World Religions |
Membership |
Catholic Church** |
1,100,000,000 |
Sunni Islam* |
1,000,000,000 |
Eastern Orthodox Church* |
225,000,000 |
Jinja Honcho* |
83,000,000 |
Anglican Communion* |
77,000,000 |
Assemblies of God* |
50,000,000 |
Ethiopian Orthodox Church |
35,000,000 |
Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland (EKD)* |
27,400,000 |
Iglesia ni Cristo (based in the
Philippines) |
27,000,000 |
Sikhism |
23,000,000 |
Juche (North Korea) |
19,000,000 |
Seventh-day Adventist Church |
16,811,519 |
Jehovah's Witnesses** |
16,500,000 |
Southern Baptist Convention* |
16,000,000 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints |
12,275,822 |
United Methodist Church* |
11,708,887 |
Soka Gakkai |
11,000,000 |
New Apostolic Church |
10,260,000 |
Ahmadiyya |
10,000,000 |
Veerashaivas (Lingayats) |
10,000,000 |
Coptic Orthodox |
10,000,000 |
Sathya Sai Baba |
10,000,000 |
Church of Uganda |
8,000,000 |
Choge Buddhism |
8,000,000 |
Church of Sweden |
7,143,292 |
Church of God in Christ |
6,500,000 |
Kimbanguist Church |
6,500,000 |
Bahai World Faith |
6,000,000 |
Universal Church of the Kingdom of God
(Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus) |
6,000,000 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
5,500,000 |
China Christian Council |
5,000,000 |
Rissho Koseikai |
5,000,000 |
Swaminarayanism |
5,000,000 |
Aglipayan Church |
4,500,000 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland |
4,400,000 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark |
4,350,000 |
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) |
4,000,000 |
Kale Heywet (SIM, Ethiopia) |
4,000,000 |
Church of Norway (Evangelical Lutheran) |
3,850,000 |
Church of South India |
3,800,000 |
Armenian Apostolic Church |
3,500,000 |
Christian Congregation (Brazil) |
3,120,000 |
National Baptist Convention of America |
3,106,000 |
"God is Love" Pentecostal
Church (Igreja Pentecostal "Deus e Amo") |
3,000,000 |
Zion Christian Church (South Africa) |
3,000,000 |
Cao Dai |
3,000,000 |
Ch'ondogyo |
3,000,000 |
Church of the Lord Aladura |
3,000,000 |
Reiyukai |
3,000,000 |
United Church of Canada |
3,000,000 |
International Church of the Foursquare
Gospel |
2,863,232 |
Balinese Hinduism |
2,800,000 |
Christian and Missionary Alliance |
2,644,296 |
Netherlands Reformed Church (NHK) |
2,600,000 |
Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod |
2,582,440 |
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) |
2,560,201 |
Protestant Christian Batak Church
(Huria Kristen Batak Protestan -- HKBP, Indonesia) |
2,500,000 |
Evangelical Churches of West Africa |
2,500,000 |
Progressive National Baptist Convention |
2,500,000 |
Tenrikyo |
2,350,000 |
United Pentecostal Church International |
2,300,000 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania |
2,200,000 |
Presbyterian Church of Korea (Haptong) |
2,094,338 |
Africa Inland Church (Kenya) |
2,000,000 |
Brazil for Christ |
2,000,000 |
Churches of Christ |
2,000,000 |
Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar |
2,000,000 |
Syrian Orthodox Church ("Jacobite") |
2,000,000 |
Radhasoami |
2,000,000 |
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism |
2,000,000 |
True (Old Calendar) Orthodox Church of
Greece |
2,000,000 |
Reformed Church in Hungary |
2,000,000 |
American Muslim Society |
2,000,000 |
Presbyterian Church of Korea (Tonghap) |
1,660,248 |
Council of Baptist Churches of NE India |
1,630,000 |
Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane
Yesus |
1,625,994 |
Baptist Bible Fellowship International |
1,600,000 |
Salvation Army |
1,500,000 |
Myanmar Baptist Convention |
1,500,000 |
Malagasy Lutheran Church (Madagascar) |
1,500,000 |
American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. |
1,455,855 |
Brazilian Baptist Convention |
1,440,000 |
Dutch Reformed Church (NGK; South
Africa) |
1,403,180 |
Alawi |
1,400,000 |
Council of Evangelical Methodist
Churches
of Latin America and the Caribbean |
1,400,000 |
Uniting Church in Australia |
1,386,000 |
United Church of Christ |
1,377,320 |
Christ Apostolic Church (Nigeria) |
1,300,000 |
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
(Reform) |
1,300,000 |
Pentecostal Church of Indonesia |
1,280,000 |
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church |
1,252,369 |
Church of Central Africa, Presbyterian (CCAP;
Malawi) |
1,250,000 |
Nigerian Baptist Convention |
1,250,000 |
Church of the Nazarene |
1,216,657 |
African Methodist Episcopal Church |
1,200,000 |
Divine Light Mission |
1,200,000 |
Church of God Miss. Intl. (Nigeria) |
1,200,000 |
British Methodist Church |
1,200,000 |
Church of North India |
1,125,000 |
Christian Churches and Churches of
Christ |
1,070,000 |
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
1,043,943 |
United Orthodox Jewish Congregation of
America |
1,043,943 |
Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission
Convention, USA |
1,050,000 |
Evangelical Church of the Lutheran
Confession in Brazil |
1,000,000 |
ISKCON |
1,000,000 |
Syrian Orthodox Church of Malabar (Mar
Thoma) |
1,000,000 |
National Primitive Baptist Convention of
the U.S.A. |
1,000,000 |
Pentecostal Assemblies of the World |
1,000,000 |
PL Kyodan |
1,000,000 |
Sekai Kyuseikyo |
1,000,000 |
Church of Christ in Nigeria |
1,000,000 |
Unity Church |
1,000,000 |
Igreja Evangelica Pentecostal (Brazil) |
1,000,000 |
Church of Scotland |
1,000,000 |
Sukyo Mahikari |
1,000,000 |
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