Source: World Christian Trends, Part 11.

List 1. Largest martyrdom situations

Situation

Martyrs
1.

1921-1950, Christians die in Soviet prison camps

15,000,000
2.

1950-80, Christians die in Soviet prison camps

5,000,000
3.

1214, Genghiz Khan massacres 6 million Christians

4,000,000
4.

1358, Tamerlane destroys 15-million-strong Nestorians

4,000,000
5.

1929-37, 14.5 million Orthodox killed by Stalin

2,700,000
6.

1560, Conquistadors kill 15 million Amerindians

2,000,000
7.

1925, Soviets attempt to liquidate Roman Catholics

1,200,000
8.

1258, Baghdad captured in massacre by Hulaku Khan

1,100,000
9.

1214, Diocese of Herat sacked by Genghiz Khan

1,000,000
10.

1939, Nazis execute thousands in death camps

1,000,000

List 2. Most severe martyrdom situations

Situation

M%
1.

1630, all 400 Tibetan Christians wiped out.

100.00%
2.

1938, Nazis exterminate 500,000 Gypsies

89.74%
3.

1975, Khmer Rouge slaughter 2 million

88.79%
4.

1570, Huguenot corsairs murder 52 Jesuits

86.67%
5.

1241, Mongols ravage Hungary killing Christians

86.67%
6.

287, Martyrs of Agaunum

83.33%
7.

1933, Assyrians (Nestorians) murdered by Iraqi troops

80.00%
8.

1843, Turks use Kurds to massacre 20,000 Nestorians

80.00%
9.

1970, Massacre of 40,000 Vietnamese Catholics

76.92%
10.

1918, Turks massacre 80% of all Syrian Orthodox

75.00%

List 3. Persecutors of most martyrs

Persecutor

Martyrs
1.

State ruling power

55,777,000
2.

Atheists

31,699,000
3.

Shamanists

14,937,000
4.

Roman Catholics

10,016,000
5.

Muslims

9,101,000
6.

Quasireligionists

2,711,000
7.

Buddhists

1,811,000
8.

Hindus

676,000
9.

Zoroastrians (Parsis)

384,000
10.

Byzantines

222,000

List 4. Countries with most martyrs (in the past)

Country

Martyrs
1.

USSR

23,260,000
2.

Uzbekistan

4,000,000
3.

Iraq

1,954,000
4.

Russia

1,544,000
5.

Turkey

1,047,000
6.

Sudan

668,000
7.

Turkestan

600,000
8.

Yugoslavia

450,000
9.

Uganda

203,000
10.

Western Empire

200,000

List 5. Traditions with most martyrs

Tradition

Martyrs
1.

Russian Orthodox

21,626,000
2.

Assyrian or Nestoran (East Syrian, Messihaye)

12,379,000
3.

Latin-rite Catholic

11,024,000
4.

Ukrainian Orthodox

3,500,000
5.

Armenian Orthodox (Gregorian)

1,215,000
6.

Coptic Orthodox

1,068,000
7.

Pentecostal (Protestant; Classical Pentecostal)

1,021,000
8.

Messianic Jewish

1,000,000
9.

Quasi-Christians

1,000,000
10.

Lutheran

987,000

List 6. Centuries with most martyrs

Century

Martyrs
1.

1900s

41,323,000
2.

1600s

11,484,000
3.

1200s

7,228,000
4.

1300s

4,906,000
5.

1500s

3,418,000
6.

300s

2,761,000
7.

1800s

1,577,000
8.

1400s

763,000
9.

400s

513,000
10.

200s

409,000

List 7. Most populous, AD 1900

Country

Population
1.

China

472,000,000
2.

India

229,900,000
3.

USA

75,995,000
4.

Russia

73,758,000
5.

Japan

44,825,000
6.

Germany

42,138,000
7.

France

41,000,000
8.

Indonesia

38,800,000
9.

Britain

38,100,000
10.

Italy

33,000,000

List 8. Most populous, AD 2000

Country

Population
1.

China

1,262,557,000
2.

India

1,013,662,000
3.

USA

278,357,000
4.

Indonesia

212,107,000
5.

Brazil

170,115,000
6.

Pakistan

156,483,000
7.

Russia

146,934,000
8.

Bangladesh

129,155,000
9.

Japan

126,714,000
10.

Nigeria

111,506,000

List 9. Most populous, AD 2025

Country

Population
1.

China

1,462,931,000
2.

India

1,330,449,000
3.

USA

325,573,000
4.

Indonesia

273,442,000
5.

Pakistan

263,000,000
6.

Brazil

217,930,000
7.

Nigeria

183,041,000
8.

Bangladesh

178,751,000
9.

Russia

137,933,000
10.

Mexico

130,196,000

List 10. Most ethnic peoples

Country

Number of peoples
1.

Papua New Guinea

862
2.

Indonesia

744
3.

Nigeria

491
4.

India

439
5.

USA

307
6.

Cameroon

297
7.

Mexico

278
8.

Congo-Zaire

260
9.

China

254
10.

Sudan

245

List 11. Lowest HDI

Country

HDI
1.

Sierra Leone

17.6
2.

Rwanda

18.7
3.

Niger

20.6
4.

Burkina Faso

22.1
5.

Somalia

22.1
6.

Afghanistan

22.9
7.

Mali

22.9
8.

Sahara

24.2
9.

Ethiopia

24.4
10.

Burundi

24.7

List 12. Highest HDI

Country

HDI
1.

San Marino

96.3
2.

Canada

96
3.

Holy See

95
4.

France

94.6
5.

Norway

94.3
6.

USA

94.2
7.

Iceland

94.2
8.

Netherlands

94
9.

Monaco

94
10.

Japan

94

List 13. Lowest GNP per capita

Country

GNP p.c.
1.

Mozambique

$80
2.

Ethiopia

$100
3.

Congo-Zaire

$120
4.

Tanzania

$120
5.

Somaliland

$155
6.

Burundi

$160
7.

Malawi

$170
8.

Chad

$180
9.

Rwanda

$180
10.

Sierra Leone

$180

List 14. Highest GNP per capita

Country

GNP p.c.
1.

Luxembourg

$41,210
2.

Switzerland

$40,630
3.

Japan

$39,640
4.

Liechtenstein

$33,000
5.

Bermuda

$31,870
6.

Norway

$31,250
7.

Denmark

$29,890
8.

Germany

$27,510
9.

USA

$26,980
10.

Austria

$26,890

List 15. Most urbanized (countries over 1 million each)

Country

% urban
1.

Singapore

100.00%
2.

Kuwait

97.59%
3.

Belgium

97.35%
4.

Palestine

94.56%
5.

Uruguay

91.33%
6.

Israel

91.17%
7.

Lebanon

89.74%
8.

Britain

89.48%
9.

Argentina

89.35%
10.

Netherlands

89.35%

List 16. Least urbanized (countries over 1 million each)

Country

% urban
1.

Rwanda

6.15%
2.

Bhutan

7.14%
3.

Burundi

8.96%
4.

Nepal

11.88%
5.

Uganda

14.16%
6.

Malawi

15.35%
7.

Papua New Guinea

17.41%
8.

Ethiopia

17.65%
9.

Burkina Faso

18.46%
10.

Eritrea

18.74%

List 17. Most cities over 50,000

Country

Cities over 50,000
1.

India

644
2.

