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The following is a list of Protestants by country. For the purposes of this list, "Protestant" includes the following denominations: Assemblies of God, Anglican, Baptist, Church of God, Church of the Nazarene, Churches of Christ, Congregationalist, Calvinist, Episcopalian, Holiness, Lutheran, Mennonite, Methodist, Pentecostal, Presbyterian, Reformed, Seventh-day Adventist, Quaker, "Evangelicals", non-Denominational Protestants, and other Protestants. There are 593 million Protestants in the world; a little less than 3 in 10 Christians are Protestants. Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... The Assemblies of God is the worlds largest Pentecostal Protestant Christian denomination. ... The term Anglican describes those people and churches following the religious traditions of the Church of England, especially following the Reformation. ... A Baptist is a member of a Baptist church. ... There are numerous, mostly unrelated bodies in the United States and other English-speaking countries that are denominated the Church of God, including: // 7th Day Churches of God These groups put strong emphasis on the biblical seventh day of weekly worship, the Sabbath. ... The Church of the Nazarene is a Protestant denomination within the broad tradition of Methodism. ... Alternate meanings: see Church of Christ (disambiguation). ... Congregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation indepedently and autonomously runs its own affairs. ... In an unadorned church, the 17th century congregation stands to hear the sermon. ... The word Episcopal is derived from the Greek επισκοπος epískopos, which literally means overseer; the word however is used in religious terms to mean bishop. ... The holiness movement is composed of people who believe and propagate the belief that the carnal nature of man can be cleansed through faith and by the power of the Holy Spirit if one has had his sins forgiven through faith in Jesus. ... The Lutheran movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity by the original definition. ... The Mennonites are a group of Christian Anabaptist (Re-baptizers) denominations named after and influenced by the teachings and tradition of Menno Simons (1496-1561). ... The Methodist movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity. ... The Pentecostal movement within Protestant Christianity places special emphasis on the gifts of the Holy Spirit. ... Presbyterianism is part of the Reformed churches family of denominations of Christian Protestantism based on the teachings of John Calvin which traces its institutional roots to the Scottish Reformation, especially as led by John Knox. ... The Reformed churches are a group of Protestant denominations historically related by a similar Zwinglian or Calvinist system of doctrine but organizationally independent. ... The Seventh-day Adventist Church is evangelical Christian denomination based on the teachings of the Bible and also those of Ellen G. White. ... The Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers, or Friends, is a religious community founded in England in the 17th century. ...


The percentages of Protestants in each country were taken from a variety of sources, principally from the US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2004 [1]. Other sources used were Adherents.com[2], the CIA Factbook[3], and others. The population estimates for each country were taken from census.gov[4] (2005 estimates). 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Protestants by country
Region Country Total Population (2005) % Protestant Protestants
Central Asia Protestants in Afghanistan 29,928,987 0 0
Balkans Protestants in Albania 3,563,112 0.23% 8,191
North Africa Protestants in Algeria 32,531,853 0 0
Southern Africa Protestants in Angola 11,190,786 15% 1,678,618
Caribbean Protestants in Antigua and Barbuda 68,722 86% 59,101
South America Protestants in Argentina 39,537,943 2% 790,759
Middle East Protestants in Armenia 2,982,904 3.7% 110,368
Oceania Protestants in Australia 20,090,437 38% 7,634,366
Central Europe Protestants in Austria 8,184,691 6% 491,082
Middle East Protestants in Azerbaijan 7,911,974 0 0
