There are now more Christians in China (68.4 million) than in Germany, France, Spain or the UK. The big difference is that Chinese Christians make up just 5% of the population (and rising), while Christians make up over two thirds of the populations in Europe's biggest countries (and falling).
Mind you, if we filter the numbers by 'practicing' Christians, I suspect (as does Niall Ferguson) that there are more church-going Chinese than Europeans...
From a fascinating report by Pew Research:
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