Christianity in Malaysia
Christianity is a minority religion in Malaysia. In the 2020 census, 9.1% of the Malaysian population identified themselves as Christians. About two-thirds of Malaysia's Christian population lives in East Malaysia, in the states of Sabah and Sarawak. Adherents of Christianity represent a majority (50.1%) of the population in Sarawak, which is Malaysia's largest state by land area. Christianity is one of four major religions including Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism that has a freedom protected by the law in Malaysia based of diversity law especially in East Malaysia.
(Malay: Orang Kristian Malaysia) | |
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St. Paul's Church Malacca, Malaysia (ordained 1521) (Status: in ruins) | |
| Total population | |
| 2,941,049 (2020 census) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Sabah · Sarawak · Peninsular Malaysia | |
| Languages | |
| Malay · English Bornean languages · Chinese · Indian | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholicism (41.3%) · Protestantism (35.5%) · Oriental Orthodoxy · Eastern Orthodoxy |
| Christianity by country |
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| Christianity portal |
In 2020, half of Malaysian Christians were Catholic, 40% were Protestant and 10% belonged to other denominations.
In 2008, the major Christian denominations in the country included Roman Catholics, Anglicans (represented by the Church of the Province of South East Asia, which also covers Anglicans in Singapore and Brunei), Baptists, Brethren, non-denominational churches, independent Charismatic churches, Lutherans, Methodists, Presbyterians and Sidang Injil Borneo.