This is a list of Christian denominations by number of members.
It is inevitably partial and generally based on claims by the denominations themselves. The numbers should therefore be considered approximate and the article an ongoing work-in-progress. With about 2.42 billions all over the world, Christianity is the largest religious group in the world.
The list includes the Catholic Church including the Eastern Catholic churches; all the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches with some recognition and their spin-offs; the Protestant denominations; the provinces of the Anglican Communion with at least 0.2 million members; all the other Christian branches with distinct theologies, such as Restorationist and Nontrinitarianian denominations; the independent Catholic denominations; and the Church of the East.
Figures in accordance with Church’s Book of Statistics (2014).
Latin Church - 1,255 million
Promiment movements (incomplete list):
Catholic Charismatic Renewal - 160 million
Legion of Mary (active & auxiliary) - over 10 million
Neocatechumenal Way - 1 million
Personal Ordinariate for former Anglicans - 0.005 million
Eastern Catholic Churches - 16.3 million
Alexandrian Rite
Ethiopian Catholic Church - 0.2 million
Coptic Catholic Church - 0.2 million
Eritrean Catholic Church - 0.2 million
Antiochene Rite
Maronite Catholic Church - 3.1 million
Syro-Malankara Catholic Church - 0.4 million
Syriac Catholic Church - 0.1 million
Armenian Rite
Armenian Catholic Church - 0.4 million
Chaldean Rite
Syro-Malabar Catholic Church - 3.8 million
Chaldean Catholic Church - 0.4 million
Byzantine Rite
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church - 4.3 million
Melkite Greek Catholic Church - 1.3 million
Romanian Greek Catholic Church - 0.7 million
Ruthenian Catholic Church - 0.5 million
Hungarian Greek Catholic Church - 0.3 million
Slovak Greek Catholic Church - 0.2 million
Italo-Albanian Catholic Church - 0.1 million
Belarusian Greek Catholic Church - 0.1 million
Byzantine Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia - 0.05 million
Georgian Byzantine Catholic Church - 0.01 million
Albanian Greek Catholic Church - 0.01 million
Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church - 0.01 million
Greek Byzantine Catholic Church - 0.01 million
Macedonian Greek Catholic Church - 0.01 million
Russian Greek Catholic Church - 0.01 million
Canonically irregular groups
Society of Saint Pius X - 0.5 million
Protestantism is the second largest major group of Christians after the Catholic Church by number of followers. Estimates vary considerably, from 400 million up to more than a billion. One of the reasons is the lack of a common agreement among scholars which denominations constitute Protestantism. For instance, several sources include also Anglicanism (see below). Moreover, Protestant denominations do not form a single communion, comparable to those of the Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodoxy. Nevertheless, 800 million is the most accepted figure among various authors and scholars, and thus is used in this article.
Historical Protestantism - 300-400 million
Baptist churches - 75-105 millionSouthern Baptist Convention - 15.7 million
National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc. - 8.2 million
Nigerian Baptist Convention - 5.0 million
National Missionary Baptist Convention of America - 3.1 million
National Baptist Convention of America, Inc. - 3.1 million
Baptist Union of Uganda - 2.5 million
Baptist Community of Western Congo - 2.1 million
Baptist General Convention of Texas - 2.1 million
Baptist Convention of Tanzania - 2.0 million
Brazilian Baptist Convention - 1.6 million
Progressive National Baptist Convention - 1.5 million
Baptist Bible Fellowship International - 1.2 million
American Baptist Churches USA - 1.2 million
Lott Carey Foreign Mission Convention - 1.1 million
Baptist Community of the Congo River - 1.1 million
National Primitive Baptist Convention of the U.S.A. - 1.0 million
Myanmar Baptist Convention - 1.0 million
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship - 0.8 million
Baptist General Association of Virginia - 0.6 million
Baptist Convention of Kenya - 0.6 million
Council of Baptist Churches in Northeast India - 0.6 million
Nagaland Baptist Church Council - 0.6 million
Korea Baptist Convention - 0.5 million
Orissa Evangelical Baptist Crusade - 0.5 million
Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches - 0.5 million
National Baptist Convention (Brazil) - 0.4 million
Church of Christ in Congo–Baptist Community of Congo - 0.4 million
Baptist Convention of Malawi - 0.3 million
Garo Baptist Convention - 0.3 million
Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches - 0.3
Ghana Baptist Convention - 0.3
Union of Baptist Churches in Rwanda - 0.3 million
American Baptist Association - 0.3 million
Baptist Missionary Association of America - 0.2 million
Conservative Baptist Association of America - 0.2 million
National Association of Free Will Baptists - 0.2 million
Convention of Visayas and Mindanao of Southern Baptist Churches - 0.2 million
