Religion by country

Christianity by Country

Q: Which country has the highest percentage of Christians?

Anguilla (100.0%), followed by Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados and Bermuda.

Christianity is the largest religion in 147 countries. The highest shares of Christians are in Anguilla (100.0%), Antigua and Barbuda (100.0%) and Bahamas (100.0%); the most Christians in absolute numbers live in United States, Brazil and Mexico.

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Countries with christians

147

Countries where it is the largest religion

2.30 billion

Estimated christians (sum of countries)

United States

Most christians in absolute numbers

Highest share of Christians

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British Virgin Islands

100.0%

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Share of Christians in every country

Rank	Country	Share	Estimated Christians	Largest religion
1	Anguilla	100.0%	—	Christianity
1	Antigua and Barbuda	100.0%	94,209	Christianity
1	Bahamas	100.0%	403,033	Christianity
1	Barbados	100.0%	282,623	Christianity
1	Bermuda	100.0%	64,555	Christianity
1	British Virgin Islands	100.0%	39,732	Christianity
1	Burundi	100.0%	14.4 million	Christianity
1	Cayman Islands	100.0%	75,844	Christianity
1	Dominica	100.0%	65,871	Christianity
1	Eswatini	100.0%	1.3 million	Christianity
1	Grenada	100.0%	117,303	Christianity
1	Jamaica	100.0%	2.8 million	Christianity
1	Kenya	100.0%	57.5 million	Christianity
1	Lesotho	100.0%	2.4 million	Christianity
1	Marshall Islands	100.0%	36,282	Christianity
1	Montserrat	100.0%	—	Christianity
1	Papua New Guinea	100.0%	10.8 million	Christianity
1	Pitcairn Islands	100.0%	—	Christianity
1	Saint Lucia	100.0%	180,149	Christianity
1	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	100.0%	99,924	Christianity
1	Samoa	100.0%	219,306	Christianity
1	Sint Maarten	100.0%	43,923	Christianity
1	Solomon Islands	100.0%	838,645	Christianity
1	Tonga	100.0%	103,742	Christianity
1	Turks and Caicos Islands	100.0%	46,855	Christianity
26	Micronesia	99.2%	112,774	Christianity
26	Tokelau	99.2%	—	Christianity
28	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	99.0%	—	Christianity
28	Wallis and Futuna	99.0%	—	Christianity
30	Ghana	98.7%	34.6 million	Christianity
31	American Samoa	98.3%	45,247	Christianity
32	Namibia	97.5%	3.0 million	Christianity
32	Uganda	97.5%	50.1 million	Christianity
34	Nauru	97.0%	11,664	Christianity
35	Tuvalu	96.7%	9,179	Christianity
36	Malawi	96.6%	21.5 million	Christianity
37	Kiribati	96.2%	131,301	Christianity
38	DR Congo	95.9%	108.2 million	Christianity
39	Denmark	95.7%	5.8 million	Christianity
40	Zambia	95.5%	20.9 million	Christianity
41	Romania	95.3%	18.1 million	Christianity
42	Armenia	95.2%	2.9 million	Christianity
43	Virgin Islands	94.8%	98,395	Christianity
44	Seychelles	94.6%	116,103	Christianity
45	Guam	94.2%	159,197	Christianity
46	Cyprus	94.0%	1.3 million	Christianity
47	Bolivia	93.2%	11.7 million	Christianity
48	Paraguay	93.1%	6.5 million	Christianity
49	Equatorial Guinea	93.0%	1.8 million	Christianity
50	Moldova	92.7%	2.2 million	Christianity
51	Timor-Leste	92.6%	1.3 million	Christianity
52	Rwanda	92.2%	13.4 million	Christianity
53	Peru	91.7%	31.7 million	Christianity
54	Malta	90.0%	521,734	Christianity
54	Monaco	90.0%	34,507	Christianity
56	Belize	89.9%	380,209	Christianity
57	Gabon	89.6%	2.3 million	Christianity
58	Curacao	89.5%	139,855	Christianity
59	Ecuador	89.4%	16.4 million	Christianity
60	Puerto Rico	89.0%	2.8 million	Christianity
61	Honduras	88.4%	9.7 million	Christianity
61	Panama	88.4%	4.0 million	Christianity
63	Cook Islands	88.2%	—	Christianity
64	Guatemala	88.1%	16.5 million	Christianity
65	Vanuatu	87.9%	294,614	Christianity
66	Croatia	87.4%	3.4 million	Christianity
67	Faroe Islands	87.0%	47,763	Christianity
68	Mexico	86.4%	114.0 million	Christianity
69	Georgia	86.3%	3.4 million	Christianity
70	South Africa	86.0%	55.7 million	Christianity
71	Aruba	85.9%	93,446	Christianity
72	Zimbabwe	85.3%	14.5 million	Christianity
73	Jersey	85.2%	—	Christianity
73	New Caledonia	85.2%	251,624	Christianity
75	Nicaragua	85.1%	6.0 million	Christianity
76	Serbia	85.0%	5.6 million	Christianity
77	El Salvador	84.9%	5.4 million	Christianity
77	Liberia	84.9%	4.9 million	Christianity
79	Palau	84.2%	14,872	Christianity
80	French Polynesia	84.0%	237,271	Christianity
80	Haiti	84.0%	10.0 million	Christianity
82	Brazil	83.7%	178.1 million	Christianity
83	Gibraltar	83.6%	33,545	Christianity
84	Liechtenstein	83.2%	34,132	Christianity
85	Philippines	82.7%	96.6 million	Christianity
86	Colombia	82.0%	43.8 million	Christianity
87	Argentina	81.9%	37.6 million	Christianity
88	Cape Verde	81.7%	430,825	Christianity
89	Venezuela	81.3%	23.2 million	Christianity
90	Italy	80.8%	47.6 million	Christianity
91	Dominican Republic	80.3%	9.3 million	Christianity
92	Angola	79.2%	30.9 million	Christianity
93	Botswana	79.1%	2.0 million	Christianity
94	Lithuania	78.7%	2.3 million	Christianity
95	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	78.4%	—	Christianity
96	Norfolk Island	77.7%	—	Christianity
97	Iceland	77.3%	303,328	Christianity
98	Ireland	77.0%	4.2 million	Christianity
99	Republic of the Congo	76.8%	5.0 million	Christianity
100	Latvia	76.4%	1.4 million	Christianity
101	Guyana	76.0%	635,349	Christianity
102	Montenegro	75.5%	470,462	Christianity
103	Trinidad and Tobago	75.3%	1.0 million	Christianity
104	Chile	74.5%	14.8 million	Christianity
105	Madagascar	74.4%	24.4 million	Christianity
105	Norway	74.4%	4.2 million	Christianity
107	Slovenia	74.0%	1.6 million	Christianity
108	Central African Republic	73.2%	4.0 million	Christianity
109	Poland	70.7%	25.8 million	Christianity
110	Luxembourg	70.6%	485,001	Christianity
110	United States	70.6%	241.3 million	Christianity
112	Costa Rica	69.9%	3.6 million	Christianity
112	Portugal	69.9%	7.6 million	Christianity
114	Fiji	69.2%	645,743	Christianity
115	Finland	67.7%	3.8 million	Christianity
116	Ethiopia	67.3%	91.2 million	Christianity
117	Slovakia	66.7%	3.6 million	Christianity
118	Bulgaria	64.7%	4.2 million	Christianity
119	Austria	63.9%	5.9 million	Christianity
119	Sao Tome and Principe	63.9%	153,522	Christianity
121	Tanzania	63.1%	44.5 million	Christianity
122	Switzerland	62.6%	5.7 million	Christianity
123	Suriname	62.0%	396,707	Christianity
124	South Sudan	60.5%	7.4 million	Christianity
125	Cameroon	60.2%	18.0 million	Christianity
126	Uruguay	59.6%	2.0 million	No religion
127	United Kingdom	59.5%	41.3 million	Christianity
128	Belgium	59.4%	7.1 million	Christianity
129	North Macedonia	59.3%	1.1 million	Christianity
130	Cuba	58.9%	6.4 million	Christianity
131	Spain	58.2%	28.7 million	Christianity
132	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	57.1%	—	Christianity
133	Belarus	55.4%	5.0 million	Christianity
134	Benin	55.3%	8.2 million	Christianity
135	Isle of Man	54.7%	46,013	Christianity
136	New Zealand	53.9%	2.9 million	Christianity
136	Sweden	53.9%	5.7 million	Christianity
138	Canada	53.3%	22.2 million	Christianity
139	Australia	52.4%	14.5 million	Christianity
140	France	50.0%	34.4 million	Christianity
141	Germany	47.4%	39.6 million	Christianity
142	Bosnia and Herzegovina	45.9%	1.4 million	Islam
142	Hungary	45.9%	4.4 million	Christianity
142	Nigeria	45.9%	109.0 million	Islam
145	Mozambique	45.7%	16.3 million	Christianity
146	Chad	44.1%	9.3 million	Islam
147	Togo	42.3%	3.6 million	Christianity
