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The tables below represent statistics with regard to the Catholic Church by country.

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Sources used in the table [edit]

Most of the figures are taken from the CIA Factbook.[1]

According to the CIA Factbook, the five countries with the largest number of Catholics are Brazil, Mexico, Philippines, the USA, and Italy. The country where the membership of the church is the largest percentage of the population is Vatican City, at 100 per cent.

According to the Census of the 2013 Annuario Pontificio (Pontifical Yearbook), the number of Catholics in the world was about 1,214 million at the end of 2011.

By country [edit]

By clicking on the icons in the column titles you can re-order the table by column.

Catholic Church by country
Country Total Population  % Catholic Catholic total
 Afghanistan (details) 29,928,987 0.0003% 100
 Albania (details) 3,563,112 15%[1] 600,000
 Algeria (details) 32,531,853 0.01%[2] 3,000
 Andorra (details) 71,201 94% 66,928
 Angola (details) 18,498,000 38%[1] 7,029,240
 Argentina (details) 41,281,631 92%[1] 37,979,101
 Armenia (details) 2,982,904 3.7% 110,367
 Aruba (details) 103,065 80.8%[1] 83,276
 Australia (details) 20,090,437 25.8%[1] 5,303,875
 Austria (details) 8,376,761 66% 5,530,000
 Azerbaijan (details) 8,581,400 0.03% 2,574
 Bahamas (details) 330,000 13.5%[1] 62,700
 Bahrain (details) 800,000[3] 10%[3] 80,000[3]
 Bangladesh (details) 144,319,628 0.22% 317,503
 Barbados (details) 250,012 4.2%[1] 10,000
 Belarus (details) 10,300,483 17% 1,751,082
 Belgium (details) 10,364,388 75% 7,773,291
 Belize (details) 279,457 49.6%[1] 138,610
 Benin (details) 7,460,025 27.1%[1] 1,729,233
 Bhutan (details) 2,232,291 0.06% 1,339
 Bolivia (details) 8,857,870 95%[1] 8,857,870
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (details) 4,025,476 15%[1] 625,558
 Botswana (details) 1,640,115 4.94% 81,021
 Brazil (details) 193,946,886 73.6% 142,744,908
 Brunei (details) 372,361 6.36% 23,682
 Bulgaria (details) 7,450,349 1% 74,503
 Burkina Faso (details) 13,925,313 17%[1] 2,367,303
 Burundi (details) 6,370,609 62%[1] 3,949,777
 Cambodia (details) 13,607,069 0.16% 21,771
 Cameroon (details) 16,380,005 25.68% 4,206,385
 Canada (details) 33,476,688 42.6%[1] 14,261,069
 Cape Verde (details) 516,733 93% 480,500
 Central African Republic (details) 3,799,897 25%[1] 949,974
 Chad (details) 9,826,419 20.1%[1] 880,447
 Chile (details) 16,572,475 70%[1] 11,600,733
 China (details) 1,306,313,812 0.75% 9,797,353
 Colombia (details) 46,366,364 90%[1] 41,729,728
 Comoros (details) 671,247 2%[1] 201
 Congo, Republic of (details) 3,686,000 50.5%[4] 1,861,000
 Congo, Democratic Republic of (details) 71,712,867 50%[1] 35,856,434
 Costa Rica (details) 4,016,173 76.3%[1] 3,064,339
 Croatia (details) 4,284,889 86.28%[1] 3,697,143
 Cuba (details) 11,163,934 85% 9,489,343
 Cyprus (details) 780,133 1.28% 9,985
 Czech Republic (details) 10,241,138 26.8%[1] 2,744,624
 Côte d'Ivoire (details) 17,298,040 35%-40% 6,054,314
 Denmark (details) 5,432,335 2% 104,867
 Djibouti (details) 476,703 0.2% 953
 Dominica (details) 71,540 61.4%[1] 55,000
 Dominican Republic (details) 9,105,034 95%[1] 8,649,782
 East Timor (details) 1,040,880 98%[1] 924,718
 Ecuador (details) 15,223,680 95%[1] 14,462,496
