Pentecostals and Charismatics went from under 1 million in 1900 to 664 million in 2025
Source. Gordon-Conwell, Status of Global Christianity, 2025 (World Christian Database), 1900–2050.
Method and data
Method. Pentecostals/Charismatics are a movement that runs across the four traditions and is counted inside them; the lines do not add up.
| Tradition | Year | People |
|---|---|---|
| Catholics | 1900 | 265,756,000 |
| Catholics | 1970 | 656,431,000 |
| Catholics | 2000 | 1,024,932,000 |
| Catholics | 2020 | 1,235,323,000 |
| Catholics | 2025 | 1,272,775,000 |
| Catholics | 2050 | 1,480,094,000 |
| Protestants (including Anglicans) | 1900 | 134,196,000 |
| Protestants (including Anglicans) | 1970 | 251,902,000 |
| Protestants (including Anglicans) | 2000 | 429,289,000 |
| Protestants (including Anglicans) | 2020 | 586,193,000 |
| Protestants (including Anglicans) | 2025 | 628,862,000 |
| Protestants (including Anglicans) | 2050 | 864,317,000 |
| Independents | 1900 | 8,859,000 |
| Independents | 1970 | 89,480,000 |
| Independents | 2000 | 284,420,000 |
| Independents | 2020 | 384,757,000 |
| Independents | 2025 | 409,425,000 |
| Independents | 2050 | 610,002,000 |
| Orthodox | 1900 | 116,199,000 |
| Orthodox | 1970 | 139,037,000 |
| Orthodox | 2000 | 257,602,000 |
| Orthodox | 2020 | 290,107,000 |
| Orthodox | 2025 | 291,580,000 |
| Orthodox | 2050 | 317,365,000 |
| Pentecostals/Charismatics | 1900 | 981,000 |
| Pentecostals/Charismatics | 1970 | 57,631,000 |
| Pentecostals/Charismatics | 2000 | 442,643,000 |
| Pentecostals/Charismatics | 2020 | 623,844,000 |
| Pentecostals/Charismatics | 2025 | 663,863,000 |
| Pentecostals/Charismatics | 2050 | 1,031,503,000 |
Download christianity-04-christians-by-tradition-1900-2050.csv
