List of Christian

Denominations by
Number of Members

List of Christian Denominations by Number of

Members
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
ongoing work-in-progress.
The list includes the Catholic Church, all the Eastern Catholic
Churches affiliated to the Catholic Church and its relevantbreakaway
groups; all the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches with
some recognition and their spin-offs; theProtestant 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.

Christian denominational families

Catholicism - 1.2 billion[

A map of Catholicism by population percentage.

Catholic Church - 1,1661,229 million

Latin Church - 1,149 million
Catholic Charismatic Renewal - 160 million
Society of St. Pius X - 0.5 million
Personal Ordinariate for former Anglicans- 0.005 million
Eastern Catholic Churches - 17 million
Alexandrian Rite
Ethiopian Catholic Church - 0.2 million
Coptic Catholic Church - 0.2 million
Antiochene Rite
Maronite Catholic Church - 3.1 million
Syro-Malankara Catholic Church - 0.4 million
Syriac Catholic Church - 0.1 million
Armenian Rite
Armenian Catholic Church - 0.4 million
Chaldean Rite
Syro-Malabar Catholic Church - 3.8 million
Chaldean Catholic Church - 0.4 million
Byzantine Rite
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church - 4.3 million
Melkite Greek Catholic Church - 1.3 million
Romanian Catholic Church - 0.7 million

Ruthenian Catholic Church - 0.5 million

Hungarian Greek Catholic Church - 0.3 million
Slovak Greek Catholic Church - 0.2 million
Italo-Albanian Catholic Church - 0.1 million
Belarusian Greek Catholic Church - 0.1 million
Georgian Byzantine Catholic Church - 0.01 million
Albanian Byzantine Catholic Church - 0.01 million
Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church - 0.01 million
Croatian Greek Catholic Church - 0.01 million
Greek Byzantine Catholic Church - 0.01 million
Macedonian Greek Catholic Church - 0.01 million
Russian Greek Catholic Church - 0.01 million
Breakaway Catholic Churches - 28 million
Philippine Independent Church - 6 million
Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association - 5 million
Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church - 5 million
Apostolic Catholic Church - 5 million
Old Catholic Church - 0.6 million
Polish National Catholic Church - 0.025 million

Protestantism - 800 million

A map of Protestantism (including Anglicanism) by population percentage.

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. Some sources, which put
the number at 800 million, include also Anglicanism (see below) within
Protestantism. However, Protestant denominations in the world differ vastly
to slightly theologically and do not form a single communion.

Historical Protestantism - 300-400 million

Baptist churches - 75-105 million
Southern Baptist Convention - 15.7 million
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. - 8.5 million
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. - 3.1 million
Nigerian Baptist Convention - 2.5 million
Progressive National Baptist Convention - 2.5 million
Baptist General Convention of Texas - 2.3 million
Baptist Union of Uganda - 1.5 million
American Baptist Churches USA - 1.4 million
Brazilian Baptist Convention - 1.3 million
Baptist Bible Fellowship International - 1.2 million
Baptist Community of the Congo River - 1 million
National Primitive Baptist Convention of the U.S.A. - 1 million
National Missionary Baptist Convention of America - 1 million
Myanmar Baptist Convention - 0.9 million
Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches - 0.8 million
Korea Baptist Convention - 0.8 million
Baptist Convention of Kenya - 0.8 million
Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India - 0.6 million
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship - 0.5 million
Nagaland Baptist Church Council - 0.5 million
Baptist Convention in Tanzania - 0.5 million
Orissa Evangelical Baptist Crusade - 0.5 million
Baptist General Association of Virginia - 0.5 million
National Baptist Convention (Brazil) - 0.4 million
Church of Christ in CongoBaptist Community of Congo - 0.4
million

Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches - 0.3

American Baptist Association - 0.3 million
Union of Baptist Churches in Rwanda - 0.3 million
Association of Baptist Churches in Rwanda - 0.3 million
Garo Baptist Convention - 0.2 million
Baptist Community of Western Congo - 0.2 million
Baptist Missionary Association of America - 0.2 million
Conservative Baptist Association of America - 0.2 million
National Association of Free Will Baptists - 0.2 million
Canadian Baptist Ministries - 0.2 million
National Baptist Convention of Mexico - 0.2 million
Manipur Baptist Convention - 0.2 million
Convention of Baptist Churches of the Northern Circars - 0.2
million
Baptist Community in Central Africa - 0.2 million
Baptist Convention of Malawi - 0.2 million
Lutheranism - 65-90 million
Evangelical Church in Germany - 24.5 million
Church of Sweden - 6.5 million
Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus - 6.4 million
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania - 5.8 million
United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India - 4.5 million
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America - 4.5 million
Church of Denmark - 4.4 million
Batak Christian Protestant Church - 4.2 million
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland - 4.1 million
Church of Norway - 3.8 million
Malagasy Lutheran Church - 3.0 million
Lutheran ChurchMissouri Synod - 2.2 million
The Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria - 2.2 million
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea - 0.9 million
Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil - 0.7
million
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia - 0.7 million
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa - 0.6 million
Christian Protestant Church in Indonesia - 0.6 million

Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia - 0.4

million
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod - 0.4 million
Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia - 0.4
million
The Indonesian Protestant Church - 0.4 million
The Protestant Christian Church - 0.4 million
Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Austria - 0.3
million
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cameroon - 0.2 million
Church of Iceland - 0.2 million
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil - 0.2 million
Simalungun Protestant Christian Church - 0.2 million
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe - 0.2 million
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia - 0.2 million
Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Hungary - 0.2 million
Protestant Church of Augsburg Confession of Alsace and
Lorraine - 0.2 million
The Lutheran Council of Great Britain - 0.2 million
Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church - 0.2 million
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ - 0.2 million
North American Lutheran Church - 0.2 million
Reformed churches - 55-85 million
Presbyterianism - 40-50 million
Presbyterian Church of East Africa - 4.0 million
Presbyterian Church of Nigeria - 3.8 million
Presbyterian Church of Africa - 3.4 million
Presbyterian Church in Korea (HapDong) - 3.0 million
The Presbyterian Church of Korea (TongHap) - 2.9 million
United Church of Canada - 2.8 million
Church of Christ in CongoPresbyterian Community of
Congo - 2.5 million
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) - 1.8 million
Presbyterian Church of Cameroon - 1.8 million
Presbyterian Church of India - 1.3 million
Church of Central Africa, Presbyterian - 1.3 million
Church of Scotland - 1.1 million

Presbyterian Church of Brazil - 1.0 million

Presbyterian Church in Sudan - 1.0 million
Presbyterian Church in Cameroon - 0.7 million
Presbyterian Church in Korea (HapDongBoSu II.) - 0.7 million
Presbyterian Church in Korea (HapDongChunTong) - 0.6
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
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
Presbyterian Church in Rwanda - 0.3 million
Presbyterian Church in Taiwan - 0.3 million
Continental Reformed churches - 20-30 million
Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar - 3.5 million
Protestant Church in Indonesia - 3.1 million
United Church of Zambia - 3.0 million
Protestant Church in the Netherlands - 2.5 million
Evangelical Church of Cameroon - 2.5 million
Swiss Reformed Church - 2.4 million
Protestant Evangelical Church in Timor - 2.0 million
Dutch Reformed Church - 1.1 million
Christian Evangelical Church in Minahasa - 0.7 million
United Church in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon
Islands - 0.6 million
Protestant Church in Western Indonesia - 0.6 million
Evangelical Christian Church in Tanah Papua - 0.6 million
Protestant Church in the Moluccas - 0.6 million
Reformed Church in Hungary - 0.6 million
Reformed Church in Romania - 0.6 million
Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa - 0.5 million
Toraja Church - 0.4 million
Reformed Church of France - 0.4 million