Manipur Baptist Convention - 0.2 million
Baptist Community in Central Africa - 0.2 million
Lutheranism - 70-90 millionEvangelical Church in Germany - 24.5 million
Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus - 8.3 million
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania - 6.5 million
Church of Sweden - 6.3 million
United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India - 4.5 million
Batak Christian Protestant Church - 4.5 million
Church of Denmark - 4.4 million
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland - 4.0 million
Church of Norway - 3.8 million
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America - 3.8 million
Malagasy Lutheran Church - 3.0 million
Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod - 2.2 million
The Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria - 2.2 million
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea - 1.2 million
Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil - 0.7 million
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia - 0.7 million
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa - 0.6 million
The Protestant Christian Church - 0.5 million
The Indonesian Christian Church - 0.5 million
Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia - 0.4 million
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod - 0.4 million
Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ - 0.4 million
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cameroon - 0.3 million
Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Austria - 0.3 million
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe - 0.3 million
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia - 0.3 million
Christian Protestant Church in Indonesia - 0.3 million
North American Lutheran Church - 0.2 million
Church of Iceland - 0.2 million
Simalungun Protestant Christian Church - 0.2 million
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil - 0.2 million
Protestant Church of Augsburg Confession of Alsace and Lorraine - 0.2 million
The Lutheran Council of Great Britain - 0.2 million
Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia - 0.2 million
Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Hungary - 0.2 million
Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church - 0.2 million
Methodism - 60-80 millionUnited Methodist Church - 12 million
African Methodist Episcopal Church - 2.5 million
Church of the Nazarene - 2 million
Methodist Church Nigeria - 2 million
Methodist Church of Southern Africa - 1.7 million
Korean Methodist Church - 1.5 million
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church - 1.5 million
The Salvation Army - 1.4 million
United Methodist Church of Ivory Coast - 1 million
Free Methodist Church - 0.9 million
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church - 0.9 million
Methodist Church Ghana - 0.8 million
Methodist Church in India - 0.6 million
Methodist Church in Kenya - 0.5 million
Wesleyan Church - 0.4 million
Evangelical Free Church of America - 0.4 million
Methodist Church of Great Britain - 0.3 million
Methodist Church in Brazil - 0.2 million
Calvinism - 55-85 millionPresbyterianism - 40-50 million
Presbyterian Church of East Africa - 4.0 million
Presbyterian Church of Nigeria - 3.8 million
Presbyterian Church of Africa - 3.4 million
Presbyterian Church in Korea (HapDong) - 3.0 million
Presbyterian Church of Korea (TongHap) - 2.9 million
National Presbyterian Church in Mexico - 2.8 million
Church of Christ in Congo–Presbyterian Community of Congo - 2.5 million
United Church of Canada - over 2.0 million
Presbyterian Church (USA) - 1.8 million
Presbyterian Church of Cameroon - 1.8 million
Presbyterian Church of India - 1.3 million
Church of Central Africa Presbyterian - 1.3 million
Church of Scotland - 1.1 million
Presbyterian Church of Brazil - 1.0 million
Presbyterian Church in Sudan - 1.0 million
Presbyterian Church in Cameroon - 0.7 million
Presbyterian Church in Korea (HapDongBoSu II.) - 0.7 million
Presbyterian Church in Korea (BaekSeok) - 0.6 million
Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana - 0.6 million
United Church of Christ in the Philippines - 0.5 million
Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa - 0.5 million
Presbyterian Church in America - 0.4 million
Presbyterian Church of Pakistan - 0.4 million
Korean Presbyterian Church - 0.4 million
Presbyterian Church in Korea (Koshin) - 0.4 million
Presbyterian Church in Ireland - 0.3 million
Uniting Church in Australia - 0.3 million
Presbyterian Church in Rwanda - 0.3 million
Presbyterian Church in Taiwan - 0.3 million
Continental Reformed churches - 20-30 million
Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar - 3.5 million
Protestant Church in Indonesia - 3.1 million
United Church in Zambia - 3.0 million
Protestant Church in the Netherlands - 2.5 million
Evangelical Church of Cameroon - 2.5 million
Swiss Reformed Church - 2.4 million
Christian Evangelical Church in Timor - 2.0 million
Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa (NGK) - 1.1 million
Christian Evangelical Church in Minahasa - 0.7 million
