Updates

Each denomination has been coded by its membership of various Christian communions and councils and this data is now available to subscribers.

Christian Communions are made up of denominations with a similar ecclesiastical tradition, while Christian Councils include all participant churches at a given geographic level (world, continental, regional or national).

Subscribers can access the data on the Denominations home page through a known denomination, or through the section which lists the coded Communions and Councils.

Either pick a communion and drill to list its denominations, or pick a denomination and click to see its Communions and Councils.

The core religious data of the World Christian Database has been updated from mid-2000 to mid-2005. This means that estimates for the number of religionists in every country of the world are now reconciled with the United Nations population projections for mid-2005. The update includes statistics on all Christian denominations and world religions, as well as trends between 2000 and 2005. In addition, the peoples and provinces databases have been updated to mid-2005. Cities will be updated in the coming weeks. Included in this update are new projections of religious adherents for 2025 and 2050.