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This list is in order of number of members.
==Largest denominations in the world==
;[[Roman Catholic Church|Catholicism]] - 1.2 billion
*[[Catholic Church]] - 1,147 million<ref name="cathstats">{{cite web | title =Number of priests showing steady, moderate increase, Vatican says| publisher =Catholic News Service | date =2008-03-09 | url =http://www.wcr.ab.ca/news/2009/0309/priests030909.shtml | accessdate =2009-08-22 }}</ref>
**[[Latin Rite]] ([[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]]) - 1,125.5 million
**[[Eastern Rite]] ([[Eastern Catholic Churches]]) - 21.5 million
***[[Alexandrian Rite|Alexandrian]]
****[[Ethiopian Catholic Church]] - 0.21 million
****[[Coptic Catholic Church]] - 0.17 million
***[[Antiochene Rite|Antiochian]] (Antiochene or West Syrian)
****[[Maronite Church|Maronite Catholic Church]] - 3.1 million
****[[Syro-Malankara Catholic Church]] - 0.5 million
****[[Syriac Catholic Church]] - 0.17 million
***[[Armenian Rite|Armenian]]
****[[Armenian Catholic Church]] - 0.54 million
***[[East Syrian Rite|Chaldean]] (Eastern Syrian)
****[[Syro-Malabar Catholic Church]] - 4.0 million
****[[Chaldean Catholic Church]] - 0.65 million
***[[Byzantine Rite|Byzantine]] (Constantinopolitan)
****[[Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church]] - 4.3 million
****[[Melkite Greek Catholic Church]] - 1.6 million
****[[Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic]] - 0.8 million
****[[Ruthenian Catholic Church]] - 0.65 million
****[[Slovak Greek Catholic Church]] - 0.37 million
****[[Hungarian Greek Catholic Church]] - 0.29 million
****[[Italo-Greek Catholic Church]] - 0.07 million
****[[Croatian Greek Catholic Church]] - 0.06 million
****[[Belarusian Greek Catholic Church]] - 0.01 million
****[[Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church]] - 0.01 million
****[[Georgian Byzantine-Rite Catholics|Georgian Byzantine Catholic Church]] - 0.01 million<ref>http://www.intratext.com/IXT/ENG1199/_PR.HTM</ref>
****[[Macedonian Greek Catholic Church]] - 0.01 million
****[[Albanian Greek-Catholic Church]] - 0.01 million
****[[Greek Byzantine Catholic Church]] - 0.01 million
****[[Russian Catholic Church]] - 0.01 million
*[[Breakaway Catholic Churches]] - 28 million
**[[Apostolic Catholic Church]] - 5 million
**[[Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association]] - 4 million<ref>http://factsanddetails.com/china.php?itemid=83&catid=3</ref>
**[[Philippine Independent Church]] - 3 million
**[[Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church]] - 1 million
**[[Old Catholic Church]] - 0.6 million
**[[Mariavite Church]] - 0.03 million
;[[Protestantism]] - 670 million
*Historical Protestantism - 350 million
**[[Baptists|Baptist churches]] - 105 million<ref>[http://www.bwanet.org Baptist World Alliance]</ref>
***[[Southern Baptist Convention]] - 16.3 million<ref>http://www.sbcec.net/bor/2007/2007SBCAnnual.pdf</ref>
***[[National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.]] - 7.5 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/north-america/united-states-of-america/national-baptist-convention-usa-inc.html</ref>
***[[National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.]] - 5 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/north-america/united-states-of-america/national-baptist-convention-of-america-inc.html</ref>
***[[Nigerian Baptist Convention]] - 3 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/nigeria/nigerian-baptist-convention.html</ref>
***[[Progressive National Baptist Convention]] - 2.5 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/north-america/united-states-of-america/progressive-national-baptist-convention-inc.html</ref>
***[[American Baptist Churches USA]] - 1.4 million
***[[Brazilian Baptist Convention]] - 1.4 million
***[[Baptist Bible Fellowship International]] - 1.2 million<ref name="Rhodes">Ron Rhodes, ''The Complete Guide to Christian Denominations'', Harvest House, 2007</ref>
***[[Myanmar Baptist Convention]] - 1.1 million<ref name="BWA"/>
***[[Baptist Community of the Congo River]] - 1 million<ref name="BWA">http://www.bwanet.org/default.aspx?pid=437</ref>
***[[National Baptist Convention, Brazil]] - 1 million
***[[National Primitive Baptist Convention of the U.S.A.]] - 1 million<ref name="Rhodes"/>
***[[National Missionary Baptist Convention of America]] - 1 million
***[[Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches]] - 0.8 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/asia/india/samavesam-of-telugu-baptist-churches.html</ref>
***[[Baptist Convention of Kenya]] - 0.7 million<ref name="BWA"/>
***[[Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists of Russia]] - 0.6 million
**[[Methodism]] - 75 million
***[[United Methodist Church]] - 12 million
***[[African Methodist Episcopal Church]] - 3 million
***[[Methodist Church Nigeria]] - 2 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/nigeria/methodist-church-nigeria.html</ref>
***[[African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church]] - 1.5 million
***[[Church of the Nazarene]] - 1.8 million
***[[Methodist Church of Southern Africa]] - 1.7 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/south-africa/methodist-church-of-southern-africa.html</ref>
***[[Korean Methodist Church]] - 1.5 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/asia/south-korea.html</ref>
***[[United Methodist Church of Ivory Coast]]<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/ivory-coast/united-methodist-church-of-ivory-coast.html</ref>
***[[Christian Methodist Episcopal Church]] - 0.9 million
***[[Methodist Church Ghana]] - 0.8 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/ghana/methodist-church-ghana.html</ref>
***[[Free Methodist Church]] - 0.7 million
***[[Methodist Church in India]] - 0.6 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/asia/india/methodist-church-in-india.html</ref>
**[[Lutheranism]] - 87 