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The second-largest Christian group in Europe were the Orthodox, who made up 32% of European Christians. [3] About 19% of European Christians were part of the mainline Protestant tradition. [3] Russia is the largest Christian country in Europe by population, followed by Germany and Italy. [3]
Catholicism is the largest branch of Christianity and the Catholic Church is the largest among churches. About 50% of all Christians are Catholics. About 50% of all Christians are Catholics. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] According to the annual directory of the Catholic Church or Annuario Pontificio of 2024, there were 1.390 billion baptized Catholics in 2022.
Christianity is the predominant religion and faith in Europe, the Americas, the Philippines, East Timor, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Oceania. [11] There are also large Christian communities in other parts of the world, such as Indonesia, Central Asia, the Middle East, and West Africa where Christianity is the second-largest religion after Islam.
Christianity is still the largest religion in Europe. [51] According to a survey about Religiosity in the European Union in 2019 by Eurobarometer, Christianity was the largest religion in the European Union accounting 64% of EU population, [18] down from 72% in 2012. [20]
According to Christianity Global: A Guide to the World's Largest Religion from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, in 2020, in the World, there were: 644,260,000 Pentecostal and Charismatics, corresponding to 8.3% of the global population; 97,399,000 Anglicans (not including United Churches),corresponding to 1.2% of the global population;
According to the 2021 Eurobarometer survey, Christianity was the largest religion in the European Union, accounting 66.1% of the EU population, [36] down from 72% in 2012. [37] In 2017, Pew Research Center have found that the number of Christians in Europe, is in decline.
Religion in the European Union is diverse. The largest religion in the EU is Christianity, which accounted for 72.8% of EU population as of 2018. [2] Smaller groups include those of Islam, Buddhism, Judaism, Hinduism, and some East Asian religions, most concentrated in Germany and France.
[b] The faith represents approximately one-third of the world's population and is the largest religion in the world, [126] with the three largest groups of Christians being the Catholic Church, Protestantism, and the Eastern Orthodox Church. [128] The largest Christian denomination is the Catholic Church, with an estimated 1.2 billion adherents ...