Catholic Church by country
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The tables below represent statistics with regard to the Catholic Church by country.
Methodology
Most of the figures are taken from the CIA Factbook[2] or PEW Research Center Surveys.[3] [4] [5]
According to the CIA Factbook and the Pew Research Center, the five countries with the largest number of Catholics are, in decreasing order of population, Brazil, Mexico, the Philippines, the United States, and Italy.
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 2015 Annuario Pontificio (Pontifical Yearbook), the number of Catholics in the world was about 1.254 billion at the end of 2013.
The CIA Factbook data might not necessarily be accurate. According to a 2013 research conducted by a Brazilian institute (Datafolha) the percentage of the population in Brazil of Catholic religion, over the age of 16 years, is just 57%,[6] well in contrast to the 64.63% published by CIA and to the 61% of Pew Research Center Surveys, 2014. Also, the 2010 Mexican Census showed this percentage to be 83.9% [7] - against a 91.89% number in the CIA Factbook.
By country
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Country | Total Population | % Catholic | Catholic total |
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29,928,987 | 0.0003% | 100 |
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3,020,000 | 10%[8] | 302,000 |
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32,531,853 | 0.01% | 3,000 |
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70,000 | 88.2%[3] | 61,740 |
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18,498,000 | 38%[2] | 7,029,240 |
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84,522 | 8.2%[2] | 6,930 |
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41,660,000 | 71%[4] | 29,820,000 |
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2,982,904 | 1% | 29,829 |
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23,476,000 | 25.3%[9] | 5,939,000 |
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8,700,000 | 59.9%[10] | 5,210,000 |
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8,581,400 | 0.03% | 2,574 |
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330,000 | 12%[2] | 39,600 |
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800,000 | 8.9%[3] | 71,200 |
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158,000,000 | 0.1%[3] | 158,000 |
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250,012 | 4.2%[2] | 10,000 |
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9,500,000 | 7.1%[11] | 674,500 |
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11,200,000 | 58%[12] | 6,500,000 |
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334,000 | 40%[13] | 133,600 |
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7,460,025 | 26.6%[14] | 1,984,366 |
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2,232,291 | 0.06% | 1,339 |
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10,500,000 | 76%[15] | 7,980,000 |
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4,500,000 | 9.6%[16] | 432,000 |
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1,640,115 | 4.9% | 80,365 |
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205,000,000 | 61%[4] | 125,000,000 |
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372,361 | 5%[3] | 18,618 |
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7,450,349 | 0.5%[3] | 37,251 |
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13,925,313 | 17%[2] | 2,367,303 |
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6,370,609 | 62.1%[2] | 3,956,148 |
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512,096 | 77.3%[2] | 395,850 |
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13,607,069 | 0.1%[3] | 13,607 |
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16,380,005 | 25.6% | 4,193,281 |
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35,770,000 | 38.7%[17] | 13,843,000 |
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3,799,897 | 25%[2] | 949,974 |
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12,000,000 | 20.1%[2] | 2,520,000 |
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18,000,000 | 55%[18] | 9,900,000 |
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1,368,000,000 | 0.7%[3] | 9,576,000 |
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48,000,000 | 75.1%[15][19] | 36,048,000 |
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800,000 | 0.2%[3] | 1,600 |
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3,686,000 | 33.1%[2] | 1,220,066 |
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77,000,000 | 36.8%[5] | 28,336,000 |
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4,770,000 | 62%[4] | 3,007,620 |
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4,284,889 | 86.3%[20] | 3,698,000 |
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11,163,934 | 51.7%[3] | 5,790,000 |
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1,100,000 | 1.0% | 11,000 |
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10,500,000 | 10.2%[21] | 1,071,000 |
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23,800,000[22] | 21.4%[3] | 5,093,000 |
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5,630,000 | 0.7%[23] | 40,000 |
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476,703 | 0.2% | 953 |
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71,540 | 58.1%[3] | 41,564 |
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10,400,000 | 57%[4] | 5,928,000 |
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1,054,000 | 96.9%[24] | 1,021,000 |
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15,223,680 | 74.0%[15] | 11,265,523 |
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1,620,000 | 80.7%[3] | 1,410,000 |
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77,505,756 | 0.1% | 77,505 |
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6,704,932 | 46%[15] | 3,084,268 |
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4,561,599 | 3.3% | 150,532 |
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1,332,893 | 0.3% | 3,998 |
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73,053,286 | 0.7%[2] | 584,426 |
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893,354 | 9.1%[3] | 80,401 |
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5,451,270 | 0.2%[25][26][27] | 12,434 |
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66,600,000 | 54%[12]-/63-66%[28] | 36,700,000 |
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1,389,201 | 50% | 694,600 |
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1,593,256 | 2.1% | 33,458 |
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4,677,401 | 0.8%[2] | 84,193 |
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81,200,000 | 29.5%[29] | 23,939,472 |
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21,029,853 | 12.9%[3] | 2,712,851 |
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11,170,957 | 0.4% | 44,683 |
