Christianity in Malaysia

Malaysian Christians
(Malay: Orang Kristian Malaysia)
	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 is a minority religion in Malaysia. In the 2020 census, 9.1% of the Malaysian population identified themselves as Christians.^[1] 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 have a freedom protected by the law in Malaysia based on diversity law especially in East Malaysia.^[2]

In 2020, half of Malaysian Christians were Catholic, 40% were Protestant and 10% belonged to other denominations.^[3]

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.^[4]

^ "Workbook: 1202". Tableau.dosm.gov.my. 4 April 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
^ "Malaysia Christians pray for peace, equality, freedom - UCA News".
^ World Religion Database at the ARDA website, retrieved 2023-08-08
^ "Operation World: Malaysia". Operation World. WEC International. Retrieved 26 July 2008.

[1] "Workbook: 1202". Tableau.dosm.gov.my. 4 April 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2022.

[2] "Malaysia Christians pray for peace, equality, freedom - UCA News".

[3] World Religion Database at the ARDA website, retrieved 2023-08-08

[Operation_World-4] "Operation World: Malaysia". Operation World. WEC International. Retrieved 26 July 2008.

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(Malay: Orang Kristian Malaysia)
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