The study is based primarily on a country-by-country analysis of about 2, data sources, including censuses and nationally representative population surveys. Christians are diverse theologically as well as geographically, the new study finds. About half are Catholic. See Defining Christian Traditions. Clearly, Christianity has spread far from its historical origins. For example:. The Pew Forum study suggests at least four possible answers, depending on how one divides up the world:.
This reflects the fact that the total population of the Global South is about 4. Another way of looking at the distribution of Christians around the world is by region. Numerically, at least, Europe no longer dominates global Christianity the way it did years ago.
Rather, the bulk of Christians are in:. The three countries with the largest Christian populations — the United States, Brazil and Mexico — are in the Americas. But sub-Saharan Africa and the Asia-Pacific region now have a combined population of about million Christians, roughly the same as the Americas.
Moreover, the fastest growth in the number of Christians over the past century has been in sub-Saharan Africa a roughly fold increase, from fewer than 9 million in to more than million in and in the Asia-Pacific region a roughly fold increase, from about 28 million in to more than million in The Pew Forum, in consultation with demographers at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis IIASA in Laxenburg, Austria, acquired and analyzed about 2, data sources, including censuses and general population surveys, to arrive at Christian population figures for countries and self-administering territories — all the countries and territories for which the United Nations Population Division provides overall population estimates.
In many countries, however, censuses and surveys do not contain detailed information on denominational and religious movement affiliations. Christian organizations remain in many cases the only source of information on the size of global movements within Christianity such as evangelicalism and pentecostalism and on Protestant denominational families such as Baptists and Methodists.
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All the other groups are older than the global median, which is part of the reason they are expected to fall behind the pace of global population growth. Christians faced widespread harassment in , but mostly in Christian-majority countries. Say "Alexa, enable the Pew Research Center flash briefing".
It organizes the public into nine distinct groups, based on an analysis of their attitudes and values. Even in a polarized era, the survey reveals deep divisions in both partisan coalitions. Use this tool to compare the groups on some key topics and their demographics.
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