The tables below represent statistics with regard to the Roman Catholic Church by country.
[edit] Sources used in the table
Most of the figures are taken from the CIA Factbook.[1]
According to the CIA Factbook, the five countries with the largest number of Roman 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 2012 Annuario Pontificio (Pontifical Yearbook), the number of Roman Catholics in the world was about 1,196 billion at the end of 2010(; 1,181 billion at the end of 2009).
[edit] By country
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Roman Catholic Church by country
Region |
Country |
Total Population |
% R. C. |
R. C. total |
Central Asia |
Afghanistan (details) |
29,928,987 |
0.0003% |
100 |
Southern Europe |
Albania (details) |
3,563,112 |
15%[1] |
600,000 |
North Africa |
Algeria (details) |
32,531,853 |
0.01%[2] |
3,000 |
Southern Europe |
Andorra (details) |
71,201 |
94% |
66,928 |
Southern Africa |
Angola (details) |
16,941,000 |
38%[1] |
9,317,550 |
South America |
Argentina (details) |
39,537,943 |
92%[1] |
36,374,907 |
Caucasus |
Armenia (details) |
2,982,904 |
3.7% |
110,367 |
Caribbean |
Aruba (details) |
103,065 |
80.8%[1] |
83,276 |
Oceania |
Australia (details) |
20,090,437 |
25.8%[3] |
5,303,875 |
Central Europe |
Austria (details) |
8,460,000 |
63.4% |
5,360,000 |
Caucasus |
Azerbaijan (details) |
8,581,400 |
0.03% |
2,574 |
Caribbean |
Bahamas (details) |
330,000 |
13.5%[1] |
62,700 |
Middle East |
Bahrain (details) |
800,000[4] |
10%[4] |
80,000[4] |
South Asia |
Bangladesh (details) |
144,319,628 |
0.22% |
317,503 |
Caribbean |
Barbados (details) |
250,012 |
4.2%[1] |
10,000 |
Central Europe |
Belarus (details) |
10,300,483 |
17% |
1,751,082 |
Western Europe |
Belgium (details) |
10,364,388 |
75% |
7,773,291 |
Central America |
Belize (details) |
279,457 |
49.6%[1] |
138,610 |
West Africa |
Benin (details) |
7,460,025 |
27.1%[1] |
1,729,233 |
South Asia |
Bhutan (details) |
2,232,291 |
0.06% |
1,339 |
South America |
Bolivia (details) |
8,857,870 |
81.8%[5] |
7,245,738 |
Southern Europe |
Bosnia and Herzegovina (details) |
4,025,476 |
15%[1] |
625,558 |
Southern Africa |
Botswana (details) |
1,640,115 |
4.94% |
81,021 |
South America |
Brazil (details) |
190,755,799 |
64.6% |
123,280,172 |
Southeast Asia |
Brunei (details) |
372,361 |
6.36% |
23,682 |
Southern Europe |
Bulgaria (details) |
7,450,349 |
1% |
74,503 |
West Africa |
Burkina Faso (details) |
13,925,313 |
17%[1] |
2,367,303 |
Central Africa |
Burundi (details) |
6,370,609 |
62%[1] |
3,949,777 |
Southeast Asia |
Cambodia (details) |
13,607,069 |
0.16% |
21,771 |
West Africa |
Cameroon (details) |
16,380,005 |
25.68% |
4,206,385 |
North America |
Canada (details) |
32,805,041 |
42.6%[1] |
13,974,947 |
West Africa |
Cape Verde (details) |
516,733 |
93% |
480,500 |
Central Africa |
Central African Republic (details) |
3,799,897 |
25%[1] |
949,974 |
Central Africa |
Chad (details) |
9,826,419 |
20.1%[1] |
880,447 |
South America |
Chile (details) |
16,267,278 |
70%[1] |
11,387,094 |
East Asia |
China (details) |
1,306,313,812 |
0.75% |
9,797,353 |
South America |
Colombia (details) |
42,954,279 |
90%[1] |
38,658,851 |
East Africa |
Comoros (details) |
671,247 |
2%[1] |
201 |
Central Africa |
Congo, Republic of (details) |
3,686,000 |
50.5%[6] |
1,861,000 |
Central Africa |
Congo, Democratic Republic of (details) |
65,751,512 |
50%[1] |
36,163,331 |
Central America |
Costa Rica (details) |
4,016,173 |
76.3%[1] |
3,064,339 |
Central Europe |
Croatia (details) |
4,284,889 |
86.28%[1] |
3,697,143 |
North America |
