germany – 0.2 million
- Congregationalism – 5 million
- Evangelical Congregational Church in Angola – 0.9 million
- United Church of Christ – 0.7 million
- United Congregational Church of Southern Africa – 0.5 million
Methodism – 60–80 million
The Methodist movement is represented by 60–80 million people[verification needed] (a figure including adherents but non-members), found in denominations including the following; the World Methodist Council (WMC) is the fifth largest communion. Not all of the following churches are member churches of the WMC. The largest Methodist denomination, the United Methodist Church, had about 25 percent of their churches disaffiliate between 2019 and 2023, some of whom joined the Global Methodist Church, thus figures for the two denominations are an ongoing process.
- United Methodist Church – 10.0 million
- African Methodist Episcopal Church – 2.5 million
- Church of the Nazarene – 2.65 million
- Methodist Church Nigeria – 2 million
- The Salvation Army – 1.8 million
- Methodist Church of Southern Africa – 1.7 million
- African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church – 1.4 million
- Korean Methodist Church – 1.3 million
- Free Methodist Church – 0.9 million
- Christian Methodist Episcopal Church – 0.9 million
- Methodist Church Ghana – 0.8 million
- Methodist Church in India – 0.6 million
- Methodist Church in Kenya – 0.5 million
- Global Methodist Church – 0.4 million
- Wesleyan Church – 0.4 million
- Methodist Church in Brazil – 0.2 million
- Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma – 0.2 million
Adventism – 23 million
- Seventh-day Adventist Church – 22.3 million
- Church of God (Seventh Day) – 0.2 million[citation needed]
- Advent Christian Church – 0.1 million[citation needed]
- Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement – 0.042 million[citation needed]
Restoration Movement – 4 million
- Churches of Christ – 2 million
- Christian churches and churches of Christ – 1.1 million
- Community of Disciples of Christ in Congo – 0.7 million
- Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) – 0.3 million
Anabaptism – 4 million
- Mennonites – 2.1 million
- Schwarzenau Brethren (German Baptists) – 1.5 million
- Amish – 0.3 million[citation needed]
- Hutterites – 0.05 million[citation needed]
Plymouth Brethren – 3.4 million
- Open Brethren – 3.3 million
- – 3.25 million
- Exclusive Brethren – 0.1 million
- Plymouth Brethren Christian Church – 0.05 million
- Darbyists – 0.04 million
Hussites – 1.2 million
- Moravian Church – 1.1 million
- Czechoslovak Hussite Church – 0.099 million
- Unity of the Brethren Baptists – 0.035 million[citation needed]
Quakers – 0.4 million
- Friends World Committee for Consultation – 0.4 million
- Evangelical Friends Church International – 0.2 million
- Friends United Meeting – 0.17 million
- Friends General Conference – 0.03 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. 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 non-denominational churches. Nonetheless, most sources combine their numbers to the Protestant tally, while others do not since these churches do not self-identify with mainline Protestant traditions. 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. According to the Center for the Study of Global Christianity (CSGC), there are an estimated 450 million Independents world-wide, as of mid-2019.
Pentecostalism – 170–280 million
Those who are members of the Pentecostal denomination number around 280 million people.
- Assemblies of God – 86 million
- Apostolic Church – 15 million[citation needed]
- International Circle of Faith – 11 million
- China Gospel Fellowship – 10 million[citation needed]
- Fangcheng Fellowship – 10 million
- Universal Church of the Kingdom of God – 9.9 million
- Foursquare Church – 9 million[citation needed]
- Ethiopian Kale Heywet Church – 9 million[citation needed]
- Church of God in Christ – 6.5 million
- Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) – 6 million[citation needed]
- Ethiopian Full Gospel Believers' Church – 4.5 million
- The Church of Pentecost – 4.2 million
- International Pentecostal Holiness Church – 4 million[citation needed]
- Indonesian Bethel Church – 3 million[citation needed]
- The Pentecostal Mission – 2.5 million[citation needed]
- Christian Congregation in Brazil – 2.3 million
- Church of God of Prophecy – 1.5 million[citation needed]
- – 1.5 million
- Pentecostal Church in Indonesia – 1.5 million[citation needed]
- Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa – 1.2 million[citation needed]
- God is Love Pentecostal Church – +1 million
- Association of Pentecostal Churches of Rwanda – 1 million[citation needed]
- Jesus Is Lord Church Worldwide – 1 million[citation needed]
- – 0.75 million
- Pentecostal Church of God – 0.5 million
- Indian Pentecostal Church of God – 0.5 million[citation needed]
- Association of Vineyard Churches – 0.3 million
- Worldwide Church of God's Power – 0.3 million
Non-denominational Christianity – 40–100 million
- Calvary Chapel Association – 25 million[citation needed]
- Alliance World Fellowship – 6 million
- Born Again Movement – 3 million
- Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) – 1.2 million[citation needed]
African initiated churches – 45-60 million
60 million people are members of African initiated churches.
