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Distribution of Catholicism in Europe.

The tables below represent statistics with regards to the 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 Catholics are Brazil, Mexico, Philippines, United States and Italy. The country with the largest Catholic percentage of the population is Vatican City, at 100%.

According to the Census of the 2011 Annuario Pontificio (Pontifical Yearbook), the number of Roman Catholics of the world is about 1.181 billion at the end of 2009 (At the end of 2008, it was about 1.166 billion).

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Catholic Church by country
Region Country Total Population  % Catholic Catholic total
Central Asia  Afghanistan (details) 29,928,987 000.003% 100[2]
Balkans  Albania (details) 3,563,112 015%[1] 600,000
North Africa  Algeria (details) 32531853 000.01%[3] 3,000
Southern Europe  Andorra (details) 71,201 094% 66,928
Southern Africa  Angola (details) 16,941,000 038%[1] 9,317,550
South America  Argentina (details) 39,537,943 092%[1] 36,374,907
South-eastern Europe/Caucasus  Armenia (details) 2,982,904 003.7% 110,367
Caribbean  Aruba (details) 103,065 080.8%[1] 83,276
Oceania  Australia (details) 20,090,437 025.8%[1] 5,303,875
Central Europe  Austria (details) 8,376,761 073.6%[1] 5,530,000
South-eastern Europe/Caucasus  Azerbaijan (details) 8,581,400 000.03% 2,574
Caribbean  Bahamas (details) 330,000 013.5%[1] 62,700
Middle East  Bahrain (details) 800,000[4] 010%[4] 80,000[4]
South Asia  Bangladesh (details) 144,319,628 000.22% 317,503
Caribbean  Barbados (details) 250,012 004.2%[1] 10,000
East-Central Europe  Belarus (details) 10,300,483 017% 1,751,082
Western Europe  Belgium (details) 10,364,388 075% 7,773,291
Central America  Belize (details) 279,457 049.6%[1] 138,610
West Africa  Benin (details) 7,460,025 027.1%[1] 1,729,233
South Asia  Bhutan (details) 2,232,291 000.06% 1,339
South America  Bolivia (details) 8,857,870 081.8%[5] 7,245,738
Balkans  Bosnia and Herzegovina (details) 4,025,476 015%[1] 625,558
Southern Africa  Botswana (details) 1,640,115 004.94% 81,021
South America  Brazil (details) 186,112,794 073.6%[1] 136,979,016
Southeast Asia  Brunei (details) 372,361 006.36% 23,682
Balkans  Bulgaria (details) 7,450,349 001% 74,503
West Africa  Burkina Faso (details) 13,925,313 017%[1] 2,367,303
Central Africa  Burundi (details) 6,370,609 062%[1] 3,949,777
Southeast Asia  Cambodia (details) 13,607,069 000.16% 21,771
West Africa  Cameroon (details) 16,380,005 025.68% 4,206,385
North America  Canada (details) 32,805,041 042.6%[1] 13,974,947
West Africa  Cape Verde (details) 516,733 093% 480,500
Central Africa  Central African Republic (details) 3,799,897 025%[1] 949,974
Central Africa  Chad (details) 9,826,419 020.1%[1] 880,447
South America  Chile (details) 16,267,278 070%[1] 11,387,094
East Asia  China (details) 1,306,313,812 000.75% 9,797,353
South America  Colombia (details) 42,954,279 090%[1] 38,658,851
East Africa  Comoros (details) 671,247 002%[1] 201
Central Africa  Congo, Republic of (details) 3,686,000 050.5%[6] 1,861,000
Central Africa  Congo, Democratic Republic of (details) 65,751,512 050%[1] 36,163,331
Central America  Costa Rica (details) 4,016,173 076.3%[1] 3,064,339
Central Europe  Croatia (details) 4,495,904 087.8%[1] 3,947,403
North America  Cuba (details) 11,346,670 085%[1] 9,644,669
Middle East  Cyprus (details) 780,133 001.28% 9,985
Central Europe  Czech Republic (details) 10,241,138 026.8%[1] 2,744,624
West Africa  Côte d'Ivoire (details) 17,298,040 035%-40% 6,054,314
Northern Europe  Denmark (details) 5,432,335 002% 104,867
East Africa  Djibouti (details) 476,703 000.2% 953
Caribbean  Dominica (details) 71,540 061.4%[1] 55,000
Caribbean  Dominican Republic (details) 9,105,034 095%[1] 8,649,782
Southeast Asia  East Timor (details) 1,040,880 098%[1] 924,718
South America  Ecuador (details) 13,363,593 095%[1] 12,695,413
Central Africa  Equatorial Guinea (details) 676,000 087% 590,000
North Africa  Egypt (details) 77,505,756 000.35% 271,270
Central America  El Salvador (details) 6,704,932 079.1% 5,303,601
East Africa  Eritrea (details) 4,561,599 003.34% 152,357
Northern Europe  Estonia (details) 1,332,893 000.36% 4,798
East Africa  Ethiopia (details) 73,053,286 000.7%[1] 584,426
South America  Falkland Islands (details) 2,000 010.0% 200
Oceania  Fiji (details) 893,354 009.1%[1] 80,401
Northern Europe  Finland (details) 5,223,442 000.14% 7,312
Western Europe  France (details) 60,656,178 083-088%[1] 39,934,650
South America  French Guiana (details) 221,500 075% 166,500
West Africa  Gabon (details) 1,389,201 050.17% 696,962
West Africa  Gambia (details) 1,593,256 002.1% 33,458
South-eastern Europe/Caucasus  Georgia (details) 4,677,401 000.8%[1] 84,193
Central Europe  Germany (details) 82,431,390 034%[1] 27,870,000
West Africa  Ghana (details) 21,029,853 015.1%[1] 5,257,463
Balkans  Greece (details) 11,170,957 000.41% 45,873
Caribbean  Grenada (details) 89,502 053%[1] 47,436
Caribbean  Guadeloupe (details) 405,500 086% 350,000
Oceania  Guam (details) 154,623 085%[1] 131,430
Central America  Guatemala (details) 14,655,189 055% 8,060,353
West Africa  Guinea (details) 9,467,866 002.66% 251,845
West Africa  Guinea-Bissau (details) 1,416,027 008.97% 127,017
South America  Guyana (details) 765,283 008.1%[1] 91,833
Caribbean  Haiti (details) 8,521,622 080%[1] 6,817,297
Central America  Honduras (details) 7,335,204 097%[1] 5,941,515
Central Europe  Hungary (details) 10,006,835 051.9%[1] 5,593,547
Northern Europe  Iceland (details) 296,737 002.5%[1] 8,902
South Asia  India (details) 1,080,264,388 001.58% 17,068,177
Southeast Asia  Indonesia (details) 241,973,879 003%[1] 7,380,203
Middle East  Iran (details) 68,017,860 000.02% 13,603
Middle East  Iraq (details) 26,074,906 001.19% 310,291
North-Western Europe  Ireland (details) 4,234,925 087.4%[1] 3,743,673
Middle East  Israel (details) 7,746,000 001.5% 94,153
Southern Europe  Italy (details) 59,102,112 090%[1] 53,191,900
Caribbean  Jamaica (details) 2,731,832 002.6%[1] 218,546
East Asia  Japan (details) 127,417,244 000.4% 509,668
Middle East  Jordan (details) 5,759,732 001.2% 69,116
Central Asia  Kazakhstan (details) 15,185,844 000.66% 100,226
East Africa  Kenya (details) 33,829,590 033%[1] 11,163,764
Oceania  Kiribati (details) 98,000 055%[1] 51,000
East Asia  Korea, North (details) 22,912,177 000.017% 4,000
East Asia  Korea, South (details) 48,846,823 010.9%[7] 5,324,303
Middle East  Kuwait (details) 2,335,648 006.16% 143,875
Central Asia  Kyrgyzstan (details) 5,146,281 000.56% 28,819
Southeast Asia  Laos (details) 6,217,141 000.6% 37,302
Northern Europe  Latvia (details) 2,290,237 017.04% 390,256
Middle East  Lebanon (details) 3,826,018 030% 1,150,000
