The invention discloses a bipolar parallel multi-terminal direct current power transmission system electric current modulus longitudinal differential protection method. The method comprises the steps that digital sampling and modulus decoupling are conducted in each converter station of the parallel system, and 1, 0-mode voltage and electric current are obtained; one point on the direct current main line is selected as the destination point of calculation, starting from each converter station, the line terminal voltage, the electric current up to the destination point are calculated segment-by-segment and the 1, 0-mode differential current is obtained through the overlay at the destination point. If the 1-mode differential current is greater than the fault threshold, the fault is an internal area fault, otherwise the fault is an external fault; if the 0-mode differential current is greater than the threshold, the fault is a positive pole grounding fault; if the 0-mode differential current is less than the threshold, the fault is a negative pole grounding fault; if the 0-mode differential current is between the positive and negative selection thresholds, the fault is an inter polar short-circuit fault. The differential protection method is fast in movement speed, high in transition resistance capability, and is not under the influence of capacitive current in distribution, and can be extended to arbitrary end parallel direct current systems, in principle can recognize the fault type and is strong in adaptability. According to the differential protection method, the required sampling rate is low, the method is easy to implement and has practical value.