 Equatorial Guinea (details) 676,000 87% 590,000
 Egypt (details) 77,505,756 0.35% 271,270
 El Salvador (details) 6,704,932 79.1% 5,303,601
 Eritrea (details) 4,561,599 3.34% 152,357
 Estonia (details) 1,332,893 0.36% 4,798
 Ethiopia (details) 73,053,286 0.7%[1] 584,426
 Falkland Islands (details) 2,000 10.0% 200
 Fiji (details) 893,354 9.1%[1] 80,401
 Finland (details) 5,223,442 0.14% 7,312
 France (details) 65,350,000 83.0%[1] 54,240,500
 French Guiana (details) 221,500 75% 166,500
 Gabon (details) 1,389,201 50.17% 696,962
 Gambia (details) 1,593,256 2.1% 33,458
 Georgia (details) 4,677,401 0.8%[1] 84,193
 Germany (details) 81,799,600 35%[1] 28,629,860
 Ghana (details) 21,029,853 15.1%[1] 5,257,463
 Greece (details) 11,170,957 0.41% 45,873
 Grenada (details) 89,502 53%[1] 47,436
 Guadeloupe (details) 405,500 86% 350,000
 Guam (details) 154,623 85%[1] 131,430
 Guatemala (details) 14,655,189 55% 8,060,353
 Guinea (details) 9,467,866 2.66% 251,845
 Guinea-Bissau (details) 1,416,027 8.97% 127,017
 Guyana (details) 765,283 8.1%[1] 91,833
 Haiti (details) 8,521,622 80%[1] 6,817,297
 Honduras (details) 7,335,204 97%[1] 7,115,148
 Hungary (details) 10,402,000 58.22% 6,056,000
 Iceland (details) 319,575 3.27%[5] 10,455
 India (details) 1,210,193,422 1.58% 19,121,056
 Indonesia (details) 241,973,879 3%[1] 7,380,203
 Iran (details) 68,017,860 0.02% 13,603
 Iraq (details) 26,074,906 1.19% 310,291
 Ireland (details) 4,588,252 87.4%[1] 4,010,132
 Israel (details) 7,746,000 1.5% 94,153
 Italy (details) 59,530,464 96.9%[6] 57,689,000
 Jamaica (details) 2,731,832 2.6%[1] 218,546
 Japan (details) 127,417,244 0.4% 509,668
 Jordan (details) 5,759,732 1.2% 69,116
 Kazakhstan (details) 15,185,844 0.66% 100,226
 Kenya (details) 43,500,000 23.3%[1] 10,135,500
 Kiribati (details) 98,000 55%[1] 51,000
 Korea, North (details) 22,912,177 0.017% 4,000
 Korea, South (details) 48,846,823 10.9%[7] 5,324,303
 Kuwait (details) 2,335,648 6.16% 143,875
 Kyrgyzstan (details) 5,146,281 0.56% 28,819
 Laos (details) 6,217,141 0.6% 37,302
 Latvia (details) 2,290,237 17.04% 390,256
 Lebanon (details) 3,826,018 30% 1,150,000
 Lesotho (details) 2,067,000 45% 930,150
 Liberia (details) 3,482,211 5.42% 188,735
 Libya (details) 5,765,563 0.7% 40,358
 Liechtenstein (details) 33,863 76.2%[1] 25,803
 Lithuania (details) 3,596,617 79%[1] 2,841,327
 Luxembourg (details) 468,571 87%[1] 407,655
 Macedonia (details) 2,038,514 1% 20,452
 Madagascar (details) 18,040,341 24.01% 4,331,485
 Malawi (details) 12,158,924 19.57% 2,379,501
 Malaysia (details) 23,953,136 3.3% 790,453
 Maldives (details) 349,106 0.02% 80[8]
 Mali (details) 12,291,529 1.54% 189,289
 Malta (details) 400,214 98%[1] 375,761
 Marshall Islands (details) 62,000 8.4% 5,208
 Martinique (details) 436,131 95% 415,000
 Mauritania (details) 3,086,859 0.15% [2] 4,000
 Mauritius (details) 1,230,602 23.6%[1] 289,314
 Mexico (details) 115,296,767 82.7%[1] 95,350,426
 Moldova (details) 4,455,421 0.46% 20,494
 Monaco (details) 32,543 90%[1] 29,288
 Mongolia (details) 2,791,272 0.04% 1,116
 Morocco (details) 32,725,847 0.07% 22,908
 Mozambique (details) 19,406,703 28.4%[1] 4,618,795
 Myanmar (details) 42,909,464 1.05% 450,549
 Namibia (details) 2,030,692 16.95% 344,202
 Nepal (details) 27,676,547 0.03% 8,302
 Netherlands (details) 16,406,703 30%[1] 5,050,629
 New Caledonia (details) 249,000 60.2%[1] 150,000
 New Zealand (details) 4,035,461 12.6%[1] 510,485
 Nicaragua (details) 5,142,098 58.5%[1] 2,652,985
 Niger (details) 11,665,937 0.1% 11,665
 Nigeria (details) 170,123,740 14% 23,817,324
 Norway (details) 4,593,041 5%[1] 229,652[9]
 Oman (details) 3,001,583 0.1% 3,001
 Pakistan (details) 162,419,946 0.79% 1,283,117
 Palau (details) 19,949 41.6%[1] 8,299
 Palestine (details) 3,761,904 2% 80,000
 Panama (details) 3,339,150 85%[1] 2,838,277
 Papua New Guinea (details) 5,545,268 27%[1] 1,828,274
 Paraguay (details) 6,347,884 89.6%[1] 5,688,339
 Peru (details) 30,135,875 81.3%[1] 24,500,466
 Philippines (details) 92,337,852 80.9%[1] 74,701,332
 Poland (details) 38,501,000 89.8%[1] 34,573,898
 Portugal (details) 10,356,117[10] 84.5%[1] 8,750,919
 Puerto Rico (details) 3,916,632 85%[1] 3,129,137
 Qatar (details) 863,051 5.8% 50,000[11]
 Romania (details) 22,329,977 4.7%[1] 1,787,408
 Russia (details) 143,420,309 0.53% 760,127
 Rwanda (details) 8,440,820 56.5%[1] 4,726,859
 Saint Lucia (details) 156,260 67.5%[1] 109,000
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon (details) 6,025 99.6%[6] 6,000
 Samoa (details) 179,000 19.6%[1] 35,084
 San Marino (details) 29,251 95% 29,230
 São Tomé and Príncipe (details) 163,000 70.3%[1] 144,000
 Saudi Arabia (details) 26,417,599 2.5% 660,439
 Senegal (details) 11,126,832 3.5% 389,439
 Serbia (details) 7,120,600 6.1%[1] 433,167
 Seychelles (details) 81,188 82.3%[1] 66,817
 Sierra Leone (details) 6,017,643 2.9% 174,511
 Singapore (details) 4,425,720 4.8%[1] 165,964
 Slovakia (details) 5,431,363 68.9%[1] 4,012,209
 Slovenia (details) 2,011,070 57.8%[1] 1,162,398
 Solomon Islands (details) 523,000 19%[1] 100,000
 Somalia (details) 8,591,629 0.001% 100[12]
 South Africa (details) 44,344,136 7.1%[1] 2,851,327
 Spain (details) 47,265,321 94%[1] 44,429,402
 Sri Lanka (details) 20,064,776 7.12% 1,428,612
 Sudan (details) 40,187,486 5% 2,009,374
 Suriname (details) 438,144 22.8%[1] 78,865
 Swaziland (details) 1,173,900 20%[1] 62,803
 Sweden (details) 9,001,774 1.62% 145,828
 Switzerland (details) 7,507,000 41.8%[1] 3,137,926
 Syria (details) 18,448,752 2% 368,975
 Taiwan (details) 22,894,384 1.39% 318,231
 Tajikistan (details) 7,163,506 0.55% 39,399
 Tanzania (details) 44,929,002 25.74% 11,564,725
 Thailand (details) 65,444,371 0.44% 287,955
 Togo (details) 5,681,519 27.8% 1,579,462
 Tonga (details) 102,000 16% 16,320
 Trinidad and Tobago (details) 1,088,644 26%[1] 283,047
 Tunisia (details) 10,074,951 0.22% 22,164
 Turkey (details) 69,660,559 0.05% 34,830
 Turkmenistan (details) 4,952,081 0.54% 26,741
 Uganda (details) 35,873,253 41.9%[1] 15,030,893
 Ukraine (details) 46,481,000 2.2%[1] 3,737,116
 United Arab Emirates (details) 2,563,212 5% 128,160
 United Kingdom (details) 60,441,457 14% 8,461,803
 United States (details) 315,498,000 23.9%[1] 75,404,022
 Uruguay (details) 3,415,920 72.89% 2,315,000
 Uzbekistan (details) 26,851,195 0.01% 2,685
 Vatican City (details) 921 100.0% 921
 Vanuatu (details) 243,304 13.1%[1] 36,500
 Venezuela (details) 28,946,101 96%[1] 27,788,257
 Vietnam (details) 83,535,576 6.7%[1] 5,530,055
 Western Sahara (details) 273,008 0.06% 163
 Yemen (details) 20,727,063 0.02% 4,145
 Zambia (details) 11,261,795 26.31% 2,962,978
 Zimbabwe (details) 12,746,990 7.71% 982,792
Total 6,442,583,922 17.18% 1,181,368,942

