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Christians in the UK: Key Information

 

Christian Populations 

Global

c.1,999,564,200

UK

42,079,417

England

35,251,244

Wales

2,087,242

Scotland

3,294,545

Northern Ireland

1,446,386

 

As a proportion of the population in local authority areas, the 2001 Census shows that, in England, the greatest concentration of respondents identifying themselves as Christians is in:

 

Local Authority

% of Population

Total Numbers

St. Helen’s

86.9%

153,636

Wigan

86.9%

261,781

Copeland

86.3%

59,825

Knowsley

85.6%

128,834

Ribble Valley

85.3%

46,031

 

Christian Organisations

There are a very large number of Christian Churches and organisations operating at UK, national, regional and local levels. These include the following ‘Recorded’ (Church of England and Church in Wales) and ‘Certified’ (all other Christian Trinitarian, Non-Trinitarian and ‘Other Christian’ places of worship in England and Wales

 

 

England & Wales

Anglican

16,464

Roman Catholic

3,708

Traditional Free Church

17,112

Society of Friends

365

‘Other Christian’ *

5,901

[* excluding Jehovah’s Witnesses and Unitarians)

 

Written by Professor Paul Weller

 

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