Oriental Orthodoxy by country

Oriental Orthodox Churches are the churches descended from those that rejected the Council of Chalcedon in 451. Despite the similar name, they are therefore a different branch of Christianity from the Eastern Orthodox. Oriental Orthodoxy consists of several autocephalous and autonomous jurisdictions holding a single set of beliefs and united in full communion. However, they each have their own separate rites, and there are significant differences between their respective practices. Thus, there is more internal diversity of practice among the Oriental Orthodox than among the Eastern Orthodox.

Distribution of Oriental Orthodox Christians in the world by country:
  More than 75% of population
  50–75% of population
  20–50% of population
  5–20% of population
  1–5% of population
  below 1% of population, but has local autocephaly

Distribution

Oriental Orthodoxy is the dominant religion in Armenia (94%), the ethnically Armenian Artsakh (98%) and Ethiopia (44%, the total Christian population being roughly 67%).

Oriental Orthodoxy is especially the dominant religion in the two Ethiopian regions of Amhara (82%) and Tigray (95%), as well as the chartered city of Addis Ababa (75%). It is also important in Oromia Region (31%).

Oriental Orthodoxy is also one of two dominant religions in Eritrea (47%), especially in its highland regions Maekel Region (87%) and Debub Region (86%).

It is a significant minority religion in Egypt (10%), Sudan (5%, the total Christian population being 15%), Syria (3%, the total Christian population being 10-11% the rest being Greek Orthodox, Catholic and Church of the East), Lebanon (5%, the total Christian population being 40%) and Kerala, India (1%, the total Christian population being around 18%).[1]

Predominantly Oriental Orthodox Christian countries

Oriental Orthodoxy is the largest single religious faith in:

Countries with a high percentage of Oriental Orthodox Christians include:

Oriental Orthodox Churches in full communion

Statistics
Country Oriental Orthodox population (%) Oriental Orthodox
 Armenia 2,796,519[2] 92.60
 Australia 51,010 [3] 0.2
 Canada 36,070 [4] 0.1
 Egypt 10,309,500 10-12%
 Eritrea 2,530,000 47
 Ethiopia 47,353,560 [5] 43.8
 Georgia 109,042 [6] 2.9
 Germany 1,140,000 1.5
 Guatemala 350,000 [7][lower-alpha 1] 2.5
 India 3,800,059 0.4
 Iran 250,000[8]-300,000[9] 0.1
 Iraq 629,340 2
 Israel 38,000 [lower-alpha 2] [10][11][12] 0.4
 Jordan 310,656 4.8
 Kuwait 74,000 [13] 2.18
 Palestine 118,057 3
 Sweden 69,656 [14] 0.7
 Sudan 500,000 1
 Syria 1,800,400 8
 Tajikistan 80,000 1.18
 Turkey 180,000[15] 0.1
 United Kingdom 41,200 [16] 0.1
 United States 492,000 [17] 0.1

See also

Other religions:

General:

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  1. A breakaway Catholic church was received into the Syrian Orthodox church by 2013. It is the major Oriental Orthodox denomination in Guatemala.
  2. The Israeli government doesn't release denominational statistics, and classification of Christian minorities is complicated further due to the government's tendency to classify all Christians as Arab. Most Ethiopian-background Israelis are, or descended from, converts to Judaism due to the requirements of Aliyah. In collating unofficial estimates, we arrive at around 38,000 adherents: Around 17,000 Eritrean Tewahedo (many are refugees), 2,000 Ethiopian Tewahedo, 10,000 Armenian Apostolic, 8,000 Syriac Orthodox (15,000 minus 7,000 Maronites) and 1,000 Coptic Orthodox adherents in Israel.
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