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Worldwide distribution of Catholic (yellow), Protestant (fuchsia) and Orthodox (cyan) Christians relative to the total population per country. Non-Christians (white) are also noted.
Roman Catholicism by country
[edit] Sources used in the table
Most of the figures are taken from the CIA Factbook[1]. Please note that not all figures published in the CIA Factbook are properly sourced.
Cf. By the census of the 2008 'Annuario Pontificio' (Pontifical Yearbook), the number of Roman Catholics of the world is about 1,131 millions at the end of 2006. At the end of 2005, there were 1,114,966,000 catholics in the world.
[edit] By country
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Roman Catholicism by country
| Region |
Country |
Total Population (2005 est) |
% Catholic |
Catholic total |
| Central Asia |
Afghanistan (details) |
29,928,987 |
---[2] |
--- |
| Balkans |
Albania (details) |
3,563,112 |
---[2] |
--- |
| North Africa |
Algeria (details) |
32,531,853 |
---[2] |
--- |
| Western Europe |
Andorra (details) |
71,201 |
---[2] |
--- |
| Southern Africa |
Angola (details) |
11,190,786 |
38%[1] |
4,252,498 |
| South America |
Argentina (details) |
39,537,943 |
92% [1] |
36,374,907 |
| Eastern Europe |
Armenia (details) |
2,982,904 |
3.7% |
110,367 |
| Oceania |
Australia (details) |
20,090,437 |
26.4%[1] |
5,303,875 |
| Central Europe |
Austria (details) |
8,265,926 |
73.6%[1] |
6,083,721 |
| Eastern Europe |
Azerbaijan (details) |
8,581,400 |
0.03% |
2,574 |
| Middle East |
Bahrain (details) |
688,345 |
n/a |
n/a |
| South Asia |
Bangladesh (details) |
144,319,628 |
0.22% |
317,503 |
| Eastern Europe |
Belarus (details) |
10,300,483 |
17% |
1,751,082 |
| Western Europe |
Belgium (details) |
10,364,388 |
75%[1] |
7,773,291 |
| Central America |
Belize (details) |
279,457 |
49.6%[1] |
138,610 |
| West Africa |
Benin (details) |
7,460,025 |
23.18% |
1,729,233 |
| South Asia |
Bhutan (details) |
2,232,291 |
0.06% |
1,339 |
| South America |
Bolivia (details) |
8,857,870 |
95%[1] |
8,857,870 |
| Balkans |
Bosnia and Herzegovina (details) |
4,025,476 |
15.54% |
625,558 |
| Southern Africa |
Botswana (details) |
1,640,115 |
4.94% |
81,021 |
| South America |
Brazil (details) |
186,112,794 |
73.6%[1] |
136,979,016 |
| Southeast Asia |
Brunei (details) |
372,361 |
6.36% |
23,682 |
| Balkans |
Bulgaria (details) |
7,450,349 |
1% |
74,503 |
| West Africa |
Burkina Faso (details) |
13,925,313 |
17% |
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 |
| Central Africa |
Central African Republic (details) |
3,799,897 |
25%[1] |
949,974 |
| Central Africa |
Chad (details) |
9,826,419 |
8.96% |
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 |
0.03% |
201 |
| Central Africa |
Congo (Brazzaville) (details) |
3,039,126 |
42.65% |
1,296,187 |
| Central Africa |
Congo (Kinshasa) (details) |
60,085,004 |
50.39% |
30,276,833 |
| Central America |
Costa Rica (details) |
4,016,173 |
76.3%[1] |
3,064,339 |
| Central Europe |
Croatia (details) |
4,495,904 |
87.8%[1] |
3,947,403 |
| North America |
Cuba (details) |
11,346,670 |
45% |
5,106,001 |
| 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 |
19.4% |
3,355,819 |
| Western Europe |
Denmark (details) |
5,432,335 |
2% |
104,867 |
| East Africa |
Djibouti (details) |
476,703 |
0.2% |
953 |
| Caribbean |
Dominican Republic (details) |
9,105,034 |
95% |
8,649,782 |
| Southeast Asia |
East Timor (details) |
1,040,880 |
90% |
936,792 |
| South America |
Ecuador (details) |
13,363,593 |
95%[1] |
12,695,413 |
