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    The tables below represent statistics with regard to the 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 Catholics are:

    The country where the membership of the church is the largest percentage of the population is Vatican City, at 100%.

    According to the Census of the 2013 Annuario Pontificio (Pontifical Yearbook), the number of Catholics in the world was about 1,214 million at the end of 2011.

    By country

    By clicking on the icons in the column titles you can re-order the table by column.

    Catholic Church by country
    Country Total Population % Catholic Catholic 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 95%[1] 8,857,870
     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 73.6% 142,744,908
     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%[4] 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 85% 9,489,343
     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 95%[1] 14,462,496
     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 35%[1] 28,629,860
     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%[5] 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 87.4%[1] 4,010,132
     Israel (details) 7,746,000 1.5% 94,153
     Italy (details) 59,530,464 96.9%[6] 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%[7] 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[8]
     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[9]
     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[10] 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[11]
     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%[6] 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[12]
     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) 63,100,000 9% [13] 5,679,000
     United States (details) 315,498,000 23.9%[1] 75,404,022
     Uruguay (details) 3,415,920 72.89% 2,315,000
     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 Catholic in a region (number in the region * 100/total population of the region). The last column shows the national Catholic percentage compared to the total Catholic population of the world (number in the region * 100/total R. C. population of the world).

    Catholic Church - Percentage by country.

    Africa

    Catholicism in Africa
    Region Total Population Catholic % Catholic % of global Catholic pop.
    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

    Catholicism in The Americas
    Region Total Population Catholic % Catholic % of global Catholic pop.
    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 Catholic % Catholic % of global Catholic pop.
    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

    +Catholicism in Europe
    Region Total Population Catholic % Catholic % of global Catholic pop.
    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

    Catholicism in Middle East
    Region Total Population Catholic % Catholic % of global Catholic pop.
    Middle East 260,026,365 2,990,573 1.15% 0.27%

    Oceania

    Catholicism in Oceania
    Region Total Population Catholic % Catholic % of global Catholic pop.
    Oceania 30,686,468 7,747,654 25.24% 0.72%

    See also

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