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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.
In the past Christian foreign missionaries are not allowed to proselytize or perform religious activities without government approval. [62] Vietnam is now maintaining a semi-formal relation with the Vatican, a major breakthrough in contrast to other communist countries of China, Laos and North Korea. The Government of Vietnam reached an ...
The list of religious populations article provides a comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of religious groups around the world. This article aims to present statistical information on the number of adherents to various religions, including major faiths such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others, as well as smaller religious communities.
The failure of the revolt had a disastrous effect on the Christians of Vietnam. [35] New restrictions against Christians followed, and demands were made to find and execute remaining missionaries. [36] Anti-Catholic edicts to this effect were issued by Minh Mạng in 1836 and 1838.
With more than 1.1 billion baptized members, the Catholic Church is the largest Christian church and represents 50.1% [1] of all Christians as well as 16.7% of the world's population. [390] [391] [392] Catholics live all over the world through missions, diaspora, and conversions.
The various denominations of Christianity fall into several large families, shaped both by culture and history. Christianity arose in the first century AD after Rome had conquered much of the western parts of the fragmented Hellenistic empire created by Alexander the Great.
The projection begins with 2010 statistics when "Christianity was by far the world's largest religion, with an estimated 2.2 billion adherents, nearly a third (31%) of all 6.9 billion people on Earth. Islam was second, with 1.6 billion adherents, or 23% of the global population." [102] Projected growth of Christianity by 2050
According to a U.S. government estimate in July, the population of Antigua and Barbuda is 89,000. According to the 2001 census, 74% of the population is Christian. The Anglican Church is the largest religious group, accounting for 26% of the population. The Methodist, Moravian, and Roman Catholic churches account for less than 10% each.