million<ref>[http://www.lutheranworld.org/News/LWI/EN/1823.EN.html Lutheran World Federation]</ref>
***[[Evangelical Church in Germany]] - 26.9 million<ref>[http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2007/90177.htm Germany<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
***[[Church of Sweden]] - 6.9 million
***[[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]] - 4.8 million
***[[Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus]] - 4.7 million
***[[Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania]] - 4.6 million<ref>http://www.lutheranworld.org/Directory/AFR/EvLuthCchinTanzania-EN.html</ref>
***[[Danish National Church]] - 4.5 million
***[[Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland]] - 4.3 million<ref>http://evl.fi/EVLUutiset.nsf/Documents/0DCC039A551C3C6CC22575320038BE6F?OpenDocument&lang=FI</ref>
***[[Batak Christian Protestant Church]] - 4 million<ref>http://www.lutheranworld.org/Directory/ASI/ProtChrisBatakCch-EN.html</ref>
***[[Church of Norway]] - 3.9 million
***[[Malagasy Lutheran Church]] - 3 million
***[[Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod]] - 2 million
***[[Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria]] - 1.7 million<ref>http://www.lutheranworld.org/Directory/AFR/LuthCchChristinNigeria-EN.html</ref>
***[[United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India]] - 1.5 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/asia/india/united-evangelical-lutheran-church-in-india.html</ref>
***[[Evangelical Lutheran Church in Papua New Guinea]] - 0.9 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/pacific/papua-new-guinea/evangelical-lutheran-church-of-papua-new-guinea.html</ref>
***[[Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church]] - 0.8 million<ref>http://www.lutheranworld.org/Directory/ASI/hraEvLuthCch-EN.html</ref>
***[[Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil]] - 0.7 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/latin-america/brazil/evangelical-church-of-the-lutheran-confession-in-brazil.html</ref>
***[[Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia]] - 0.6 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/namibia/evangelical-lutheran-church-in-namibia.html</ref>
***[[Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa]] - 0.6 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/south-africa/evangelical-lutheran-church-in-southern-africa.html</ref>
**[[Reformed churches]] - 75 million
***[[Presbyterianism]] - 40 million
****[[Presbyterian Church of East Africa]] - 4 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/kenya/presbyterian-church-of-east-africa.html</ref>
****[[Presbyterian Church of Africa]] - 3.4 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/south-africa/presbyterian-church-of-africa.html</ref>
****[[Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)]] - 3.0 million
****[[United Church of Canada]] - 2.5 million
****[[Church of Christ in Congo|Church of Christ in Congo–Presbyterian Community of Congo]] - 2.5 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/democratic-republic-of-congo/church-of-christ-in-congo-presbyterian-community-of-congo.html</ref>
****[[Presbyterian Church of Korea]] - 2.4 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/asia/south-korea/presbyterian-church-of-korea.html</ref>
****[[Presbyterian Church of Cameroon]] - 1.8 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/cameroon/presbyterian-church-of-cameroon.html</ref>
****[[Church of Scotland]] - 1.1 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/europe/united-kingdom/church-of-scotland.html</ref>
****[[Presbyterian Church of the Sudan]] - 1 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/sudan/presbyterian-church-of-the-sudan.html</ref>
****[[Presbyterian Church in Cameroon]] - 0.7 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/cameroon/presbyterian-church-in-cameroon.html</ref>
****[[Presbyterian Church of Ghana]] - 0.6 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/ghana/presbyterian-church-of-ghana.html</ref>
****[[Presbyterian Church of Nigeria]] - 0.5 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/nigeria/presbyterian-church-of-nigeria.html</ref>
****[[Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa]] - 0.5 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/south-africa/uniting-presbyterian-church-in-southern-africa.html</ref>
***Continental [[Reformed churches]] - 30 million
****[[Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar]] - 3.5 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/madgascar/church-of-jesus-christ-in-madagascar-fjkm.html</ref>
****[[United Church of Zambia]] - 3.0 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/zambia/united-church-of-zambia.html</ref>
****[[Protestant Church in the Netherlands]] - 2.5 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/europe/netherlands/protestant-church-in-the-netherlands.html</ref>
****[[Swiss Reformed Church]] - 2.4 million
****[[Evangelical Church of Cameroon]] - 2 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/cameroon/evangelical-church-of-cameroon.html</ref>
****[[Protestant Evangelical Church in Timor]] - 2 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/asia/indonesia/protestant-evangelical-church-in-timor.html</ref>
****[[Christian Evangelical Church in Minahasa]] - 0.7 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/asia/indonesia/christian-evangelical-church-in-minahasa.html</ref>
****[[United Church in Papua New Guinea]] - 0.6 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/pacific/papua-new-guinea/united-church-in-papua-new-guinea.html</ref>
****[[United Church of Christ in the Philippines]] - 0.6 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/asia/philippines/united-church-of-christ-in-the-philippines.html</ref>
****[[Protestant Church in Western Indonesia]] - 0.6 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/asia/indonesia/protestant-church-in-western-indonesia.html</ref>
