Protestantism by country explained

There are 0.8 — 1.05 billion Protestants worldwide,[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] among approximately 2.5 billion Christians.[9] [1] [10] [11] In 2010, a total of more than 800 million included 300 million in Sub-Saharan Africa, 260 million in the Americas, 140 million in Asia-Pacific region, 100 million in Europe and 2 million in Middle East-North Africa.[2] Protestants account for nearly forty percent of Christians worldwide and more than one tenth of the total human population.[2] Various estimates put the percentage of Protestants in relation to the total number of the world's Christians at 33%, 36%,[12] 36.7%,[2] and 40%,[3] while in relation to the world's population at 11.6%[2] and 13%.[8]

In European countries which were most profoundly influenced by the Reformation, Protestantism still remains the most practiced religion. These include the Nordic countries and United Kingdom.[13] In other historical Protestant strongholds such as Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Latvia, Estonia and Hungary, it remains one of the most popular religions.[14] Although Czech Republic was the site of one of the most significant pre-reformation movements,[15] there are only few Protestant adherents;[16] [17] mainly due to historical reasons like persecution of Protestants by the Catholic Habsburgs,[18] restrictions during the Communist rule, and also the ongoing secularization.[15] Over the last several decades, religious practice has been declining as secularization has increased.[19] According to a 2019 study about religiosity in the European Union (EU) by Eurobarometer, Protestants made up 9% of the EU population. According to Pew Research Center, Protestants constituted nearly one fifth (or 17.8%) of the continent's Christian population in 2010.[2] Clarke and Beyer estimate that Protestants constituted 15% of all Europeans in 2009, while Noll claims that less than 12% of them lived in Europe in 2010.[5] [7]

Changes in worldwide Protestantism over the last century have been significant.[3] [7] [20] Since 1900, Protestantism has spread rapidly in Africa, Asia, Oceania and South America.[21] [8] That caused Protestantism to be called a primarily non-Western religion.[7] Much of the growth has occurred after World War II, when decolonization of Africa and abolition of various restrictions against Protestants in Latin American countries occurred.[8] According to one source, Protestants constituted respectively 2.5% of South Americans, 2% of Africans, and 0.5% of Asians in 1900.[8] In 2000, these percentages had increased to 17%, more than 27%, and 5.5%, respectively.[8] According to Mark A. Noll, 79% of Anglicans lived in the United Kingdom in 1910, while most of the remainder were found in the United States and across the British Commonwealth.[7] By 2010, 59% of Anglicans were found in Africa.[7] China is home to the world's largest Protestant minority.[2]

Protestantism is growing in Africa,[22] [23] Asia,[23] [24] Latin America,[23] [25] and Oceania, while remaining stable or declining in Anglo America and Europe,[26] with some exceptions such as France,[27] where it was legally eradicated after the abolition of the Edict of Nantes by the Edict of Fontainebleau and the following persecution of Huguenots, but now is claimed to be stable in number or even growing slightly. According to some, Russia is another country to see Protestant growth.[28] [29] [30] However, "by 2050 it is expected that less than 9% of Protestants will be European" and "sometime around 2040 half of all Protestants will likely live in Africa."[31]

In 2010, the largest Protestant denominational families were historically Pentecostal denominations (10.8%), Anglican (10.6%), Lutheran (9.7%), Baptist (9%), United and uniting churches (unions of different denominations) (7.2%), Presbyterian or Reformed (7%), Methodist (3.4%), Adventist (2.7%), Congregationalist (0.5%), Brethren (0.5%), The Salvation Army (0.3%) and Moravian (0.1%). Other denominations accounted for 38.2% of Protestants.[2]

The United States is home to approximately 20% of Protestants.[2] According to a 2019 study, Protestant share of U.S. population dropped to 43%, further ending its status as religion of the majority.[32] [33] [34] The decline is attributed mainly to the dropping membership of the Mainline Protestant churches [33] [35] and even among Evangelical Protestant churches[36] [37] while Black churches are relatively stable or continue to grow.[33]

According to Scientific Elite: Nobel Laureates in the United States, a review of American Nobel prizes winners awarded between 1901 and 1972 by Harriet Zuckerman, 72% of American Nobel Prize laureates came from Protestant backgrounds.[38] Overall, Protestants have won a total of 84.2% of all the American Nobel Prizes in Chemistry,[38] 60% in Medicine,[38] 58.6% in Physics,[38] between 1901 and 1972.

By 2050, some project Protestantism to rise to slightly more than half of the world's total Christian population.[39] According to Hans J. Hillerbrand, Protestant and Catholic share of the global Christian population will almost be the same by 2050, with Protestants exhibiting a significantly higher growth rate.[40]

According to Mark Juergensmeyer of the University of California, popular Protestantism is the most dynamic religious movement in the contemporary world, alongside resurgent Islam.[41]

Methodology

See also: List of Christian denominations. For the purposes of this list, the following Christian branches are considered Protestant:

Evangelicals, Charismatics, Neo-charismatics and other revivalists are found virtually across every Protestant branch. Nondenominationals, various independents and Protestants from other denominations, not easily fitting in the traditional classification, are also taken into account.

Estimates of total Protestant population vary considerably. Most reliable sources claim a range of 800 million to more than 1 billion. Difficulties occur as there is no consensus among scholars which denominations should be considered Protestant.

Countries

The seven regions considered in the following table are the six traditional ones (Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Oceania), plus Middle East (i.e. countries with Islamic majority from the Mediterranean to Iran).

Protestants by country
Country Total population (year) % Protestant Protestant total
ALIGN=center Asia Afghanistan (details)29,928,9870.03%10,000
ALIGN=center Europe Albania (details)3,563,1120.23%8,191
ALIGN=center Africa Algeria (details)35,531,8531.62%250,000
ALIGN=center Europe Andorra (details)71,2012.1%1,495
ALIGN=center Africa Angola (details)19,600,00030.6%5,997,600
ALIGN=center North America Antigua and Barbuda (details)68,72268%59,101
ALIGN=center South America Argentina (details)40,500,00015.3% [42] 6,874,290
ALIGN=center Europe Armenia (details)2,982,9043.7%110,368
ALIGN=center Oceania Australia (details)23,401,892 (2016)23.1% 6,355,952[43]
ALIGN=center Europe Austria (details)8,823,053 (2017)3.4%297,578[44]
ALIGN=center Europe Azerbaijan (details)8,581,4000.07%6,007
ALIGN=center North America Bahamas (details)353,658[45] 70%247,561
ALIGN=center Asia Bahrain (details)688,345
ALIGN=center Asia Bangladesh (details)144,319,6280.23%331,935
ALIGN=center North America Barbados (details)278,28967%186,454
ALIGN=center Europe Belarus (details)10,300,4835%515,024
ALIGN=center Europe Belgium (details)10,364,3881.35%140,000
ALIGN=center North America Belize (details)279,45730%83,837
ALIGN=center Africa Benin (details)9,100,00023%2,093,000
ALIGN=center Asia Bhutan (details)2,232,2910.018%400
ALIGN=center South America (details)8,857,87016%[46] -17.2%[47] -20%[48] 1,417,259
ALIGN=center Europe Bosnia and Herzegovina (details)4,025,4760.04%1,610
ALIGN=center Africa Botswana (details)2,000,00066%1,320,000
ALIGN=center South America Brazil (details)211,189,413[49] 24.5%-31%[50] [51] 51,695,000 - 70,791,786
ALIGN=center Asia (details)372,3611.3%4,841
ALIGN=center Europe Bulgaria (details)7,450,3491%74,503
ALIGN=center Africa Burkina Faso (details)17,000,0009%1,360,000
ALIGN=center Africa Burundi (details)10,200,00020%2,400,000
ALIGN=center Asia Cambodia (details)13,607,0690.04%5,390
ALIGN=center Africa Cameroon (details)16,380,00520%3,276,001
ALIGN=center North America Canada (details)36,242,57121.7%7,869,955[52]
ALIGN=center Africa Cape Verde (details)415,2943.5%14,535
ALIGN=center Africa Central African Republic (details)5,000,00061%3,050,000
ALIGN=center Africa Chad (details)11,500,00018%2,070,000
ALIGN=center South America Chile (details)18,192,00013% - 15.5% 11%[53] 2,365,000 - 2.821.000
ALIGN=center Asia China (details)1,382,710,000 (2016)2.9%39,970,000[54]
ALIGN=center South America Colombia (details)46,900,000 (2011 est)12.5%5,862,500
ALIGN=center Africa Comoros (details)671,2470.25%1,678
ALIGN=center Africa (details)4,100,00051%2,091,000
ALIGN=center Africa (details)65,966,000 (2010)48%31,663,680[55]
ALIGN=center North America Costa Rica (details)4,700,000 (2011 est)12.3%[56] [57] [58] -25%[59] 1,250,000
ALIGN=center Africa Cote d'Ivoire (details)22,500,00023%5,175,000
ALIGN=center Europe Croatia (details)4,495,9042%89,918
ALIGN=center North America Cuba (details)11,346,67011%1,248,133
ALIGN=center Europe Cyprus (details)780,1332%15,603
ALIGN=center Europe Czech Republic (details)10,241,1381.1% [60]
ALIGN=center Europe Denmark (details)5,700,00077% - 82%4,389,000 - 4,674,000
ALIGN=center Africa Djibouti (details)900,0000.2%1,800
ALIGN=center North America Dominica (details)69,27815%10,392
ALIGN=center North America Dominican Republic (details)10,000,000 (2011 est)18% (poll)1,800,000
ALIGN=center Asia (details)1,040,8801.2%[61] -1.96%[62] 31,226