China

493
3.

USA

346
4.

Russia

318
5.

Japan

223
6.

Brazil

187
7.

Germany

150
8.

Mexico

134
9.

France

121
10.

Italy

117

List 18. Most blind persons

Country

Blind
1.

India

9,000,000
2.

China

2,000,000
3.

Indonesia

1,000,000
4.

Pakistan

900,000
5.

USA

482,850
6.

Nigeria

420,000
7.

Russia

350,000
8.

Japan

256,455
9.

Saudi Arabia

230,000
10.

Thailand

210,000

List 19. Most deaf persons

Country

Deaf
1.

China

75,234,000
2.

India

60,406,200
3.

USA

16,669,300
4.

Indonesia

12,753,900
5.

Brazil

10,152,100
6.

Pakistan

9,360,400
7.

Russia

8,771,700
8.

Nigeria

7,727,100
9.

Bangladesh

7,698,600
10.

Japan

7,585,700

List 20. Most lepers

Country

Lepers
1.

India

5,500,000
2.

China

3,500,000
3.

Nigeria

1,000,000
4.

Myanmar

880,000
5.

Congo-Zaire

800,000
6.

Bangladesh

700,000
7.

Thailand

500,000
8.

Burkina Faso

450,000
9.

Ethiopia

400,000
10.

Brazil

280,000

List 21. Most Christian income

Country

Total Christian income
1.

USA

$ 5,175,509 million
2.

Germany

$ 1,617,126 million
3.

France

$ 1,027,512 million
4.

Italy

$ 892,459 million
5.

Britain

$ 730,293 million
6.

Brazil

$ 565,931 million
7.

Spain

$ 503,460 million
8.

Canada

$ 392,208 million
9.

Mexico

$ 311,438 million
10.

Argentina

$ 272,906 million

List 22. Least Christian income

Country

Total Christian income
1.

Sahara

$100,809
2.

Cocos (Keeling) Is

$110,700
3.

Maldives

$354,420
4.

Christmas Island

$442,000
5.

Pitcairn Islands

$504,000
6.

Mayotte

$1,119,600
7.

Somaliland

$1,299,055
8.

Mauritania

$3,001,960
9.

Comoros

$3,319,140
10.

Norfolk Island

$3,380,000

List 23. Most cost effective

Country

Cost per baptism
1.

Mozambique

$1,366
2.

Ethiopia

$2,127
3.

Tanzania

$2,495
4.

Congo-Zaire

$2,619
5.

Sierra Leone

$3,623
6.

Nepal

$3,715
7.

Chad

$3,865
8.

Burundi

$3,986
9.

Somaliland

$4,245
10.

Cambodia

$4,292

List 24. Least cost effective

Country

Cost per baptism
1.

Japan

$2,721,000
2.

Switzerland

$2,656,000
3.

Bermuda

$2,507,000
4.

Denmark

$2,337,000
5.

Belgium

$2,202,000
6.

Norway

$2,190,000
7.

Germany

$2,119,000
8.

France

$2,030,000
9.

Austria

$1,943,000
10.

Italy

$1,902,000

List 25. Most Christians in 1900

Country

Christians
1.

USA

73,270,000
2.

Russia

61,545,000
3.

Germany

41,533,000
4.

France

40,731,000
5.

Britain

37,125,000
6.

Italy

32,903,000
7.

Ukraine

28,501,000
8.

Poland

21,990,000
9.

Spain

18,797,000
10.

Brazil

17,319,000

List 26. Over 99% Christian in 1900

Country

Christians
1.

Finland

5,176,000
2.

Slovenia

1,986,000
3.

Barbados

270,000
4.

Netherlands Antilles

217,000
5.

Samoa

180,000
6.

Aruba

103,000
7.

Tonga

99,000
8.

Virgin Is of the US

93,000
9.

Kiribati

83,000
10.

Dominica

71,000

List 27. Most Christians in 2000

Country

Christians
1.

USA

235,742,000
2.

Brazil

155,545,000
3.

Mexico

95,169,000
4.

China

89,056,000
5.

Russia

84,308,000
6.

Philippines

68,151,000
7.

India

62,341,000
8.

Germany

62,326,000
9.

Nigeria

51,123,000
10.

Congo-Zaire

49,256,000

List 28. Highest % Christians in 2000

Country

% Christian
1.

Holy See

100.00%
2.

Malta

98.30%
3.

Faeroe Islands

98.10%
4.

Cook Islands

97.70%
5.

Wallis & Futuna Is

97.70%
6.

Paraguay

97.70%
7.

Guatemala

97.70%
8.

Ecuador

97.50%
9.

El Salvador

97.50%
10.

Poland

97.40%

List 29. Most Christians in 2025

Country

Christians
1.

USA

261,349,000
2.

Brazil

195,848,000
3.

China

135,190,000
4.

Mexico

123,979,000
5.

Congo-Zaire

100,936,000
6.

India

98,200,000
7.

Philippines

96,611,000
8.

Russia

95,791,000
9.

Nigeria

86,000,000
10.

Ethiopia

68,488,000

List 30. Highest % Christians in 2025

Country

% Christian
1.

Holy See

100.00%
2.

Poland

97.90%
3.

Wallis & Futuna Is

97.70%
4.

Malta

97.50%
5.

Paraguay

97.40%
6.

Angola

97.30%
7.

Guatemala

96.90%
8.

Ecuador

96.80%
9.

Faeroe Islands

96.70%
10.

Marshall Islands

96.60%

List 31. Most Muslims in 2000

Country

Muslims
1.

Pakistan

150,365,000
2.

India

122,570,000
3.

Indonesia

116,105,000
4.

Bangladesh

110,849,000
5.

Turkey

64,714,000
6.

Iran

64,707,000
7.

Egypt

57,780,000
8.

Nigeria

49,000,000
9.

Algeria

30,442,000
10.

Morocco

27,736,000

List 32. Highest % Muslims in 2000

Country

% Muslim
1.

Somaliland

99.50%
2.

Sahara

99.40%
3.

Mauritania

99.10%
4.

Maldives

99.00%
5.

Tunisia

98.90%
6.

Yemen

98.90%
7.

Somalia

98.30%
8.

Morocco

98.20%
9.

Afghanistan

98.10%
10.

Comoros

98.00%

List 33. Most Hindus in 2000

Country

Hindus
1.

India

755,135,000
2.

Nepal

18,354,000
3.

Bangladesh

15,995,000
4.

Indonesia

7,259,000
5.

Sri Lanka

2,124,000
6.

Pakistan

1,868,000
7.

Malaysia

1,630,000
8.

USA

1,032,000
9.

South Africa

959,000
10.

Myanmar

893,000

List 34. Highest % Hindu in 2000

Country

% Hindu
1.

Nepal

76.70%
2.

India

74.50%
3.

Mauritius

43.90%
4.

British Indian Ocean

38.20%
5.

Fiji

33.30%
6.

Guyana

32.50%
7.

Trinidad & Tobago

22.70%
8.

Bhutan

20.50%
9.

Suriname

17.80%
10.

Bangladesh

12.30%

List 35. Most Buddhists in 2000

Country

Buddhists
1.

China

105,829,000
2.

Japan

69,931,000
3.

Thailand

52,383,000
4.

Viet Nam

39,534,000
5.

Myanmar

33,145,000
6.

Sri Lanka

12,879,000
7.

