Protestantism in Germany

Religion in Germany (2025 estimate)
  1. No religion (48.1%)
  2. Catholicism (23.0%)
  3. Protestantism (20.8%)
  4. Eastern Orthodoxy (1.50%)
  5. Other Christians (1.00%)
  6. Islam, excluding Alevism (4.00%)
  7. Alevism (0.80%)
  8. Buddhism (0.20%)
  9. Judaism (0.10%)
  10. Hinduism (0.10%)
  11. Yazidism (0.10%)
  12. Other religions (0.30%)

Protestantism (German: Protestantismus), a branch of Christianity, was founded within Germany in the 16th-century Reformation. It was formed as a new direction from some Roman Catholic principles. It was led initially by Martin Luther and later by John Calvin.

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