ALIGN=center South America Ecuador (details)14,700,00012.5%-14%[63] 1,837,500
ALIGN=center Africa Egypt105,000,0002%2,100,000
ALIGN=center North America El Salvador (details)6,200,00034.4% / 28% [64] 2,132,800
ALIGN=center Africa Equatorial Guinea (details)700,0006%42,000
ALIGN=center Africa Eritrea (details)5,900,0005%295,000
ALIGN=center Europe Estonia (details)1,094,56411%121,000
ALIGN=center Africa (details)1,200,00067%801,000
ALIGN=center Africa Ethiopia (details)73,750,932 (2007)18.6%13,717,673
ALIGN=center Oceania Fiji (details)893,35442.5%379,676
ALIGN=center Europe Finland (details)5,564,00065.8%[65] 3,662,000
ALIGN=center Europe France (details)60,656,1782%1,213,124
ALIGN=center Africa Gabon (details)1,500,00039.7%[66]
ALIGN=center Africa Gambia (details)1,593,2567%360,000
ALIGN=center Europe (details)4,677,4012.14%100,000
ALIGN=center Europe Germany (details)83,155,000 (2020)25.4%21,125,000[67]
ALIGN=center Africa Ghana (details)24,200,000 (2010)58.1%14,060,200
ALIGN=center Europe Greece (details)10,668,3540.28%30,000
ALIGN=center North America Grenada (details)89,50230%26,851
ALIGN=center North America Guatemala (details)14,700,00038.2%6,038,150
ALIGN=center Africa Guinea (details)10,200,0004%408,000
ALIGN=center Africa Guinea-Bissau (details)1,600,0002%32,000
ALIGN=center South America Guyana (details)765,28338%290,808
ALIGN=center North America Haiti (details)10,100,000 (2011 est)30%3,030,000
ALIGN=center North America Honduras (details)6,975,20441%2,859,834
ALIGN=center Europe Hungary (details)10,006,83514%1,401,640
ALIGN=center Europe Iceland (details)376,200 (2022)68.1%256,200[68]
ALIGN=center Asia India (details) 1.5%18,860,000[69]
ALIGN=center Asia Indonesia (details)270,000,000 (2020)7.6%20,246,000[70]
ALIGN=center Asia (details)68,017,8600.3%204,054
ALIGN=center Asia Iraq (details)38,146,0250.1%40,000
ALIGN=center Europe Ireland (details)4,761,900 (2016)4.2%201,400[71]
ALIGN=center Asia Israel (details)9,076,8830.71%64,000
ALIGN=center Europe Italy (details)58,102,1121,3%755,328
ALIGN=center North America Jamaica (details)2,731,83260%1,639,099
ALIGN=center Asia Japan (details)127,417,2440.4%509,668
ALIGN=center Asia Jordan (details)5,759,7320.5%28,799
ALIGN=center Asia Kazakhstan (details)15,185,8442%303,717
ALIGN=center Africa Kenya (details)50,953,000 (2019)60.8%31,081,162
ALIGN=center Oceania Kiribati (details)103,50040%41,400
ALIGN=center Asia (details)22,912,1770.04%10,000
ALIGN=center Asia (details)51,815,81019.70%10,207,715
ALIGN=center Asia Kuwait (details)2,335,6482.14%50,000
ALIGN=center Asia Kyrgyzstan (details)5,146,2810.03%1,337
ALIGN=center Asia (details)6,217,1410.56%35,000
ALIGN=center Europe Latvia (details)2,070,37135%714,000
ALIGN=center Asia Lebanon (details)3,826,0181%40,000
ALIGN=center Africa Lesotho (details)2,200,00050%1,100,000
ALIGN=center Africa Liberia (details)4,100,00075%3,075,000
ALIGN=center Africa Libya (details)6,765,563
ALIGN=center Europe Liechtenstein (details)33,4367%2,341
ALIGN=center Europe Lithuania (details)3,596,6171%35,966
ALIGN=center Europe Luxembourg (details)468,5711%4,686
ALIGN=center Africa Madagascar (details)21,300,00038%8,094,000
ALIGN=center Africa Malawi (details)15,900,00055%8,745,000
ALIGN=center Asia Malaysia (details)28,900,0004%1,156,000
ALIGN=center Asia Maldives (details)349,10600
ALIGN=center Africa Mali (details)15,400,0001%154,000
ALIGN=center Oceania Marshall Islands (details)62,00076.7%47,554
ALIGN=center Africa Mauritania (details)3,500,0000.1%3,500
ALIGN=center Africa Mauritius (details)1,230,6024.5%55,377
ALIGN=center North America Mexico (details)114,800,000 (2011 est)5%-7.3%[72] -10% [73] 5,700,000-11,400,000
ALIGN=center Europe (details)4,455,4210.26%11,634
ALIGN=center Oceania (details)108,15547%50,833
ALIGN=center Asia Mongolia (details)3,348,2721.25%41,800
ALIGN=center Africa Morocco (details)32,725,847
ALIGN=center Africa Mozambique (details)23,100,00027%6,237,000
ALIGN=center Asia Myanmar (details)42,909,4643%1,287,284
ALIGN=center Africa Namibia (details)2,300,00074%1,702,000
ALIGN=center Oceania Nauru (details)13,04866%8,612
ALIGN=center Asia Nepal (details)27,676,5470.013,979
ALIGN=center Europe Netherlands (details)16,407,49111%3,445,573
ALIGN=center Oceania New Zealand (details)4,699,75526.7%[74] 1,253,742
ALIGN=center North America Nicaragua (details)5,900,000 (2011 est)26.5% (PF)1,563,500
ALIGN=center Africa Niger (details)16,100,0000.5%80,500
ALIGN=center Africa Nigeria (details)200,000,00037.7%60,118,563[75] -75,400,000
ALIGN=center Europe (details)2,045,2623%61,358
ALIGN=center Europe Norway (details)5,367,00072.0%3,865,000[76] [77]
