 According to the 2011 German Census, Christianity is the largest religion in Germany, claiming 66.8 % of the total population. Relative to the whole population, 31.7 % declared themselves as Protestants, including members of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) (30.8 %) and the free churches (German: Evangelische Freikirchen) (0.9 %), and 31.2 % declared themselves as Roman Catholics. Orthodox believers constituted 1.3 %, while Jews – 0.1 %. Other religions accounted for 2.7 %. In 2014, the Catholic Church accounted for 23.9 million members (29.5 % of the population) and the Evangelical Church for 22.6 million (27.9 % of the population). Both large churches have lost significant number of adherents in recent years.