Cuba (details) |
11,346,670 |
85%[1] |
9,644,669 |
Middle East |
Cyprus (details) |
780,133 |
1.28% |
9,985 |
Central Europe |
Czech Republic (details) |
10,241,138 |
26.8%[1] |
2,744,624 |
West Africa |
Côte d'Ivoire (details) |
17,298,040 |
35%-40% |
6,054,314 |
Northern Europe |
Denmark (details) |
5,432,335 |
2% |
104,867 |
East Africa |
Djibouti (details) |
476,703 |
0.2% |
953 |
Caribbean |
Dominica (details) |
71,540 |
61.4%[1] |
55,000 |
Caribbean |
Dominican Republic (details) |
9,105,034 |
95%[1] |
8,649,782 |
Southeast Asia |
East Timor (details) |
1,040,880 |
98%[1] |
924,718 |
South America |
Ecuador (details) |
15,007,343 |
74%[7] |
11,105,433 |
Central Africa |
Equatorial Guinea (details) |
676,000 |
87% |
590,000 |
North Africa |
Egypt (details) |
77,505,756 |
0.35% |
271,270 |
Central America |
El Salvador (details) |
6,704,932 |
79.1% |
5,303,601 |
East Africa |
Eritrea (details) |
4,561,599 |
3.34% |
152,357 |
Northern Europe |
Estonia (details) |
1,332,893 |
0.36% |
4,798 |
East Africa |
Ethiopia (details) |
73,053,286 |
0.7%[1] |
584,426 |
South America |
Falkland Islands (details) |
2,000 |
10.0% |
200 |
Oceania |
Fiji (details) |
893,354 |
9.1%[1] |
80,401 |
Northern Europe |
Finland (details) |
5,223,442 |
0.14% |
7,312 |
Western Europe |
France (details) |
65,630,692 |
83.0%[1] |
54,473,474 |
South America |
French Guiana (details) |
221,500 |
75% |
166,500 |
West Africa |
Gabon (details) |
1,389,201 |
50.17% |
696,962 |
West Africa |
Gambia (details) |
1,593,256 |
2.1% |
33,458 |
Caucasus |
Georgia (details) |
4,677,401 |
0.8%[1] |
84,193 |
Central Europe |
Germany (details) |
81,800,000 |
29.9[8] |
24,473,000 |
West Africa |
Ghana (details) |
21,029,853 |
15.1%[1] |
5,257,463 |
Southern Europe |
Greece (details) |
11,170,957 |
0.41% |
45,873 |
Caribbean |
Grenada (details) |
89,502 |
53%[1] |
47,436 |
Caribbean |
Guadeloupe (details) |
405,500 |
86% |
350,000 |
Oceania |
Guam (details) |
154,623 |
85%[1] |
131,430 |
Central America |
Guatemala (details) |
14,655,189 |
55% |
8,060,353 |
West Africa |
Guinea (details) |
9,467,866 |
2.66% |
251,845 |
West Africa |
Guinea-Bissau (details) |
1,416,027 |
8.97% |
127,017 |
South America |
Guyana (details) |
765,283 |
8.1%[1] |
91,833 |
Caribbean |
Haiti (details) |
8,521,622 |
80%[1] |
6,817,297 |
Central America |
Honduras (details) |
7,335,204 |
97%[1] |
7,115,148 |
Central Europe |
Hungary (details) |
10,006,835 |
51.9%[1] |
5,593,547 |
Northern Europe |
Iceland (details) |
319,575 |
3.27%[9] |
10,455 |
South Asia |
India (details) |
1,080,264,388 |
1.58% |
17,068,177 |
Southeast Asia |
Indonesia (details) |
241,973,879 |
3%[1] |
7,380,203 |
Middle East |
Iran (details) |
68,017,860 |
0.02% |
13,603 |
Middle East |
Iraq (details) |
26,074,906 |
1.19% |
310,291 |
Western Europe |
Ireland (details) |
4,588,252 |
84.2%[10] |
3,861,335 |
Middle East |
Israel (details) |
7,746,000 |
01.5% |
94,153 |
Southern Europe |
Italy (details) |
59,102,112 |
90%[1] |
53,191,900 |
Caribbean |
Jamaica (details) |
2,731,832 |
2.6%[1] |
218,546 |
East Asia |
Japan (details) |
127,417,244 |
0.4% |
509,668 |
Middle East |
Jordan (details) |
5,759,732 |
1.2% |
69,116 |
Central Asia |
Kazakhstan (details) |
15,185,844 |
0.66% |
100,226 |
East Africa |
Kenya (details) |
33,829,590 |
33%[1] |
11,163,764 |
Oceania |
Kiribati (details) |
98,000 |
55%[1] |
51,000 |
East Asia |
Korea, North (details) |
22,912,177 |
0.017% |
4,000 |
East Asia |
Korea, South (details) |
48,846,823 |
10.9%[11] |
5,324,303 |
Middle East |
Kuwait (details) |
2,335,648 |
6.16% |