- Zion Christian Church – 15 million[citation needed]
- Cherubim and Seraphim – 10 million[citation needed]
- Kimbanguist Church – 5.5 million[citation needed]
- Redeemed Christian Church of God – 5 million
- Church of the Lord (Aladura) – 3.6 million
- Council of African Instituted Churches – 3 million
- Church of Christ Light of the Holy Spirit – 1.4 million
- African Church of the Holy Spirit – 0.7 million
- African Israel Church Nineveh – 0.5 million
Chinese Patriotic Christian Churches – 25 million
New Apostolic Church – 10 million
The New Apostolic Church has around 10 million members.
Local churches – 1 to 10 million
Messianic Judaism – 0.3 million
Messianic Judaism has a membership of 0.3 million people.
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 Eastern Orthodox liturgy and worship; while others are the result of reformations of Eastern Orthodox beliefs and practices, inspired by the teachings of Western Protestant missionaries. Some Protestant Eastern Churches are in communion with similar Western Protestant Churches. 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.
- Ethiopian-Eritrean Evangelical Church – 16.5 million, Alexandrian Rite[citation needed]
- Believers Eastern Church – 3.5 million, West Syrian Rite[citation needed]
- Mar Thoma Syrian Church – 1 million, Syro-Antiochene Rite (in communion with the Anglican Communion)
- Armenian Evangelical Church – 0.25 million, Armenian Rite[citation needed]
- St. Thomas Evangelical Church of India – 0.1 million, Syro-Antiochene Rite[citation needed]
- Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovenia – 0.02 million, Byzantine Rite
- Evangelical Church of Romania – 0.16 million, Byzantine Rite[citation needed]
- Kosovo Protestant Evangelical Church – 0.15 million, Byzantine Rite
Eastern Orthodoxy – 220 million
The best estimate of the number of Eastern Orthodox Christians is 220 million or 80% of all Eastern Orthodox Christians worldwide.[clarification needed] 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. In addition, there are several Eastern Orthodox splinter groups and non-universally recognized churches.
Autocephalous churches – 168 million
- Russian Orthodox Church – 100 million
- Romanian Orthodox Church – 17–18.8 million
- Church of Greece – 10 million
- Serbian Orthodox Church – 8–12 million
- Bulgarian Orthodox Church – 8–10 million[citation needed]
- Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople – 5.45 million
- Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch – 4.3 million
- Georgian Orthodox Church – 3.5 million[citation needed]
- Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria – 2.95 million
- Macedonian Orthodox Church – 2 million
- Church of Cyprus – 0.7 million
- Polish Orthodox Church – 0.6 million
- Albanian Orthodox Church – 0.4 million
- Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem – 0.4 million
- Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia – 0.075 million
Autonomous churches – 5 million
- Metropolitan Church of Chișinău and All Moldova (Moscow Patriarchate) – 3.2 million[citation needed]
- Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia – 0.4 million
- Metropolitan Church of Bessarabia (Moldova) (Romanian Patriarchate) – 0.72 million
- Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate – 0.3 million[citation needed]
- Orthodox Church of Finland (Ecumenical Patriarchate) – 0.06 million
- Chinese Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) – 0.03 million[citation needed]
- Orthodox Church in Japan (Moscow Patriarchate) – 0.03 million
- Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church (Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople) – 0.02 million[citation needed]
Non-universally recongnised churches – 20 million
- Orthodox Church of Ukraine – 15 million (recognized its autocephaly by four churches, not recognized by most all other churches)[citation needed]
- Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) – 5 million (recognized as self-governing church under the Moscow Patriarchate by majority of the churches; rival church to OCU by four churches and the Ukrainian government; declared independence from the MP in 2022 which is yet to be acknowledged by these churches)[clarification needed]
- Orthodox Church in America – 0.09 million (recognized by all churches, partially recognized autocephaly)
- Latvian Orthodox Church – 0.02 million (recognized as a self-governing church under the Moscow Patriarchate by all churches; disputed autocephaly)[citation needed]
Non-canonical churches – 4 million
- Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church – 2.4 million[citation needed]
- Orthodox Church of Greece (Holy Synod in Resistance) – 0.75 million[citation needed]
- Old Calendar Bulgarian Orthodox Church – 0.45 million[citation needed]
- Orthodox Church in Italy – 0.12 million[citation needed]
- Old Calendar Orthodox Church of Romania – 0.05 million[citation needed]
- Montenegrin Orthodox Church – 0.05 million[citation needed]
Other separated groups – 6 million
- Old Believers – 5.5 million[citation needed]
- Old Calendarists – 1.2–2 million[citation needed]
- True Orthodox church – 0.85 million[citation needed]
- Evangelical Orthodox Church – 0.07 million[citation needed]
- Autocephalous Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate – 0.002[citation needed]
Oriental Orthodoxy – 62 million
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.
