page_title: Lutheranism by region
section_title: Other parts of Europe
hierarchical_section_title: Lutheranism by region / Europe / Other parts of Europe
caption_attribution_description: Afrikaans: Die altaar van die Evangelies-Augsburgse Genadekerk in Cieszyn. Čeština: Oltář luterského kostela v Těšíně. Oltář Ježíšova kostela v Těšíně. Oltář kostela milosti v Těšíně. Deutsch: Der Altar der evangelisch-augsburgischen Gnadenkirche in Teschen. Der barocke Altar in der evangelisch-augsburgischen Jesuskirche in Cieszyn. English: Jesus Church (Cieszyn), an important Lutheran church in Poland. Esperanto: Altaro de preĝejo de pardono en Teŝino. Polski: Barokowy ołtarz w Kościele Jezusowym. Slovenčina: Oltár.
context_page_description: Lutheranism is present on all inhabited continents with an estimated 80 million adherents, out of which 74.2 million are affiliated with the Lutheran World Federation. A major movement that first began the Reformation, it constitutes one of the largest Protestant branches claiming around 80 million out of 920 million Protestants. The Lutheran World Federation brings together the vast majority of Lutherans. Apart from it, there are also other organisations such as the International Lutheran Council and the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference, as well as multiple independent Lutheran denominations.
  Today, almost half of Lutherans are living in Europe. Germany accounts for one-third of European Lutherans and one-eighth of the world's Lutheran population. Most of the remaining European Lutherans are confined to the Nordic countries and the Netherlands. United States accounts for one-eighth of the world's Lutheran population, but only around 4 million of them are members in the Lutheran World Federation. It has most Lutherans in North America. Ethiopia and Tanzania have the largest Lutheran populations in Africa, while Indonesia and India—in Asia.
context_section_description: Lutheranism is also prominent in the Netherlands, Estonia and Latvia.
  There are smaller Lutheran denominations in other parts of Europe. Examples include the Evangelical Lutheran Church of England (ELCE) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church—Synod of France and Belgium (ELC-SFB), both of which are International Lutheran Council (ILC) members. The Protestant Church of Augsburg Confession of Alsace and Lorraine, 
  Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Hungary, the Lutheran Church in Ireland, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Italy, the Evangelical Church of Augsburg Confession in Poland, the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia, the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Romania, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia and Other States, and the Silesian Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in the Czech Republic are, among others, members of the Lutheran World Federation.
caption: Jesus Church (Cieszyn), an important Lutheran church in Poland
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