List of Lutheran denominations
Lutheran World Federation
The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is the largest association of national and regional Lutheran church bodies in the world. Founded in 1947 by 47 church bodies from 26 countries, the LWF has grown to include 145 church bodies in 98 countries.

List of Lutheran denominations

Section Title: Lutheran World Federation
Table Section Text: The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) is the largest association of national and regional Lutheran church bodies in the world. Founded in 1947 by 47 church bodies from 26 countries, the LWF has grown to include 145 church bodies in 98 countries.

Country	Church body	Year founded	Members	Ref

Angola	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Angola	-	49,500

Argentina	Evangelical Church of the River Plate	c. 1965	27,500

Argentina	United Evangelical Lutheran Church	-	11,000

Australia	Lutheran Church of Australia	1966	48,760

Austria	Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Austria	-	302,875

Bangladesh	Bangladesh Lutheran Church	-	6,000

Bangladesh	Bangladesh Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church	-	10,000

Bolivia	Bolivian Evangelical Lutheran Church	1972	14,000

Botswana	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Botswana	-	18,800

Brazil	Evangelical Church of the Lutheran Confession in Brazil	1949	671,389

Cameroon	Church of the Lutheran Brethren of Cameroon	1969	157,276

Cameroon	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Cameroon	-	350,000

Canada	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada	1986	114,431

Central African Republic	Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Central African Republic	-	120,000

Chile	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chile	1906	3,000

Chile	Lutheran Church in Chile	1975	1,976

Colombia	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia	-	1,701

Costa Rica	Lutheran Costa Rican Church	1988	500

Croatia	Evangelical Church in the Republic of Croatia	-	3,329

Czech Republic	Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren	1918	78,299

Czech Republic	Silesian Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession	-	16,000

Democratic Republic of the Congo	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Congo	c. 1960	122,055

Denmark	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark	1536	4,349,449

El Salvador	Salvadoran Lutheran Church	-	20,000

Eritrea	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Eritrea	-	11,000

Estonia	Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church	1917	180,000

Ethiopia	Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus	1959	8,310,129

Finland	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland	1809	3,904,284

France	Protestant Church of Augsburg Confession of Alsace and Lorraine	2006	250,000

France	Malagasy Protestant Church in France	-	10,000

France	United Protestant Church of France	2012	330,000

Germany	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Baden	1850	2,906

Germany	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria	-	2,456,140

Germany	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Brunswick	-	341,919

Germany	Evangelical Church in Central Germany	2009	766,416

Germany	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover	-	2,714,781

Germany	Church of Lippe (Lutheran section)	1888	28,000

Germany	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany	2012	2,063,904

Germany	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Oldenburg	-	423,756

Germany	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony	-	701,008

Germany	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Schaumburg-Lippe	-	54,159

Germany	Evangelical Church in Württemberg	-	2,054,505

Ghana	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ghana	1958	29,000

Guatemala	Guatemala Lutheran Church	-	300

Guyana	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Guyana	-	16,153

Honduras	Christian Lutheran Church of Honduras	-	1,700

Hong Kong	Hong Kong and Macau Lutheran Church	-	2,201

Hong Kong	Chinese Rhenish Church Hong Kong Synod	-	13,500

Hong Kong	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hong Kong	1954	18,351

Hong Kong	Tsung Tsin Mission of Hong Kong	-	11,278

Hungary	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hungary	-	179,618

Iceland	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland	-	242,743

India	Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church	-	3,000,000

India	Arcot Lutheran Church	-	40,000

India	Bodo Evangelical Lutheran Church	-	?

India	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Madhya Pradesh	-	20,000

India	Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Himalayan States	-	27,345

India	Good Shepherd Evangelical Lutheran Church	-	13,280

India	Gossner Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chotanagpur and Assam	-	382,790