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89,502 | 44.6%[2] | 39,917 |
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15,773,000 | 47%[15] | 7,413,310 |
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9,467,866 | 2.6% | 246,164 |
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1,416,027 | 8.9% | 126,026 |
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765,283 | 8.1%[2] | 91,833 |
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10,000,000 | 54.7%[2] | 5,470,000 |
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8,800,000 | 46%[4] | 4,048,000 |
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9,877,000 | 37.2%[2]-53.0%[12] | 3,674,244 |
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319,575 | 3.2%[3] | 10,226 |
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1,280,000,000 | 0.9%[3]-1,5% | 11,520,000 - 19,200,000 |
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255,000,000 | 2.9%[30] | 7,395,000 |
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68,017,860 | 0.02% | 13,603 |
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26,074,906 | 0.4%[3] | 104,299 |
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4,581,269 | 83.6%[31] | 3,829,940 |
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7,746,000 | 1.2%[3] | 92,952 |
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60,800,000 | 83%[3] | 50,474,000 |
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2,889,000 | 2% | 57,780 |
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127,417,244 | 0.3%[3] | 382,251 |
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5,759,732 | 0.4%[3] | 23,038 |
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15,185,844 | 0.6% | 91,115 |
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43,500,000 | 22.1%[3] | 9,613,500 |
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98,000 | 55.8%[2] | 54,684 |
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22,912,177 | 0.01% | 2,291 |
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51,100,000 | 10.9%[3] | 5,600,000 |
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1,794,984 | 2.2%[2] | 39,489 |
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2,335,648 | 6.1% | 142,474 |
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5,146,281 | 0.1% | 5,146 |
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6,217,141 | 0.6% | 37,302 |
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2,290,237 | 19.1%[3] | 437,435 |
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4,800,000 | 28.8%[3] | 1,382,400 |
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2,067,000 | 45.7%[3] | 946,000 |
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3,482,211 | 5.4% | 188,039 |
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5,765,563 | 0.7% | 40,358 |
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33,863 | 75.9%[2] | 25,803 |
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2,944,459 | 77.2%[32] | 2,311,722 |
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538,000 | 65.9%[3] | 369,600 |
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2,038,514 | 1% | 20,452 |
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18,040,341 | 29.5%[14] | 5,318,293 |
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12,158,924 | 28.4%[14] | 3,449,487 |
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23,953,136 | 3.3% | 1,290,453 |
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349,106 | 0.02% | 80 |
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12,291,529 | 1.5% | 189,289 |
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400,214 | 93.9%[14] | 375,761 |
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62,000 | 8.4%[2] | 5,208 |
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3,086,859 | 0.1%[3] | 3,086 |
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1,230,602 | 23.6%[2] | 289,314 |
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122,000,000 | 81%[15] | 98,820,000 |
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4,455,421 | 0.5% | 20,494 |
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36,371 | 82.3%[3] | 29,933 |
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2,791,272 | 0.04% | 1,116 |
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625,266 | 3.4% | 21,299 |
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32,725,847 | 0.07% | 22,908 |
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19,406,703 | 28.4%[2] | 4,618,795 |
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42,909,464 | 1.1% | 450,549 |
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2,030,692 | 16.9% | 344,202 |
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27,676,547 | 0.03% | 8,302 |
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16,970,000 | 23.3%[33] | 3,943,000 |
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4,500,000 | 11.1%[34] | 492,000 |
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6,000,000 | 50%[4] | 3,000,000 |
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11,665,937 | 0.1% | 11,665 |
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182,000,000 | 12.6%[3] | 22,932,000 |
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5,060,000 | 2.4%[35] | 120,900 |
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3,001,583 | 0.1% | 3,001 |
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190,000,000 | 0.8% | 1,520,000 |
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19,949 | 41.6%[2] | 8,299 |
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3,761,904 | 2% | 80,000 |
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3,339,150 | 70%[4] | 2,400,000 |
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7,000,000 | 27%[36] | 1,890,000 |
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6,800,000 | 88%[15] | 5,984,000 |
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31,150,000 | 76%[4] | 23,674,000 |
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100,000,000[37] | 80.6%[38] | 80,600,000 |
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38,501,000 | 86.7%[39] | 33,379,500 |
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10,500,000[40] | 81.0%[41] | 8,505,000 |
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863,051 | 5.8% | 50,000 |
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22,329,977 | 4.7%[2] | 1,787,408 |
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143,420,309 | 0.5%[3] | 717,101 |
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11,000,000 | 43.7%[42] | 4,807,000 |
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51,000 | 6.7% | 3,400 |
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165,600 | 61.3% | 101,500 |
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106,000 | 7.5% | 7,950 |
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179,000 | 19.6%[2] | 35,084 |
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32,500 | 90.5%[3] | 29,412 |