Caribbean Protestants in Bahamas 301,790 76% 229,360
Middle East Protestants in Bahrain 688,345 0 0
South Asia Protestants in Bangladesh 144,319,628 0.23% 331,935
Caribbean Protestants in Barbados 278,289 67% 186,454
Eastern Europe Protestants in Belarus 10,300,483 5% 515,024
Southern Europe Protestants in Belgium 10,364,388 1.35% 140,000
Central America Protestants in Belize 279,457 30% 83,837
West Africa Protestants in Benin 7,460,025 4% 298,401
South Asia Protestants in Bhutan 2,232,291 0 0
South America Protestants in Bolivia 8,857,870 16% 1,417,259
Balkans Protestants in Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,025,476 0.04% 1,610
Southern Africa Protestants in Botswana 1,640,115 41% 672,447
South America Protestants in Brazil 186,112,794 15% 27,916,919
Southeast Asia Protestants in Brunei 372,361 1.3% 4,841
Balkans Protestants in Bulgaria 7,450,349 1% 74,503
West Africa Protestants in Burkina Faso 13,925,313 5% 696,266
Central Africa Protestants in Burundi 6,370,609 5% 318,531
Southeast Asia Protestants in Cambodia 13,607,069 0 0
West Africa Protestants in Cameroon 16,380,005 20% 3,276,001
North America Protestants in Canada 32,805,041 29% 9,513,462
West Africa Protestants in Cape Verde 415,294 3.5% 14,535
Central Africa Protestants in Central African Republic 3,799,897 25% 949,974
Central Africa Protestants in Chad 9,826,419 12% 1,179,170
South America Protestants in Chile 15,980,912 15% 2,397,137
East Asia Protestants in China 1,306,313,812 1.2% 15,675,766
South America Protestants in Colombia 42,954,279 3.5% 1,503,400
East Africa Protestants in Comoros 671,247 0.25% 1,678
Central Africa Protestants in Congo (Brazzaville) 3,039,126 5% 151,956
Central Africa Protestants in Congo (Kinshasa) 60,085,004 20% 12,017,001
Central America Protestants in Costa Rica 4,016,173 18% 722,911
Balkans Protestants in Croatia 4,495,904 2% 89,918
Caribbean Protestants in Cuba 11,346,670 5.29% 600,000
Middle East Protestants in Cyprus 780,133 2% 15,603
Central Europe Protestants in Czech Republic 10,241,138 4.6% 471,092
West Africa Protestants in Côte d'Ivoire 17,298,040 5% 864,902
Northern Europe Protestants in Denmark 5,432,335 91% 4,943,425
East Africa Protestants in Djibouti 476,703 1% 4,767
Caribbean Protestants in Dominica 69,278 15% 10,392
Caribbean Protestants in Dominican Republic 8,950,034 11% 984,504
Southeast Asia Protestants in East Timor 1,040,880 3% 31,226
South America Protestants in Ecuador 13,363,593 4% 534,544
North Africa Protestants in Egypt 77,505,756 0.13% 100,000
Central America Protestants in El Salvador 6,704,932 21.2% 1,421,446
West Africa Protestants in Equatorial Guinea 523,051 4.5% 23,537
East Africa Protestants in Eritrea 4,561,599 2% 91,232
Northern Europe Protestants in Estonia 1,332,893 52% 693,104
East Africa Protestants in Ethiopia 73,053,286 10% 7,305,328
Oceania Protestants in Fiji 893,354 42.5% 379,676
Northern Europe Protestants in Finland 5,223,442 85.1% 4,445,149
Southern Europe Protestants in France 60,656,178 2% 1,213,124
West Africa Protestants in Gabon 1,389,201 20% 277,840
West Africa Protestants in The Gambia 1,593,256 7% 111,528
Middle East Protestants in Georgia 4,677,401 2.14% 100,000
Northern Europe Protestants in Germany 82,431,390 38% 31,323,928
West Africa Protestants in Ghana 21,029,853 33% 6,939,852
Balkans Protestants in Greece 10,668,354 0.28% 30,000
Caribbean Protestants in Grenada 89,502 30% 26,851
Central America Protestants in Guatemala 14,655,189 33% 4,836,212
West Africa Protestants in Guinea 9,467,866 6% 568,072
West Africa Protestants in Guinea-Bissau 1,416,027 4% 56,642
South America Protestants in Guyana 765,283 38% 290,808
Caribbean Protestants in Haiti 8,121,622 16% 1,299,460
Central America Protestants in Honduras 6,975,204 23% 1,604,297
Central Europe Protestants in Hungary 10,006,835 24% 2,401,640
Northern Europe Protestants in Iceland 296,737 91% 270,031
South Asia Protestants in India 1,080,264,388 0.7% 7,561,851
Southeast Asia Protestants in Indonesia 241,973,879 5.9% 14,276,459
Middle East Protestants in Iran 68,017,860 0.3% 204,054
Middle East Protestants in Iraq 26,074,906 0.01% 2,000
Northern Europe Protestants in Ireland 4,015,676 4% 160,627
Middle East Protestants in Israel 6,276,883 0.01% 500
