Estimated number of Christians by global north and global south 2010

This statistic shows the estimated number of Christians in 1910 and 2010 by global north and global south. In 1910, the majority of the Christian population lived in the global north (503 million adherents), while only a sixth of the Christians lived in the global south (109 million adherents). This ratio has changed. In 2010, the majority of the Christian population now lives in the global south (1.3 billion adherents), and only a third of the global Christian population lives in the north (856 million adherents).