United Church in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands - 0.6 million
Protestant Church in Western Indonesia - 0.6 million
Evangelical Christian Church in Tanah Papua - 0.6 million
Protestant Church of Maluku - 0.6 million
Reformed Church in Hungary - 0.6 million
Reformed Church in Romania - 0.6 million
Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa - 0.5 million
Toraja Church - 0.4 million
Reformed Church of France - 0.4 million
Lesotho Evangelical Church - 0.3 million
Evangelical Christian Church in Halmahera - 0.3 million
Evangelical Reformed Church in Angola - 0.3 million
Christian Church of Sumba - 0.3 million
Karo Batak Protestant Church - 0.3 million
Reformed Church in America - 0.3 million
Christian Reformed Church in North America - 0.3 million
Christian Reformed Church of Nigeria - 0.3 million
Reformed Church in Zambia - 0.3 million
Kalimantan Evangelical Church - 0.2 million
Javanese Christian Church - 0.2 million
Indonesia Christian Church - 0.2 million
Church of Christ in the Sudan Among the Tiv - 0.2 million
Church of Lippe - 0.2 million
Evangelical Church of Congo - 0.2 million
Evangelical Church of Gabon - 0.2 million
Christian Evangelical Church of Sangihe Talaud - 0.2 million
Central Sulawesi Christian Church - 0.2 million
Evangelical Reformed Church in Bavaria and Northwestern Germany - 0.2 million
Congregationalism - 5 million
United Church of Christ - 1.2 million
Evangelical Congregational Church in Angola - 0.9 million
United Congregational Church of Southern Africa - 0.5 million
Anabaptism - 4.0 million
Mennonites - 2.1 million
Schwarzenau Brethren/German Baptists - 1.5 million
Amish - 0.3 million
Hutterites - 0.05 million
Hussites - 1 million
Moravians - 0.825 million
Czechoslovak Hussite Church - 0.14 million
Unity of the Brethren - 0.035 million
Quakers (Religious Society of Friends) - 0.4 million
Modern Protestantism - 400-500 million
Pentecostalism - 280 millionAssemblies of God - 65 million
Apostolic Church - 15 million
Fangcheng Fellowship - 12 million
International Circle of Faith - 11 million
China Gospel Fellowship - 10 million
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) - 9 million
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel - 8 million
Church of God in Christ - 6.5 million
Jesus is Lord Church - 6 million
International Pentecostal Holiness Church - 4 million
United Pentecostal Church International - 4 million
The Pentecostal Mission - 2.5 million
Christian Congregation of Brazil - 2.5 million
True Jesus Church - 2.5 million
The Church of Pentecost - 2.1 million
Universal Church of the Kingdom of God - 2 million
Pentecostal Assemblies of the World - 1.5 million
Apostolic Faith Mission of South Africa - 1.2 million
Church of God of Prophecy - 1.5 million
Association of Pentecostal Churches of Rwanda - 1 million
God is Love Pentecostal Church - 0.8 million
Nondenominational evangelicalism - 80 million
Calvary Chapel - 25 million
Born Again Movement - 3 million
Association of Vineyard Churches - 15 million
Christian and Missionary Alliance - 4 million
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) - 1.2 million
African initiated Protestant churches - 60 millionZion Christian Church - 15 million
Eternal Sacred Order of Cherubim and Seraphim - 10 million
Kimbanguist Church - 5.5 million
Church of the Lord (Aladura) - 3.6 million
Council of African Instituted Churches - 3 million
Church of Christ Light of the Holy Spirit - 1.4 million
African Church of the Holy Spirit - 0.7 million
African Israel Church Nineveh - 0.5 million
Seventh-day Adventist Church - 20.0 million
New Apostolic Church - 10 million
Chinese-originated and Chinese Independent Churches – 10 million
Groups listed have origins in the Lord's Recovery movement associated with Watchman Nee and Witness Lee. The Shouters are an offshoot of the Local Churches considered a dangerous sect by the Chinese government; due to the extremely decentralized nature of both groups, there is controversy over which house churches should be actually considered part of each. Eastern Lightning, which is in turn an offshoot of The Shouters, is very hierarchical (in contrast to its predecessors) and teaches that Christ has already returned as a woman named Lightning Deng.
Local Churches – between 1 and 10 million
Eastern Lightning – 1 million
The Shouters – unknown, probably less than 1 million
Restoration Movement - 7 million
Churches of Christ - 5 million
Christian churches and churches of Christ - 1.1 million
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) - 0.7 million
Community of Disciples of Christ in Congo - 0.7 million
Plymouth Brethren - 1 million
The most common estimate of the number of Eastern Orthodox Christians worldwide is 225–300 million, forming a single communion, making it the second largest, single Christian denomination behind the Catholic Church. These are the adherents of the recognized Orthodox jurisdictions (autocephalous and autonomous churches) that are in full communion with each other. In addition, there are some Orthodox splinter groups and non-universally recognized churches.
