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[253] [254] [255] Some Protestant Eastern Churches are in communion with similar Western Protestant Churches. [253] [256] However, Protestant Eastern Christianity within itself, does not constitute a single communion. This is due to the diverse polities, practices, liturgies and orientations of the denominations which fall under this category.
The world's largest Baptist denomination, and the largest Protestant denomination in the United States. Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus: Lutheran: 1959 Bishop Dr. Wakseyoum Idossa: Addis Ababa, Chartered city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Ethiopia: 12,000,000 [10] The world's largest Lutheran denomination. Church of Uganda: Anglican: 1897
[8] [9] Within these six main traditions are various Christian denominations (for example, the Coptic Orthodox Church is an Oriental Orthodox denomination). Protestantism includes many groups which do not share any ecclesiastical governance and have widely diverging beliefs and practices. [10]
By 2050, some project Protestantism to rise to slightly more than half of the world's total Christian population. [41] [d] According to Hans J. Hillerbrand, Protestant and Catholic share of the global Christian population will almost be the same by 2050, with Protestants exhibiting a significantly higher growth rate. [42]
The largest Christian denomination is the Catholic Church, with 1.3 billion baptized members. [9] The second largest Christian branch is either Protestantism (if it is considered a single group), or the Eastern Orthodox Church (if Protestants are considered to be divided into multiple denominations).
The Catholic Church, which has over 1.3 billion members or 50.1% of all Christians worldwide, [8] [9] does not view itself as a denomination, but as the original pre-denominational Church. [10] The total Protestant population has reached around 1.047 billion in 2024, accounting for about 39.8% of all Christians.
Around the world, each united or uniting church comprises a different mix of predecessor Protestant denominations. Trends are visible, however, as most united and uniting churches have one or more predecessors with heritage in the Reformed tradition and many are members of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches.
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.