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The World Methodist Council strives to have the most up-to-date and accurate information on our Member Churches as possible. If you are a representative from a member church and the information is inaccurate, please email us at office@worldmethodistcouncil.org with corrections.

ChurchMembersCommunion
African Methodist Episcopal Church2,500,0003,250,000
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church1,432,7951,862,634
Argentina, Evangelical Methodist Church8,94011,622
Australia, Chinese Methodist Church3,5882,080
Australia, Uniting Church of350,000455,000
Australia, Wesleyan Methodist Church2,4524,038
Bahamas Conference of the Methodist Church1,9002,470
Bangladesh, Methodist Church18,20123,661
Belgium, United Protestant Church3,4014,421
Benin, Protestant Methodist Church90,000117,000
Bolivia, Evangelical Methodist Church9,053117,69
Brazil, Methodist Church214,715279,130
Canada, The United Church608,243790,716
Caribbean and Americas, Methodist Church62,12080,756
Chile, Methodist Church9,88212,847
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church858,6701,116,271
Church of the Nazarene2,136,1222,776,959
Colombia, Methodist Church1,0001,300
Costa Rica, Evangelical Methodist Church16,00020,800
Cuba, Methodist Church33,00042,900
Democratic Republic of Congo, The Free Methodist Church of151,695
Dominican Republic, Evangelical Church10,00013,000
Ecuador, Evangelical United Church1,5001,950
Fiji, Methodist Church in212,860276,718
The Gambia, Methodist Church2,0002,600
Ghana, Methodist Church634,689825,096
Great Britain, Methodist Church238,000309,400
Hong Kong, Church of Christ in China35,00045,500
Hong Kong, Methodist Church12,00015,600
India, Methodist Church648,000842,400
India, Church of North India1,500,0001,950,000
India, Church of South India3,500,0004,550,000
Indonesia, Methodist Church119,000154,700
Ireland, Methodist Church15,00019,500
Italy, Methodist Church4,0005,200
Kenya, Methodist Church450,000585,000
Korean Methodist Church1,586,0632,061,882
Malaysia, Methodist Church9,7197126,356
Mexico, Methodist Church40,00052,000
Myanmar, Methodist Church (Lower)2,3002,990
Myanmar, Methodist Church (Upper)27,54335,806
Nepal, Methodist Church26410,000
New Zealand, Methodist Church1,47361,9157
New Zealand, Wesleyan Methodist Church7941,872
Nigeria, Methodist Church2,000,0002,500,000
North America, The Free Methodist Church67,90088,270
Pakistan, The Church of500,000650,000
Panama, Evangelical Methodist Church1,3001,690
Paraguay, Evangelical Methodist Community1,0252,499
Peru, Methodist Church32,00041,600
Philippines, Evangelical Methodist Church34,38144,695
Philippines, United Church of Christ500,000650,000
Portugal, Evangelical Methodist Church1,2001,560
Puerto Rico, Methodist Church12,00015,600
Republic of China, Methodist Church4,5005,850
Rwanda, Free Methodist Church of108,559
Samoa, Methodist Church35,98346,778
Sierra Leone, Methodist Church50,00065,000
Sierra Leone, West African Methodist Church4,0005,200
Singapore, Methodist Church38,00049,400
Southern Africa, Methodist Church (Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Swaziland)2,600,0003,380,000
Spain, The Evangelical Church3,0003,900
Sri Lanka, Methodist Church25,00032,500
Sweden, Uniting Church in71,381
Tanzania, Methodist Church3,6814,785
The Wesleyan Church367,000477,100
Togo, Methodist Church75,00097,500
Tonga, Free Wesleyan Church38,69250,300
The United Methodist Church-The United States7,679,8509,983,805
The United Methodist Church-Africa Central Conference450,686585,892
The United Methodist Church-Central and Southern Europe Central Conference16,29233,440
Albania60150
Austria7401510
Belgium3070
Bulgaria1,1002,000
Switzerland6,17012,350
Czech Republic8002,200
France1,2902,350
Croatia210
Hungary4202100
Macedonia2,5004,000
North Africa300400
Poland2,1904,000
Romania20100
Serbia5001,100
Slovakia1701,100
The United Methodist Church-Congo Central Conference2,231,7262,901,244
The United Methodist Church-Germany Central Conference30,06938,961
The United Methodist Church-Northern Europe Central Conference15,29333,738
Denmark1,2422,037
Estonia1,7002,210
Finland (Finnish Speaking)739850
Finland (Swedish Speaking)6181,100
Latvia1,0431,356
Lithuania5081,000
Norway4,34312,309
Russia3,33410,000
The United Methodist Church-Philippines Central Conference145,642189,335
The United Methodist Church-West Africa Central Conference1,508,6961,961,305
Liberia275,000357,500
Uruguay, Evangelical Church1,0001,300
Zambia, United Church3,000,0003,900,000
Zimbabwe, African Methodist Church12,00015,600
Zimbabwe, Methodist Church111,723145,240
TOTAL

 (2011-16 TOTAL)

39,745,196

 51,286,152
Data Sources: Member Churches and the World Council of Churches Handbook
Non-WMC Member churches with a Wesleyan/Methodist heritage could not be included due to the inability to independently verify data sources.