India	India Evangelical Lutheran Church	1958	125,000

India	Jeypore Evangelical Lutheran Church	-	175,000

India	Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church	-	87,541

India	South Andhra Lutheran Church	-	60,000

India	Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church	-	111,587

Indonesia	Batak Christian Community Church	-	25,000

Indonesia	Christian Communion of Indonesia Church in Nias (Gereja AMIN)	-	18,500

Indonesia	Christian Protestant Angkola Church	-	29,455

Indonesia	Christian Protestant Church in Indonesia	-	258,914

Indonesia	Communion of Protestant Christian Church	-	63,274

Indonesia	Indonesian Christian Church	-	355,000

Indonesia	Indonesian Christian Lutheran Church	-	17,305

Indonesia	Pakpak Dairi Christian Protestant Church	-	39,428

Indonesia	Protestant Christian Batak Church	-	4,500,000

Indonesia	Protestant Christian Church	-	456,802

Indonesia	Protestant Christian Church in Mentawai	-	50,000

Indonesia	Simalungun Protestant Christian Church	-	220,586

Indonesia	United Protestant Church	-	12,057

Israel	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land	1959	3,000

Italy	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Italy	1949	7,000

Japan	Japan Evangelical Lutheran Church	1946	22,000

Japan	Japan Lutheran Church	1968	2,381

Japan	Kinki Evangelical Lutheran Church	-	2,757

Kenya	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya	1948	100,000

Kenya	Kenya Evangelical Lutheran Church	-	44,000

Latvia	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia	-	250,000

Latvia	Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church Abroad	-	22,172

Liberia	Lutheran Church in Liberia	-	70,000

Lithuania	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lithuania	-	20,000

Madagascar	Malagasy Lutheran Church	-	3,000,000

Malawi	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Malawi	-	102,000

Malaysia	Basel Christian Church of Malaysia	1925	63,000

Malaysia	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Malaysia	1994	4,145

Malaysia	Lutheran Church in Malaysia	1962	8,822

Malaysia	Protestant Church in Sabah	-	52,000

Mexico	Mexican Lutheran Church	-	1,500

Mozambique	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Mozambique	-	12,606

Namibia	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (ELCIN-GELC)	1960	4,434

Namibia	Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia	-	420,000

Namibia	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia (ELCIN)	-	772,398

Nepal	Nepal Evangelical Lutheran Church	-	1,196

Netherlands	Protestant Church in the Netherlands	2004	1,969,755

Nicaragua	Nicaraguan Lutheran Church of Faith and Hope	-	7,050

Nigeria	The Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria	-	2,200,000

Nigeria	Lutheran Church of Nigeria	1936	121,000

Norway	Church of Norway	-	3,835,973

Norway	Evangelical Lutheran Free Church of Norway	-	21,490

Papua New Guinea	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Papua New Guinea	-	1,200,000

Papua New Guinea	Gutnius Lutheran Church	-	149,869

Peru	Lutheran Church of Peru	-	496

Philippines	Lutheran Church in the Philippines	1971	55,000

Poland	Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland	c. 1570	71,000

Republic of the Congo	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Congo	-	3,612

Romania	Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Romania	1550	12,347

Romania	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Romania	-	27,540

Russia	Federation of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Russia and Other States	2011	24,050

Russia	Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ingria in Russia	-	15,000

Rwanda	Lutheran Church of Rwanda	-	6,372

Senegal	The Lutheran Church of Senegal	-	4,053

Serbia	Slovak Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Serbia	-	49,000

Sierra Leone	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sierra Leone	1988	5,000

Singapore	Lutheran Church in Singapore	1997	2,964

Slovakia	Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in the Slovak Republic	-	224,581

Slovenia	Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovenia	-	20,000

South Africa	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa	1975	580,000

South Africa	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (Cape Church)	-	3,994

South Africa	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (N-T)	1981	9,656

South Africa	Moravian Church in South Africa	-	50,000

South Korea	Lutheran Church in Korea	1971	4,824

Sri Lanka	Lanka Lutheran Church	-	5,324

Suriname	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Suriname	-	4,000

Sweden	Church of Sweden	-	6,300,000

Switzerland	Federation of Evangelical Lutheran Churches in Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein	-	4,968

Taiwan	Lutheran Church of Taiwan (Republic of China)	-	1,949

Taiwan	Lutheran Church of the Republic of China	-	580

Taiwan	Taiwan Lutheran Church	-	10,481

Tanzania	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania	-	6,531,336

Thailand	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Thailand	-	4,766

United Kingdom	Lutheran Church in Great Britain	-	1,500

United States	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	1988	3,765,362

Venezuela	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Venezuela	-	1,950

Zambia	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zambia	-	4,000

Zimbabwe	Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe	1962	292,880

Sentence(s)

Church of Sweden is the Lutheran denomination in Europe and the third-largest in the world after the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania.

final_sentence: Church of Sweden is the Lutheran denomination in Europe and the third-largest in the world after the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania.