Number of Christians Worldwide
Christianity is ranked as the largest religion in the world today with approximately 2 billion adherents.
Adherents.com (2005)
USA adherents -159 million in 2001
UK adherents - 51 million in 1997
ReligionFacts.com
Percentage of Christians Worldwide
33% of the world's population is considered to be Christian.
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (2006)
Top 3 Largest National Christian Populations
Number of Christian Denominations
There are approximately 38,000 Christian denominations in the world.
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (2006)
The Major Denominations:
Roman Catholic - The Roman Catholic Church denomination is the largest Christian group in the world today with more than a billion followers constituting about half of the world's Christian population.
Eastern Orthodox - Approximately 225 million people worldwide are Orthodox Christians.
Protestant - There are approximately 500 million Protestants in the world.
ReligionFacts.com
Christianity in America
About 75% of adults in America identify themselves as Christian. In comparison, the next largest religions in America are Islam and Judaism. Combined they represent only about one to two percent of the United States population.
ReligiousTolerance.org
Evangelicals
Of the approximate 2 billion Christians in the world today, 648 million (11% of the world's population) are Evangelicals or Bible believing Christians. Evangelicals have grown from only 3 million in AD 1500, to 648 million worldwide, with 54% being Non-Whites.
Frontier Harvest Ministries
Missionaries
In the unevangelized world, there are 20,500 full-time Christian workers and 10,200 foreign missionaries.
In the evangelized non-Christian world, there are 1.31 million full-time Christian workers.
In the Christian world, there are 306,000 foreign missionaries to other Christian lands. Also in the Christian world, 4.19 million full-time Christian workers (95%) work within the Christian world.
Frontier Harvest Ministries
Bible Distribution
Approximately 83 million Bibles are distributed globally per year.
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (2009)
Number of Christian Books in Print
There are approximately 6 million books about Christianity in print today.
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (2006)
Number of Christian Martyrs Worldwide
An average of 171,000 Christians worldwide are martyred for their faith per year.
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (2006)