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163,000 | 73.5%[14] | 119,805 |
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26,417,599 | 2.5% | 660,439 |
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11,126,832 | 3.5% | 389,439 |
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7,120,600 | 6.1%[2] | 433,167 |
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81,188 | 85%[14] | 69,010 |
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6,017,643 | 2.9% | 174,511 |
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4,425,720 | 4.8%[2] | 165,964 |
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5,397,036 | 62%[43] | 3,347,277 |
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2,011,070 | 53.1%[44] | 1,068,000 |
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523,000 | 19%[2] | 100,000 |
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8,591,629 | 0.001% | 100 |
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44,344,136 | 7.1%[2] | 2,851,327 |
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10,000,000 | 30% | 3,000,000 |
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46,500,000 | 69.6%[45] | 32,364,000 |
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20,264,000 | 6.1%[46] | 1,237,000 |
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31,000,000 | 1% | 300,000 |
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551,000 | 21.6%[47] | 119,000 |
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1,100,000 | 4.9%[3] | 62,803 |
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9,600,000 | 1.6% | 153,600 |
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8,300,000 | 37.9%.[48] | 3,146,000 |
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18,448,752 | 2% | 368,975 |
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22,894,384 | 1.3% | 297,626 |
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7,163,506 | 0.1%[3] | 7,163 |
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44,929,002 | 27.2% | 12,220,689 |
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65,444,371 | 0.3%[3] | 196,333 |
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5,681,519 | 26.4%[3] | 1,499,921 |
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102,000 | 15.6%[2] | 15,912 |
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1,330,000 | 21.6%[49] | 286,000 |
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11,000,000 | 0.2% | 22,000 |
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77,700,000 | 0.05% | 35,000 |
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4,750,000 | 0.01%[50] | 500 |
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10,000 | 1% | 100 |
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35,000,000 | 41.9%[51] | 14,665,000 |
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43,000,000 | 5.6%[3] | 2,408,000 |
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2,563,212 | 5% | 128,160 |
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63,100,000 | 9%[52][53][54][55] | 5,700,000 |
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320,000,000 | 20.8%[56] | 66,560,000 |
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3,415,920 | 41%[15] | 1,609,000 |
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26,851,195 | 0.01% | 2,685 |
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842 | 100% | 842 |
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243,304 | 13.1%[2] | 36,500 |
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30,400,000 | 73%[4] | 22,192,000 |
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83,535,576 | 6.8%[2] | 5,658,000 |
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273,008 | 0.06% | 163 |
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20,727,063 | 0.02% | 4,145 |
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14,300,000 | 21%[3] | 3,003,000 |
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12,746,990 | 7.71% | 982,792 |
Total | 7,023,377,000 | 17.49% | 1,254 100 000 |
By dependent territory
Country | Total Population | % Catholic | Catholic total |
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109,840 | 34%[2] | 37,345 |
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14,108 | 5.7%[2] | 804 |
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101,484 | 75.3%[57] | 76,464 |
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24,041 | 9.5%[2] | 2,283 |
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47,862 | 14.1%[2] | 6,748 |
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142,180 | 72.8%[2] | 103,507 |
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3,000 | 10% | 300 |
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221,500 | 75% | 166,500 |
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55,984 | 0.2%[3] | 111 |
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405,500 | 85.2%[2] | 345,486 |
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154,623 | 85%[2] | 131,430 |
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7,230,000 | 2,2%[1] | 160,000 |
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390,000 | 80% | 312,000 |
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249,000 | 60.2%[2] | 150,000 |
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3,600,000 | 56%[4] | 2,016,000 |
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839,500 | 79.7%[14] | 669,249 |
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6,025 | 93%[3] | 5,600 |
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22,352 | 11.4%[2] | 2,548 |
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14,231 | 95.8% | 13,631 |
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).
Africa
Region | Total Population | Catholic | % Catholic | % of global Catholic pop. |
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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
Region | Total Population | Catholic | % Catholic | % of global Catholic pop. |
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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
Region | Total Population | Catholic | % Catholic | % of global Catholic pop. |
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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
Region | Total Population | Catholic | % Catholic | % of global Catholic pop. |
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Southeast Europe | 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
Region | Total Population | Catholic | % Catholic | % of global Catholic pop. |
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Middle East | 260,026,365 | 2,990,573 | 1.15% | 0.27% |
Oceania
Region | Total Population | Catholic | % Catholic | % of global Catholic pop. |
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Oceania | 30,686,468 | 7,747,654 | 25.24% | 0.72% |
See also
General:
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