Autocephalous churches – 62 million
- Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church – 37 million
- Coptic Orthodox Church – 10 million
- Armenian Apostolic Church – 9 million
- Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin – 6 million[citation needed]
- Holy See of Cilicia – 1.5 million[citation needed]
- Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople – 0.5–0.7 million
- Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem – 0.34 million[citation needed]
- Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church – 2 million
- Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church – 2 million
- Syriac Orthodox Church – 1.4 million
- Jacobite Syrian Christian Church – 1.2 million
Autonomous churches
- French Coptic Orthodox Church – 0.01 million[citation needed]
Churches not in communion
- Malabar Independent Syrian Church – 0.06 million[citation needed]
- British Orthodox Church – 0.01 million[citation needed]
- Albanian-Udi Church – 0.006 million
Nontrinitarian Restorationism – 43-65 million
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.
Oneness Pentecostalism – 10-30 million
- United Pentecostal Church International – 5.8 million
- Pentecostal Assemblies of the World – 2 million
- True Jesus Church – 1.5–3 million
- IEANJESUS – 0.2 million
- Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Christ Jesus – 0.2 million
Latter Day Saint movement or Mormonism – 18 million
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – 17 million
- Community of Christ – 0.25 million
Jehovah's Witnesses – 9 million
Minor denominations – 6 million
- Iglesia ni Cristo – 2.3 million
- Unification Church (aka Moonies) – 1–2 million
- World Peace and Unification Sanctuary Church – 0.003 million[citation needed]
- La Luz del Mundo – 1–5 million (see La Luz del Mundo#Membership statistics)
- Unitarian Universalism – 0.6 million
- Unitarian Universalist Association – 0.1 million
Note: Unitarian Universalism developed out of Christian traditions but no longer identifies as a Christian denomination.
- Unitarian Universalist Association – 0.1 million
- Church of Christ, 4th Watch – 0.6 million[citation needed]
- Church of Christ, Scientist – 0.1 million
- World Mission Society Church of God – 0.1 million
- Friends of Man – 0.07 million[citation needed]
- Christadelphians – 0.05 million
- The Family International – 0.01 million[citation needed]
Independent Catholicism – 18 million
Various denominations that self-identify as Catholic, despite not being affiliated with the Catholic Church.
- Philippine Independent Church – 6 million (in communion with the Anglican Communion)
- Catholic Patriotic Association – 5 million
- Apostolic Catholic Church – 5 million
- Traditionalist Mexican-American Catholic Church – 2 million[citation needed]
- Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church – 0.56 million
- Union of Utrecht of the Old Catholic Churches – 0.1 million (in communion with the Anglican Communion)
- Polish-Catholic Church in the Republic of Poland – 0.02 million
- Catholic Diocese of the Old Catholics in Germany – 0.02 million
- Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands – 0.01 million
- Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland – 0.01 million
- Old Catholic Church of Austria – 0.005 million
- Old Catholic Church of the Czech Republic – 0.003 million
- Union of Scranton – 0.03 million
- Polish National Catholic Church – 0.03 million
- Nordic Catholic Church
- Palmarian Christian Church – 0.002 million
Assyrian churches – 0.6 million
A seventh group is composed of independent Assyrian churches, with roots in Nestorianism. Divisions occurred within the Church of the East, especially the schism of 1552, but by 1830 two unified patriarchates and distinct churches remained: the Assyrian Church of the East and the Chaldean Catholic Church (now an Eastern Catholic Church in communion with the Holy See).
- Assyrian Church of the East – 0.5 million
- Chaldean Syrian Church – 0.01 million
- Ancient Church of the East – 0.1 million
See also
- Schism in Christianity
- List of Christian denominations
- List of current Christian leaders
- List of the largest Protestant denominations
- List of largest church buildings
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The template Pie chart is being considered for merging 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 is an ongoing work in progress World Christianity by tradition in 2024 as per World Christian Database Catholic 48 6 Protestant 23 8 Independent 16 0 Orthodox 11 1 Other 0 5 The template Pie chart is being considered for merging World Christianity by tradition in 2011 as per Pew Research Center Catholic 50 1 Protestant 36 7 Eastern Orthodox 9 4 Oriental Orthodox 2 5 Other 1 3 The list includes the Catholic Church including Eastern Catholic Churches Protestant denominations with at least 0 2 million members the Eastern Orthodox Church and its offshoots Oriental Orthodox Churches and their offshoots Nontrinitarian Restorationism independent Catholic denominations Nestorianism and all the other Christian branches and denominations with distinct theologies or polities Christianity is the largest religious group in the world with an estimated 2 3 to 2 6 billion adherents in 2020 Christian denominational familiesThe various denominations of Christianity fall into several large families shaped both by culture and history Christianity arose in the first century AD after Rome had conquered much of the western parts of the fragmented Hellenistic empire created by Alexander the Great The linguistic and cultural divisions of the first century AD Roman Empire with broadly speaking a Latin West and a Greek East but also with significant areas in North Africa where Coptic was the dominant language and areas in the Near East where Syriac or Aramaic was the dominant language were reflected in the early Christian church The church was called Catholic meaning universal from very early in the second century a tacit acknowledgement of the many different cultures it encompassed Early Christianity suffered great although intermittent persecution from the state until Emperor Constantine the Great issued the Edict of Milan in 313 AD legalizing Christianity Shortly after the cessation of persecution the Church had the luxury of reflecting on the meaning of its own teachings for the first time Significant disputes arose particularly over the nature of Christ and the relationship between Christ the Father and the Spirit The Church chose to address those disputes with Ecumenical councils the first four of which were at Nicaea Constantinople Ephesus and Chalcedon The first two of these councils the First Council of Nicaea and the First Council of Constantinople gave birth to the Nicene Creed which has become the touchstone for Christian beliefs Both of the next two Councils the Council of Ephesus and the Council of Chalcedon led to significant ruptures in the Church Many Christians espousing the minority position at these two councils even after extensive discussion and attempts at reconciliation chose to strike out on their own rather than to accept the positions held by the majority of the church fathers at the councils Refusing to accept the Council of Ephesus the Church of the East encompassing many Syriac speaking Christians in what was then the far East of the Empire split off in 431 AD A few decades later in 451 AD after the Council of Chalcedon the group that later became known as the Oriental Orthodox Churches encompassing many Coptic speaking Christians in North Africa also split off In 1054 AD an accumulation of misunderstanding disrespect and genuine theological differences led to the Great Schism dividing Greek speaking Christians who became the Eastern Orthodox from Latin speaking Christians who kept the name Catholic but increasingly prefaced it with the adjective Roman Beginning in 1517 the remaining western Latin speaking church was itself rent asunder by the Reformation with many Christians rejecting papal authority and gathering together in new ways Broadly speaking Protestantism has four streams Lutheranism Calvinism Anabaptism and Anglicanism While all of these Christian groups from the Church of the East on have their own subsequent splits the fragmentation in Protestantism has been extreme with tens of thousands of denominations Some of these fragmented groups particularly among the Eastern churches have sought to return to Rome and have reunited themselves under papal authority Major denominational families in Christianity This box viewtalkedit Western Christianity Eastern Christianity Protestantism Anabaptism Anglicanism Lutheranism Reformed 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 ante Nicene nontrinitarian and restorationist denominations Major branches and movements within ProtestantismChristianity 2 3 to 2 6 billionCatholicism 1 390 billion A map of Catholicism by population percentage Catholicism is the largest branch of Christianity and the Catholic Church is the largest among churches About 50 of all Christians are Catholics According to the annual directory of the Catholic Church or Annuario Pontificio of 2024 there were 1 390 billion baptized Catholics in 2022 In 2024 the World Christian Database reported 1 278 billion Catholics That figure does not include independent denominations that self identify as Catholic numbering some 18 million adherents subscribing to Old Catholicism and other forms of Independent Catholicism Latin Church 1 372 billion Eastern Catholic Churches 18 million Byzantine Rite 8 7 million Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church 5 5 million Melkite Greek Catholic Church 1 6 million Romanian Greek Catholic Church 0 5 million Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church 0 4 million Hungarian Greek Catholic Church 0 3 million Slovak Greek Catholic Church 0 3 million Belarusian Greek Catholic Church 0 1 million Italo Albanian Catholic Church 0 01 million Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia 0 01 million Georgian Byzantine Catholic Church not sui iuris 0 01 million Albanian Greek Catholic Church 0 01 million Russian Greek Catholic Church 0 01 million Greek Byzantine Catholic Church 0 006 million Macedonian Greek Catholic Church 0 001 million Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church 0 001 million East Syriac Rite 4 9 million Syro Malabar Church 4 3 million Chaldean Catholic Church 0 6 million West Syriac Rite 4 2 million Maronite Church 3 5 million Syro Malankara Catholic Church 0 5 million Syriac Catholic Church 0 2 million Armenian Rite 0 8 million Armenian Catholic Church 0 8 million Alexandrian Rite 0 5 million Coptic Catholic Church 0 2 million Eritrean Catholic Church 0 2 million Ethiopian Catholic Church 0 07 millionCanonically irregular groups Society of Saint Pius X 1 millionSedevacantists Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen citation needed Society of Saint Pius V citation needed Protestantism 0 6 1 1 billion Protestantism is the second largest major group of Christians by number of followers Estimates vary from 0 6 to 1 1 billion or between 24 and 40 of all Christians 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 include Anabaptism Anglicanism Baptists and non denominational Christianity as part of Protestantism However widely used references like the World Christian Encyclopedia which has been documenting the changing status of World Christianity over the past 120 years classifies Independent Christians as a separate category from Protestantism 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 the Anglican Communion the World Communion of Reformed Churches the Baptist World Alliance the World Methodist Council and the Lutheran World 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 Anglicans Anabaptists Baptists as well as multiple other groups that might sometimes disavow a common Protestant designation and would rather prefer to be called simply Christian According to Mark Juergensmeyer of the University of California popular Protestantism that is to say all forms of Protestantism with the notable exception of the historical denominations deriving from the Protestant Reformation is the most dynamic religious movement in the contemporary world alongside resurgent Islam Historical Protestantism 300 600 million The number of individuals who are members of historical Protestant Churches totals to 300 600 million 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 of the Old Catholic Churches red a federation of Old Catholic Churches Anglicanism 85 110 million There are about 110 million Christians in Anglican tradition mostly part of the Anglican Communion the third largest Christian communion in the world with 42 members provinces Anglican Communion 85 millionChurch of England 25 0 million Church of Nigeria 20 1 million Church of Uganda 8 1 million Anglican Church of Kenya 5 0 million Church of South India 3 8 million Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan 3 5 million citation needed Anglican Church of Australia 3 1 million Anglican Church of Southern Africa 3 million Anglican Church of Tanzania 2 0 million Church of North India 1 5 million Episcopal Church in the United States 1 5 million Province of the Episcopal Church of Sudan 1 1 million citation needed Anglican Church of Rwanda 1 0 million Church of the Province of Central Africa 0 9 million Anglican Church of Burundi 0 8 million Church in the Province of the West Indies 0 8 million Anglican Church in Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia 0 6 million Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean 0 5 million Church of Christ in the Congo Anglican Community of Congo 0 5 million Church of Pakistan 0 5 million Province of the Anglican Church of the Congo 0 5 million citation needed Anglican Church of Mozambique and Angola 0 5 million citation needed Church of the Province of West Africa 0 3 million Church of Ireland 0 3 million Anglican Church of Canada 0 3 million Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea 0 2 million citation needed Anglican Church of Melanesia 0 2 million Continuing Anglican movement and independent churches 0 7 million Traditional Anglican Church 0 4 millionBaptist churches 60 100 million The worldwide Baptist community numbers about 100 million 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 since they believe in believer s baptism Therefore the BWA is the seventh largest Christian communion Southern Baptist Convention 13 0 million National Baptist Convention USA Inc 8 4 million Nigerian Baptist Convention 6 5 million National Missionary Baptist Convention of America 3 1 million National Baptist Convention of America International Inc 3 1 million Baptist Union of Uganda 2 5 million Baptist Community of Congo 2 1 million Baptist Convention of Tanzania 2 0 million Brazilian Baptist Convention 1 8 million Baptist General Convention of Texas 1 7 million Progressive National Baptist Convention 1 5 million Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India 1 3 million American Baptist Churches USA 1 2 million Baptist Bible Fellowship International 1 2 million Lott Carey Foreign Mission Convention 1 1 million Baptist Community of the Congo River 1 1 million National Primitive Baptist Convention of the U S A 1 0 million Myanmar Baptist Convention 1 0 million Cooperative Baptist Fellowship 0 8 million Baptist General Association of Virginia 0 6 million Baptist Convention of Kenya 0 6 million Nagaland Baptist Church Council 0 6 million Korea Baptist Convention 0 5 million Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches 1 0 million Orissa Baptist Evangelistic Crusade 0 5 million National Baptist Convention Brazil 0 4 million Baptist Convention of Malawi 0 3 million Garo Baptist Convention 0 3 million Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches 0 3 million Ghana Baptist Convention 0 3 million Union of Baptist Churches in Rwanda 0 3 million Venture Church Network 0 2 million National Association of Free Will Baptists 0 2 million 0 2 million Manipur Baptist Convention 0 2 million Evangelical Baptist Church of the Central African Republic 0 2 million Converge 0 2 million Seventh Day Baptists 0 05 millionLutheranism 70 90 million Lutheranism by country The number of adherents in the Lutheran denominations totals to 70 90 million persons the Lutheran World Federation reports 77 million and is the sixth largest communion being represented in the following churches Evangelical Church in Germany 10 8 million with the remainder of the denominations s 19 2 million members being non Lutheran Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus 10 4 million Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania 7 9 million Church of Sweden 5 5 million United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India 4 5 million Church of Denmark 4 2 million Batak Christian Protestant Church 4 1 million Malagasy Lutheran Church 4 0 million Church of Norway 3 5 million Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland 3 5 million Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 2 8 million Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria 2 2 million Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea 1 8 million Lutheran Church Missouri Synod 1 7 million Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia 0 9 million Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa 0 6 million Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil 0 6 million The Protestant Christian Church 0 5 million Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia 0 4 million Evangelical Free Church of America 0 4 million The Indonesian Christian Church 0 3 million Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ 0 3 million Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cameroon 0 3 million Protestant Church of the Augsburg