Christianity in the World: Africa, America, Europe
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According to the study, “Global Christianity - A Report on Size and Distribution of World's Christian Population” (PewForum) in 1910 had about 600 million Christians, 66% of Christians live in Europe.
However, today Europe represents only 26% of Christianity, America (37%) surpasses Europe, Africa has 24% of Christians and the Asia-Pacific Region 13%.
From this point of view:
Christianity is surely the most globalized religion.
Religions and Global Business -
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- Christianity in the World
- Christianity in Africa
- Christianity in Asia
- Christianity in America
- Christianity in Europe
Sample - Christianity in the World
The Subject “Christianity in the World” is included within the curriculum of the following academic programs at EENI Global Business School:
Masters: Religions & Business, International Business
Doctorate: Ethics, Religion & Business, African Business.
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Number of Christians in the World by continent (Data in million people):
- America: 804
- Europe: 565
- Africa: 516
- Asia-Pacific: 285
- MENA (Middle East and North Africa): 13
Number of Christians worldwide has almost quadrupled in the last hundred years, about 600 million people in 1910 to 2,000 million.
- Christianity is a stabilized religion, unlike Islam, which is experiencing a significant growth
- Christianity has declined in Europe and America but has emerged strongly in Africa and Asia
- In 1910, only 10% of Sub-Saharan Africa was Christian, while in 2010 is estimated to be 63%
- In the Asia-Pacific region, Christian Population increased from 3% (1910) to 7% (2010)
- 126 countries (including the United States) have a Christian majority, while seventy-one countries (including China) have a Christian minority
The ten countries with the largest Christian Population ( Data in million people, PEW).
| Countries United States Brazil Mexico Russia The Philippines Nigeria China Congo (Rep. Dem.) Germany Ethiopia TOTAL |
Estimated Christian Population 247 176 108 105 87 80 67 63 58 52 2.184 |
% Christian Population 79.5 90.2 95.0 73.6 93.1 50.8 5.0 95.7 70.8 63.4 31.7 |
% World Christian Population 11.3 8.0 4.9 4.8 4.0 3.7 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.4 100 |
As we can see, the United States, accounts for 11% of Christianity. Followed by six emerging countries (except India, are all BRICS Countries). Only one European country, Germany; it is among these countries.
Like Buddhism or Zoroastrianism, Christianity is just non-existent where was born and his early influence area (North Africa, the Middle East, and Turkey). In the Middle East only 4% of the population are Christians (about 13 million). In fact, there are more Christians in Indonesia (20 million) than in all MENA Region (Middle East and North Africa).
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