Christianity
Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life, death, and teachings of Jesus. It is the largest religion in the world, with about 2.4 billion followers, or 31.2% of the world’s population. Christianity is the major religion in Europe, North and South America and Australasia. Today there are three main historic and theologically distinctive streams of Christianity – Roman Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox. The sacred text of Christianity is the Bible, composed of the Old Testament and the New Testament. According to a 2023 report, the global Christian population will reach 3.3 billion by 2050.
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List of Countries with the Highest Number of Christians
List of Countries with the Highest Number of Christians: Christianity is the official religion in 15 countries in various forms. For example, Argentina follows the Catholic Church, Armenia follows the Armenian Apostolic Church, and Tuvalu has the Church of Tuvalu. Other countries, like Denmark, England, and Greece, have their national branches of Christianity. In Liechtenstein, Malta, Monaco, and Vatican City, the Catholic Church is the state religion. Additionally, Zambia also recognizes Christianity as a state religion.
Christians comprise the majority of the population in 158 countries and territories, about two-thirds of the world’s countries and territories. Christianity is the largest religion in the world and about one-third of the global population adheres to it.
In this article, we will look into the list of countries that adopted Christianity as their state religion and the current population of Christians in these countries.
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- Christianity
- List of Countries with the Highest Number of Christians
- List of Countries with the Highest Percentage of Christians
- List of Countries Officially Adopted Christianity as their State Religion
- Vatican City
- Armenia
- Greece
- Zambia
- Argentina
- Tuvalu
- Costa Rica
- Denmark
- England
- Georgia
- Iceland
- Liechtenstein
- Malta
- Monaco