Home›Sources›Countries with the Most Christians & Global Christian Population Change, 2010-2020SourcesCountries with the Most Christians & Global Christian Population Change, 2010-2020Pew Research Center, June 9, 2025Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Countries with the Most Christians & Global Christian Population Change, 2010-2020." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/pew-2025-christian-population-change.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Countries with the Most Christians & Global Christian Population Change, 2010-2020. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/pew-2025-christian-population-changeCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-countries-with-the-most-christians-globa, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Countries with the Most Christians & Global Christian Population Change, 2010-2020}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/pew-2025-christian-population-change}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXPew Research Center's June 9, 2025 report on how the global religious landscape changed from 2010 to 2020, finding the number of Christians worldwide rose by 122 million to 2.3 billion, while falling as a share of world population from 31 percent in 2010 to 28.8 percent in 2020, as Sub-Saharan Africa overtook Europe as home to the largest share of the world's Christians.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (16 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationPublisherWell-attestedPew Research CenterPublication YearWell-attested2025URLWell-attestedhttps://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2025/06/09/christian-population-change/Source TypeWell-attestedDemographic studyAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1The same 2025 modeling exercise cited for Muslims above, applied to Christians; its own 2010 Christian estimate (2.1 billion, 31 percent) is a mild downward revision of the 2011 Global Christianity report's original 2010 estimate (2.18 billion), both recorded on this axis rather than one overwriting the other.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithAfrica, Continents Well-attested This source names Africa directly: "28.8 percent in 2020, as Sub-Saharan Africa overtook Europe as home to the largest share of the world's Christians."Source Countries with the Most Christians & Global Christian Population Change, 2010-2020tier 1Europe, Continents Well-attested This source names Europe directly: "2020, as Sub-Saharan Africa overtook Europe as home to the largest share of the world's Christians."Source Countries with the Most Christians & Global Christian Population Change, 2010-2020tier 1Global, Continents Well-attested This source names Global directly: "June 9, 2025 report on how the global religious landscape changed from 2010 to 2020, finding the number of Christians worldwide rose by 122 million to 2.3 billion, while falling as a share of world..."Source Countries with the Most Christians & Global Christian Population Change, 2010-2020tier 1Claims Backed By This Source (16 claims)This source backs 16 claims across the atlas. As facts: 12 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 9 claims: 6 well-attested, 3 holds.Religions, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 general references.Well-attested12ReligionsChristianitySourcesCountries with the Most Christians & Global Christian Population Change, 2010-2020Holds3SourcesCountries with the Most Christians & Global Christian Population Change, 2010-2020General References1ReligionsChristianityComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year