| 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 |
| Eastern Europe |
Estonia (details) |
1,332,893 |
0.36% |
4,798 |
| East Africa |
Ethiopia (details) |
73,053,286 |
0.8% |
584,426 |
| South America |
Falkland Islands (details) |
2,000 |
10.0% |
200 |
| Oceania |
Fiji (details) |
893,354 |
9% |
80,401 |
| Western Europe |
Finland (details) |
5,223,442 |
0.14% |
7,312 |
| Western Europe |
France (details) |
60,656,178 |
83%[1] |
50,344,627 |
| West Africa |
Gabon (details) |
1,389,201 |
50.17% |
696,962 |
| West Africa |
the Gambia (details) |
1,593,256 |
2.1% |
33,458 |
| Eastern Europe |
Georgia (details) |
4,677,401 |
1.8% |
84,193 |
| Western Europe |
Germany (details) |
82,431,390 |
31.4 %[1] |
25,870,000 |
| West Africa |
Ghana (details) |
21,029,853 |
11.1% |
2,334,313 |
| Balkans |
Greece (details) |
11,170,957 |
0.41% |
45,873 |
| Caribbean |
Grenada (details) |
89,502 |
53%[1] |
47,436 |
| Central America |
Guatemala (details) |
14,655,189 |
75% |
11,065,391 |
| 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 |
12% |
91,833 |
| Caribbean |
Haiti (details) |
8,521,622 |
80%[1] |
6,817,297 |
| Central America |
Honduras (details) |
7,335,204 |
97% |
7,115,147 |
| Central Europe |
Hungary (details) |
10,006,835 |
76.56% |
7,359,865 |
| Western Europe |
Iceland (details) |
296,737 |
3% |
8,902 |
| South Asia |
India (details) |
1,080,264,388 |
1.58% |
17,068,177 |
| Southeast Asia |
Indonesia (details) |
241,973,879 |
3.05% |
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) |
4,234,925 |
88.4%[1] |
3,743,673 |
| Middle East |
Israel (details) |
7,100,000 |
1.5% |
94,153 |
| Western Europe |
Italy (details) |
59,102,112 |
90%[1] |
53,191,900 |
| Caribbean |
Jamaica (details) |
2,731,832 |
8% |
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 |
28% |
7,000,000 |
| East Asia |
Korea, North (details) |
22,912,177 |
0.00017% |
4,000 |
| East Asia |
Korea, South (details) |
48,846,823 |
6.6%[1] |
3,223,890 |
| 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 |
| Eastern 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 |
| Western Europe |
Liechtenstein (details) |
33,863 |
76.2%[1] |
25,803 |
| Eastern Europe |
Lithuania (details) |
3,596,617 |
79%[1] |
2,841,327 |
| Western Europe |
Luxembourg (details) |
468,571 |
87%[1] |
407,655 |
| Balkans |
Republic of 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 |
n/a |
n/a |
| West Africa |
Mali (details) |
12,291,529 |
1.54% |
189,289 |
| Southern Europe |
Malta (details) |
400,214 |
95.34% |
368,000 |
| North Africa |
Mauritania (details) |
3,086,859 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Southern Africa |
Mauritius (details) |
1,230,602 |
23.51% |
289,314 |
| North America |
Mexico (details) |
108,700,000 |
76.5%[1] |
83,155,500 |
| Eastern Europe |
Moldova (details) |
4,455,421 |
0.46% |
20,494 |
| Western 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 |
23.8%[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) |
16,292,353 |
31%[1] |
5,050,629 |
| Oceania |
New Zealand (details) |
4,035,461 |
12.65% |
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) |
128,771,988 |
14.38% |
18,517,411 |
| Western Europe |
Norway (details) |
4,593,041 |
1.12% |
51,442 |
| 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% |
c. 80,000 |
| Central America |
Panama (details) |
3,339,150 |
85%[1] |
2,838,277 |
| Oceania |
Papua New Guinea (details) |
5,545,268 |
32.97% |
1,828,274 |
| South America |
Paraguay (details) |
6,347,884 |
89.6%[1] |
5,687,704 |
| South America |
Peru (details) |
27,925,628 |
81%[1] |
22,619,758 |
| Southeast Asia |
