Catholic Church by country

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

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[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).

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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%

[edit] Asia

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%

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