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Roman Catholicism by country
Sources used in the table
Most of the figures are taken from the CIA Factbook[ 1]
Cf. By the census of the 2008 'Annuario Pontificio ' (Pontifical Yearbook), the number of Roman Catholics of the world is about 1.131 billion at the end of 2006. At the end of 2005, there were 1,114,966,000 in the world.
By country
The percentage of baptised Catholics by nation, worldwide.
Worldwide distribution of Catholic (yellow), Protestant (fuchsia) and Orthodox (cyan) Christians relative to the total population per country. Non-Christians (white) are also noted.
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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]
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Balkans Albania (details )3,563,112
---[ 2]
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North Africa Algeria (details )32,531,853
---[ 2]
---
Western Europe Andorra (details )71,201
---[ 2]
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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
0.017%
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
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).
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%
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%
48.75%
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%
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%
Middle East
Oceania