ALIGN=center Asia Oman (details)3,001,5835.8%[98]| align="right" | 11,500|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Asia| Pakistan (details)| align="right" | 162,419,946| align="center" | 0.86%| align="right" | 1,400,000|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Oceania| Palau (details)| align="right" | 20,000| align="center" | 29.6%| align="right" | 5,960|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | North America| Panama (details)| align="right" | 3,600,000| align="center" | 24%| align="right" | 864,000|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Oceania| Papua New Guinea (details)| align="right" | 5,545,268| align="center" | 61.5%| align="right" | 3,410,340|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | South America| Paraguay (details)| align="right" | 6,600,000| align="center" | 6%| align="right" | 396,000|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | South America| Peru (details)| align="right" | 32,510,000 (2019)| align="center" | 12.5% (2006 census)| align="right" | 3,675,000|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Asia| Philippines (details)| align="right" | 100,000,000| align="center" | 10.0%-8.2%[78] | align="right" | 10,000,000|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Europe| Poland (details)| align="right" | 38,635,144| align="center" | 0.35%| align="right" | 130,000|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Europe| Portugal (details)| align="right" | 10,421,117| align="center" | 2.2%| align="right" | 229,265|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | North America| Puerto Rico (details)| align="right" | 3,500,000| align="center" | 33%| align="right" | 1,100,000|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Asia| Qatar (details)| align="right" | 863,051| align="center" | 1%| align="right" | |- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Europe| Romania (details)| align="right" | 22,329,977| align="center" | 6%| align="right" | 1,339,799|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Europe| (details)| align="right" | 143,420,309| align="center" | 2%| align="right" | 2,485,000|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Africa| Rwanda (details)| align="right" | 10,900,000| align="center" | 43%| align="right" | 4,687,000|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | North America| Saint Kitts and Nevis (details)| align="right" | 38,958| align="center" | 74%| align="right" | 29,335|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | North America| Saint Lucia (details)| align="right" | 166,312| align="center" | 10%| align="right" | 16,631|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | North America| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (details)| align="right" | 117,534| align="center" | 77%| align="right" | 90,501|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Oceania| Samoa (details)| align="right" | 179,000| align="center" | 49.8%| align="right" | 89,142|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Asia| Saudi Arabia (details)| align="right" | 26,417,599| align="center" | 3.33%| align="right" | 800,000|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Africa| Senegal (details)| align="right" | 11,126,832| align="center" | 0.5%| align="right" | 55,634|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Europe| Serbia (details)| align="right" | 7,186,175| align="center" | 1.2%| align="right" | 80,291|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Africa| Seychelles (details)| align="right" | 81,188| align="center" | 8%| align="right" | 6,495|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Africa| Sierra Leone (details)| align="right" | 5,400,000| align="center" | 14%| align="right" | 756,000|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Asia| Singapore (details)| align="right" | 4,425,720| align="center" | 8%| align="right" | 354,058|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Europe| Slovakia (details)| align="right" | 5,431,363| align="center" | 8.9| align="right" | 935,235|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Europe| Slovenia (details)| align="right" | 2,011,070| align="center" | 0.8%| align="right" | 16,135|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Oceania| Solomon Islands (details)| align="right" | 540,000| align="center" | 76.6%| align="right" | 410,000|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Africa| Somalia (details)| align="right" | 9,900,000| align="center" | 0| align="right" | 0|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Africa| South Africa (details)| align="right" | 50,500,000 (2010)| align="center" | 72.9%| align="right" | 36,814,500|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Africa| (details)| align="right" | 9,950,000| align="center" | 20.7%| align="right" | 2,060,000|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Europe| Spain (details)| align="right" | 50,000,000| align="center" | 3%| align="right" | 1,500,000|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Asia| Sri Lanka (details)| align="right" | 