Cambodia

9,462,000
8.

India

7,249,000
9.

South Korea

7,174,000
10.

Taiwan

4,686,000

List 36. Highest % Buddhist in 2000

Country

% Buddhist
1.

Thailand

85.30%
2.

Cambodia

84.70%
3.

Bhutan

73.90%
4.

Myanmar

72.60%
5.

Sri Lanka

68.40%
6.

Japan

55.10%
7.

Viet Nam

49.50%
8.

Laos

48.70%
9.

Mongolia

22.40%
10.

Taiwan

20.90%

List 37. Most Chinese folk-religionists in 2000

Country

Chinese folk-religionists
1.

China

359,618,000
2.

Taiwan

11,356,000
3.

Malaysia

5,364,000
4.

Indonesia

3,039,000
5.

Singapore

1,521,000
6.

Viet Nam

798,000
7.

Canada

775,000
8.

Thailand

530,000
9.

Cambodia

524,000
10.

Japan

149,000

List 38. Highest % Chinese folk-religionists in 2000

Country

% Chinese folk-religionists
1.

Taiwan

50.60%
2.

Singapore

42.60%
3.

Christmas Island

29.80%
4.

China

28.40%
5.

Malaysia

24.10%
6.

Nauru

10.40%
7.

French Polynesia

7.80%
8.

Cambodia

4.60%
9.

French Guiana

3.50%
10.

Brunei

3.50%

List 39. Most ethnoreligionists in 2000

Country

ethnoreligionists
1.

China

54,152,000
2.

India

34,761,000
3.

Nigeria

10,964,000
4.

Mozambique

9,909,000
5.

Madagascar

7,648,000
6.

South Korea

7,325,000
7.

Ethiopia

7,312,000
8.

Viet Nam

6,793,000
9.

Myanmar

5,749,000
10.

Ivory Coast

5,555,000

List 40. Highest % ethnoreligionists in 2000

Country

% ethnoreligionists
1.

Benin

51.50%
2.

Mozambique

50.30%
3.

Madagascar

47.90%
4.

Guinea-Bissau

45.20%
5.

Liberia

42.90%
6.

Laos

41.70%
7.

Sierra Leone

40.30%
8.

Botswana

38.70%
9.

Togo

37.70%
10.

Ivory Coast

37.50%

List 41. Most Jews in 2000

Country

Jews
1.

USA

5,621,000
2.

Israel

3,951,000
3.

Russia

951,000
4.

France

591,000
5.

Argentina

490,000
6.

Canada

403,000
7.

Brazil

357,000
8.

Britain

302,000
9.

Palestine

273,000
10.

Ukraine

220,000

List 42. Highest % Jewish in 2000

Country

% Jewish
1.

Israel

77.10%
2.

Palestine

12.30%
3.

USA

2.00%
4.

Gibraltar

1.90%
5.

Cayman Islands

1.70%
6.

Monaco

1.70%
7.

Argentina

1.30%
8.

Canada

1.20%
9.

Uruguay

1.20%
10.

Moldavia

1.10%

List 43. Most nonreligious in 2000

Country

nonreligious
1.

China

532,568,000
2.

Russia

40,410,000
3.

USA

25,078,000
4.

Germany

14,131,000
5.

North Korea

13,361,000
6.

Japan

12,906,000
7.

India

12,849,000
8.

Viet Nam

10,809,000
9.

France

9,229,000
10.

Italy

7,535,000

List 44. Highest % nonreligious in 2000

Country

% nonreligious
1.

North Korea

55.50%
2.

Svalbard & Jan Mayen

47.70%
3.

China

42.10%
4.

Czech Republic

31.80%
5.

Mongolia

30.60%
6.

Cuba

29.80%
7.

Kazakhstan

29.30%
8.

Russia

27.50%
9.

Uruguay

26.80%
10.

Latvia

26.00%

List 45. Most atheists in 2000

Country

atheists
1.

China

102,238,000
2.

Russia

7,634,000
3.

Viet Nam

5,603,000
4.

North Korea

3,745,000
5.

Japan

3,642,000
6.

France

2,381,000
7.

Ukraine

2,012,000
8.

Italy

1,965,000
9.

Germany

1,793,000
10.

Kazakhstan

1,771,000

List 46. Highest % atheist in 2000

Country

% Atheist
1.

North Korea

15.50%
2.

Sweden

11.80%
3.

Estonia

10.90%
4.

Kazakhstan

10.90%
5.

Mongolia

9.00%
6.

Albania

9.00%
7.

China

8.10%
8.

Cuba

7.20%
9.

Viet Nam

7.00%
10.

Kirghizia

6.20%

List 47. Most Roman Catholics in 2000

Country

Roman Catholics
1.

Brazil

153,300,000
2.

Mexico

92,770,000
3.

Philippines

62,570,000
4.

USA

58,000,000
5.

Italy

55,680,000
6.

France

48,600,000
7.

Colombia

40,670,000
8.

Spain

38,080,000
9.

Poland

35,743,000
10.

Argentina

33,750,000

List 48. Highest % Roman Catholic in 2000

Country

% Roman Catholic
1.

Saint Pierre & Miquelon

98.40%
2.

Holy See

98.00%
3.

Cape Verde

97.40%
4.

Italy

97.10%
5.

Colombia

96.10%
6.

Spain

96.00%
7.

Wallis & Futuna Is

96.00%
8.

Peru

95.60%
9.

Guadeloupe

95.00%
10.

Malta

94.50%

List 49. Most Orthodox in 2000

Country

Orthodox
1.

Russia

75,950,000
2.

Ukraine

27,400,000
3.

Ethiopia

22,838,000
4.

Romania

19,000,000
5.

Greece

9,900,000
6.

Egypt

9,317,000
7.

Yugoslavia

6,046,000
8.

Bulgaria

5,886,000
9.

USA

5,762,000
10.

Belorussia

4,986,000

List 50. Highest % Orthodox in 2000

Country

% Orthodox
1.

Greece

93.00%
2.

Cyprus

87.40%
3.

Romania

85.10%
4.

Armenia

78.20%
5.

Bulgaria

71.50%
6.

Macedonia

59.30%
7.

Georgia

58.10%
8.

Yugoslavia

56.80%
9.

Ukraine

54.30%
10.

Russia

51.60%

List 51. Most Protestants in 2000

Country

Protestants
1.

USA

64,570,000
2.

Germany

30,420,000
3.

Brazil

30,200,000
4.

India

16,826,000
5.

Nigeria

14,050,000
6.

South Africa

12,410,000
7.

Indonesia

12,125,000
8.

Congo-Zaire

10,485,000
9.

South Korea

8,870,000
10.

Ethiopia

8,510,000

List 52. Highest % Protestant in 2000

Country

% Protestant
1.

Marshall Islands

105.00%
2.

Tuvalu

102.40%
3.

Sweden

94.50%
4.

Norway

94.10%
5.

Faeroe Islands

90.90%
6.

Finland

89.50%
7.

Pitcairn Islands

89.30%
8.

Iceland

89.10%
9.

Denmark

87.60%
10.

Cook Islands

72.70%

List 53. Most Independents in 2000

Country

Independents
1.

China

80,708,000
2.

USA

78,550,000
3.

India

34,200,000
4.

Brazil

25,500,000
5.

Nigeria

23,975,000
6.