Southern Africa  Lesotho (details) 1,867,035 070% 1,306,924
West Africa  Liberia (details) 3,482,211 005.42% 188,735
North Africa  Libya (details) 5,765,563 000.7% 40,358
Central Europe  Liechtenstein (details) 33,863 076.2%[1] 25,803
Northern Europe  Lithuania (details) 3,596,617 079%[1] 2,841,327
Central Europe  Luxembourg (details) 468,571 087%[1] 407,655
Balkans  Macedonia (details) 2,038,514 001% 20,452
Southern Africa  Madagascar (details) 18,040,341 024.01% 4,331,485
Southern Africa  Malawi (details) 12,158,924 019.57% 2,379,501
Southeast Asia  Malaysia (details) 23,953,136 003.3% 790,453
South Asia  Maldives (details) 349,106 000.02% 80[8]
West Africa  Mali (details) 12,291,529 001.54% 189,289
Southern Europe  Malta (details) 400,214 098%[1] 375,761
Oceania  Marshall Islands (details) 62,000 008.4%[1] 5,208
Caribbean  Martinique (details) 436,131 095% 415,000
North Africa  Mauritania (details) 3,086,859 000.15% [3] 4,000
Southern Africa  Mauritius (details) 1,230,602 023.6%[1] 289,314
North America  Mexico (details) 108,700,000 083.4%[1] 95,656,000
South-eastern Europe  Moldova (details) 4,455,421 000.46% 20,494
Southern Europe  Monaco (details) 32,543 090%[1] 29,288
Central Asia  Mongolia (details) 2,791,272 000.04% 1,116
North Africa  Morocco (details) 32,725,847 000.07% 22,908
Southern Africa  Mozambique (details) 19,406,703 028.4%[1] 4,618,795
Southeast Asia  Myanmar (details) 42,909,464 001.05% 450,549
Southern Africa  Namibia (details) 2,030,692 016.95% 344,202
South Asia  Nepal (details) 27,676,547 000.03% 8,302
Western Europe  Netherlands (details) 16,406,703 030%[1] 5,050,629
Oceania  New Caledonia (details) 249,000 060%[1] 150,000
Oceania  New Zealand (details) 4,035,461 012.6%[1] 510,485
Central America  Nicaragua (details) 5,142,098 058.5%[1] 2,652,985
West Africa  Niger (details) 11,665,937 000.1% 11,665
West Africa  Nigeria (details) 158,259,000 014%-24% 37,500,000
Northern Europe/Scandinavia  Norway (details) 4,593,041 005%[1] 229,652[9]
Middle East  Oman (details) 3,001,583 000.1% 3,001
South Asia  Pakistan (details) 162,419,946 000.79% 1,283,117
Oceania  Palau (details) 19,949 041.6%[1] 8,299
Middle East  Palestine (details) 3,761,904 002% 80,000
Central America  Panama (details) 3,339,150 085%[1] 2,838,277
Oceania  Papua New Guinea (details) 5,545,268 027%[1] 1,828,274
South America  Paraguay (details) 6,347,884 089.6%[1] 5,688,339
South America  Peru (details) 27,925,628 081.3%[1] 22,619,758
Southeast Asia  Philippines (details) 91,077,287 080.9%[1] 75,594,148
Central Europe  Poland (details) 38,635,144 089.8%[1] 34,694,359
Southern Europe  Portugal (details) 10,356,117[10] 084.5%[1] 8,750,919
Caribbean  Puerto Rico (details) 3,916,632 085%[1] 3,129,137
Middle East  Qatar (details) 863,051 005.8% 50,000[11]
Balkans  Romania (details) 22,329,977 004.7%[1] 1,787,408
Eastern Europe  Russia (details) 143,420,309 000.53% 760,127
East Africa  Rwanda (details) 8,440,820 056.5%[1] 4,726,859
Caribbean  Saint Lucia (details) 156,260 067.5%[1] 109,000
Oceania  Samoa (details) 179,000 019.6%[1] 35,084
Southern Europe  San Marino (details) 29,251 095% 29,230
West Africa  São Tomé and Príncipe (details) 163,000 070.3[1] 144,000
Middle East  Saudi Arabia (details) 26,417,599 002.5% 660,439
West Africa  Senegal (details) 11,126,832 003.5% 389,439