148	Netherlands	34.9%	6.3 million	No religion
149	Côte d'Ivoire	33.9%	11.1 million	Islam
150	Mauritius	32.7%	406,703	Hinduism
151	Lebanon	32.4%	1.9 million	Islam
152	Estonia	27.2%	371,681	No religion
153	Burkina Faso	26.3%	6.3 million	Islam
154	South Korea	23.0%	11.9 million	No religion
155	Sierra Leone	22.9%	2.0 million	Islam
156	Christmas Island	19.8%	—	Christianity
157	Guinea-Bissau	18.9%	425,158	Islam
157	Singapore	18.9%	1.2 million	Buddhism
159	Kuwait	18.2%	885,484	Islam
160	Kazakhstan	17.2%	3.6 million	Islam
161	Albania	16.8%	394,729	Islam
162	Qatar	13.7%	407,193	Islam
163	Guinea	13.4%	2.0 million	Islam
164	Czechia	13.0%	1.4 million	No religion
165	United Arab Emirates	12.9%	1.5 million	Islam
166	Niue	12.5%	—	Christianity
167	Hong Kong	12.0%	899,868	No religion
168	Indonesia	10.6%	30.3 million	Islam
169	Egypt	10.0%	11.8 million	Islam
169	Syria	10.0%	2.6 million	Islam
171	Malaysia	9.1%	3.3 million	Islam
172	Uzbekistan	9.0%	3.3 million	Islam
173	Sri Lanka	7.4%	1.6 million	Buddhism
174	Macau	7.2%	49,385	Folk & traditional religions
175	Vietnam	7.1%	7.2 million	No religion
176	Kyrgyzstan	7.0%	514,014	Islam
177	Brunei	6.7%	31,244	Islam
178	Oman	6.4%	351,660	Islam
178	Turkmenistan	6.4%	487,606	Islam
180	Myanmar	6.2%	3.4 million	Buddhism
181	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	5.7%	—	Islam
182	China	5.1%	71.7 million	No religion
183	Taiwan	3.9%	—	Buddhism
184	Kosovo	3.7%	58,344	Islam
185	Gambia	3.5%	98,773	Islam
186	Mali	2.8%	705,567	Islam
187	Libya	2.7%	201,381	Islam
187	Senegal	2.7%	511,163	Islam
189	Azerbaijan	2.6%	266,422	Islam
190	India	2.3%	33.7 million	Hinduism
191	Jordan	2.1%	241,934	Islam
192	Russia	2.0%	2.9 million	Christianity
193	Israel	1.9%	192,333	Judaism
194	Nepal	1.8%	533,126	Hinduism
195	Laos	1.7%	133,842	Buddhism
196	Pakistan	1.4%	3.6 million	Islam
197	Mongolia	1.3%	46,397	Buddhism
198	Thailand	1.2%	859,438	Buddhism
199	Japan	1.1%	1.4 million	Folk & traditional religions
200	Iraq	1.0%	470,208	Christianity
201	Iran	0.7%	646,924	Islam
202	Comoros	0.6%	5,297	Islam
203	Cambodia	0.3%	53,544	Buddhism
203	Niger	0.3%	83,753	Islam

Data: CIA World Factbook (public domain) (religions); population: World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0).

Where Christians live

By continent, the largest numbers of Christians (estimated from national shares and populations) live in Americas (820.7 million), Africa (816.6 million), Europe (342.7 million) and Asia (286.7 million). The five countries with the most Christians are United States (241.3 million), Brazil (178.1 million), Mexico (114.0 million), Nigeria (109.0 million) and DR Congo (108.2 million).

Where Christianity is the majority

Christianity is the largest religion in 147 countries, including Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Burundi, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Eswatini, Grenada, Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho and Marshall Islands.

About the data

Shares come from national censuses and surveys compiled in the CIA World Factbook; the year differs by country. Denominations are grouped into religious families — for example Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox into Christianity. Totals can exceed or fall short of 100% because sources overlap or leave groups unstated.

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Frequently asked questions

Which country has the highest percentage of Christians?

Anguilla (100.0%), followed by Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados and Bermuda.

Which country has the most Christians?

United States — about 241.3 million.

In how many countries is Christianity the largest religion?

147.