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Christianity has been estimated to be growing rapidly in South America, Africa, and Asia. In Africa, for instance, in 1900, there were only 8.7 million adherents of Christianity; now there are 390 million, and it is expected by 2025 there will be 600 million Christians in Africa. The number of Catholics in Africa has increased from one million in 1902 to 329,882,000. There are now 1.5 million churches whose congregations account for 46 million people.

The numbers of Christians in Nigeria has grown from 21.4% in 1953 to 48.2% in 2003

In South Africa, Pentecostalism has grown from 0.2% in 1951 to 7.6% in 2001