South Africa

18,500,000
7.

Philippines

14,330,000
8.

Congo-Zaire

12,050,000
9.

Ukraine

8,500,000
10.

Indonesia

8,436,000

List 54. Highest % Independent in 2000

Country

% Independent
1.

South Africa

45.80%
2.

Swaziland

45.60%
3.

Zimbabwe

40.20%
4.

Botswana

30.70%
5.

USA

28.20%
6.

Chile

25.10%
7.

Congo-Zaire

23.30%
8.

Kenya

21.90%
9.

Nigeria

21.50%
10.

Palau

21.10%

List 55. Most Anglicans in 2000

Country

Anglicans
1.

Britain

26,278,000
2.

Nigeria

20,070,000
3.

Uganda

8,580,000
4.

Australia

4,060,000
5.

Kenya

3,000,000
6.

South Africa

2,660,000
7.

Tanzania

2,650,000
8.

USA

2,400,000
9.

Sudan

2,320,000
10.

New Zealand

825,000

List 56. Highest % Anglican in 2000

Country

% Anglican
1.

Saint Helena

70.10%
2.

Britain

44.60%
3.

Channel Islands

44.10%
4.

Isle of Man

42.40%
5.

Uganda

39.40%
6.

Solomon Islands

38.20%
7.

Bermuda

37.40%
8.

Falkland Islands

36.50%
9.

Antigua

33.40%
10.

Anguilla

31.80%

List 57. Most Marginal Christians in 2000

Country

Marginal
1.

USA

10,080,000
2.

Mexico

1,950,000
3.

Brazil

1,420,000
4.

South Korea

850,000
5.

Japan

720,000
6.

Philippines

670,000
7.

Nigeria

600,000
8.

Britain

550,000
9.

Germany

540,000
10.

Argentina

500,000

List 58. Countries with the greatest % Marginal in 2000

Country

% Marginal
1.

Niue Island

23.40%
2.

Tonga

14.50%
3.

American Samoa

11.70%
4.

French Polynesia

10.60%
5.

Samoa

9.40%
6.

Cook Islands

8.40%
7.

Guadeloupe

4.30%
8.

Zambia

4.10%
9.

Marshall Islands

3.80%
10.

USA

3.60%

List 59. Most Great Commission Christians in 2000

Country

Great Commission Christians
1.

USA

98,662,000
2.

China

81,353,000
3.

India

50,364,000
4.

Russia

29,373,000
5.

Germany

26,147,000
6.

France

24,540,000
7.

Italy

24,221,000
8.

Brazil

24,207,000
9.

Britain

21,121,000
10.

Spain

17,132,000

List 60. Highest % Great Commission Christian in 2000

Country

%Great Commission Christians
1.

San Marino

48.60%
2.

Ireland

48.40%
3.

Samoa

47.40%
4.

Holy See

46.10%
5.

Belgium

46.00%
6.

American Samoa

44.40%
7.

Malta

43.70%
8.

Spain

43.20%
9.

Liechtenstein

43.10%
10.

Italy

42.20%

List 61. Most Pentecostal/Charismatics in 2000

Country

Pentecostal/charismatic
1.

Brazil

79,950,000
2.

USA

75,156,000
3.

China

54,275,000
4.

Nigeria

35,885,000
5.

India

33,530,000
6.

South Africa

21,200,000
7.

Philippines

20,050,000
8.

Congo-Zaire

17,750,000
9.

Mexico

13,050,000
10.

Colombia

12,585,000

List 62. Highest % Pentecostal/Charismatic in 2000

Country

% Pentecostal/charismatic
1.

South Africa

52.50%
2.

Swaziland

52.00%
3.

Marshall Islands

47.00%
4.

Brazil

47.00%
5.

Zimbabwe

42.20%
6.

Chile

36.40%
7.

Congo-Zaire

34.30%
8.

Montserrat

33.30%
9.

Botswana

32.90%
10.

Nigeria

32.10%

List 63. Highest Christian rate in 2000

Country

Growth rate
1.

Northern Mariana Is

6.07%
2.

Cambodia

5.09%
3.

Aruba

4.91%
4.

Oman

4.70%
5.

Nepal

4.43%
6.

Kuwait

4.42%
7.

French Guiana

4.37%
8.

Jordan

4.21%
9.

Comoros

4.13%
10.

Andorra

4.08%

List 64. Highest Muslim rate 2000

Country

Growth rate
1.

Andorra

11.26%
2.

Aruba

7.33%
3.

Namibia

5.36%
4.

Czech Republic

4.98%
5.

French Guiana

4.64%
6.

Yemen

4.57%
7.

Malta

4.53%
8.

Afghanistan

4.43%
9.

Anguilla

4.37%
10.

Cape Verde

4.27%

List 65. Highest Hindu rate in 2000

Country

Growth rate
1.

Sweden

67.99%
2.

Andorra

15.94%
3.

Tonga

12.68%
4.

Anguilla

5.45%
5.

Christmas Island

5.14%
6.

French Guiana

5.12%
7.

Austria

5.08%
8.

Oman

4.90%
9.

Yemen

4.56%
10.

Costa Rica

4.22%

List 66. Highest Buddhist rate in 2000

Country

Growth rate
1.

Falkland Islands

17.46%
2.

Austria

13.20%
3.

Tuvalu

10.84%
4.

American Samoa

8.18%
5.

Vanuatu

6.46%
6.

Northern Mariana Is

6.23%
7.

Bahrain

6.05%
8.

Paraguay

5.95%
9.

Australia

5.62%
10.

Guam

5.59%

List 67. Highest Jewish rate in 2000

Country

Growth rate
1.

Germany

7.41%
2.

Palestine

4.67%
3.

Andorra

4.62%
4.

Cayman Islands

3.17%
5.

Israel

3.12%
6.

Botswana

3.03%
7.

Aruba

2.73%
8.

French Guiana

2.71%
9.

Tanzania

2.57%
10.

Nicaragua

2.19%

List 68. Highest ethnoreligionist rate in 2000

Country

Growth rate
1.

Austria

44.97%
2.

Bahrain

11.98%
3.

Saudi Arabia

8.75%
4.

Northern Mariana Is

5.55%
5.

USA

4.50%
6.

Nicaragua

3.75%
7.

Cape Verde

3.46%
8.

French Guiana

3.36%
9.

Mozambique

3.21%
10.

Mexico

3.18%

List 69. Highest nonreligious rate in 2000

Country

Growth rate
1.

Saint Vincent

9.09%
2.

Bahrain

8.63%
3.

Northern Mariana Is

8.14%
4.

Niue Island

7.70%
5.

Cayman Islands

7.55%
6.

Palau

7.46%
7.

Paraguay

7.19%
8.

French Guiana

6.87%
9.

Malta

6.74%
10.

Guatemala

6.71%

List 70. Highest atheist rate in 2000

Country

Growth rate
1.

Nicaragua

6.86%
2.

Haiti

6.09%
3.

Isle of Man

5.66%
4.

Turks & Caicos Is

5.45%
5.

Mozambique

5.43%
6.

Guinea-Bissau

5.24%
7.

French Guiana

5.17%
8.

Suriname

4.94%
9.

Aruba

4.85%
10.

Jordan

4.49%

List 71. Highest Roman Catholic rate in 2000

Country

Growth rate
1.

Nepal

6.88%
2.