****[[Evangelical Christian Church in Tanah Papua]] - 0.6 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/asia/indonesia/evangelical-christian-church-in-tanah-papua.html</ref>
****[[Protestant Church in the Moluccas]] - 0.6 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/asia/indonesia/protestant-church-in-the-moluccas.html</ref>
****[[Reformed Church in Hungary]] - 0.6 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/europe/hungary/reformed-church-in-hungary.html</ref>
****[[Reformed Church in Romania]] - 0.6 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/europe/romania/reformed-church-in-romania.html</ref>
****[[Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa]] - 0.5 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/south-africa/uniting-reformed-church-in-southern-africa.html</ref>
***[[Congregational church|Congregationalism]] - 5 million
****[[United Church of Christ]] - 1.2 million
****[[Evangelical Congregational Church in Angola]] - 0.9 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/angola/evangelical-congregational-church-in-angola.html</ref>
****[[United Congregational Church of Southern Africa]] - 0.5 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/south-africa/united-congregational-church-of-southern-africa.html</ref>
**[[Anabaptist|Anabaptism]] and [[Free church]]es - 5 million
***[[Schwarzenau Brethren]]/[[German Baptist]] groups - 1.5 million<ref>http://www.adherents.com/Na/Na_84.html#596</ref>
***[[Mennonite]]s - 1.5 million
***[[Plymouth Brethren]] - 1 million<ref>http://www.adherents.com/Na/Na_513.html#3117</ref>
***[[Moravian Church|Moravians]] - 0.7 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/caribbean/antigua-and-barbuda/moravian-church-eastern-west-indies-province.html</ref>
***[[Amish]] - 0.2 million
***[[Hutterite]]s - 0.2 million
**[[Religious Society of Friends|Quakers]] - 0.4 million
**[[Waldensians]] - 0.05 million
*Modern Christian movements - 588 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/church-families/pentecostal-churches.html</ref>
**[[Pentecostalism]] - 130 million
***[[Assemblies of God]] - 60 million
***[[New Apostolic Church]] - 11 million
***[[International Circle of Faith]] - 11 million<ref>Association of Christian Churches. Dr. James B. Gould. Washington, DC, USA. 2006.</ref>
***[[The Pentecostal Mission]] - 10 million
***[[Church of God (Cleveland)]] - 9 million
***[[International Church of the Foursquare Gospel]] - 8 million
***[[Church of God in Christ]] - 5.5 million
***[[Apostolic Church (denomination)|Apostolic Church]] - 6 million
***[[Christian Congregation of Brazil]] - 2.5 million
***[[Universal Church of the Kingdom of God]] - 2 million
***[[Church of God of Prophecy]] - 1 million
***[[God is Love Pentecostal Church]] - 0.8 million
***[[Indian Pentecostal Church of God]] - NA
**[[Non-denominational Christianity|Non-denominational]] [[evangelicalism]] - 80 million
***[[Calvary Chapel]] - 25 million
***[[Born Again Movement]] - 20 million
***[[Association of Vineyard Churches]] - 15 million
***[[New Life Fellowship]] - 10 million{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}}
***[[True Jesus Church]] - 2.5 million
***[[Charismatic Episcopal Church]] - NA
**[[African Initiated Church|African initiated churches]] - 40 million
***[[Zion Christian Church]] - 15 million
***[[Eternal Sacred Order of Cherubim and Seraphim]] - 10 million
***[[Kimbanguism|Kimbanguist Church]] - 5.5 million
***[[Church of the Lord (Aladura)]] - 3.6 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/nigeria/church-of-the-lord-aladura-worldwide.html</ref>
***[[Council of African Instituted Churches]] - 3 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/south-africa/council-of-african-instituted-churches.html</ref>
***[[Church of Christ Light of the Holy Spirit]] - 1.4 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/democratic-republic-of-congo/church-of-christ-light-of-the-holy-spirit.html</ref>
***[[African Church of the Holy Spirit]] - 0.7 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/kenya/african-church-of-the-holy-spirit.html</ref>
***[[African Israel Niniveh Church]]<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/kenya/african-israel-nineveh-church.html</ref>
**[[Seventh-day Adventist Church]] - 17 million
**[[Restoration Movement]] - 7 million
***[[Churches of Christ]] - 5 million
***[[Independent Christian Churches/Churches of Christ|Christian Churches and Churches of Christ]] - 1.1 million<ref name="Rhodes"/>
***[[Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)]] - 0.7 million
;[[Eastern Orthodoxy]] - 210 million
*Autocephalous churches
**[[Russian Orthodox Church]] - 125 million
**[[Romanian Orthodox Church]] - 18 million
**[[Serbian Orthodox Church]] - 15 million
**[[Church of Greece]] - 11 million
**[[Bulgarian Orthodox Church]] - 10 million
**[[Georgian Orthodox Church]] - 5 million
**[[Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople|Greek Orthodox Church of Constantinople]] - 3.5 million
**[[Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch]] - 2.5 million
**[[Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria]] - 1.5 million
**[[Orthodox Church in America]] - 1.2 million
**[[Polish Orthodox Church]] - 1 million
**[[Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania|Albanian Orthodox Church]] - 0.8 million
**[[Cypriot Orthodox Church]] - 0.7 million
**[[Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem]] - 0.14 million
**[[Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church]] - 0.07 million
*Autonomous churches