143,875 |
Central Asia |
Kyrgyzstan (details) |
5,146,281 |
0.56% |
28,819 |
Southeast Asia |
Laos (details) |
6,217,141 |
0.6% |
37,302 |
Northern Europe |
Latvia (details) |
2,290,237 |
17.04% |
390,256 |
Middle East |
Lebanon (details) |
3,826,018 |
30% |
1,150,000 |
Southern Africa |
Lesotho (details) |
1,867,035 |
70% |
1,306,924 |
West Africa |
Liberia (details) |
3,482,211 |
5.42% |
188,735 |
North Africa |
Libya (details) |
5,765,563 |
0.7% |
40,358 |
Central Europe |
Liechtenstein (details) |
33,863 |
76.2%[1] |
25,803 |
Northern Europe |
Lithuania (details) |
3,596,617 |
79%[1] |
2,841,327 |
Central Europe |
Luxembourg (details) |
468,571 |
87%[1] |
407,655 |
Southern Europe |
Macedonia (details) |
2,038,514 |
1% |
20,452 |
Southern Africa |
Madagascar (details) |
18,040,341 |
24.01% |
4,331,485 |
Southern Africa |
Malawi (details) |
12,158,924 |
19.57% |
2,379,501 |
Southeast Asia |
Malaysia (details) |
23,953,136 |
3.3% |
790,453 |
South Asia |
Maldives (details) |
349,106 |
0.02% |
80[12] |
West Africa |
Mali (details) |
12,291,529 |
1.54% |
189,289 |
Southern Europe |
Malta (details) |
400,214 |
98%[1] |
375,761 |
Oceania |
Marshall Islands (details) |
62,000 |
8.4% |
5,208 |
Caribbean |
Martinique (details) |
436,131 |
95% |
415,000 |
North Africa |
Mauritania (details) |
3,086,859 |
0.15% [2] |
4,000 |
Southern Africa |
Mauritius (details) |
1,230,602 |
23.6%[1] |
289,314 |
North America |
Mexico (details) |
108,700,000 |
83.4%[1] |
95,656,000 |
Central Europe |
Moldova (details) |
4,455,421 |
0.46% |
20,494 |
Southern Europe |
Monaco (details) |
32,543 |
90%[1] |
29,288 |
Central Asia |
Mongolia (details) |
2,791,272 |
0.04% |
1,116 |
North Africa |
Morocco (details) |
32,725,847 |
0.07% |
22,908 |
Southern Africa |
Mozambique (details) |
19,406,703 |
28.4%[1] |
4,618,795 |
Southeast Asia |
Myanmar (details) |
42,909,464 |
1.05% |
450,549 |
Southern Africa |
Namibia (details) |
2,030,692 |
16.95% |
344,202 |
South Asia |
Nepal (details) |
27,676,547 |
0.03% |
8,302 |
Western Europe |
Netherlands (details) |
16,406,703 |
30%[1] |
5,050,629 |
Oceania |
New Caledonia (details) |
249,000 |
60.2%[1] |
150,000 |
Oceania |
New Zealand (details) |
4,035,461 |
12.6%[1] |
510,485 |
Central America |
Nicaragua (details) |
5,142,098 |
58.5%[1] |
2,652,985 |
West Africa |
Niger (details) |
11,665,937 |
0.1% |
11,665 |
West Africa |
Nigeria (details) |
158,259,000 |
14%-24% |
37,500,000 |
Northern Europe |
Norway (details) |
4,593,041 |
5%[1] |
229,652[13] |
Middle East |
Oman (details) |
3,001,583 |
0.1% |
3,001 |
South Asia |
Pakistan (details) |
162,419,946 |
0.79% |
1,283,117 |
Oceania |
Palau (details) |
19,949 |
41.6%[1] |
8,299 |
Middle East |
Palestine (details) |
3,761,904 |
2% |
80,000 |
Central America |
Panama (details) |
3,339,150 |
85%[1] |
2,838,277 |
Oceania |
Papua New Guinea (details) |
5,545,268 |
27%[1] |
1,828,274 |
South America |
Paraguay (details) |
6,347,884 |
89.6%[1] |
5,688,339 |
South America |
Peru (details) |
27,925,628 |
81.3%[1] |
22,619,758 |
Southeast Asia |
Philippines (details) |
91,077,287 |
80.9%[1] |
75,594,148 |
Central Europe |
Poland (details) |
38,635,144 |
89.8%[1] |
34,694,359 |
Southern Europe |
Portugal (details) |
10,356,117[14] |
84.5%[1] |
8,750,919 |
Caribbean |
Puerto Rico (details) |
3,916,632 |
85%[1] |
3,129,137 |
Middle East |
Qatar (details) |
863,051 |
5.8% |
50,000[15] |
Central Europe |
Romania (details) |
22,329,977 |
4.7%[1] |
1,787,408 |
Eastern Europe |
Russia (details) |
143,420,309 |
0.53% |
760,127 |
East Africa |
Rwanda (details) |
