Christianity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (original) (raw)

Christianity is the majority religion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is professed by a majority of the population. The number of Christians of all denominations in the Congo is estimated at over 63 million by the Pew Research Center, a figure representing approximately 95.7 percent of the national population or 2.9 percent of the world's Christians. The largest denomination is Roman Catholicism which represents 50 percent of the national population, and is followed by Protestantism (20 percent) and Kimbanguism (10 percent) and other sects. The history of Christianity in the area of the modern-day Congo is closely linked to the history of European colonial expansion.