Christianity in the Philippines

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The Philippines is the 5th largest Christian-majority country on Earth as of 2010, with about 93% of the population being adherents. As of 2019, it was the third largest Catholic country in the world and was one of the two predominantly Catholic nations in Asia. According to the National Statistics Office's national census for the year 2010, an estimated 90.1% of Filipinos were Christians; this consisted of 80.6% Catholic, 4% Iglesia ni Cristo, 1.0% Aglipayan, 2.7% Evangelical groups, and 3.4% other Christian groups including other Protestant denominations (Baptist, Pentecostal, Anglican, Methodist, and Seventh-day Adventist) as well as Orthodox. Around 5.6% of the whole country was Muslim; about 1-2% were Buddhist; 1.8% of the entire population adhered to other independent religions, while less than 0.1% (as of 2015) were irreligious. With this, the Philippines has consistently demonstrated a low level of government restrictions on religion, ensuring that citizens are free to practice...

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