**[[Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)]] - 7.2 million<ref name="patriyarkhat.org.ua">http://www.patriyarkhat.org.ua/ukr/archive/article;143;388/</ref>
**[[Moldovan Orthodox Church]] - 3.2 million
**[[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] - 1.25 million
**[[Metropolis of Bessarabia|Metropolitan Church of Bessarabia]] - 0.62 million
**[[Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric]] - 0.34 million
**[[Estonian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate|Estonian Orthodox Church]] - 0.3 million
**[[Patriarchal Exarchate for Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe|Patriarchal Exarchate in Western Europe]] - 0.15 million
**[[Finnish Orthodox Church]] - 0.08 million
**[[Chinese Orthodox Church]] - 0.03 million
**[[Japanese Orthodox Church]] - 0.02 million
**[[Latvian Orthodox Church]] - 0.02 million
*Non-universally recognized churches
**[[Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate|Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kyiv Patriarchate)]] - 5.5 million<ref name="patriyarkhat.org.ua"/>
**[[Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church]] - 2.4 million
**[[Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric|Macedonian Orthodox Church]] - 2 million
**[[Orthodox Church of Greece (Holy Synod in Resistance)]] - 0.75 million
**[[Old Calendar Romanian Orthodox Church]] - 0.50 million
**[[Old Calendar Bulgarian Orthodox Church]] - 0.45 million
**[[Croatian Orthodox Church]] - 0.36 million
**[[Montenegrin Orthodox Church]] - 0.05 million
**[[Orthodox Church in Italy]] - 0.12 million
*Other separated Orthodox groups
<!--**[[Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church]] - 5.5 million They seem to be claiming the same adherants as the Kiyv Patriarch above, but are only a tiny splinter group according to reports. Need a good cite here-->
**[[Old Believers]] - 1.8 million
**[[Greek Old Calendarists]] - 0.86 million
**[[Russian True Orthodox Church]] - 0.85 million
;[[Oriental Orthodoxy]] - 75 million
*Autocephalous churches in communion
**[[Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church]] - 45 million
**[[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria]] - 15.5 million
**[[Syriac Orthodox Church]] - 10 million
**[[Armenian Orthodox Church]] - 8 million
**[[Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church]] - 2.5 million
**[[Indian (Malankara) Orthodox Church]] - 2 million<ref>Not recgognized by the [[Syriac Orthodox Church]]</ref>
**[[Holy See of Cilicia|Armenian Orthodox Church of Cilicia]] - 1.5 million
*Autonomous churches in communion
**[[Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church]] - 1.2 million<ref>{{Cite book | author=Fahlbusch, Erwin; Lochman, Jan Milic; Mbiti, John S.; Vischer, Lukas; Bromiley, Geoffrey William | authorlink= | coauthors= | title=The Encyclopedia Of Christianity (Encyclopedia of Christianity) Volume 5 | date=2003 | publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company | location= | isbn=0-8028-2417-X | pages=285}}</ref>
**[[Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople|Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople]] - 0.42 million
**[[Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem]] - 0.34 million
**[[French Coptic Orthodox Church]] - 0.01 million
**[[British Orthodox Church]] - 0.01 million
*Churches not in communion
**[[Malabar Independent Syrian Church]] - 0.06 million
;[[Anglicanism]] - 82 million
*[[Anglican Communion]] - 80 million<ref name=aco>[http://www.anglicancommunion.org/tour/index.cfm Anglican Communion News Service Accessed 22-Aug-09]</ref>
**[[Church of Nigeria]] - 18 million
**[[Church of England]] - 13.4 million
**[[Church of Uganda]] - 8.8 million
**[[Church of South India]] - 3.8 million
**[[Anglican Church of Australia]] - 3.7 million
**[[Episcopal Church in the Philippines]] - 3.0 million
**[[Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia]] - 2.5 million
**[[Anglican Church of Tanzania]] - 2.5 million
**[[Anglican Church of Southern Africa]] - 2.4 million
**[[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church of the United States]] - 2.2 million
**[[Anglican Church of Canada]] - 2.0 million
**[[Anglican Church of Kenya]] - 1.5 million
**[[Church of North India]] - 1.3 million
**[[Church of the Province of Rwanda]] - 1 million
**[[Church of Pakistan]] - 0.8 million
**[[Anglican Church of Burundi]] - 0.8 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/burundi/province-of-the-anglican-church-of-burundi.html</ref>
**[[Church of the Province of Central Africa]] - 0.6 million
**[[Church of Christ in Congo|Church of Christ in Congo–Anglican Community of Congo]] - 0.5 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/democratic-republic-of-congo/church-of-christ-in-congo-anglican-community-of-congo.html</ref>
**[[Scottish Episcopal Church]] - 0.4 million
**[[Church of Ireland]] - 0.4 million
*[[Continuing Anglican movement]] - 1.5 million
**[[Traditional Anglican Communion]] - 0.5 million
**[[Anglican Church in North America]] - 0.1 million
;[[Nontrinitarianism]] - 27 million
*[[Latter Day Saint movement]] ([[Mormonism]]) - 14 million
**[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] - 13.5 million<ref>http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1032-10,00.html</ref>
**[[Community of Christ]] - 0.25 million<ref>http://www.cofchrist.org/news/GeneralInfo.asp</ref>
*[[Jehovah's Witnesses]] - 7.1 million
*[[Iglesia ni Cristo]] - 6 million<ref>http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Iglesia_ni_Cristo</ref>
*[[Oneness Pentecostalism]] - 6 million
**[[United Pentecostal Church International]] - 4 million
**[[Pentecostal Assemblies of the World]] - 1.5 million
*[[Church of Christ, Scientist]] - 0.4 million
*[[Friends of Man]] - 0.07 million
*[[Christadelphians]] - 0.05 million
;[[Nestorianism]] - 1 million
*[[Assyrian Church of the East]] - 0.5 million
*[[Ancient Church of the East]] - 0.3 million
==See also==
{{Christianityportal}}
*[[List of Christian denominations]]
*[[List of the largest Protestant churches of the world]]
*[[Parachurch organization]]
*[[Major religious groups]]
==External links==
*[http://www.adherents.com/ Adherents.com]
*[http://www.electronicchurch.org/ Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches]
*[http://www.ncccusa.org/ National Council of Churches USA]
