Editing Reformation (section)

====World demographics====
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|caption = [[List_of_Christian_denominations_by_number_of_members|World Christianity]] by tradition in 2024 as per [[World Christian Encyclopedia|World Christian Database]]<ref name="WorldChristian Database">{{cite web |url=https://www.gordonconwell.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/01/Status-of-Global-Christianity-2024.pdf |title=Status of Global Christianity, 2024, in the Context of 1900–2050 |publisher=Center for the Study of Global Christianity, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary |quote=Christian total 2,508,432,000; Catholics 1,278,009,000; Protestants 625,606,000; Independents 421,689,000; Orthodox 293,158,000; Unaffiliated 123,508,000|access-date=23 May 2024}}</ref>
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|value1 = 48.6
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|label2 = [[Protestant]]
|value2 = 23.8
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|label3 = [[Non-denominational Christianity|Independent]]
|value3 = 16.0
|color3 = Orange
|label4 = [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Orthodox]]
|value4 = 11.1
|color4 = Lightblue
|label5 = Other
|value5 = 0.5
|color5 = Green}}
Today, classical Protestantism (including Anglicans) has between [[List_of_Christian_denominations_by_number_of_members#Historical_Protestantism_–_300–600_million|300 and 625 million worldwide adherents]],<ref name= "gordonconwell.edu">{{cite web |url= https://www.gordonconwell.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/01/Status-of-Global-Christianity-2024.pdf |title=Status of Global Christianity, 2024, in the Context of 1900–2050 |publisher=Center for the Study of Global Christianity, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary |access-date=23 May 2024|quote=Protestants: 625,606,000; Independents: 421,689,000; Unaffiliated Christians: 123,508,000}}</ref> up to one quarter of all Christians.

And general Protestantism—broadly defined to also include Evangelical, Pentecostal, non-conformist and non-denominationalists<ref group= note>Over half of this population are in [[List_of_Christian denominations_by_number_of_members#Modern_Protestantism_–_400–500_million|Modern 
Protestant]] denominations such as Pentecostal churches which are not derived from the historical Reformation denominations; and the remaining Historical denominations include [[Arminian]] denominations such as [[List of Christian denominations by number of members#Methodism – 60–80 million|Methodists]] which do not hold to certain key Reformation doctrines, such as ''sola fide''.</ref>—constitutes the [[List of Christian denominations by number of members|second-largest form]] of Christianity (after Catholicism), with between 850,000 and 1.17 billion adherents worldwide (between 40% and 45% of all Christians)<ref name= "pewforum1">{{cite web|url= http://www.pewforum.org/files/2011/12/Christianity-fullreport-web.pdf |title= Pew forum: Grobal Christianity |date=19 December 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131101114257/http://www.pewforum.org/files/2011/12/Christianity-fullreport-web.pdf |access-date=14 May 2014|archive-date=1 November 2013}}</ref>{{refn|group=note|Most current estimates place the world's Protestant population in the range of 800 million to more than 1&nbsp;billion. For example, author Hans Hillerbrand estimated a total Protestant population of 833,457,000 in 2004,<ref name= "books.google.pl">{{cite book|last = Hillerbrand|first=Hans J.|title= Encyclopedia of Protestantism: 4-volume Set|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PMSTAgAAQBAJ&pg=RA2-PA349|year=2004|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-96028-5|page=2}}</ref> while a report by Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary – 1,170,803,000 (with inclusion of independents as defined in this article) in 2024.<ref name= "gordonconwell.edu" />}} divided into an estimated 45,000 denominations.<ref>{{cite web |title=Quick Facts About Global Christianity |url=https://www.gordonconwell.edu/center-for-global-christianity/research/quick-facts/ |website=Center for the Study of Global Christianity |language=en}}</ref>