The Black Plague hit Europe and when it ended it is estimated that half the population perished.
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There are approximately 2 million Christians (one million Catholics and one million Protestants of varying sects), plus 1 million Muslims. Thus, the total would be 3 million, or about half of the world's total population. (Of the other 3 billion of the world's population, 1.2 billion are Chinese, 1.1 billion are from India, and the rest include "all others").
Roughly half of Lebanon's population is Non-Muslims.
The country in Europe the largest population of Christians is Russia, with about 105,775,000 Christians (most of which are Orthodox). Although Russia is a transcontinental country between Europe and Asia, about 3/4 of Russia's population is in European Russia. Despite this, the country wholly in Europe with the largest population of Christians is Germany with about 58,400,000 Christians (which is split nearly in half between Catholics and Protestants).The country in Europe with the highest proportion of Christians, meaning a ratio of Christians to the total population, is Vatican City (100%). Vatican City is a mirostate and is the center of Catholicism. Disregarding Vatican City would put Greece with the largest ratio of Christians (99.7%).By the three major branches of Christianity, the countries with the largest population of Christians in that specific denomination are as follows:Orthodoxy:Population; Russia - 105,775,000(Wholly in Europe: Ukraine - 36,480,000)Percentage;Armenia - 98.8%Catholicism:Population; Italy - 53,190,000Percentage;Vatican City (100%)Protestantism:Population; United Kingdom - 36,000,000Percentage;Denmark - 91%
Over half of the population of Calgary are Christian.
Based on 2010 statistics: Christians outnumber Muslims by about 700,000,000, or a ratio of 1.5 : 1. Christianity is the world's largest religion by far, with about 2.3 billion followers. Its annual growth rate is 1.3%, or an annual gain of 29,900,000 followers. It is the third fastest growing religion (behind Islam and Hinduism, but not by much truly), but the independent Christian churches and Charismatic Christianity have the highest growth rate of any religion at 2.4%, over half a percent higher than Islam. Christians currently account for about 33% of the world's population (about 1/3). Islam is the world's second largest religion, with about 1.6 billion followers. Its annual growth rate is 1.8% (half a percent higher than Christianity), and annual gain of 28,800,000. It is the world's fastest growing religion. Muslims currently account for about 23% of the world's population (about 1/4).
Judaism began in the place now called Israel. Christianity also began there, as an offshoot of Judaism. Today, slightly more than half of the world's Jews live in Israel, and they comprise about 70% of the country's population. Muslims, Christians, and Druze also make up significant segments of the population, and each of the world's religions is represented in Israel to some degree. Israel has no official state religion. There is no religious 'test' for citizenship, land ownership, business ownership, school admission, or the right to vote. There is no religious test for the right to stand for election to local governments or to the nation's parliament, or to argue or to judge in the nations courts, and these positions are held by Jews, Muslims, and Christians.
AnswerPossibly Lebanon. See the Related Link below more information. Other sources cite Egypt and southern Sudan before Lebanon. Difficulties exist in obtaining information from some of these areas and the definition of Christian can vary. Lebanon, as half of the population is Christian.
Brazil (190,732,694). It accounts for about half of the continent's population.
If you live in a Christian country, it can be assumed that at least half of the people mentioned in the newspaper are Christians.
There may be a billion Christians in the world out of six and a half billion people, so that makes around 15 %.
Brazil has the largest territory and population of any country in Latin America, spanning nearly half of South America and with a population of over 200 million people.
Over 90% of Israel's population lives in the northern half of the country, from Metula to Ashqelon.