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Apr 16, 2020 · Updated on April 16, 2020. In the last 100 years, the number of Christians in the world has quadrupled from about 600 million in 1910 to well past 2 billion presently. Today, Christianity remains the world's largest religious group.
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.
Country% Christians% Catholic% Protestant/orthodox/other Christian100%100%0%99.6%97.6%2%98.3%20%0%98%11%87%Dec 22, 2020 · In 2021 a total of 1.7 billion Christians (67 percent) are found in the Global South. Projecting religious affiliation at the country level, it is probable that by 2050 there will be 2.6 billion Christians (77 percent) in the Global South.
- Gina A. Zurlo, Todd M. Johnson, Peter F. Crossing
- 2021
Jan 13, 2021 · So reports the 2021 World Watch List (WWL), the latest annual accounting from Open Doors of the top 50 countries where Christians are the most persecuted for following Jesus.
Jan 28, 2022 · In the past year, 360 million Christians, or 1 in 7 believers around the world, suffered significant persecution for their faith. Every day in 2021, an average of more than 16 believers were killed for following Jesus. With close to 6,000 total martyrs, 2021 saw a 24% increase in Christians killed for the faith.
Jan 31, 2022 · By 2050, that number will top 1 billion. 3. Growth is fastest in the global South. The places where Christianity is growing the fastest? Africa (2.77% growth) and Asia (1.50%). In 2000, 814 million Christians lived in Europe and North America, while 660 million Christians called African and Asia home.
Dec 14, 2021 · Latter-day Saints, and Orthodox Christians) make up 63% of the adult population. Christians now outnumber religious “nones” by a ratio of a little more than two-to-one. In 2007, when the Center began asking its current question about religious identity, Christians outnumbered “nones” by almost five-to-one (78% vs. 16%).