*[http://pewforum.org/publications/reports/poll2002.pdf Pew Research Center - News Release 2002]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==Largest denominations in the world==
;[[Roman Catholic Church|Catholicism]] - 1.2 billion
*[[Catholic Church]] - 1,147 million<ref name="cathstats">{{cite web | title =Number of priests showing steady, moderate increase, Vatican says| publisher =Catholic News Service | date =2008-03-09 | url =http://www.wcr.ab.ca/news/2009/0309/priests030909.shtml | accessdate =2009-08-22 }}</ref>
**[[Latin Rite]] ([[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]]) - 1,125.5 million
**[[Eastern Rite]] ([[Eastern Catholic Churches]]) - 21.5 million
***[[Alexandrian Rite|Alexandrian]]
****[[Ethiopian Catholic Church]] - 0.21 million
****[[Coptic Catholic Church]] - 0.17 million
***[[Antiochene Rite|Antiochian]] (Antiochene or West Syrian)
****[[Maronite Church|Maronite Catholic Church]] - 3.1 million
****[[Syro-Malankara Catholic Church]] - 0.5 million
****[[Syriac Catholic Church]] - 0.17 million
***[[Armenian Rite|Armenian]]
****[[Armenian Catholic Church]] - 0.54 million
***[[East Syrian Rite|Chaldean]] (Eastern Syrian)
****[[Syro-Malabar Catholic Church]] - 4.0 million
****[[Chaldean Catholic Church]] - 0.65 million
***[[Byzantine Rite|Byzantine]] (Constantinopolitan)
****[[Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church]] - 4.3 million
****[[Melkite Greek Catholic Church]] - 1.6 million
****[[Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic]] - 0.8 million
****[[Ruthenian Catholic Church]] - 0.65 million
****[[Slovak Greek Catholic Church]] - 0.37 million
****[[Hungarian Greek Catholic Church]] - 0.29 million
****[[Italo-Greek Catholic Church]] - 0.07 million
****[[Croatian Greek Catholic Church]] - 0.06 million
****[[Belarusian Greek Catholic Church]] - 0.01 million
****[[Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church]] - 0.01 million
****[[Georgian Byzantine-Rite Catholics|Georgian Byzantine Catholic Church]] - 0.01 million<ref>http://www.intratext.com/IXT/ENG1199/_PR.HTM</ref>
****[[Macedonian Greek Catholic Church]] - 0.01 million
****[[Albanian Greek-Catholic Church]] - 0.01 million
****[[Greek Byzantine Catholic Church]] - 0.01 million
****[[Russian Catholic Church]] - 0.01 million
*[[Breakaway Catholic Churches]] - 28 million
**[[Apostolic Catholic Church]] - 5 million
**[[Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association]] - 4 million<ref>http://factsanddetails.com/china.php?itemid=83&catid=3</ref>
**[[Philippine Independent Church]] - 3 million
**[[Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church]] - 1 million
**[[Old Catholic Church]] - 0.6 million
**[[Mariavite Church]] - 0.03 million
;[[Protestantism]] - 670 million
*Historical Protestantism - 350 million
**[[Baptists|Baptist churches]] - 105 million<ref>[http://www.bwanet.org Baptist World Alliance]</ref>
***[[Southern Baptist Convention]] - 16.3 million<ref>http://www.sbcec.net/bor/2007/2007SBCAnnual.pdf</ref>
***[[National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.]] - 7.5 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/north-america/united-states-of-america/national-baptist-convention-usa-inc.html</ref>
***[[National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.]] - 5 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/north-america/united-states-of-america/national-baptist-convention-of-america-inc.html</ref>
***[[Nigerian Baptist Convention]] - 3 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/nigeria/nigerian-baptist-convention.html</ref>
***[[Progressive National Baptist Convention]] - 2.5 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/north-america/united-states-of-america/progressive-national-baptist-convention-inc.html</ref>
***[[American Baptist Churches USA]] - 1.4 million
***[[Brazilian Baptist Convention]] - 1.4 million
***[[Baptist Bible Fellowship International]] - 1.2 million<ref name="Rhodes">Ron Rhodes, ''The Complete Guide to Christian Denominations'', Harvest House, 2007</ref>
***[[Myanmar Baptist Convention]] - 1.1 million<ref name="BWA"/>
***[[Baptist Community of the Congo River]] - 1 million<ref name="BWA">http://www.bwanet.org/default.aspx?pid=437</ref>
***[[National Baptist Convention, Brazil]] - 1 million
***[[National Primitive Baptist Convention of the U.S.A.]] - 1 million<ref name="Rhodes"/>
***[[National Missionary Baptist Convention of America]] - 1 million
***[[Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches]] - 0.8 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/asia/india/samavesam-of-telugu-baptist-churches.html</ref>
***[[Baptist Convention of Kenya]] - 0.7 million<ref name="BWA"/>
***[[Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists of Russia]] - 0.6 million
**[[Methodism]] - 75 million
***[[United Methodist Church]] - 12 million
***[[African Methodist Episcopal Church]] - 3 million
***[[Methodist Church Nigeria]] - 2 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/nigeria/methodist-church-nigeria.html</ref>
***[[African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church]] - 1.5 million
***[[Church of the Nazarene]] - 1.8 million
***[[Methodist Church of Southern Africa]] - 1.7 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/south-africa/methodist-church-of-southern-africa.html</ref>
***[[Korean Methodist Church]] - 1.5 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/asia/south-korea.html</ref>
***[[United Methodist Church of Ivory Coast]]<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/ivory-coast/united-methodist-church-of-ivory-coast.html</ref>
***[[Christian Methodist Episcopal Church]] - 0.9 million
***[[Methodist Church Ghana]] - 0.8 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/ghana/methodist-church-ghana.html</ref>
***[[Free Methodist Church]] - 0.7 million
***[[Methodist Church in India]] - 0.6 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/asia/india/methodist-church-in-india.html</ref>
**[[Lutheranism]] - 87 million<ref>[http://www.lutheranworld.org/News/LWI/EN/1823.EN.html Lutheran World Federation]</ref>
***[[Evangelical Church in Germany]] - 26.9 million<ref>[http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2007/90177.htm Germany<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
***[[Church of Sweden]] - 6.9 million
***[[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]] - 4.8 million
***[[Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus]] - 4.7 million
***[[Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania]] - 4.6 million<ref>http://www.lutheranworld.org/Directory/AFR/EvLuthCchinTanzania-EN.html</ref>
***[[Danish National Church]] - 4.5 million
***[[Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland]] - 4.3 million<ref>http://evl.fi/EVLUutiset.nsf/Documents/0DCC039A551C3C6CC22575320038BE6F?OpenDocument&lang=FI</ref>
***[[Batak Christian Protestant Church]] - 4 million<ref>http://www.lutheranworld.org/Directory/ASI/ProtChrisBatakCch-EN.html</ref>
***[[Church of Norway]] - 3.9 million
***[[Malagasy Lutheran Church]] - 3 million
***[[Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod]] - 2 million
***[[Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria]] - 1.7 million<ref>http://www.lutheranworld.org/Directory/AFR/LuthCchChristinNigeria-EN.html</ref>
***[[United Evangelical Lutheran Church in India]] - 1.5 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/asia/india/united-evangelical-lutheran-church-in-india.html</ref>
***[[Evangelical Lutheran Church in Papua New Guinea]] - 0.9 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/pacific/papua-new-guinea/evangelical-lutheran-church-of-papua-new-guinea.html</ref>
***[[Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church]] - 0.8 million<ref>http://www.lutheranworld.org/Directory/ASI/hraEvLuthCch-EN.html</ref>
***[[Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil]] - 0.7 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/latin-america/brazil/evangelical-church-of-the-lutheran-confession-in-brazil.html</ref>
***[[Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia]] - 0.6 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/namibia/evangelical-lutheran-church-in-namibia.html</ref>
***[[Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa]] - 0.6 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/south-africa/evangelical-lutheran-church-in-southern-africa.html</ref>
**[[Reformed churches]] - 75 million
***[[Presbyterianism]] - 40 million
****[[Presbyterian Church of East Africa]] - 4 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/kenya/presbyterian-church-of-east-africa.html</ref>
****[[Presbyterian Church of Africa]] - 3.4 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/south-africa/presbyterian-church-of-africa.html</ref>
****[[Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)]] - 3.0 million
****[[United Church of Canada]] - 2.5 million
****[[Church of Christ in Congo|Church of Christ in Congo–Presbyterian Community of Congo]] - 2.5 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/democratic-republic-of-congo/church-of-christ-in-congo-presbyterian-community-of-congo.html</ref>
****[[Presbyterian Church of Korea]] - 2.4 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/asia/south-korea/presbyterian-church-of-korea.html</ref>
****[[Presbyterian Church of Cameroon]] - 1.8 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/cameroon/presbyterian-church-of-cameroon.html</ref>
****[[Church of Scotland]] - 1.1 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/europe/united-kingdom/church-of-scotland.html</ref>
****[[Presbyterian Church of the Sudan]] - 1 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/sudan/presbyterian-church-of-the-sudan.html</ref>
****[[Presbyterian Church in Cameroon]] - 0.7 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/cameroon/presbyterian-church-in-cameroon.html</ref>
****[[Presbyterian Church of Ghana]] - 0.6 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/ghana/presbyterian-church-of-ghana.html</ref>
****[[Presbyterian Church of Nigeria]] - 0.5 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/nigeria/presbyterian-church-of-nigeria.html</ref>
****[[Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa]] - 0.5 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/south-africa/uniting-presbyterian-church-in-southern-africa.html</ref>
***Continental [[Reformed churches]] - 30 million
****[[Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar]] - 3.5 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/madgascar/church-of-jesus-christ-in-madagascar-fjkm.html</ref>
****[[United Church of Zambia]] - 3.0 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/zambia/united-church-of-zambia.html</ref>
****[[Protestant Church in the Netherlands]] - 2.5 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/europe/netherlands/protestant-church-in-the-netherlands.html</ref>
****[[Swiss Reformed Church]] - 2.4 million
****[[Evangelical Church of Cameroon]] - 2 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/cameroon/evangelical-church-of-cameroon.html</ref>
****[[Protestant Evangelical Church in Timor]] - 2 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/asia/indonesia/protestant-evangelical-church-in-timor.html</ref>
****[[Christian Evangelical Church in Minahasa]] - 0.7 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/asia/indonesia/christian-evangelical-church-in-minahasa.html</ref>
****[[United Church in Papua New Guinea]] - 0.6 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/pacific/papua-new-guinea/united-church-in-papua-new-guinea.html</ref>
****[[United Church of Christ in the Philippines]] - 0.6 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/asia/philippines/united-church-of-christ-in-the-philippines.html</ref>
****[[Protestant Church in Western Indonesia]] - 0.6 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/asia/indonesia/protestant-church-in-western-indonesia.html</ref>
