2,069,883,000 Christians, of which
1,092,853,000 are Catholics,
364,530,000 are Protestants,
217,030,000 are Orthodox,
79,988,000 are Anglican, and
406,074,000 are "independents" (whatever that means).
The totals don't add up (and Anglicans are generally considered Protestants), but at any rate Catholics appear to be just slightly over one-half of the total, with Orthodox a little over 10%.
Interesting.
I got my numbers off of some religious data website (can't remember which).
Interesting that there would be such a tremendous variance.
What that tells me is that nobody knows, and that these numbers are a guess.
I suppose an "independent" is someone who says he's a Christian but says he doesn't belong to or believe in any particular sect. I wonder if they include Mormons and Christian Scientists as Protestants?