Philippines (details) |
87,857,473 |
80.9%[1] |
71,076,695 |
| Central Europe |
Poland (details) |
38,635,144 |
89.8%[1] |
34,694,359 |
| Western Europe |
Portugal (details) |
10,566,212 |
84.5%[1] |
8,928,449 |
| Caribbean |
Puerto Rico (details) |
3,916,632 |
85%[1] |
3,329,137 |
| Middle East |
Qatar (details) |
863,051 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Balkans |
Romania (details) |
22,329,977 |
8.0%[1] |
1,787,408 |
| Eastern Europe |
Russia (details) |
143,420,309 |
0.53% |
760,127 |
| East Africa |
Rwanda (details) |
8,440,820 |
43.9% |
3,705,519 |
| Southern Europe |
San Marino (details) |
29,251 |
95% |
29,230 |
| Middle East |
Saudi Arabia (details) |
26,417,599 |
2.5% |
660,439 |
| West Africa |
Senegal (details) |
11,126,832 |
3.5% |
389,439 |
| Balkans |
Serbia (details) |
7,498,175 |
6,2% |
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 |
3.75% |
165,964 |
| Central Europe |
Slovakia (details) |
5,431,363 |
68.9%[1] |
3,742,209 |
| Central Europe |
Slovenia (details) |
2,011,070 |
57.8%[1] |
1,162,398 |
| East Africa |
Somalia (details) |
8,591,629 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Southern Africa |
South Africa (details) |
44,344,136 |
6.43% |
2,851,327 |
| Western Europe |
Spain (details) |
44,708,462 |
94%[1] |
42,025,954 |
| 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 |
18% |
78,865 |
| Southern Africa |
Swaziland (details) |
1,173,900 |
5.35% |
62,803 |
| Western Europe |
Sweden (details) |
9,001,774 |
1.62% |
145,828 |
| Western 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 |
| Central America |
Trinidad and Tobago (details) |
1,088,644 |
26% |
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 |
| Eastern Europe |
Ukraine (details) |
46,481,000 |
7.88% |
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) |
295,734,134 |
24%[1] |
70,976,192 |
| South America |
Uruguay (details) |
3,415,920 |
58% |
1,981,233 |
| Central Asia |
Uzbekistan (details) |
26,851,195 |
0.01% |
2,685 |
| Western Europe |
Vatican City (details) |
921 |
100% |
921 |
| South America |
Venezuela (details) |
25,375,281 |
95% |
24,157,267 |
| Southeast Asia |
Vietnam (details) |
83,535,576 |
6.62% |
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 |
16.68% |
1,068,368,942 |
[edit] By region
These percentages were calculated by using the above numbers. The first percentage, 4th column, is the percentage of population that is Catholic in a region (Catholics in the region * 100/total population of the region). The last column shows the Catholic percentage compared to the total Catholic population of the world (Catholics in the region * 100/total Catholic population of the world).
[edit] Africa
Roman Catholicism in Africa
| Region |
Total Population |
Catholics |
% Catholic |
% of Catholic 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 |
Catholics |
% Catholic |
% of Catholic 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 |
887,198,213 |
524,162,233 |
59.08% |
48.76% |
Roman Catholicism in Asia
| Region |
Total Population |
Catholics |
% Catholic |
% of Catholic total |
| Central Asia |
92,019,166 |
199,086 |
0.21% |
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 |
Catholics |
% Catholic |
% of Catholic total |
| Balkans |
65,903,464 |
6,562,775 |
9.95% |
0.61% |
| Central Europe |
74,591,476 |
55,787,176 |
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% |
| Southern Europe |
429,465 |
397,230 |
92.49% |
0.03% |
| Total |
728,571,703 |
283,916,457 |
32.41% |
21.97% |
[edit] Middle East
[edit] Oceania
[edit] See also
[edit] References