20,064,776| align="center" | 0.8%| align="right" | 160,518|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Africa| Sudan (details)| align="right" | 44,600,000| align="center" | 5%| align="right" | 2,200,000|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | South America| Suriname (details)| align="right" | 500,000| align="center" | 25%| align="right" | 125,000|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Europe| Sweden (details)| align="right" | 10,000,000| align="center" | 60%| align="right" | 6,000,000|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Europe| Switzerland (details)| align="right" | 8,482,152 (2017)| align="center" | 27%[79] | align="right" | 2,290,000|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Asia| (details)| align="right" | 18,448,752| align="center" | 0.2%| align="right" | 37,605|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Asia| (details)| align="right" | 22,894,384| align="center" | 2.6%| align="right" | 595,254|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Asia| Tajikistan (details)| align="right" | 7,163,506| align="center" | 0.01%| align="right" | 711|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Africa| (details)| align="right" | 62,092,761[80] | align="center" | 38%| align="right" | 22,765,045|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Asia| Thailand (details)| align="right" | 64,076,033| align="center" | 0.77%| align="right" | 492,800|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Africa| Togo (details)| align="right" | 5,681,519| align="center" | 9.5%| align="right" | 539,744|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Oceania| Tonga (details)| align="right" | 112,422| align="center" | 73%| align="right" | 82,068|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | North America| Trinidad and Tobago (details)| align="right" | 1,300,000| align="center" | 38%| align="right" | 494,000|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Africa| Tunisia (details)| align="right" | 10,074,951| align="center" | 3.33%| align="right" | 335,496|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Europe| Turkey (details)| align="right" | 84,680,273| align="center" | | align="right" | 13,000|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Asia| Turkmenistan (details)| align="right" | 4,952,081| align="center" | 0.6%| align="right" | 81|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Oceania| Tuvalu (details)| align="right" | 11,636| align="center" | 94%| align="right" | 11,450|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Africa| Uganda (details)| align="right" | 34,856,000 (2014)| align="center" | 45.1%| align="right" | 15,720,056|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Europe| Ukraine (details)| align="right" | 47,425,336| align="center" | 2.3%| align="right" | 900,000|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Asia| United Arab Emirates (details)| align="right" | 2,563,212| align="center" | 5%| align="right" | 128,160|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Europe| United Kingdom (details)| align="right" | 67,330,000 (2021)| align="center" | 31% [81] 24%[82] | align="right" | 16,080,000-20,770,000|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | North America| United States (details)| align="right" | 330,000,000| align="center" | 46.5%[83]
36%[84]
43% [85] | align="right" | 118,800,000
141,900,000
153,450,000 |- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | South America| Uruguay (details)| align="right" | 3,400,000| align="center" | 15%| align="right" | 510,000|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Asia| Uzbekistan (details)| align="right" | 26,851,195| align="center" | 0.01%| align="right" | 1,345|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Oceania| Vanuatu (details)| align="right" | 243,304| align="center" | 40%| align="right" | 97,321|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Europe| (details)| align="right" | 921| align="center" | 0%| align="right" | 0|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | South America| (details)| align="right" | 33,221,865| align="center" | 17%[86] | align="right" | 5,647,717|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Asia| (details)| align="right" | 83,535,576| align="center" | 1%| align="right" | 835,355|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Asia| Yemen (details)| align="right" | 20,727,063| align="center" | | align="right" | |- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Africa| Zambia (details)| align="right" | 13,500,000| align="center" | 68%| align="right" | 9,180,000|- bgcolor=#F0F8FF| ALIGN=center | Africa| Zimbabwe (details)| align="right" | 12,100,000| align="center" | 67%| align="right" | 8,107,000|- bgcolor=#99FFFF class="sortbottom"! colspan="2" | World! 7,600,000,000 (2017)! 12.1%! 920,000,000|}

