Christianity in Great Britain (UK)

Christianity has been the largest religion in Great Britain since the 6^th century and through the middle Ages. In the early and mid-20^th century, a large number of British strongly identified as Christians and associated the religion with morality. In the 21^st century, the number of British identifying as Christians has declined significantly in the past two decades. Even so, Christianity remains the largest religious identity in Great Britain with more than 50% of the population identifying themselves as Christians. Here is a table showing the distribution of Christianity in Great Britain.

Christianity in Great Britain (UK)

Country	Total Population of Christians	% share of the total population
England	26,182,714	46.3%
Scotland	1,835,790	33%
Northern Ireland	1,516,200	79.6%
Wales	1,381,940	43.6%

Top Christian Denominations in Great Britain (UK)

Denomination	Population	Percentage (%) of total UK Christian population (30,916,644)
Anglicans	5,255,830	17%
Catholicism	2,473,332	8%
Baptist Church	150,000	0.49%
Pentecostals	35,000	0.11%
Methodists	164,024	0.53%
Quakers	17,000	0.05%

Distribution of Christians denominations in Great Britain

	England and Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland
Anglican	22.5%	14%	11.4%
Catholicism	9.6%	22%	42%
Baptist Churches	0.8%	7%	16%
Protestant	10%	30%	6.9%
Methodist	1.9%	10%	2.4%

Percentage Share of people who identify as Christians from 1998-2018

Year	Percentage (%) share of population
1983	66%
1984	66%
1985	63%
1986	63%
1987	63%
1988	64%
1989	64%
1990	60%
1991	61%
1992	60%
1993	59%
1994	58%
1995	56%
1996	53%
1997	52%
1998	51%
1999	52%
2000	55%
2001	54%
2002	54%
2003	50%
2004	53%
2005	54%
2006	48%
2007	48%
2008	50%
2009	44%
2010	43%
2011	46%
2012	46%
2013	41%
2014	42%
2015	43%
2016	41%
2017	40%
2018	38%

Note: Most of these data are for the year 2020 and may have undergone some changes since then.