****[[Evangelical Christian Church in Tanah Papua]] - 0.6 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/asia/indonesia/evangelical-christian-church-in-tanah-papua.html</ref>
****[[Protestant Church in the Moluccas]] - 0.6 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/asia/indonesia/protestant-church-in-the-moluccas.html</ref>
****[[Reformed Church in Hungary]] - 0.6 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/europe/hungary/reformed-church-in-hungary.html</ref>
****[[Reformed Church in Romania]] - 0.6 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/europe/romania/reformed-church-in-romania.html</ref>
****[[Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa]] - 0.5 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/south-africa/uniting-reformed-church-in-southern-africa.html</ref>
***[[Congregational church|Congregationalism]] - 5 million
****[[United Church of Christ]] - 1.2 million
****[[Evangelical Congregational Church in Angola]] - 0.9 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/angola/evangelical-congregational-church-in-angola.html</ref>
****[[United Congregational Church of Southern Africa]] - 0.5 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/south-africa/united-congregational-church-of-southern-africa.html</ref>
**[[Anabaptist|Anabaptism]] and [[Free church]]es - 5 million
***[[Schwarzenau Brethren]]/[[German Baptist]] groups - 1.5 million<ref>http://www.adherents.com/Na/Na_84.html#596</ref>
***[[Mennonite]]s - 1.5 million
***[[Plymouth Brethren]] - 1 million<ref>http://www.adherents.com/Na/Na_513.html#3117</ref>
***[[Moravian Church|Moravians]] - 0.7 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/caribbean/antigua-and-barbuda/moravian-church-eastern-west-indies-province.html</ref>
***[[Amish]] - 0.2 million
***[[Hutterite]]s - 0.2 million
**[[Religious Society of Friends|Quakers]] - 0.4 million
**[[Waldensians]] - 0.05 million
*Modern Christian movements - 588 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/church-families/pentecostal-churches.html</ref>
**[[Pentecostalism]] - 130 million
***[[Assemblies of God]] - 60 million
***[[New Apostolic Church]] - 11 million
***[[International Circle of Faith]] - 11 million<ref>Association of Christian Churches. Dr. James B. Gould. Washington, DC, USA. 2006.</ref>
***[[The Pentecostal Mission]] - 10 million
***[[Church of God (Cleveland)]] - 9 million
***[[International Church of the Foursquare Gospel]] - 8 million
***[[Church of God in Christ]] - 5.5 million
***[[Apostolic Church (denomination)|Apostolic Church]] - 6 million
***[[Christian Congregation of Brazil]] - 2.5 million
***[[Universal Church of the Kingdom of God]] - 2 million
***[[Church of God of Prophecy]] - 1 million
***[[God is Love Pentecostal Church]] - 0.8 million
***[[Indian Pentecostal Church of God]] - NA
**[[Non-denominational Christianity|Non-denominational]] [[evangelicalism]] - 80 million
***[[Calvary Chapel]] - 25 million
***[[Born Again Movement]] - 20 million
***[[Association of Vineyard Churches]] - 15 million
***[[New Life Fellowship]] - 10 million{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}}
***[[True Jesus Church]] - 2.5 million
***[[Charismatic Episcopal Church]] - NA
**[[African Initiated Church|African initiated churches]] - 40 million
***[[Zion Christian Church]] - 15 million
***[[Eternal Sacred Order of Cherubim and Seraphim]] - 10 million
***[[Kimbanguism|Kimbanguist Church]] - 5.5 million
***[[Church of the Lord (Aladura)]] - 3.6 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/nigeria/church-of-the-lord-aladura-worldwide.html</ref>
***[[Council of African Instituted Churches]] - 3 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/south-africa/council-of-african-instituted-churches.html</ref>
***[[Church of Christ Light of the Holy Spirit]] - 1.4 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/democratic-republic-of-congo/church-of-christ-light-of-the-holy-spirit.html</ref>
***[[African Church of the Holy Spirit]] - 0.7 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/kenya/african-church-of-the-holy-spirit.html</ref>
***[[African Israel Niniveh Church]]<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/kenya/african-israel-nineveh-church.html</ref>
**[[Seventh-day Adventist Church]] - 17 million
**[[Restoration Movement]] - 7 million
***[[Churches of Christ]] - 5 million
***[[Independent Christian Churches/Churches of Christ|Christian Churches and Churches of Christ]] - 1.1 million<ref name="Rhodes"/>
***[[Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)]] - 0.7 million
;[[Eastern Orthodoxy]] - 210 million
*Autocephalous churches
**[[Russian Orthodox Church]] - 125 million
**[[Romanian Orthodox Church]] - 18 million
**[[Serbian Orthodox Church]] - 15 million
**[[Church of Greece]] - 11 million
**[[Bulgarian Orthodox Church]] - 10 million
**[[Georgian Orthodox Church]] - 5 million
**[[Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople|Greek Orthodox Church of Constantinople]] - 3.5 million
**[[Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch]] - 2.5 million
**[[Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria]] - 1.5 million
**[[Orthodox Church in America]] - 1.2 million
**[[Polish Orthodox Church]] - 1 million
**[[Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania|Albanian Orthodox Church]] - 0.8 million
**[[Cypriot Orthodox Church]] - 0.7 million
**[[Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem]] - 0.14 million
**[[Czech and Slovak Orthodox Church]] - 0.07 million
*Autonomous churches
