Christians

Christians
	After the miraculous catch of fish, Christ invokes his disciples to become "fishers of men" (Matthew 4:19) by Raphael
Total population
	c. 2.4 billion ; (31.1% of the global population); (Worldwide, 2020 est.)
Founder
	Jesus Christ, according to sacred tradition
Regions with significant populations
United States	246,790,000
Brazil	175,770,000
Mexico	107,780,000
Russia	105,220,000
Philippines	86,790,000
Nigeria	80,510,000
China	67,070,000
DR Congo	63,150,000
India	62,000,000
Germany	58,240,000
Ethiopia	52,580,000
Italy	51,550,000
United Kingdom	45,030,000
Religions
	Christianity 50% Catholicism (Latin Church, Eastern Catholic Churches); 37% Protestantism (Adventism, Anglicanism, Baptist churches, Reformed churches, Lutheranism, Methodism, Pentecostalism and other denominations); 10% Eastern Orthodox Church; 2% Oriental Orthodox; 1% Other Christian traditions (incl. Assyrian Church of the East, Latter Day Saint movement, Jehovah's Witnesses, Unitarianism and Nondenominational churches);
Scriptures
	Bible (Old and New Testament)
Languages
	Predominant spoken languages:; Spanish; English; Indonesian; Portuguese; Russian; Mandarin Chinese; French; German; Igbo; Polish; Ukrainian; Filipino; Italian; Arabic; other vernacular languages; ; Sacred languages:; Ecclesiastical Latin; Koine Greek; Syriac; Hebrew; Aramaic; Geʽez; Coptic; Old Church Slavonic and Church Slavonic; Old Georgian; Classical Armenian;

A Christian (/ˈkrɪstʃən, -tiən/ ^ⓘ) is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the world. The words Christ and Christian derive from the Koine Greek title Christós (Χριστός), a translation of the Biblical Hebrew term mashiach (מָשִׁיחַ) (usually rendered as messiah in English). While there are diverse interpretations of Christianity which sometimes conflict, they are united in believing that Jesus has a unique significance. The term Christian used as an adjective is descriptive of anything associated with Christianity or Christian churches, or in a proverbial sense "all that is noble, and good, and Christ-like." It does not have a meaning of 'of Christ' or 'related or pertaining to Christ'.

According to a 2011 Pew Research Center survey, there were 2.2 billion Christians around the world in 2010, up from about 600 million in 1910. Today, about 37% of all Christians live in the Americas, about 26% live in Europe, 24% live in sub-Saharan Africa, about 13% live in Asia and the Pacific, and 1% live in the Middle East and North Africa. Christians make up the majority of the population in 158 countries and territories. 280 million Christians live as a minority. About half of all Christians worldwide are Catholic, while more than a third are Protestant (37%). Orthodox communions comprise 12% of the world's Christians. Other Christian groups make up the remainder. By 2050, the Christian population is expected to exceed 3 billion. According to a 2012 Pew Research Center survey, Christianity will remain the world's largest religion in 2050, if current trends continue. In recent history, Christians have experienced persecution of varying severity, especially in the Middle-East, North Africa, East Asia, and South Asia.

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