By region

The following are summary tables of the numbers and percentages of Protestants in each region. Also included are the percentages of Protestants in the world that reside in that region ("% of Protestant total").

Protestants in Africa
RegionTotal PopulationProtestants% Protestant% of Protestant total
Central Africa91,561,87518,322,15120.01%3.09%
East Africa225,488,56636,965,72816.39%6.23%
North Africa161,963,837100,3000.06%0.01%
Southern Africa137,092,01955,432,67740.44%9.35%
West Africa269,935,59049,230,62718.24%8.30%
Total886,041,887160,051,48218.06%26.99%
Protestants in Asia
RegionTotal PopulationProtestants% Protestant% of Protestant total
Central Asia92,019,166308,7360.34%0.05%
East Asia1,527,960,26125,550,7081.67%4.31%
Middle East271,013,623680,7570.25%0.11%
South Asia1,437,326,6829,458,2830.66%1.59%
Southeast Asia571,337,07026,387,1554.62%4.45%
Total3,899,656,80262,385,6391.6%10.52%
Protestants in Europe
RegionTotal PopulationProtestants% Protestant% of Protestant total
Central Europe82,033,0477,803,1779.51%1.32%
Eastern Europe209,198,1661,389,4520.66%0.23%
Northern Europe191,466,473104,997,79654.8%17.71%
Balkans65,407,6091,713,0802.62%0.31%
Southern Europe180,498,9231,964,5381.09%0.33%
Total728,604,218117,868,04316.2%19.90%
Protestants in the Americas
RegionTotal PopulationProtestants% Protestant% of Protestant total
Caribbean37,285,8195,912,49015.86%0.99%
Central America147,338,10816,376,63111.12%2.76%
North America328,539,175172,167,23652.4%29.03%
South America371,075,53144,682,76712.04%7.53%
Total884,238,633239,139,12427.05%40.32%

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Notes and References

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