Northern Mariana Is

6.11%
3.

Kuwait

5.77%
4.

Aruba

5.17%
5.

Georgia

4.93%
6.

Ethiopia

4.86%
7.

Armenia

4.81%
8.

Russia

4.67%
9.

Turks & Caicos Is

4.56%
10.

Liberia

4.35%

List 72. Highest Protestant rate in 2000

Country

Growth rate
1.

Albania

14.87%
2.

Armenia

10.31%
3.

Nepal

6.17%
4.

Andorra

5.76%
5.

Oman

5.62%
6.

Djibouti

4.81%
7.

Northern Mariana Is

4.72%
8.

Benin

4.51%
9.

Malta

4.40%
10.

Mauritania

4.14%

List 73. Highest Anglican rate in 2000

Country

Growth rate
1.

Cameroon

97.44%
2.

Madagascar

6.98%
3.

Ghana

5.24%
4.

Cayman Islands

4.56%
5.

Honduras

4.14%
6.

Swaziland

4.01%
7.

Angola

4.01%
8.

Solomon Islands

3.96%
9.

Mozambique

3.90%
10.

Zambia

3.90%

List 74. Highest Independent rate in 2000

Country

Growth rate
1.

Guadeloupe

30.20%
2.

Bulgaria

23.73%
3.

Cyprus

14.87%
4.

Djibouti

9.60%
5.

Estonia

8.69%
6.

Armenia

7.97%
7.

Northern Mariana Is

7.95%
8.

Liechtenstein

7.18%
9.

Rwanda

6.25%
10.

Iran

6.16%

List 75. Highest Orthodox rate in 2000

Country

Growth rate
1.

Nepal

5.97%
2.

Madagascar

5.82%
3.

Malawi

5.20%
4.

Oman

5.14%
5.

Uganda

4.81%
6.

Jordan

4.70%
7.

China

4.62%
8.

Botswana

4.14%
9.

Saudi Arabia

3.71%
10.

Yemen

3.51%

List 76. Highest Marginal Christian rate in 2000

Country

Growth rate
1.

Mauritania

25.89%
2.

Armenia

14.87%
3.

Saint Pierre & Miquelon

10.31%
4.

Belorussia

10.31%
5.

Brunei

9.60%
6.

Georgia

9.60%
7.

Cambodia

7.92%
8.

Norfolk Island

7.18%
9.

Nepal

7.18%
10.

Uganda

7.18%

List 77. Highest Great Commission Christian rate in 2000

Country

Growth rate
1.

Northern Mariana Is

6.64%
2.

Cameroon

6.07%
3.

Aruba

5.88%
4.

Guinea

5.02%
5.

Togo

4.77%
6.

French Guiana

4.77%
7.

Nepal

4.69%
8.

Jordan

4.64%
9.

Oman

4.43%
10.

Cambodia

4.43%

List 78. Highest Evangelical rate in 2000

Country

Growth rate
1.

Northern Mariana Is

7.48%
2.

Sahara

7.18%
3.

Andorra

7.18%
4.

Albania

7.18%
5.

Somaliland

6.25%
6.

Yemen

4.81%
7.

Tuvalu

4.81%
8.

Afghanistan

4.81%
9.

Togo

4.70%
10.

Jordan

4.60%

List 79. Highest Renewal rate in 2000

Country

Growth rate
1.

Albania

9.60%
2.

Maldives

7.18%
3.

Northern Mariana Is

6.80%
4.

Andorra

5.76%
5.

Jordan

5.61%
6.

French Guiana

5.31%
7.

Somalia

5.24%
8.

Estonia

5.24%
9.

Aruba

5.22%
10.

Niger

5.18%

List 80. Largest in World C, AD 1900

Country

Population
1.

USA

75,995,000
2.

Russia

73,758,000
3.

Germany

42,138,000
4.

France

41,000,000
5.

Britain

38,100,000
6.

Italy

33,000,000
7.

Ukraine

29,333,000
8.

Poland

24,200,000
9.

Spain

18,800,000
10.

Brazil

17,984,000

List 81. Largest in World B, AD 1900

Country

Population
1.

Ethiopia

7,560,000
2.

South Africa

4,900,000
3.

Madagascar

2,580,000
4.

Bosnia-Herzegovina

1,139,000
5.

Guyana

285,000
6.

Reunion

173,000
7.

Suriname

76,000
8.

Nauru

2,000
9.

British Indian Ocean

1,000
10.

List 82. Largest in World A, AD 1900

Country

Population
1.

China

472,000,000
2.

India

229,900,000
3.

Japan

44,825,000
4.

Indonesia

38,800,000
5.

Bangladesh

28,673,000
6.

Pakistan

25,455,000
7.

Nigeria

16,200,000
8.

Iran

9,700,000
9.

Myanmar

10,450,000
10.

Viet Nam

11,000,000

List 83. Largest in World C, AD 2000

Country

Population
1.

USA

278,357,000
2.

Brazil

170,115,000
3.

Mexico

98,881,000
4.

Philippines

75,967,000
5.

Germany

82,220,000
6.

Congo-Zaire

51,654,000
7.

Britain

58,830,000
8.

Italy

57,298,000
9.

Ukraine

50,456,000
10.

France

59,080,000

List 84. Largest in World B, AD 2000

Country

Population
1.

China

1,262,557,000
2.

India

1,013,662,000
3.

Indonesia

212,107,000
4.

Russia

146,934,000
5.

Bangladesh

129,155,000
6.

Japan

126,714,000
7.

Nigeria

111,506,000
8.

Viet Nam

79,832,000
9.

Egypt

68,470,000
10.

Ethiopia

62,565,000

List 85. Largest in World A, AD 2000

Country

Population
1.

Pakistan

156,483,000
2.

Iran

67,702,000
3.

Turkey

66,591,000
4.

Morocco

28,221,000
5.

Afghanistan

22,720,000
6.

Algeria

31,471,000
7.

Nepal

23,930,000
8.

Uzbekistan

24,318,000
9.

North Korea

24,039,000
10.

Iraq

23,115,000

List 86. Largest in World C, AD 2025

Country

Population
1.

USA

325,573,000
2.

Brazil

217,930,000
3.

Mexico

130,196,000
4.

Congo-Zaire

104,788,000
5.

Philippines

108,251,000
6.

Russia

137,933,000
7.

Germany

80,238,000
8.

Colombia

59,758,000
9.

Britain

59,961,000
10.

Argentina

47,150,000

List 87. Largest in World B, AD 2025

Country

Population
1.

China

1,462,931,000
2.

India

1,330,449,000
3.

Indonesia

273,442,000
4.

Pakistan

263,000,000
5.

Nigeria

183,041,000
6.

Bangladesh

178,751,000
7.

Japan

121,150,000
8.

Ethiopia

115,382,000
9.

Viet Nam

108,037,000
10.

Egypt

95,615,000

List 88. Largest in World A, AD 2025

Country

Population
1.

Iran

94,463,000
2.

Afghanistan

44,934,000
3.

Morocco

38,530,000
4.

Niger

21,495,000
5.

Mali

21,295,000
6.

Somalia

16,227,000
7.

Senegal

16,743,000
8.

Guinea

12,497,000
9.

Azerbaijan

9,403,000
10.

Laos

9,653,000

List 89. Least-evangelized, AD 1900

Country

unevangelized
1.