8,440,820 |
56.5%[1] |
4,726,859 |
Caribbean |
Saint Lucia (details) |
156,260 |
67.5%[1] |
109,000 |
Oceania |
Samoa (details) |
179,000 |
19.6%[1] |
35,084 |
Southern Europe |
San Marino (details) |
29,251 |
95% |
29,230 |
West Africa |
São Tomé and Príncipe (details) |
163,000 |
70.3%[1] |
144,000 |
Middle East |
Saudi Arabia (details) |
26,417,599 |
2.5% |
660,439 |
West Africa |
Senegal (details) |
11,126,832 |
3.5% |
389,439 |
Central Europe |
Serbia (details) |
7,120,600 |
6.1%[1] |
433,167 |
East Africa |
Seychelles (details) |
81,188 |
82.3%[1] |
66,817 |
West Africa |
Sierra Leone (details) |
6,017,643 |
2.9% |
174,511 |
Southeast Asia |
Singapore (details) |
4,425,720 |
4.8%[1] |
165,964 |
Central Europe |
Slovakia (details) |
5,431,363 |
68.9%[1] |
4,012,209 |
Central Europe |
Slovenia (details) |
2,011,070 |
57.8%[1] |
1,162,398 |
Oceania |
Solomon Islands (details) |
523,000 |
19%[1] |
100,000 |
East Africa |
Somalia (details) |
8,591,629 |
0.001% |
100[16] |
Southern Africa |
South Africa (details) |
44,344,136 |
7.1%[1] |
2,851,327 |
Southern Europe |
Spain (details) |
44,708,462 |
94%[1] |
35,766,769 |
South Asia |
Sri Lanka (details) |
20,064,776 |
7.12% |
1,428,612 |
North Africa |
Sudan (details) |
40,187,486 |
5% |
2,009,374 |
South America |
Suriname (details) |
438,144 |
22.8%[1] |
78,865 |
Southern Africa |
Swaziland (details) |
1,173,900 |
20%[1] |
62,803 |
Northern Europe |
Sweden (details) |
9,001,774 |
1.62% |
145,828 |
Central Europe |
Switzerland (details) |
7,507,000 |
41.8%[1] |
3,137,926 |
Middle East |
Syria (details) |
18,448,752 |
2% |
368,975 |
East Asia |
Taiwan (details) |
22,894,384 |
1.39% |
318,231 |
Central Asia |
Tajikistan (details) |
7,163,506 |
0.55% |
39,399 |
East Africa |
Tanzania (details) |
36,766,356 |
25.74% |
9,463,660 |
Southeast Asia |
Thailand (details) |
65,444,371 |
0.44% |
287,955 |
West Africa |
Togo (details) |
5,681,519 |
27.8% |
1,579,462 |
Oceania |
Tonga (details) |
102,000 |
16% |
16,320 |
South America |
Trinidad and Tobago (details) |
1,088,644 |
26%[1] |
283,047 |
North Africa |
Tunisia (details) |
10,074,951 |
0.22% |
22,164 |
Middle East |
Turkey (details) |
69,660,559 |
0.05% |
34,830 |
Central Asia |
Turkmenistan (details) |
4,952,081 |
0.54% |
26,741 |
East Africa |
Uganda (details) |
27,269,482 |
41.9%[1] |
11,425,912 |
Central Europe |
Ukraine (details) |
46,481,000 |
2.2%[1] |
3,737,116 |
Middle East |
United Arab Emirates (details) |
2,563,212 |
5% |
128,160 |
Western Europe |
United Kingdom (details) |
60,441,457 |
14% |
8,461,803 |
North America |
United States (details) |
310,688,000 |
23.9%[1] |
74,115,001 |
South America |
Uruguay (details) |
3,415,920 |
47.1%[1] |
1,981,233 |
Central Asia |
Uzbekistan (details) |
26,851,195 |
0.01% |
2,685 |
Southern Europe |
Vatican City (details) |
921 |
100.0% |
921 |
Oceania |
Vanuatu (details) |
243,304 |
13.1%[1] |
36,500 |
South America |
Venezuela (details) |
25,375,281 |
96%[1] |
24,157,267 |
Southeast Asia |
Vietnam (details) |
83,535,576 |
6.7%[1] |
5,530,055 |
North Africa |
Western Sahara (details) |
273,008 |
0.06% |
163 |
Middle East |
Yemen (details) |
20,727,063 |
0.02% |
4,145 |
Southern Africa |
Zambia (details) |
11,261,795 |
26.31% |
2,962,978 |
Southern Africa |
Zimbabwe (details) |
12,746,990 |
7.71% |
982,792 |
Total |
6,442,583,922 |
17.18% |
1,181,368,942 |
[edit] By region
