Global Christianity: A report on the size and distribution of the world's Christian population
Year: 2011
Type: other
Abstract: Overview of Findings and MethodsPublished estimates of the Christian share of the Chinese population range from about 1% in some relatively small-sample public opinion surveys to about 8% in reviews of membership reports from churches and church leaders (including unregistered churches) within China.Given the size of China's population, a difference of a single percentage point represents more than 10 million people.In light of such a wide range of estimates, this study carefully considered multiple sources of data -including public opinion surveys, church membership reports and Chinese government statistics -in an attempt to provide a reasonable estimate of the number of Christians in China. Christians in ChinaESTIMATED POPULATION PERCENTAGE OF 2010 POPULATION OF CHINA Protestant 58,040,000 4.3% Independent 35,040,000 2.6 Other Protestant 23,000,000 1.7 Anglican < 1,000 < 0.1 Orthodox 20,000 < 0.1 Catholic 9,000,000 0.7 Other Christian < 10,000 < 0.1 Total Christian 67,070,000 5.0 Population estimates are rounded to the ten thousands.Percentages are calculated from unrounded numbers.Figures may not add exactly due to rounding.See methodology for details on the range of estimates available for China.
Authors: Vegard Skirbekk, Marcin Stonawski, Anne Goujon
Language: English
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2311478519