Confession in Austria 0 3 million Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe 0 3 million Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia 0 3 million Christian Protestant Church in Indonesia 0 3 million Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod 0 3 million Church of Iceland 0 2 million Simalungun Protestant Christian Church 0 2 million Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil 0 2 million Protestant Church of the Augsburg Confession of Alsace and Lorraine 0 2 million Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia 0 2 million Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hungary 0 2 million Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church 0 2 million Laestadianism various denominations 0 2 million citation needed Calvinism Reformed churches 70 80 million The Reformed tradition is represented by 70 80 million people who hold membership in the following churches the World Communion of Reformed Churches is the fourth largest communion Presbyterianism 40 million Presbyterian Church of East Africa 4 0 million Presbyterian Church of Nigeria 3 8 million Presbyterian Church of Africa 3 4 million National Presbyterian Church in Mexico 2 8 million Church of Central Africa Presbyterian 2 5 million Church of Christ in Congo Presbyterian Community of Congo 2 5 million Presbyterian Church of Korea TongHap 2 3 million Presbyterian Church in Korea HapDong 2 3 million Presbyterian Church in Cameroon 2 0 million Presbyterian Church of Cameroon 1 8 million Presbyterian Church of India 1 5 million Presbyterian Church in Korea BaekSeok 1 5 million Presbyterian Church USA 1 1 million Presbyterian Church in Sudan 1 0 million Presbyterian Church of Ghana 1 0 million Presbyterian Church of Brazil 0 7 million Evangelical Presbyterian Church Ghana 0 6 million United Church of Christ in the Philippines 0 5 million Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa 0 5 million Presbyterian Church in America 0 4 million Presbyterian Church of Pakistan 0 4 million Kosin Presbyterian Church in Korea 0 4 million citation needed Church of Scotland 0 3 million or 1 5 million Korean Presbyterian Church 0 3 million Presbyterian Church in Rwanda 0 3 million United Church of Canada 0 3 million Uniting Church in Australia 0 2 million Presbyterian Church in Taiwan 0 2 million Presbyterian Church in Ireland 0 2 million Continental Reformed Protestantism 30 million Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar 6 million Protestant Church in Indonesia 3 1 million United Church in Zambia 3 0 million Evangelical Church of Cameroon 2 5 million Christian Evangelical Church in Timor 2 0 million Protestant Church of Switzerland 1 9 million Protestant Church in the Netherlands 1 4 million Reformed Church in Hungary 1 15 million Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa NGK 1 1 million citation needed Christian Evangelical Church in Minahasa 0 7 million United Church in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands 0 6 million Protestant Church in Western Indonesia 0 6 million Evangelical Christian Church of the Land of Papua 0 6 million Protestant Church of Maluku 0 6 million Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa 0 5 million Reformed Church in Romania 0 5 million Toraja Church 0 4 million Reformed Church of France 0 4 million Lesotho Evangelical Church in Southern Africa 0 3 million Evangelical Christian Church in Halmahera 0 3 million Christian Church of Sumba 0 3 million Karo Batak Protestant Church 0 3 million Christian Reformed Church of Nigeria 0 3 million Reformed Church in Zambia 0 3 million Evangelical Reformed Church in Angola 0 2 million Christian Reformed Church in North America 0 2 million Evangelical Church in Kalimantan 0 2 million Javanese Christian Church 0 2 million Indonesian Christian Church Synod 0 2 million Church of Christ in the Sudan Among the Tiv 0 2 million Evangelical Church of Congo 0 2 million Christian Evangelical Church of Sangihe Talaud 0 2 million Central Sulawesi Christian Church 0 2 million Evangelical Reformed Church in Germany 0 2 million Congregationalism 5 million Evangelical Congregational Church in Angola 0 9 million United Church of Christ 0 7 million United Congregational Church of Southern Africa 0 5 millionMethodism 60 80 million The Methodist movement is represented by 60 80 million people verification needed a figure including adherents but non members found in denominations including the following the World Methodist Council WMC is the fifth largest communion Not all of the following churches are member churches of the WMC The largest Methodist denomination the United Methodist Church had about 25 percent of their churches disaffiliate between 2019 and 2023 some of whom joined the Global Methodist Church thus figures for the two denominations are an ongoing process United Methodist Church 10 0 million African Methodist Episcopal Church 2 5 million Church of the Nazarene 2 65 million Methodist Church Nigeria 2 million The Salvation Army 1 8 million Methodist Church of Southern Africa 1 7 million African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church 1 4 million Korean Methodist Church 1 3 million Free Methodist Church 0 9 million Christian Methodist Episcopal Church 0 9 million Methodist Church Ghana 0 8 million Methodist Church in India 0 6 million Methodist Church in Kenya 0 5 million Global Methodist Church 0 4 million Wesleyan Church 0 4 million Methodist Church in Brazil 0 2 million Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma 0 2 millionAdventism 23 million Seventh day Adventist Church 22 3 million Church of God Seventh Day 0 2 million citation needed Advent Christian Church 0 1 million citation needed Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement 0 042 million citation needed Restoration Movement 4 million Churches of Christ 2 million Christian churches and churches of Christ 1 1 million Community of Disciples of Christ in Congo 