The Asia-Pacific region includes
12% of Christian
population of the world (285 million people).
The Philippines are mostly Christian (93%, 87 million)
Christians are a minority of the population in China (5%), India (3%) and Indonesia (9%), but because these countries have vast populations, their Christian minorities are important population
Altogether, the ten countries with the largest populations of Christians in the region (the Philippines, China, India, Indonesia, Australia, South Korea, Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, Kazakhstan, and Myanmar)
are home to 12% of all the Christians in the world
Slightly less than half of Christians in the Asia-Pacific (49%) are Protestants, 46% Catholics, while 4% are Orthodox
About 1%
belongs to the other Christian traditions
The size of Christian traditions in Asia-Pacific (Data in thousands of people).
Protestants
Catholics
Orthodox
Others
Total
Christian estimated population
139,290
131,320
11,960
2,560
285,120
% Christian Population
48.9
46.1
4.2
0.0
100
The Philippines is a “Christian” country, has the fifth-largest Christian Population in the World, with 87 million of Christians.
In fact, the Philippines have the largest Christian Population outside the Americas and Europe
The Philippines; has the third largest Catholic population in the World (at around 76 million), behind Brazil and Mexico and slightly ahead of the U.S. Catholic's population
11% of the Philippines are Protestants
More than 6 million Philippines (7% of the population) are Muslims
Estimation of Christian Population in Asia (Data in thousands of people).
Region
Asia Central
Far East
Southeast Asia
Indian subcontinent
Oceania
Country
Afghanistan
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Mongolia
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Japan
Republic of China (Taiwan)
China
North Korea
South Korea
Bangladesh
Brunei
Cambodia
the Philippines
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
Burma
Singapore
Thailand
East Timor
Vietnam
Bhutan
India
Maldives
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Australia
Fiji
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea