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==Largest denominations in the world==
;[[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
==See also==
*[[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]
Made a few adjustments; unfortunately many of these figures don't add up
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This list is in order of number of members.
;[[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 }}Catholic News Service]</ref>
**[[Latin Rite]] ([[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]]) - 1,125.5 million
**[[Eastern Rite]] ([[Eastern Catholic Churches]]) - 21.5 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
;[[Anglicanism]] (generally considered Protestant) - 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
;[[Eastern Orthodoxy]] - 210 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
*Churches not in communion
**[[Malabar Independent Syrian Church]] - 0.06 million
;[[Nestorianism]] - 1 million
*[[Assyrian Church of the East]] - 0.5 million
*[[Ancient Church of the East]] - 0.3 million
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Returnto}} [[Category:Denominations]]