By region [edit]

These percentages were calculated by using the above numbers. The first percentage, 4th column, is the percentage of population that is Catholic in a region (number in the region * 100/total population of the region). The last column shows the national Catholic percentage compared to the total Catholic population of the world (number in the region * 100/total R. C. population of the world).

Catholic Church - Percentage by country.

Africa [edit]

Catholicism in Africa
Region Total Population Catholic  % Catholic  % of global Catholic pop.
Central Africa 83,121,055 37,353,218 44.93% 3.47%
East Africa 193,741,900 34,872,130 17.99% 3.24%
North Africa 202,151,323 2,369,490 1.17% 0.22%
Southern Africa 137,092,019 24,463,640 17.84% 2.27%
West Africa 268,997,245 36,152,847 13.43% 3.36%
Total 885,103,542 135,211,325 15.27% 12.57%

Americas [edit]

Catholicism in The Americas
Region Total Population Catholic  % Catholic  % of global Catholic pop.
Caribbean 24,364,622 19,062,198 78.23% 1.77%
Central America 42,883,849 32,317,384 75.36% 3.00%
North America 448,587,847 173,212,640 38.61% 16.11%
South America 371,363,897 299,570,011 80.66% 27.87%
Total 887,200,215 524,162,233 59.08% 48.75%

Asia [edit]

Roman Catholicism in Asia
Region Total Population Catholic  % Catholic  % of global Catholic pop.
Central Asia 92,019,166 199,086 1.23% 0.01%
East Asia 1,528,384,440 13,853,142 0.90% 1.28%
South Asia 1,437,326,682 20,107,050 1.39% 1.87%
Southeast Asia 571,337,070 86,701,421 15.17% 8.06%
Total 3,629,067,358 120,860,699 3.33% 11.24%

Europe [edit]

+Catholicism in Europe
Region Total Population Catholic  % Catholic  % of global Catholic pop.
Balkans 65,903,464 6,562,775 9.95% 0.61%
Central Europe 74,591,476 56,787,176 74.8% 5.19%
Eastern Europe 228,118,665 9,702,334 4.25% 0.90%
Western Europe 381,458,905 211,466,942 55.43% 19.67%
Total 730,072,510 285,916,457 37.85% 26.37%

Middle East [edit]

Catholicism in Middle East
Region Total Population Catholic  % Catholic  % of global Catholic pop.
Middle East 260,026,365 2,990,573 1.15% 0.27%

Oceania [edit]

Catholicism in Oceania
Region Total Population Catholic  % Catholic  % of global Catholic pop.
Oceania 30,686,468 7,747,654 25.24% 0.72%

See also [edit]

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