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[7] [22] Much of the growth has occurred after World War II, when decolonization of Africa and abolition of various restrictions against Protestants in Latin American countries occurred. [8] According to one source, Protestants constituted respectively 2.5% of South Americans, 2% of Africans and 0.5% of Asians in 1900. [ 8 ]
Other estimates suggest that 48.5% of the U.S. population (or 157 million people) is Protestant. [2] Simultaneously, this corresponds to around 20% of the world's total Protestant population. The U.S. contains the largest Protestant population of any country in the world. Baptists comprise about one-third
The United States has the largest Christian population in the world and, more specifically, the largest Protestant population in the world, with nearly 210 million Christians and, as of 2021, over 140 million people affiliated with Protestant churches, although other countries have higher percentages of Christians among their populations.
According to a 2012 Pew Research Center study, of the then 232 countries and territories, 157 had Christian majorities. [ 10 ] Christianity is the predominant religion and faith in Europe , the Americas , the Philippines , East Timor , Sub-Saharan Africa , and Oceania . [ 11 ]
According to Mark Juergensmeyer of the University of California, "popular Protestantism" (that is to say all forms of Protestantism with the notable exception of the historical denominations deriving from the Protestant Reformation) is the most dynamic religious movement in the contemporary world, alongside resurgent Islam.
Worldwide, the religion has grown faster than the rate of population growth over the 20th century, [151] and has been recognized since the 1980s as the most widespread minority religion in the countries of the world. [152] Similarly, by 2020, the religion was the largest minority religion in about half of the counties. [153]
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The United States has more Christians than any other country in the world (US is the largest Christian nation in respect to population). [7] Going forward from its foundation, the United States has been called a Protestant nation by a variety of sources.