File talk:Christianity percentage by country (2008).png

  This map is the funniest joke ever. It can not be made by any one else but an American, with no real facts... (Sorry but I'm not surprised at all.) It almost seems like a propaganda map to the U.S. Get your facts from a reliable source, not here. --88.114.173.208 06:35, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

Changes to colors for accessibility have been made. --Shadowlink1014 01:51, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Updating map

I am updating the map per the reliable source provided. I have removed the Eurobarometer poll as a source as it does not indicate Christian affiliation or the lack thereof. Vassyana 21:52, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Have you ever met Christians not believing in their demiurge (God)? --Uyu 09:25, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

This isn't the place for debate. Stick to the sources that directly discuss what we are presenting, not your opinions. Vassyana (talk) 01:56, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

What figures were used?

Let's take Finland as an example. It's in top center with a 40-49 % colour on. So where do you get this number?

• CIA Factbook gives: Lutheran Church of Finland 84.2%, Orthodox Church 1.1%, other Christian 1.1%. That colour is well off (86,4 % christian = dark blue).
• Eurobarometer gives 41% to Finland on page 9: "I believe there is a God". Was this one used? If so, what then was used for non-EU countries? If they were taken from CIA Factbook, why then not take them all from there? (also "I believe in god" -statement doesen't even apply solely to Christianity) --Ras 19:06, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

The Eurobarometer is wrong source for this picture. Christianity and believing in some god is not the same thing. --Ekeb (talk) 12:30, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Pointing out your concerns is fine. However, it doesn't make sense to disregard one source and then rely on other sources that are less reliable. We could always wish that better data would be available, but as long as this isn't the case, we'll have to do with the best we have. This includes the Eurobarometer poll. Therefore I am reverting your edits. Alfons Åberg (talk) 13:27, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

Poland less Christian than Belarus? Kazakhstan more Christian than France? Really? I want some of that weed barometer, too. NVO (talk) 19:22, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

I recommend that Vassyana and NVO read my comment above. Alfons Åberg (talk) 04:35, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

The Eurobarometer poll does not measure the number of people who self-identify as Christians or belong to a Christian church. If you have another source that is directly relevant to the dataset, please provide it. Regardless, the Eurobarometer poll does not provide data regarding Christianity's percentage of the population. Using it as a data source for this image is dishonest and inappropriate. Vassyana (talk) 07:26, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

This is getting ridiculous. Please find additional on topic reliable sources. Wikipedia is not a reliable source. Polls that do not discuss Christianity are not on topic. Vassyana (talk) 05:01, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

May I add that Russia for example, by ethnic brake-up contains more than 85% of nationalities that are nominally Christian: ethnic Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Chuvash, Karelians, Osetians etc. Now its true that a good portion of them are aetheist, but per the sources used, I can say that at least 60% of Russian population believe in Christianity, active Christians are probably no more than a quarter, yet what criterions do the CIA use? --Kuban kazak (talk) 13:32, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

So, um, does anyone intend to resolve this mess somehow? The data on Russia, for example contradicts the legend (ca 65% self-declared Eastern Orthodox versus about 10% attending the church, ie, practicing). Germany is off, too. --Illythr (talk) 23:56, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Why Bosnia is a Muslim Country?

In Bosnia the Crhistian Serbs and Croats are the majority of the Population. The Muslims are according the CIA World Fact Book even 48% of the Population in Bosnia (before war 40-44%). Carski 19:30, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Category

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Please categorize in:

• Category:Christian distribution maps of the world

Also, please remove the other categories. They are parent categories. --Timeshifter (talk) 22:49, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

 Done--Waldir ^talk 00:14, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

exchange of the template

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The template {{Image fork}} is not really correct because essentially there exists already a fork of the map it only needs to be uploaded under a different filename. Thus I would propose to exchange the template for {{Inaccurate-map-disputed}} or to remove it altogether. Cheers --Cwbm (commons) (talk) 09:54, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

 Removed Anyone can upload the other version if they wish. Rocket000 (talk) 15:25, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

Wrong title

This image's title should be "Believing in god percentage by country". Referring to what I read on this talk page. Because majority of western European countries should have blueish colour. 85.217.43.185 18:48, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

something wrong in France

i see something wrong in France: the color indicate a 20% of christians, while every source estimate a quote between 60% and 88% of christians (depending on the difference between people who consider self as a christian or people who actually belong to a church in some active way) LAUD (talk) 20:25, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

South Sudan

Sudan has been divided in two, the Muslim north and the Christian South, therefore South Sudan should show 70% of the Christian population environment

Russia

Christianity in Russia is much more than 20%. It's ture that there is no official census of religion in Russia, and estimates are based on surveys only. In August 2012, ARENA determined that about 46.8% of Russians are Christians (including Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant, and non-denominational), which is slightly less than an absolute 50%+ majority. However, later that year the Levada Center determined that 76% of Russians are Christians, and in June 2013 the Public Opinion Foundation determined that 65% of Russians are Christians. These findings are in line with Pew's 2011 survey, which determined that 73.6% of Russians are Christians, with VTSIOM's 2010 survey (~77% Christian), and with Ipsos MORI's 2011 survey (69%). Although it may be that the majority of Russians identify with Orthodox Christianity only on the basis of national identity and are not particularly devout, nevertheless the majority of surveys find that Russia is a Christian majority nation.--Jobas (talk) 19:36, 12 February 2015 (UTC)

Pew is not a census and data is from 2010

Please note that the data from the Pew Research Center is dated 2010, and that the Pew Research Center is not a census (survey of the entire population of countries), but a collection of estimates, in many cases unsourced "guesstimates".--2.44.70.165 11:08, 13 March 2018 (UTC)