The Number of Christians Through History

General Information

The following tabular view of the Christian population of the world from the beginning has been attributed to Sharon Turner. The nineteenth century estimate is certainly too low.

Growth of the Church in Numbers.

Era	Estimated Christians
First century	500,000
Second century	2,000,000
Third century	5,000,000
Fourth century	10,000,000
Fifth century	15,000,000
Sixth century	20,000,000
Seventh century	24,000,000
Eighth century	30,000,000
Ninth century	40,000,000
Tenth century	50,000,000
Eleventh century	70,000,000
Twelfth century	80,000,000
Thirteenth century	75,000,000
Fourteenth century	80,000,000
Fifteenth century	100,000,000
Sixteenth century	125,000,000
Seventeenth century	155,000,000
Eighteenth century	200,000,000
Nineteenth century	400,000,000

The individual articles presented here were generally first published in the early 1980s. This subject presentation was first placed on the Internet in December 2004.

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