0 7 million Christian Church Disciples of Christ 0 3 millionAnabaptism 4 million Mennonites 2 1 million Schwarzenau Brethren German Baptists 1 5 million Amish 0 3 million citation needed Hutterites 0 05 million citation needed Plymouth Brethren 3 4 million Open Brethren 3 3 million 3 25 million Exclusive Brethren 0 1 million Plymouth Brethren Christian Church 0 05 million Darbyists 0 04 millionHussites 1 2 million Moravian Church 1 1 million Czechoslovak Hussite Church 0 099 million Unity of the Brethren Baptists 0 035 million citation needed Quakers 0 4 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 285Friends World Committee for Consultation 0 4 millionEvangelical Friends Church International 0 2 million Friends United Meeting 0 17 million Friends General Conference 0 03 millionModern 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 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 non denominational churches Nonetheless most sources combine their numbers to the Protestant tally while others do not since these churches do not self identify with mainline Protestant traditions 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 According to the Center for the Study of Global Christianity CSGC there are an estimated 450 million Independents world wide as of mid 2019 Pentecostalism 170 280 million Those who are members of the Pentecostal denomination number around 280 million people Assemblies of God 86 million Apostolic Church 15 million citation needed International Circle of Faith 11 million China Gospel Fellowship 10 million citation needed Fangcheng Fellowship 10 million Universal Church of the Kingdom of God 9 9 million Foursquare Church 9 million citation needed Ethiopian Kale Heywet Church 9 million citation needed Church of God in Christ 6 5 million Church of God Cleveland Tennessee 6 million citation needed Ethiopian Full Gospel Believers Church 4 5 million The Church of Pentecost 4 2 million International Pentecostal Holiness Church 4 million citation needed Indonesian Bethel Church 3 million citation needed The Pentecostal Mission 2 5 million citation needed Christian Congregation in Brazil 2 3 million Church of God of Prophecy 1 5 million citation needed pt 1 5 million Pentecostal Church in Indonesia 1 5 million citation needed Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa 1 2 million citation needed God is Love Pentecostal Church 1 million Association of Pentecostal Churches of Rwanda 1 million citation needed Jesus Is Lord Church Worldwide 1 million citation needed pt 0 75 million Pentecostal Church of God 0 5 million Indian Pentecostal Church of God 0 5 million citation needed Association of Vineyard Churches 0 3 million Worldwide Church of God s Power 0 3 millionNon denominational Christianity 40 100 million Calvary Chapel Association 25 million citation needed Alliance World Fellowship 6 million Born Again Movement 3 million Church of God Anderson Indiana 1 2 million citation needed African initiated churches 45 60 million 60 million people are members of African initiated churches Zion Christian Church 15 million citation needed Cherubim and Seraphim 10 million citation needed Kimbanguist Church 5 5 million citation needed Redeemed Christian Church of God 5 million Church of the Lord Aladura 3 6 million Council of African Instituted Churches 3 million Church of Christ Light of the Holy Spirit 1 4 million African Church of the Holy Spirit 0 7 million African Israel Church Nineveh 0 5 millionChinese Patriotic Christian Churches 25 million New Apostolic Church 10 million The New Apostolic Church has around 10 million members Local churches 1 to 10 million Messianic Judaism 0 3 million Messianic Judaism has a membership of 0 3 million people 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 Eastern Orthodox liturgy and worship while others are the result of reformations of Eastern Orthodox beliefs and practices inspired by the teachings of Western Protestant missionaries Some Protestant Eastern Churches are in communion with similar Western Protestant Churches 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 countryEthiopian Eritrean Evangelical Church 16 5 million Alexandrian Rite citation needed Believers Eastern Church 3 5 million West Syrian Rite citation needed Mar Thoma Syrian Church 1 million Syro Antiochene Rite in communion with the Anglican Communion Armenian Evangelical Church 0 25 million Armenian Rite citation needed St Thomas Evangelical Church of India 0 1 million Syro Antiochene Rite citation needed Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovenia 0 02 million Byzantine Rite Evangelical Church of Romania 0 16 million Byzantine Rite citation needed Kosovo Protestant Evangelical Church 0 15 million Byzantine RiteEastern Orthodoxy 220 million A map of Eastern Orthodoxy by population percentage The best estimate of the number of Eastern Orthodox Christians is 220 million or 80 of all Eastern Orthodox Christians worldwide clarification needed 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 In addition there are several Eastern Orthodox splinter groups and non universally recognized churches Autocephalous churches 168 million Russian Orthodox Church 100 million Romanian Orthodox Church 17 18 8 million Church of Greece 10 million Serbian Orthodox Church 8 12 million Bulgarian Orthodox Church 8 10 million citation needed Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople 5 45 million Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch 4 3 million Georgian Orthodox Church 3 5 million citation needed Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria 2 95 million Macedonian Orthodox Church 2 million Church of Cyprus 0 7 million Polish Orthodox Church 0 6 million Albanian Orthodox Church 0 4 million Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem 0 4 million Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia 0 075 millionAutonomous churches 5 million Metropolitan Church of Chișinău and All