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%), Ethiopia (44%, the total Christian population being 63%), and Eritrea (47%, the total Christian population being 54%).

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 (2%, the total Christian population being 40%) and Kerala, India (1%, the total Christian population being 2.3%).[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 Orthodox percentage (%) of total population
 Armenia 3,220,236 98.80
 Egypt 10,309,500 10-12%
 Eritrea 2,530,000 47
 Ethiopia 45,000,000 44
 Germany 1,140,000 1.5
 India 3,800,059 0.4
 Iran 250,000[2]-300,000[3] 0.1
 Iraq 629,340 2
 Israel To be determined over 1
 Jordan 310,656 4.8
 Palestine 118,057 3
 Syria 1,800,400 8
 Tajikistan 80,000 1.18
 Turkey 180,000[4] 0.1
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See also

Other religions:

General:

References
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  2. Price, Massoume (December 2002). "History of Christians and Christianity in Iran". Christianity in Iran. FarsiNet Inc. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
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  4. "Religions". Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
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