Southern Europe Protestants in Italy 58,102,112 0.26% 151,066
Caribbean Protestants in Jamaica 2,731,832 60% 1,639,099
East Asia Protestants in Japan 127,417,244 0.4% 509,668
Middle East Protestants in Jordan 5,759,732 0.5% 28,799
Central Asia Protestants in Kazakhstan 15,185,844 2% 303,717
East Africa Protestants in Kenya 33,829,590 38% 12,855,244
East Asia Protestants in Korea, North 22,912,177 0.04% 10,000
East Asia Protestants in Korea, South 48,422,644 31% 16,550,000
Middle East Protestants in Kuwait 2,335,648 2.14% 50,000
Central Asia Protestants in Kyrgyzstan 5,146,281 0 0
Southeast Asia Protestants in Laos 6,217,141 0.56% 35,000
Northern Europe Protestants in Latvia 2,290,237 50% 1,145,119
Middle East Protestants in Lebanon 3,826,018 1% 40,000
Southern Africa Protestants in Lesotho 1,867,035 20% 373,407
West Africa Protestants in Liberia 3,482,211 20% 696,442
North Africa Protestants in Libya 5,765,563 0 0
Central Europe Protestants in Liechtenstein 33,436 7% 2,341
Eastern Europe Protestants in Lithuania 3,596,617 1% 35,966
Southern Europe Protestants in Luxembourg 468,571 1% 4,686
Balkans Protestants in Macedonia 2,045,262 3% 61,358
Southern Africa Protestants in Madagascar 18,040,341 25% 4,510,085
Southern Africa Protestants in Malawi 12,158,924 35.5% 4,316,418
Southeast Asia Protestants in Malaysia 23,953,136 2.1% 503,016
South Asia Protestants in the Maldives 349,106 0 0
West Africa Protestants in Mali 12,291,529 1.7% 208,956
North Africa Protestants in Mauritania 3,086,859 0 0
Southern Africa Protestants in Mauritius 1,230,602 4.5% 55,377
Central America Protestants in Mexico 106,202,903 6% 6,372,174
Eastern Europe Protestants in Moldova 4,455,421 0 0
Oceania Protestants in Micronesia 108,155 47% 50,833
Central Asia Protestants in Mongolia 2,791,272 0 0
North Africa Protestants in Morocco 32,725,847 0 0
Southern Africa Protestants in Mozambique 19,406,703 22 % 4,269,475
Southeast Asia Protestants in Myanmar 42,909,464 3% 1,287,284
Southern Africa Protestants in Namibia 2,030,692 68% 1,380,871
Oceania Protestants in Nauru 13,048 66% 8,612
South Asia Protestants in Nepal 27,676,547 0 0
Northern Europe Protestants in the Netherlands 16,407,491 33% 5,414,472
Oceania Protestants in New Zealand 4,035,461 47% 1,896,667
Central America Protestants in Nicaragua 5,465,100 16.1% 879,881
West Africa Protestants in Niger 11,665,937 1% 116,659
West Africa Protestants in Nigeria 128,771,988 26.5% 34,124,577
Northern Europe Protestants in Norway 4,593,041 90% 4,133,737
Middle East Protestants in Oman 3,001,583 0 0
South Asia Protestants in Pakistan 162,419,946 0.86% 1,400,000
Central America Protestants in Panama 3,039,150 15% 455,873
Oceania Protestants in Papua New Guinea 5,545,268 61.5% 3,410,340
South America Protestants in Paraguay 6,347,884 2% 126,958
South America Protestants in Peru 27,925,628 7.2% 2,010,645
Southeast Asia Protestants in the Philippines 87,857,473 10% 8,785,747
Central Europe Protestants in Poland 38,635,144 0.34% 130,000
Southern Europe Protestants in Portugal 10,566,212 1% 105,662
Caribbean Protestants in Puerto Rico 3,916,632 55% 2,154,147
Middle East Protestants in Qatar 863,051 0 0
Balkans Protestants in Romania 22,329,977 6% 1,339,799
Eastern Europe Protestants in Russia 143,420,309 0.29% 400,000
Central Africa Protestants in Rwanda 8,440,820 43.9% 3,705,519
Caribbean Protestants in Saint Kitts and Nevis 38,958 83% 32,335
Caribbean Protestants in Saint Lucia 166,312 10% 16,631
Caribbean Protestants in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 117,534 77% 90,501
Middle East Protestants in Saudi Arabia 26,417,599 0 0
West Africa Protestants in Senegal 11,126,832 0.5% 55,634
Balkans Protestants in Serbia and Montenegro 10,829,175 1% 108,291
East Africa Protestants in Seychelles 81,188 8% 6,495
West Africa Protestants in Sierra Leone 6,017,643 6% 361,059
Southeast Asia Protestants in Singapore 4,425,720 8% 354,058
Central Europe Protestants in Slovakia 5,431,363 8.4% 456,235
Central Europe Protestants in Slovenia 2,011,070 9% 180,996
East Africa Protestants in Somalia 8,591,629 0 0
Southern Africa Protestants in South Africa 44,344,136 68% 30,154,013
Southern Europe Protestants in Spain 40,341,462 0.87% 350,000
