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May 10, 2017 · Orthodoxy is the dominant religion in Central and Eastern Europe, and the majority religion in 10 of the 18 countries surveyed. Overall, nearly six-in-ten people in the region (57%) identify with this Christian tradition. Moldova and Greece have the highest Orthodox proportions in their populations, while Russia and Ukraine – the two largest ...
- Regional Distribution of Christians | Pew Research Center
Europe. (50 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES) Roughly a quarter of...
- Orthodox Christianity in the 21st Century | Pew Research Center
Today, the largest Orthodox Christian population outside of...
- Regional Distribution of Christians | Pew Research Center
According to Scholars, in 2017, Europe's population was 77.8% Christian (up from 74.9% 1970), these changes were largely result of the collapse of Communism and switching to Christianity in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc countries.
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The story of Christianity in eastern Europe and northern Eurasia is complex — a tangled web of changing peoples, nations, and church allegiances; of political, military, and cultural conflicts; and of ideological, social, and spiritual forces in a seemingly perpetual flux.
As of the year 2023, Christianity had approximately 2.4 billion adherents and is the largest religion by population. According to a PEW estimation in 2020, Christians made up to 2.38 billion of the worldwide population of about 8 billion people.
Country Or EntityChristians% ChristianAfghanistan ( details )6,250/8,000 [26] -30,000 [27]0.02% [27]Albania ( details )580,00017.0% [28]Algeria ( details )20,000-200,000 [29] or 71,000 (estimate ...0.01%American Samoa ( details )70,00098.3%The Eastern Orthodox are the largest body within Eastern Christianity with a worldwide population of 220 million, followed by the Oriental Orthodox at 60 million. The Eastern Catholic Churches consist of about 16–18 million and are a small minority within the Catholic Church.