Moldova Moscow Patriarchate 3 2 million citation needed Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia 0 4 million Metropolitan Church of Bessarabia Moldova Romanian Patriarchate 0 72 million Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate 0 3 million citation needed Orthodox Church of Finland Ecumenical Patriarchate 0 06 million Chinese Orthodox Church Moscow Patriarchate 0 03 million citation needed Orthodox Church in Japan Moscow Patriarchate 0 03 million Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople 0 02 million citation needed Non universally recongnised churches 20 million Orthodox Church of Ukraine 15 million recognized its autocephaly by four churches not recognized by most all other churches citation needed Ukrainian Orthodox Church Moscow Patriarchate 5 million recognized as self governing church under the Moscow Patriarchate by majority of the churches rival church to OCU by four churches and the Ukrainian government declared independence from the MP in 2022 which is yet to be acknowledged by these churches clarification needed Orthodox Church in America 0 09 million recognized by all churches partially recognized autocephaly Latvian Orthodox Church 0 02 million recognized as a self governing church under the Moscow Patriarchate by all churches disputed autocephaly citation needed Non canonical churches 4 million Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church 2 4 million citation needed Orthodox Church of Greece Holy Synod in Resistance 0 75 million citation needed Old Calendar Bulgarian Orthodox Church 0 45 million citation needed Orthodox Church in Italy 0 12 million citation needed Old Calendar Orthodox Church of Romania 0 05 million citation needed Montenegrin Orthodox Church 0 05 million citation needed Other separated groups 6 million Old Believers 5 5 million citation needed Old Calendarists 1 2 2 million citation needed True Orthodox church 0 85 million citation needed Evangelical Orthodox Church 0 07 million citation needed Autocephalous Turkish Orthodox Patriarchate 0 002 citation needed 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 Autocephalous churches 62 million Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church 37 million Coptic Orthodox Church 10 million Armenian Apostolic Church 9 millionMother See of Holy Etchmiadzin 6 million citation needed Holy See of Cilicia 1 5 million citation needed Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople 0 5 0 7 million Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem 0 34 million citation needed Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church 2 million Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church 2 million Syriac Orthodox Church 1 4 millionJacobite Syrian Christian Church 1 2 millionAutonomous churches French Coptic Orthodox Church 0 01 million citation needed Churches not in communion Malabar Independent Syrian Church 0 06 million citation needed British Orthodox Church 0 01 million citation needed Albanian Udi Church 0 006 millionNontrinitarian Restorationism 43 65 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 Oneness Pentecostalism 10 30 million United Pentecostal Church International 5 8 million Pentecostal Assemblies of the World 2 million True Jesus Church 1 5 3 million IEANJESUS 0 2 million Apostolic Assembly of the Faith in Christ Jesus 0 2 millionLatter Day Saint movement or Mormonism 18 million The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints 17 million Community of Christ 0 25 millionJehovah s Witnesses 9 million Minor denominations 6 million Iglesia ni Cristo 2 3 million Unification Church aka Moonies 1 2 millionWorld Peace and Unification Sanctuary Church 0 003 million citation needed La Luz del Mundo 1 5 million see La Luz del Mundo Membership statistics Unitarian Universalism 0 6 millionUnitarian Universalist Association 0 1 million Note Unitarian Universalism developed out of Christian traditions but no longer identifies as a Christian denomination Church of Christ 4th Watch 0 6 million citation needed Church of Christ Scientist 0 1 million World Mission Society Church of God 0 1 million Friends of Man 0 07 million citation needed Christadelphians 0 05 million The Family International 0 01 million citation needed Independent Catholicism 18 million Various denominations that self identify as Catholic despite not being affiliated with the Catholic Church Philippine Independent Church 6 million in communion with the Anglican Communion Catholic Patriotic Association 5 million Apostolic Catholic Church 5 million Traditionalist Mexican American Catholic Church 2 million citation needed Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church 0 56 million Union of Utrecht of the Old Catholic Churches 0 1 million in communion with the Anglican Communion Polish Catholic Church in the Republic of Poland 0 02 million Catholic Diocese of the Old Catholics in Germany 0 02 million Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands 0 01 million Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland 0 01 million Old Catholic Church of Austria 0 005 million Old Catholic Church of the Czech Republic 0 003 million Union of Scranton 0 03 million Polish National Catholic Church 0 03 million Nordic Catholic Church Palmarian Christian Church 0 002 millionAssyrian churches 0 6 million A seventh group is composed of independent Assyrian churches with roots in Nestorianism Divisions occurred within the Church of the East especially the schism of 1552 but by 1830 two unified patriarchates and distinct churches remained the Assyrian Church of the East and the Chaldean Catholic Church now an Eastern Catholic Church in communion with the Holy See Assyrian Church of the East 0 5 millionChaldean Syrian Church 0 01 million Ancient Church of the East 0 1 millionSee alsoChristianity portalSchism in Christianity List of Christian denominations List of current Christian 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