Bhutan

306,000
2.

Burkina Faso

1,400,000
3.

Chad

1,700,000
4.

Maldives

72,000
5.

Nepal

4,430,000
6.

Niger

910,000
7.

Somaliland

164,000
8.

Oman

280,000
9.

Burundi

1,009,000
10.

Central African Rep

769,000

List 90. Least-evangelized, AD 2000

Country

unevangelized
1.

Maldives

230,000
2.

Bhutan

1,683,000
3.

Sahara

221,000
4.

Afghanistan

16,000,000
5.

Mauritania

1,818,000
6.

Turkmenistan

2,919,000
7.

Azerbaijan

4,873,000
8.

Iran

42,507,000
9.

Comoros

371,000
10.

Mayotte

60,000

List 91. Least-evangelized, AD 2025

Country

unevangelized
1.

Maldives

395,000
2.

Bhutan

2,950,000
3.

Sahara

320,000
4.

Afghanistan

29,207,000
5.

Mauritania

3,000,000
6.

Turkmenistan

3,800,000
7.

Azerbaijan

5,500,000
8.

Iran

52,500,000
9.

Comoros

550,000
10.

Guinea

6,800,000

List 92. Largest, AD 1970

Denomination

Country Members
1.

Igreja Católica no Brasil

Brazil 85,119,000
2.

Chiesa Cattolica in Italia

Italy 51,353,000
3.

Catholic Church in the USA

USA 48,305,000
4.

Iglesia Católica en México

Mexico 47,029,000
5.

Eglise Catholique de France

France 44,579,000
6.

Russian Orthodox Church

Russia 36,080,000
7.

Igesia Católica en España

Spain 33,596,000
8.

Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland

Germany 33,417,000
9.

Catholic Church in the Philippines

Philippines 30,860,000
10.

Catholic Church in Poland

Poland 28,783,000

List 93. Largest, AD 1995

Denomination

Country Members
1.

Igreja Católica no Brasil

Brazil 144,000,000
2.

Iglesia Católica en México

Mexico 85,500,000
3.

Russian Orthodox Church

Russia 73,998,000
4.

Catholic Church in the USA

USA 56,715,000
5.

Catholic Church in the Philippines

Philippines 56,554,000
6.

Chiesa Cattolica in Italia

Italy 55,750,000
7.

Eglise Catholique de France

France 48,064,000
8.

Igesia Católica en España

Spain 38,057,000
9.

Iglesia Católica en Colombia

Colombia 37,064,000
10.

Catholic Church in Poland

Poland 35,475,000

List 94. Fastest growing

Denomination

Country Rate
1.

Independent charismatic chs

Brazil 81.59%
2.

New Apostolic Church

Bulgaria 80.76%
3.

Igreja Pedra Fundamental

Brazil 79.97%
4.

Eglise Neo-Apostolique

Congo-Zaire 76.24%
5.

Ibero-Hispanic churches

USA 67.53%
6.

Hidden Buddhist believers in Christ

Japan 66.04%
7.

Independent pentecostal chs

USA 65.61%
8.

House Church movement

North Korea 65.61%
9.

Hidden Buddhist believers in Christ

Viet Nam 65.34%
10.

Christ Groups

India 63.94%

List 95. Largest Catholic, AD 1970

Denomination

Country Members
1.

Igreja Católica no Brasil

Brazil 85,119,000
2.

Chiesa Cattolica in Italia

Italy 51,353,000
3.

Catholic Church in the USA

USA 48,305,000
4.

Iglesia Católica en México

Mexico 47,029,000
5.

Eglise Catholique de France

France 44,579,000
6.

Igesia Católica en España

Spain 33,596,000
7.

Catholic Church in the Philippines

Philippines 30,860,000
8.

Catholic Church in Poland

Poland 28,783,000
9.

Katholische Kirche Deutschlands

Germany 27,957,000
10.

Iglesia Católica en la Argentina

Argentina 22,432,000

List 96. Largest Catholic, AD 1995

Denomination

Country Members
1.

Igreja Católica no Brasil

Brazil 144,000,000
2.

Iglesia Católica en México

Mexico 85,500,000
3.

Catholic Church in the USA

USA 56,715,000
4.

Catholic Church in the Philippines

Philippines 56,554,000
5.

Chiesa Cattolica in Italia

Italy 55,750,000
6.

Eglise Catholique de France

France 48,064,000
7.

Igesia Católica en España

Spain 38,057,000
8.

Iglesia Católica en Colombia

Colombia 37,064,000
9.

Catholic Church in Poland

Poland 35,475,000
10.

Iglesia Católica en la Argentina

Argentina 31,800,000

List 97. Fastest-growing Catholic

Denomination

Country Rate
1.

Catholic Church in Russia

Russia 25.83%
2.

Catholic Church in Armenia

Armenia 25.00%
3.

Catholic Church (VA Arabia)

Saudi Arabia 23.61%
4.

Catholic Church (VA Arabia)

Oman 19.89%
5.

Catholic Church in China (Clandestine)

China 18.24%
6.

Catholic Church (VA Arabia)

Qatar 16.94%
7.

Catholic Church (VA Arabia)

UAE 16.53%
8.

Catholic Church (VA Arabia)

Yemen 16.09%
9.

Catholic Church AA Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan 13.74%
10.

Catholic Church (D Patna)

Nepal 11.98%

List 98. Largest Anglican, AD 1970

Denomination

Country Members
1.

Church of England

Britain 27,659,000
2.

Anglican Church of Australia

Australia 3,775,000
3.

Episcopal Church in the USA

USA 3,196,000
4.

Anglican Church of Nigeria

Nigeria 2,941,000
5.

Church of Uganda

Uganda 1,281,000
6.

Ch of the Province of Southern Africa

South Africa 1,236,000
7.

Anglican Church of Canada

Canada 1,177,000
8.

Church in Wales

Britain 1,000,000
9.

Angl Ch in Aotearoa, NZ, & Polynesia

New Zealand 877,000
10.

Anglican Church of Kenya

Kenya 583,000

List 99. Largest Anglican, AD 1995

Denomination

Country Members
1.

Church of England

Britain 24,493,000
2.

Anglican Church of Nigeria

Nigeria 17,500,000
3.

Church of Uganda

Uganda 7,400,000
4.

Anglican Church of Australia

Australia 4,040,000
5.

Anglican Church of Kenya

Kenya 2,700,000
6.

Episcopal Church in the USA

USA 2,445,000
7.

Ch of the Province of Southern Africa

South Africa 2,430,000
8.

Church of the Province of Tanzania

Tanzania 2,300,000
9.

Province of the Epis Ch of the Sudan

Sudan 2,100,000
10.

Church in Wales

Britain 1,300,000

List 100. Fastest growing Anglican

Denomination

Country Rate
1.

Anglican Church of Cameroon

Cameroon 29.96%
2.

Iglesia Episcopal Hondureña

Honduras 13.33%
3.

Iglesia Episcopal Mexicana

Mexico 12.37%
4.

Anglican Ch (D Cyprus & the Gulf)

Qatar 10.24%
5.

Egl Protestante Episcopale du Burundi

Burundi 9.58%
6.

Anglican Church D Swaziland

Swaziland 9.22%
7.

Province of the Epis Ch of the Sudan

Sudan 8.09%
8.

Anglican Ch (North & Central Europe)

Russia 7.43%
9.