Autocephalous churches - 224 million
Russian Orthodox Church - 150 million
Romanian Orthodox Church - 23 million
Church of Greece - 15 million
Serbian Orthodox Church - 11.5 million
Bulgarian Orthodox Church - 10 million
Georgian Orthodox Church - 3.5 million
Greek Orthodox Church of Constantinople - 3.5 million
Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch - 2.5 million
Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria - 1.5 million
Orthodox Church in America - 1.2 million
Polish Orthodox Church - 1 million
Albanian Orthodox Church - 0.8 million
Church of Cyprus - 0.7 million
Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem - 0.14 million
Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church - 0.07 million
Autonomous churches - 13 million
Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) - 7.2 million
Moldovan Orthodox Church - 3.2 million
Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia - 1.25 million
Metropolitan Church of Bessarabia - 0.62 million
Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric - 0.34 million
Estonian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) - 0.3 million
Finnish Orthodox Church - 0.08 million
Chinese Orthodox Church - 0.03 million
Japanese Orthodox Church - 0.02 million
Latvian Orthodox Church - 0.02 million
Non-universally recognized churches - 27 million
Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kyiv Patriarchate) - 19.5 million
Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church - 0.8 million
Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church - 2.4 million
Macedonian Orthodox Church - 2 million
Orthodox Church of Greece (Holy Synod in Resistance) - 0.75 million
Old Calendarist Romanian Orthodox Church - 0.50 million
Old Calendar Bulgarian Orthodox Church - 0.45 million
Orthodox Church in Italy - 0.12 million
Montenegrin Orthodox Church - 0.05 million
Other separated Orthodox groups - 6 million
Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church - 5.5 million
Old Believers - 5.5 million
Greek Old Calendarists - 0.86 million
True Orthodox Church - 0.85 million
Autocephalous churches - 84 million
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church - 48 million
Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria - 15.5 million
Armenian Apostolic Church - 8 million
Syriac Orthodox Church - 6.6 millionJacobite Syrian Christian Church - 1.2 million
Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church - 2.5 million
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church - 2 million
Armenian Orthodox Church of Cilicia - 1.5 million
Autonomous churches - 1 million
Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople - 0.5-0.7 million
Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem - 0.34 million
French Coptic Orthodox Church - 0.01 million
Churches not in communion - 1 million
Mar Thoma Syrian Church - 1.1 million
Malabar Independent Syrian Church - 0.06 million
British Orthodox Church - 0.01 million
Anglican Communion - 80 million
Church of England - 25.0 million
Church of Nigeria - 18.0 million
Church of Uganda - 8.1 million
Anglican Church of Kenya - 5.0 million
Episcopal Church of South Sudan and Sudan - 4.5 million
Anglican Church of Australia - 3.9 million
Church of South India - 3.8 million
Anglican Church of Southern Africa - 2.3 million
Anglican Church of Southern Africa - 2.3 million
Episcopal Church in the United States - 2.1 million
Anglican Church of Tanzania - 2.0 million
Anglican Church of Canada - 2.0 million
Church of North India - 1.5 million
Anglican Church of Rwanda - 1.0 million
Church of the Province of Central Africa - 0.9 million
Anglican Church of Burundi - 0.8 million
Church in the Province of the West Indies - 0.8 million
Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia - 0.5 million
Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean - 0.5 million
Church of Christ in Congo–Anglican Community of Congo - 0.5 million
Church of Pakistan - 0.5 million
Church of Ireland - 0.4 million
Church of the Province of West Africa - 0.3 million
Anglican Church of Melanesia - 0.2 million
Continuing Anglican movement and independent churches - 1.5 million
Traditional Anglican Communion - 0.4 million
Anglican Church in North America - 0.1 million
Reformed Evangelical Anglican Church of South Africa - 0.1 million
Restorationism and Nontrinitarianism - 46 million
Latter Day Saint movement (Mormonism)
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - 15.5 million
Community of Christ - 0.2 million
Jehovah's Witnesses - 8.2 million
Oneness Pentecostalism - 6 million
United Pentecostal Church International - 4 million
Pentecostal Assemblies of the World - 1.5 million
Minor denominations
La Luz del Mundo - 7 million
Iglesia ni Cristo - 2.3 million
Unitarian Universalism - 0.6 million (Unitarian Universalism developed out of Christian traditions but no longer identifies as a Christian denomination.)
Unitarian Universalist Association - 0.2 million
Church of Christ, Scientist - 0.4 million
Friends of Man - 0.07 million
Christadelphians - 0.06 million
The Family International - 0.01 million
Various denominations self-identifying as Catholic, despite not being affiliated with the Catholic Church.
Philippine Independent Church - 6 million
Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association - 5 million
Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church - 5 million
Traditionalist Mexican-American Catholic Church - 2 million
Old Catholic Church - 0.1 million
Polish National Catholic Church - 0.025 million
Apostolic Catholic Church - 0.005 million
Church of the East (Nestorianism) - 0.6 million
Assyrian Church of the East - 0.5 million
Ancient Church of the East - 0.1 million
Messianic Judaism - 0.35 million