**[[Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)]] - 7.2 million<ref name="patriyarkhat.org.ua">http://www.patriyarkhat.org.ua/ukr/archive/article;143;388/</ref>
**[[Moldovan Orthodox Church]] - 3.2 million
**[[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] - 1.25 million
**[[Metropolis of Bessarabia|Metropolitan Church of Bessarabia]] - 0.62 million
**[[Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric]] - 0.34 million
**[[Estonian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate|Estonian Orthodox Church]] - 0.3 million
**[[Patriarchal Exarchate for Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe|Patriarchal Exarchate in Western Europe]] - 0.15 million
**[[Finnish Orthodox Church]] - 0.08 million
**[[Chinese Orthodox Church]] - 0.03 million
**[[Japanese Orthodox Church]] - 0.02 million
**[[Latvian Orthodox Church]] - 0.02 million
*Non-universally recognized churches
**[[Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate|Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kyiv Patriarchate)]] - 5.5 million<ref name="patriyarkhat.org.ua"/>
**[[Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church]] - 2.4 million
**[[Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric|Macedonian Orthodox Church]] - 2 million
**[[Orthodox Church of Greece (Holy Synod in Resistance)]] - 0.75 million
**[[Old Calendar Romanian Orthodox Church]] - 0.50 million
**[[Old Calendar Bulgarian Orthodox Church]] - 0.45 million
**[[Croatian Orthodox Church]] - 0.36 million
**[[Montenegrin Orthodox Church]] - 0.05 million
**[[Orthodox Church in Italy]] - 0.12 million
*Other separated Orthodox groups
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**[[Old Believers]] - 1.8 million
**[[Greek Old Calendarists]] - 0.86 million
**[[Russian True Orthodox Church]] - 0.85 million
;[[Oriental Orthodoxy]] - 75 million
*Autocephalous churches in communion
**[[Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church]] - 45 million
**[[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria]] - 15.5 million
**[[Syriac Orthodox Church]] - 10 million
**[[Armenian Orthodox Church]] - 8 million
**[[Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church]] - 2.5 million
**[[Indian (Malankara) Orthodox Church]] - 2 million<ref>Not recgognized by the [[Syriac Orthodox Church]]</ref>
**[[Holy See of Cilicia|Armenian Orthodox Church of Cilicia]] - 1.5 million
*Autonomous churches in communion
**[[Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church]] - 1.2 million<ref>{{Cite book | author=Fahlbusch, Erwin; Lochman, Jan Milic; Mbiti, John S.; Vischer, Lukas; Bromiley, Geoffrey William | authorlink= | coauthors= | title=The Encyclopedia Of Christianity (Encyclopedia of Christianity) Volume 5 | date=2003 | publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company | location= | isbn=0-8028-2417-X | pages=285}}</ref>
**[[Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople|Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople]] - 0.42 million
**[[Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem]] - 0.34 million
**[[French Coptic Orthodox Church]] - 0.01 million
**[[British Orthodox Church]] - 0.01 million
*Churches not in communion
**[[Malabar Independent Syrian Church]] - 0.06 million
;[[Anglicanism]] - 82 million
*[[Anglican Communion]] - 80 million<ref name=aco>[http://www.anglicancommunion.org/tour/index.cfm Anglican Communion News Service Accessed 22-Aug-09]</ref>
**[[Church of Nigeria]] - 18 million
**[[Church of England]] - 13.4 million
**[[Church of Uganda]] - 8.8 million
**[[Church of South India]] - 3.8 million
**[[Anglican Church of Australia]] - 3.7 million
**[[Episcopal Church in the Philippines]] - 3.0 million
**[[Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia]] - 2.5 million
**[[Anglican Church of Tanzania]] - 2.5 million
**[[Anglican Church of Southern Africa]] - 2.4 million
**[[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church of the United States]] - 2.2 million
**[[Anglican Church of Canada]] - 2.0 million
**[[Anglican Church of Kenya]] - 1.5 million
**[[Church of North India]] - 1.3 million
**[[Church of the Province of Rwanda]] - 1 million
**[[Church of Pakistan]] - 0.8 million
**[[Anglican Church of Burundi]] - 0.8 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/burundi/province-of-the-anglican-church-of-burundi.html</ref>
**[[Church of the Province of Central Africa]] - 0.6 million
**[[Church of Christ in Congo|Church of Christ in Congo–Anglican Community of Congo]] - 0.5 million<ref>http://www.oikoumene.org/en/member-churches/regions/africa/democratic-republic-of-congo/church-of-christ-in-congo-anglican-community-of-congo.html</ref>
**[[Scottish Episcopal Church]] - 0.4 million
**[[Church of Ireland]] - 0.4 million
*[[Continuing Anglican movement]] - 1.5 million
**[[Traditional Anglican Communion]] - 0.5 million
**[[Anglican Church in North America]] - 0.1 million
;[[Nontrinitarianism]] - 27 million
*[[Latter Day Saint movement]] ([[Mormonism]]) - 14 million
**[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] - 13.5 million<ref>http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1032-10,00.html</ref>
**[[Community of Christ]] - 0.25 million<ref>http://www.cofchrist.org/news/GeneralInfo.asp</ref>
*[[Jehovah's Witnesses]] - 7.1 million
*[[Iglesia ni Cristo]] - 6 million<ref>http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Iglesia_ni_Cristo</ref>
*[[Oneness Pentecostalism]] - 6 million
**[[United Pentecostal Church International]] - 4 million
**[[Pentecostal Assemblies of the World]] - 1.5 million
*[[Church of Christ, Scientist]] - 0.4 million
*[[Friends of Man]] - 0.07 million
*[[Christadelphians]] - 0.05 million
;[[Nestorianism]] - 1 million
*[[Assyrian Church of the East]] - 0.5 million
*[[Ancient Church of the East]] - 0.3 million
==See also==
{{Christianityportal}}
*[[List of Christian denominations]]
*[[List of the largest Protestant churches of the world]]
*[[Parachurch organization]]
*[[Major religious groups]]
==External links==
*[http://www.adherents.com/ Adherents.com]
*[http://www.electronicchurch.org/ Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches]
*[http://www.ncccusa.org/ National Council of Churches USA]
*[http://pewforum.org/publications/reports/poll2002.pdf Pew Research Center - News Release 2002]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