Church of the Province of Tanzania

Tanzania 7.40%
10.

Anglican Church of Nigeria

Nigeria 7.39%

List 101. Largest Protestant, AD 1970

Denomination

Country Members
1.

Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland

Germany 33,417,000
2.

United Methodist Church

USA 14,353,000
3.

Southern Baptist Convention

USA 14,200,000
4.

Church of Sweden

Sweden 7,942,000
5.

Evangelical Lutheran Ch in America

USA 5,772,000
6.

Presbyterian Church (USA)

USA 4,767,000
7.

National Church of Denmark

Denmark 4,700,000
8.

Eglise du Christ au Congo-Zaire

Congo-Zaire 4,628,000
9.

Evangelical Lutheran Ch of Finland

Finland 4,361,000
10.

United Protestant Ch in the N

Netherlands 4,079,000

List 102. Largest Protestant, AD 1995

Denomination

Country Members
1.

Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland

Germany 29,205,000
2.

Assembleias de Deus

Brazil 22,000,000
3.

Southern Baptist Convention

USA 21,500,000
4.

United Methodist Church

USA 11,091,000
5.

Eglise du Christ au Congo-Zaire

Congo-Zaire 9,260,000
6.

Church of Sweden

Sweden 7,630,000
7.

Evangelical Lutheran Ch in America

USA 5,227,000
8.

National Church of Denmark

Denmark 4,540,000
9.

Evangelical Lutheran Ch of Finland

Finland 4,473,000
10.

Word of Life Evangelical Church

Ethiopia 4,000,000

List 103. Fastest growing Protestant

Denomination

Country Rate
1.

Korean Baptist Convention

USA 63.26%
2.

Eglises de Dieu du Congo

Congo-Brazzaville 51.97%
3.

Igreja Cristiana do Timur

Timor 51.91%
4.

Chiese Elim in Italia

Italy 50.00%
5.

Congregazioni Cristiane Pentecostal

Italy 48.61%
6.

Church of Norway

Sweden 45.10%
7.

Ev Lutheran Church of Finland

Estonia 43.94%
8.

Evangelical Church of Germany

Sweden 43.94%
9.

Eglise Baptiste

Benin 43.94%
10.

Igreja de Cristo do Angola

Angola 43.03%

List 104. Largest Orthodox, AD 1970

Denomination

Country Members
1.

Russian Orthodox Church

Russia 36,080,000
2.

Ukrainian Orthodox Ch (P Moscow)

Ukraine 24,480,000
3.

Romanian Orthodox Ch, P Bucuresti

Romania 16,000,000
4.

Ethiopian Orthodox Church

Ethiopia 11,066,000
5.

Church of Greece

Greece 7,720,000
6.

Coptic Orthodox Church

Egypt 5,950,000
7.

Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Bulgaria 5,500,000
8.

Belorussian Orth Ch D Minsk

Belorussia 4,500,000
9.

Serbian Orthodox Church

Yugoslavia 4,047,000
10.

Russian Orthodox Ch D Almaty

Kazakhstan 1,950,000

List 105. Largest Orthodox, AD 1995

Denomination

Country Members
1.

Russian Orthodox Church

Russia 73,998,000
2.

Ukrainian Orthodox Ch (P Moscow)

Ukraine 26,994,000
3.

Ethiopian Orthodox Church

Ethiopia 20,250,000
4.

Romanian Orthodox Ch, P Bucuresti

Romania 19,040,000
5.

Church of Greece

Greece 9,098,000
6.

Coptic Orthodox Church

Egypt 8,670,000
7.

Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Bulgaria 6,000,000
8.

Serbian Orthodox Church

Yugoslavia 5,359,000
9.

Belorussian Orth Ch D Minsk & B

Belorussia 4,800,000
10.

Armenian Apostolic Church

Armenia 2,600,000

List 106. Fastest growing Orthodox

Denomination

Country Rate
1.

Coptic Orthodox Ch (P Alexandria)

UAE 48.90%
2.

Serbian Orthodox Church

Libya 44.54%
3.

Coptic Orthodox Church

Yemen 42.50%
4.

Aethiopische Orthodoxe Kirche

Germany 40.59%
5.

Holy Ap Cath Assyrian Ch of the East

Australia 37.75%
6.

Eglise Orthodoxe Russe

Madagascar 37.37%
7.

Armenian Apostolic Church

Sweden 36.17%
8.

Iglesia Ortodoxa Syriana

Argentina 35.53%
9.

Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Libya 34.65%
10.

Serbian Orthodox Church

Zambia 33.98%

List 107. Largest Independent, AD 1970

Denomination

Country Members
1.

National Baptist Convention, USA

USA 6,426,000
2.

Chs of Christ (Non-Instrumental)

USA 4,000,000
3.

EdeJC sur la Terre par le Prophète SK

Congo-Zaire 3,500,000
4.

Philippine Independent Church

Philippines 3,500,000
5.

National Baptist Conv of America

USA 3,300,000
6.

Low-caste Hindu believers in Christ

India 3,000,000
7.

National Primitive Baptist Convention

USA 2,007,000
8.

Igreja Católica Apostólica Brasileira

Brazil 2,000,000
9.

Church of God in Christ

USA 1,600,000
10.

African Methodist Episcopal Church

USA 1,529,000

List 108. Largest Independent, AD 1995

Denomination

Country Members
1.

Han charismatic house churches

China 29,740,000
2.

Han Chinese Three-Self Churches

China 10,500,000
3.

National Baptist Convention, USA

USA 9,410,000
4.

Isolated radio churches

India 9,000,000
5.

Low-caste Hindu believers in Christ

India 7,500,000
6.

EdeJC sur la Terre par le Prophète SK

Congo-Zaire 7,500,000
7.

Zion Christian Church

South Africa 7,100,000
8.

Church of God in Christ

USA 5,500,000
9.

Independent charismatic chs

USA 5,000,000
10.

Chinese Catholic Church (Patriotic)

China 4,600,000

List 109. Fastest growing Independent

Denomination

Country Rate
1.

Independent charismatic chs

Brazil 81.59%
2.

New Apostolic Church

Bulgaria 80.76%
3.

Igreja Pedra Fundamental

Brazil 79.97%
4.

Eglise Neo-Apostolique

Congo-Zaire 76.24%
5.

Ibero-Hispanic churches

USA 67.53%
6.

Hidden Buddhist believers in Christ

Japan 66.04%
7.

Independent pentecostal chs

USA 65.61%
8.

House Church movement

North Korea 65.61%
9.

Hidden Buddhist believers in Christ

Viet Nam 65.34%
10.

Christ Groups

India 63.94%

List 110. Largest Marginal Christian, AD 1970

Denomination

Country Members
1.

Ch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

USA 2,186,000
2.

Jehovah's Witnesses

USA 1,000,000
3.

Church of Christ, Scientist

USA 1,000,000
4.

Jehovah's Witnesses

Zambia 450,000
5.

Holy Spirit Association for U of WC

South Korea 305,000
6.

Unitarian Universalist Association

USA 265,000
7.

Reorganized Ch of JC of LD Saints

USA 203,000
8.

Jehovah's Witnesses

Britain 200,000
9.

Jehovah's Witnesses

Canada 175,000
10.

Jehovah's Witnesses

Nigeria 170,000

List 111. Largest Marginal Christian, AD 1995

Denomination

Country Members
1.