Lesotho Evangelical Church - 0.3 million

Evangelical Christian Church in Halmahera - 0.3 million
Evangelical Reformed Church in Angola - 0.3 million
Christian Church of Sumba - 0.3 million
Karo Batak Protestant Church - 0.3 million
Reformed Church in America - 0.3 million
Christian Reformed Church in North America - 0.3 million
Christian Reformed Church of Nigeria - 0.3 million
Reformed Church in Zambia - 0.3 million
Kalimantan Evangelical Church - 0.2 million
Javanese Christian Churches - 0.2 million
Indonesia Christian Church - 0.2 million
Church of Christ in the Sudan Among the Tiv - 0.2 million
Church of Lippe - 0.2 million
Evangelical Church of Congo - 0.2 million
Evangelical Church of Gabon - 0.2 million
Christian Evangelical Church of Sangihe Talaud - 0.2 million
Central Sulawesi Christian Church - 0.2 million
Evangelical Reformed Church in Bavaria and Northwestern
Germany - 0.2 million
Congregationalism - 5 million
United Church of Christ - 1.2 million
Evangelical Congregational Church in Angola - 0.9 million
United Congregational Church of Southern Africa - 0.5 million
Methodism - 30-80 million
United Methodist Church - 12 million
African Methodist Episcopal Church - 2.5 million
Methodist Church Nigeria - 2 million
Church of the Nazarene - 2 million
Methodist Church of Southern Africa - 1.7 million
Korean Methodist Church - 1.5 million
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church - 1.5 million
The Salvation Army - 1.4 million
United Methodist Church of Ivory Coast - 1 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
Wesleyan Church - 0.4 million
Evangelical Free Church of America - 0.4 million
Methodist Church of Great Britain - 0.3 million
Methodist Church in Brazil - 0.2 million
Anabaptism and Schwarzenau Brethren - 3.5 million
Schwarzenau Brethren/German Baptist groups - 1.5 million
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
Modern Protestantism - 400-500 million
Pentecostalism - 280 million
Assemblies of God - 65 million
Fangcheng Fellowship - 12 million
International Circle of Faith - 11 million
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
Apostolic Church - 6 million
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
Association of Vineyard Churches - 15 million
Christian and Missionary Alliance - 4 million
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) - 1.2 million
African initiated Protestant churches - 60 million
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
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
Seventh-day Adventist Church - 17 million
New Apostolic Church - 10 million

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
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) - 0.7 million
Community of Disciples of Christ in Congo - 0.7 million
Plymouth Brethren - 1 million

Eastern Orthodoxy - 225300 million

A map of Eastern Orthodoxy by population percentage.

The most common estimates of the number of Orthodox Christians
worldwide are approximately 225300 million. 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

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
Estonian Orthodox Church - 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 - 11 million
Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kyiv Patriarchate) - 5.5 million
Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church - 3.8 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

A map of Oriental Orthodoxy by population percentage.

Autocephalous churches in communion

Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church - 48 million
Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria - 15.5 million
Armenian Apostolic Church - 8 million
Syriac Orthodox Church- 6.6 million
Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church - 2.5 million
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church - 2 million
Armenian Orthodox Church of Cilicia - 1.5 million
Autonomous churches in communion
Jacobite Syrian Christian Church - 1.2 million
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
Malabar Independent Syrian Church - 0.06 million

Anglicanism - 85 million

Anglican Communion - 80 million

Church of England - 25.0 million

Church of Nigeria - 18.0 million

Church of Uganda - 8.1 million
Anglican Church of Kenya - 5.0 million
Episcopal Church of Sudan - 4.5 million
Anglican Church of Australia - 3.9 million
Church of South India - 3.8 million
Anglican Church of Southern Africa - 2.3 million
Episcopal Church in the United States - 2.1 million
Anglican Church of Tanzania - 2.0 million
Anglican Church of Canada - 2.0 million
Church of North India - 1.5 million
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
Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean - 0.5 million
Church of Christ in CongoAnglican Community of Congo - 0.5
million
Church of Pakistan - 0.5 million
Church of Ireland - 0.4 million
Church of the Province of West Africa - 0.3 million
Church of the Province of Melanesia - 0.2 million
Continuing Anglican movement and independent Anglican churches 1.5 million
Traditional Anglican Communion - 0.4 million
Church of England in South Africa - 0.1 million

Restorationism and Non-Trinitarianism - 41 million

Latter Day Saint movement - 15.2 million

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) - 15
million
Community of Christ - 0.2 million

Iglesia ni Cristo - 10 million

Jehovah's Witnesses - 7.9 million
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 (Unitarian Universalism developed
out of Christian traditions but no longer identifies as a Christian
denomination.)
Unitarian Universalist Association - 0.2 million
Church of Christ, Scientist - 0.4 million
Friends of Man - 0.07 million
Christadelphians - 0.06 million

Church of the East - 0.6 million

Assyrian Church of the East - 0.5 million

Ancient Church of the East - 0.1 million