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The tables below represent statistics with regard to the Roman Catholic Church by country .
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 1.2 billion at the end of 2010.
By country
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Roman Catholic Church by country
Country
Total Population
% R. C.
R. C. 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
81.8%[ 4]
7,245,738
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
64.6%
125,289,688
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%[ 5]
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
45%
5,024,000
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
87.5%[ 6]
13,320,720
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
29.9[ 7]
24,472,817
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%[ 8]
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
84.2%[ 9]
3,861,335
Israel (details )
7,746,000
1.5%
94,153
Italy (details )
59,530,464
96.9%[ 10]
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%[ 11]
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[ 12]
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[ 13]
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[ 14]
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[ 15]
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%[ 10]
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[ 16]
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
47.1%[ 1]
1,981,233
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
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 either a majority or plurality Roman Catholic population. (colored bright red).
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
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%
See also
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