Ch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

USA 4,430,000
2.

Jehovah's Witnesses

USA 2,260,000
3.

Testigos de Jehová

Mexico 1,200,000
4.

Church of Christ, Scientist

USA 900,000
5.

Testemunhas de Jeová

Brazil 779,000
6.

Iglesia de JC de los Santos de los UD

Mexico 570,000
7.

Holy Spirit Association for U of WC

South Korea 550,000
8.

Jehovah's Witnesses

Nigeria 440,000
9.

Testimoni di Geova

Italy 377,000
10.

Jehovah's Witnesses

Zambia 370,000

List 112. Fastest growing Marginal Christian

Denomination

Country Rate
1.

Témoins de Jeova

Cambodia 58.49%
2.

Igreja de J C dos SUD

Portugal 49.44%
3.

Ch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Jamaica 35.80%
4.

Iglesia de Jesu Cristo de los SUD

Andorra 33.33%
5.

Iglesia Unificación

Panama 28.22%
6.

Jehovah's Witnesses

Kirghizia 27.68%
7.

Ch of Jesus C of Latter-day Saints

Estonia 26.40%
8.

Jehovah's Witnesses

Moldavia 21.05%
9.

Iglesia Unificación

Andorra 20.00%
10.

Jehovah's Witnesses

Mongolia 20.00%

List 113. Megablocs/traditions in most countries

Tradition

Number of Countries
1.

Roman Catholic

235
2.

Protestant

231
3.

Independent

230
4.

Jehovah's Witnesses

212
5.

Adventist

199
6.

Baptist

163
7.

Anglican

162
8.

New Apostolic

149
9.

Reformed, Presbyterian

141
10.

Orthodox

133

List 114. Largest

People

Country Population
1.

Han Chinese (Mandarin)

China 803,194,000
2.

Japanese

Japan 121,326,000
3.

Russian

Russia 117,800,000
4.

USA White

USA 115,353,000
5.

Bengali

Bangladesh 102,112,000
6.

Han Chinese (Wu)

China 94,770,000
7.

Brazilian White (Branco)

Brazil 88,062,000
8.

Maratha (Maharathi)

India 75,633,000
9.

Bengali

India 74,157,000
10.

Telugu (Andhra, Tolangan)

India 73,183,000

List 115. Greatest number of Christians

People

Country Christians
1.

Brazilian White (Branco)

Brazil 80,577,000
2.

USA White

USA 75,441,000
3.

Russian

Russia 74,450,000
4.

Han Chinese (Mandarin)

China 61,525,000
5.

Mexican Mestizo

Mexico 52,395,000
6.

German (High German)

Germany 40,458,000
7.

Brazilian Mulato

Brazil 35,180,000
8.

Polish (Pole, Silesian)

Poland 34,053,000
9.

Ukrainian

Ukraine 31,508,000
10.

English (British)

Britain 28,924,000

List 116. Greatest number of Muslims

People

Country Muslims
1.

Bengali

Bangladesh 101,948,000
2.

Western Punjabi (Lahnda)

Pakistan 63,931,000
3.

Urdu (Islami, Undri)

India 49,350,000
4.

Egyptian Arab

Egypt 47,534,000
5.

Turk

Turkey 42,076,000
6.

Persian (Irani)

Iran 21,220,000
7.

Javanese (Orang Jawa)

Indonesia 19,627,000
8.

Hausa (Hausawa)

Nigeria 19,184,000
9.

Sindhi

Pakistan 18,239,000
10.

Algerian Arab

Algeria 17,653,000

List 117. Greatest number of Hindus

People

Country Hindus
1.

Bengali

India 58,954,000
2.

Hindi (High Hindi)

India 58,457,000
3.

Maratha (Maharathi)

India 57,367,000
4.

Telugu (Andhra, Tolangan)

India 57,083,000
5.

Hindi (Bazaar, Popular)

India 53,330,000
6.

Tamil (Madrasi, Tamalsan)

India 48,691,000
7.

Gujarati

India 43,379,000
8.

Awadhi (Baiswari, Bagheli)

India 34,625,000
9.

Kanarese (Canarese)

India 33,210,000
10.

Orisi (Utkali, Vadiya)

India 32,032,000

List 118. Greatest number of Buddhists

People

Country Buddhists
1.

Japanese

Japan 66,377,000
2.

Han Chinese (Mandarin)

China 56,224,000
3.

Vietnamese (Kinh)

Viet Nam 37,187,000
4.

Burmese (Myen, Bhama)

Myanmar 24,731,000
5.

Central Thai (Siamese)

Thailand 20,509,000
6.

Northeastern Tai (Isan)

Thailand 15,938,000
7.

Sinhalese (Singhalese)

Sri Lanka 12,846,000
8.

Han Chinese (Cantonese)

China 11,372,000
9.

Central Khmer (Cambodian)

Cambodia 9,016,000
10.

Han Chinese (Wu)

China 6,729,000

List 119. Greatest number of Jews

People

Country Jews
1.

Jewish

USA 4,893,000
2.

Israeli Jewish (Sabra)

Israel 1,271,000
3.

Jewish

Russia 624,000
4.

Jewish (Judeo-German)

USA 540,000
5.

Jewish

Argentina 435,000
6.

Jewish

France 378,000
7.

Russian Jew

Israel 340,000
8.

Anglo-Canadian Jew

Canada 339,000
9.

Jewish

Russia 315,000
10.

Jewish

Brazil 306,000

List 120. Greatest number of ethnoreligionists

People

Country ethnoreligionists
1.

Northern Zhuang (Chwang)

China 10,237,000
2.

South Korean

South Korea 7,325,000
3.

Tujia (Tuchia)

China 6,327,000
4.

Central Bhil

India 4,449,000
5.

Southern Zhuang

China 4,009,000
6.

Western Meo (Peh, Tak)

China 3,492,000
7.

North Korean

North Korea 2,952,000
8.

Eastern Bhil (Vil)

India 2,676,000
9.

Yao (Highland Yao, Man)

China 2,360,000
10.

Puyi (Bouyei, Pu-I)

China 2,267,000

List 121. Greatest number of atheists

People

Country atheists
1.

Han Chinese (Mandarin)

China 96,383,000
2.

Russian

Russia 6,762,000
3.

Han Chinese (Jinyu)

China 5,682,000
4.

Vietnamese (Kinh)

Viet Nam 5,429,000
5.

North Korean

North Korea 3,714,000
6.

Japanese

Japan 3,640,000
7.

French

France 1,449,000
8.

German (High German)

Germany 1,428,000
9.

Ukrainian

Ukraine 1,067,000
10.

Swedish (Swede)

Sweden 1,042,000

List 122. Greatest number of nonreligious

People

Country nonreligious
1.

Han Chinese (Mandarin)

China 453,322,000
2.

Russian

Russia 35,340,000
3.

Han Chinese (Jinyu)

China 26,990,000
4.

Han Chinese (Wu)

China 18,954,000
5.

USA White

USA 13,450,000
6.

North Korean

North Korea 13,196,000
7.

Japanese

Japan 12,133,000
8.

German (High German)

Germany 11,333,000
9.

Vietnamese (Kinh)

Viet Nam 10,179,000
10.

Han Chinese (Cantonese)

China 9,439,000

List 123. Greatest number of Baha'is

People

Country Baha'is
1.