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Largest denominations in the world

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Largest denominations in the world

★ 'Catholicism' - 1120 million

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★ Roman Catholic Church - 1115 million

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★ Latin Catholic Church - 1100 million

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★ Eastern Catholic Churches - 15 million

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★ Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church - 3.8 million[1]

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★ Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association - 4.6 million

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★ Old Catholic Church - 0.5 million

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★ Society of St. Pius X - 0.5 million

★ 'Protestantism' - 590 million

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★ Historical Protestantism - 340 million

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★ Baptist churches - 110 million^[1]

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★ Calvinist churches - 75 million

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★ Congregationalism

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★ Methodism - 75 million

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★ Lutheranism - 70 million^[2]

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★ Anabaptism/Radical Reformation - 4.5 million

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★ Mennonites - 1.3 million

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★ Amish - 0.2 million

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★ Church of the Brethren - 0.13 million

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★ Brethren in Christ

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★ Open Brethren - 1.85 million^[3]

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★ Quakers - 0.35 million

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★ The Vineyard - 1500+ churches

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★ Calvary Chapel - 1000+ churches

★ 'Eastern Orthodoxy' - 225 million

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★ Autocephalous churches

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★ Russian Orthodox Church - under 75 million

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★ Romanian Orthodox Church - 20 million

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★ Serbian Orthodox Church - 10 million

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★ Church of Greece - 9 million

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★ Bulgarian Orthodox Church - 9 million

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★ Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kyiv Patriarchate) - 5.5 million [2]

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★ Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church - 5.0 million

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★ Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople - 3.5 million

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★ Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch - 1.5 million

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★ Orthodox Church in America - 1 million

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★ Polish Orthodox Church - 1 million

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★ Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church - 1 million

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★ Albanian Orthodox Church - 0.6 million

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★ Cypriot Orthodox Church - 0.45 million

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★ Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria - 0.35 million

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★ Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church - 0.33 million[3]

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★ Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem - 0.26 million

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★ Autonomous churches

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★ Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) - 7,2 million[4]

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★ Moldovan Orthodox Church - 2 million

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★ Metropolis of Western Europe - 0.1 million

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★ Finnish Orthodox Church - 0.06 million

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★ Chinese Orthodox Church - 0.03 million

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★ Estonian Orthodox Church - 0.02 million

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★ Japanese Orthodox Church - 0.01 million

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★ Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia

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★ Metropolitan Church of Bessarabia

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★ Latvian Orthodox Church

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★ Orthodox Church of Mount Sinai

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★ Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric

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★ Churches in resistance

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★ Orthodox Church of Greece (Holy Synod in Resistance)

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★ Old Calendar Romanian Orthodox Church

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★ Old Calendar Bulgarian Orthodox Church

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★ Not universally recognized churches

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★ Macedonian Orthodox Church - 2 million

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★ Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kiev Patriarchate

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★ Croatian Orthodox Church

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★ Montenegrin Orthodox Church

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★ Karamanli Turkish Orthodox Church

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★ Orthodox Church in Italy

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★ Churches which opted out

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★ Church of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece

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★ Russian True Orthodox Church

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★ Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church

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★ Autonomous Ukrainian Orthodox Church in America

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★ Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church

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★ Old Believers

★ 'Pentecostalism' - 105 million (Royal Geographic Society figures). Estimates vary widely. The World Christian Encyclopedia, published in 1982, estimated that the worldwide total of Pentecostals was "close to one hundred million." The Penguin Concise Encyclopedia estimates "over 22 million" Pentecostals, as does the Cambridge Encylcopedia, while the Oxford Dictionary of World Religion estimates "at least 130 million". The number of members claimed by different Pentecostal groups are:

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★ Assemblies of God - 54.7 million ^[4]

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★ New Apostolic Church - 11 million

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★ Church of God in Christ - 8 million

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★ Kimbanguist Church - 8 million

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★ The Pentecostal Mission - 6.7 million

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★ Apostolic Church - 6 million

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★ Church of God (Cleveland) - 5 million

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★ Korean Presbyterian Church - 4.5 million

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★ Christian Congregation of Brazil - 2.5 million

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★ Church of the Lord (Aladura) - 2.5 million

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★ Zion Christian Church - 2.5 million

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★ International Church of the Foursquare Gospel - 2 million

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★ Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus) - 2 million

★ 'Anglicanism' - 77 million

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★ Anglican Communion - 77 million

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★ Continuing Anglican Movement

★ 'Oriental Orthodoxy' - 72 million

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★ Ethiopian Orthodox Church - 39 million (incl. abroad)

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★ Coptic Orthodox Church - 15 million (of which 11 in Egypt, 4 abroad)

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★ Armenian Apostolic Church - 7 million (of which 3 in Armenia, 4 abroad)

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★ Indian Orthodox Church - 4.5 million

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★ Syriac Orthodox Church - 3.5 million (incl. Malankara Syriac Orthodox Church)

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★ Eritrean Orthodox Church - 2.5 million

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★ Mar Thoma Syrian Church - 1.5 million

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★ Malabar Independent Syrian Church - 1 million

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★ Assyrian Church of the East - 0.5 million

★ 'Nontrinitarianism' - 28.5 million

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★ Latter-day Saints - 12.5 million

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★ Jehovah's Witnesses - 15 million

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★ Iglesia ni Cristo - 1.68 million^[5]

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★ Oneness Pentecostals

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★ Unitarianism

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★ Christadelphians

★ 'Restorationism' - 18 million

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★ Seventh-day Adventists - 14 million

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★ Latter Day Saint movement (Mormonism}- 14 million

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★ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - 12.5 million

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★ Community of Christ - .25 million

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★ Restoration Movement - 4 million

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★ Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

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★ Church of Christ

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★ Independent Christian Churches/Churches of Christ

Christian denominational families

See also

★ List of Christian denominations

External links

★ Adherents.com

★ Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches

★ National Council of Churches USA

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References

1. Baptist World Alliance
2. Lutheran World Federation
3. 'encyclopédie de D. BARRET, "Assemblées de Frères", 1985.
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5. 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783.