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Countries with the Most Christians & Global Christian Population Change, 2010-2020

Pew Research Center, June 9, 2025

Pew 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.

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Publisher
Pew Research Center
Publication Year
2025
URL
https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2025/06/09/christian-population-change/
Source Type
Demographic study
Assessment
Reliability Tier
1
The 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.
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Africa, Continents

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, 2010-2020
Europe, Continents

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, 2010-2020
Global, Continents

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, 2010-2020
Claims 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 Topic

  • Sources, 9 claims: 6 well-attested, 3 holds.
  • Religions, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 general references.
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