These percentages were calculated by using the above numbers. The first percentage, 4th column, is the percentage of population that is Roman Catholic in a region (number in the region * 100/total population of the region). The last column shows the national Roman Catholic percentage compared to the total R. C. population of the world (number in the region * 100/total R. C. population of the world).
Catholic Church - Percentage by country.
A map showing countries with an absolute or relative Roman Catholic majority (colored bright red).
[edit] Africa
Roman Catholicism in Africa
Region |
Total Population |
R. C. no. |
% R. C. |
% of R. C. total |
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% |
[edit] Americas
Roman Catholicism in The Americas
Region |
Total Population |
R. C. no. |
% R. C. |
% of R. C. total |
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% |
Roman Catholicism in Asia
Region |
Total Population |
R. C. no. |
% R. C. |
% of R. C. total |
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% |
[edit] Europe
Roman Catholicism in Europe
Region |
Total Population |
R. C. no. |
% R. C. |
% of R. C. total |
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% |
[edit] Middle East
Roman Catholicism in Middle East
Region |
Total Population |
R. C. no. |
% R. C. |
% of R. C. total |
Middle East |
260,026,365 |
2,990,573 |
1.15% |
0.27% |
[edit] Oceania
Roman Catholicism in Oceania
Region |
Total Population |
R. C. no. |
% R. C. |
% of R. C. total |
Oceania |
30,686,468 |
7,747,654 |
25.24% |
0.72% |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
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- ^ a b Catholic-Hierarchy
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- ^ a b c Owen, Richard (5 January 2009). "New Roman Catholic Church for Bahrain". The Times (London). http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article5453368.ece.
- ^ http://sitemason.vanderbilt.edu/files/bVWgP6/I0829Midiendo%20religin%20en%20encuestas%20de%20Latinoamrica.pdf, p. 11
- ^ Religiously Remapped - Mapping Religious Trends In Africa - Dataset of Religious Affiliations
- ^ (Spanish) El 80% de ecuatorianos es católico
- ^ Eckdaten des kirchlichen Lebens. (PDF; 71 kB) Website of the Deutsche Bischofskonferenz. Retrieved July 1th 2012.
- ^ "Populations by religious organizations 1998-2012". Reykjavík, Iceland: Statistics Iceland. http://www.statice.is/?PageID=1180&src=/temp_en/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=MAN10001%26ti=Populations+by+religious+organizations+1998%2D2012+++++++%26path=../Database/mannfjoldi/Trufelog/%26lang=1%26units=Number.
- ^ "Table 36: Persons, male and female, classified by religious denomination with actual percentage change, 2006 and 2011". This is Ireland, Highlights from Census 2011, Part 1. Central Statistics Office. p. 104. http://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/census/documents/census2011pdr/Census%202011%20Highlights%20Part%201%20web%2072dpi.pdf. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
- ^ "International Religious Freedom Report 2010 – Korea, Republic of". U.S. Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. 17 November 2010. http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2010/148876.htm. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
- ^ http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiesa_cattolica_nelle_Maldive
- ^ Vårt land - 200 000 katolikker i Norge
- ^ http://censos.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xpid=INE&xpgid=censos_historia_pt_2001
- ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_in_Qatar
- ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholicism_in_Somalia
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