Balkans  Serbia (details) 7,498,175 005.5%[1] 433,167
East Africa  Seychelles (details) 81,188 082.3%[1] 66,817
West Africa  Sierra Leone (details) 6,017,643 002.9% 174,511
Southeast Asia  Singapore (details) 4,425,720 004.8%[1] 165,964
Central Europe  Slovakia (details) 5,431,363 068.9%[1] 4,012,209
Central Europe  Slovenia (details) 2,011,070 057.8%[1] 1,162,398
Oceania  Solomon Islands (details) 523,000 019%[1] 100,000
East Africa  Somalia (details) 8,591,629 000.001% 100[12]
Southern Africa  South Africa (details) 44,344,136 007.1%[1] 2,851,327
Southern Europe  Spain (details) 44,708,462 094%[1] 35,766,769
South Asia  Sri Lanka (details) 20,064,776 007.12% 1,428,612
North Africa  Sudan (details) 40,187,486 005% 2,009,374
South America  Suriname (details) 438,144 022.8%[1] 78,865
Southern Africa  Swaziland (details) 1,173,900 020%[1] 62,803
Northern Europe/Scandinavia  Sweden (details) 9,001,774 001.62% 145,828
Central Europe  Switzerland (details) 7,507,000 041.8%[1] 3,137,926
Middle East  Syria (details) 18,448,752 002% 368,975
East Asia  Taiwan (details) 22,894,384 001.39% 318,231
Central Asia  Tajikistan (details) 7,163,506 000.55% 39,399
East Africa  Tanzania (details) 36,766,356 025.74% 9,463,660
Southeast Asia  Thailand (details) 65,444,371 000.44% 287,955
West Africa  Togo (details) 5,681,519 027.8% 1,579,462
Oceania  Tonga (details) 102,000 016% 16,320
South America  Trinidad and Tobago (details) 1,088,644 026%[1] 283,047
North Africa  Tunisia (details) 10,074,951 000.22% 22,164
Middle East  Turkey (details) 69,660,559 000.05% 34,830
Central Asia  Turkmenistan (details) 4,952,081 000.54% 26,741
East Africa  Uganda (details) 27,269,482 041.9%[1] 11,425,912
East-Central Europe  Ukraine (details) 46,481,000 002.2%[1] 3,737,116
Middle East  United Arab Emirates (details) 2,563,212 005% 128,160
North-Western Europe  United Kingdom (details) 60,441,457 014% 8,461,803
North America  United States (details) 310,688,000 023.9%[1] 74,115,001
South America  Uruguay (details) 3,415,920 047.1%[1] 1,981,233
Central Asia  Uzbekistan (details) 26,851,195 000.01% 2,685
Southern Europe  Vatican City (details) 921 100% 921
Oceania  Vanuatu (details) 243,304 013.1%[1] 36,500
South America  Venezuela (details) 25,375,281 096%[1] 24,157,267
Southeast Asia  Vietnam (details) 83,535,576 006.7%[1] 5,530,055
North Africa  Western Sahara (details) 273,008 000.06% 163
Middle East  Yemen (details) 20,727,063 000.02% 4,145
Southern Africa  Zambia (details) 11,261,795 026.31% 2,962,978
Southern Africa  Zimbabwe (details) 12,746,990 007.71% 982,792
Total 6,442,583,922 017.18% 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 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).

Catholic Church - Percentage by country.
Countries with absolute and relative Catholic majority .

[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 887,200,215 524,162,233 59.08% 48.75%

[edit] Asia

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%
Total 750,072,510 283,916,457 37.85% 26.37%

[edit] Middle East

Roman Catholicism in Middle East
Region Total Population Catholics  % Catholic  % of Catholic total
Middle East 260,026,365 2,990,573 1.15% 0.27%

[edit] Oceania

Roman Catholicism in Oceania
Region Total Population Catholics  % Catholic  % of Catholic total
Oceania 30,686,468 7,747,654 25.24% 0.72%
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