South Asia Protestants in Sri Lanka 20,064,776 0.8% 160,518
East Africa Protestants in Sudan 40,187,486 5% 2,009,374
South America Protestants in Suriname 438,144 22% 96,392
Southern Africa Protestants in Swaziland 1,173,900 66% 774,774
Northern Europe Protestants in Sweden 9,001,774 86% 7,741,526
Central Europe Protestants in Switzerland 7,489,370 49% 3,669,791
Middle East Protestants in Syria 18,448,752 0 0
East Asia Protestants in Taiwan 22,894,384 2.6% 595,254
Central Asia Protestants in Tajikistan 7,163,506 0 0
East Africa Protestants in Tanzania 36,766,356 14% 5,147,290
Southeast Asia Protestants in Thailand 65,444,371 0.4% 261,778
Oceania Protestants in Tonga 112,422 73% 82,068
West Africa Protestants in Togo 5,681,519 9.5% 539,744
Caribbean Protestants in Trinidad and Tobago 1,088,644 24.6% 267,806
North Africa Protestants in Tunisia 10,074,951 0% 300
Middle East Protestants in Turkey 69,660,559 0% 3,000
Central Asia Protestants in Turkmenistan 4,952,081 0 0
Oceania Protestants in Tuvalu 11,636 98.4% 11,450
East Africa Protestants in Uganda 27,269,482 35% 9,544,319
Eastern Europe Protestants in the Ukraine 47,425,336 0.9% 426,828
Middle East Protestants in the United Arab Emirates 2,563,212 5% 128,160
Northern Europe Protestants in the United Kingdom 60,441,457 60% 36,000,000
North America Protestants in the United States 295,734,134 55% 162,653,774
South America Protestants in Uruguay 3,415,920 7% 239,114
Central Asia Protestants in Uzbekistan 26,851,195 0 0
South America Protestants in Venezuela 25,375,281 29% 7,358,832
Southeast Asia Protestants in Vietnam 83,535,576 1% 835,355
North Africa Protestants in Western Sahara 273,008 0 0
Middle East Protestants in Yemen 20,727,063 0 0
Southern Africa Protestants in Zambia 11,261,795 27% 3,040,685
Southern Africa Protestants in Zimbabwe 12,746,990 33% 4,206,507
World 6,429,351,321 9.22% 592,892,265

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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
Region Total Population Protestants % Protestant % of Protestant total
Central Africa 91,561,875 18,322,151 20.01% 3.09%
East Africa 225,488,566 36,965,728 16.39% 6.23%
North Africa 161,963,837 100,300 0.06% 0.01%
Southern Africa 137,092,019 55,432,677 40.44% 9.35%
West Africa 269,935,590 49,230,627 18.24% 8.30%
Total 886,041,887 160,051,482 18.06% 26.99%


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Protestants in Asia
Region Total Population Protestants % Protestant % of Protestant total
Central Asia 92,019,166 303,717 0.33% 0.05%
East Asia 1,527,960,261 25,550,708 1.67% 4.31%
Middle East 271,013,623 680,744 0.25% 0.11%
South Asia 1,437,326,682 9,454,304 0.66% 1.59%
Southeast Asia 571,337,070 26,381,765 4.62% 4.45%
Total 3,899,656,802 62,371,238 1.6% 10.52%
Protestants in Europe
Region Total Population Protestants % Protestant % of Protestant total
Balkans 65,407,609 1,713,080 2.62% 0.31%
Central Europe 82,033,047 7,803,177 9.51% 1.32%
Eastern Europe 209,198,166 1,377,818 0.66% 0.23%
Northern Europe 191,466,473 104,997,796 54.8% 17.71%
Southern Europe 180,498,923 1,964,538 1.09% 0.33%
Total 728,604,218 117,856,409 16.2% 19.90%
Protestants in The Americas
Region Total Population Protestants % Protestant % of Protestant total
Caribbean 37,285,819 5,912,490 15.86% 0.99%
Central America 147,338,108 16,376,631 11.12% 2.76%
North America 328,539,175 172,167,236 52.4% 29.03%
South America 371,075,531 44,682,767 12.04% 7.53%
Total 884,238,633 239,139,124 27.05% 40.32%
Protestants in Oceania
Region Total Population Protestants % Protestant % of Protestant total
Oceania 30,809,781 13,474,012 43.73% 2.27%

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Top sixty

On the left: A list of the top sixty countries by total number of Protestants. On the right: a list of the top sixty countries by percentage of the population that is Protestant.

Top 60 countries with the most protestents.
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Top 60 countries with the most protestents.
Top 60 countries with the highest percent of protestents.
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Top 60 countries with the highest percent of protestents.
Top 60
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