{"id":31530,"date":"2022-09-10T15:33:58","date_gmt":"2022-09-10T20:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/3-in-5-evangelicals-live-in-asia-or-africa\/"},"modified":"2022-09-10T15:33:58","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T20:33:58","slug":"3-in-5-evangelicals-live-in-asia-or-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/3-in-5-evangelicals-live-in-asia-or-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"3 in 5 Evangelicals Live in Asia or Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Artem Beliaikin photo – Pexels<\/div>\n

By Aaron Earls<\/em><\/p>\n

Globally, evangelicals number 660 million and represent 26% of the world’s Christian population, according to estimates from researcher Sebastian Fath.<\/p>\n

In addition, the research fellow at the National Center for Scientific Research in France and specialist in the study of evangelicalism says more than 60% of evangelicals live in Asia or Africa.<\/p>\n

The individual nations with the most evangelicals are the United States (93 million), China (66 million), Nigeria (58 million), Brazil (47 million), India (28 million), and Kenya (20 million).<\/p>\n

The center of Christianity continues to move to the global South.<\/p>\n

Asia (215 million)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

More evangelicals live in Asia than any other continent, particularly in the two most populous nations\u2014China (66 million) and India (28 million).<\/p>\n

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Many evangelicals also call Indonesia (16 million), Philippines (13 million), and South Korea (9 million) home.<\/p>\n

Africa (185 million)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Other researchers have found Christianity is growing faster in Africa than anywhere else.<\/p>\n

Currently, the most African evangelicals reside in Nigeria (58 million), Kenya (20 million), Ethiopia (18 million), Democratic Republic of Congo (15 million), and South Africa (15 million).<\/p>\n

South America (123 million)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Almost 2 in 5 South American evangelicals live in Brazil (47 million). Argentina (5 million) and Guatemala (5 million) also have sizable evangelical populations.<\/p>\n

North America (107 million)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The United States (93 million) has the most evangelicals of any country, while Mexico (10 million) and Canada (4 million) make up the rest of the continent’s total.<\/p>\n

Europe (23 million)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The United Kingdom (5 million), Russia (2 million), Ukraine (2 million), Romania (2 million), and Germany (2 million) have the largest evangelical populations in Europe.<\/p>\n

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Oceania (7 million)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Evangelicals are also found in Australia (3 million), Papua New Guinea (2 million), and New Zealand (1 million).<\/p>\n

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Aaron Earls<\/h2>\n

@WardrobeDoor<\/p>\n

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Aaron is a writer for LifewayResearch.com.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n