A map of Catholicism by population percentage.
Countries by number of Catholics in 2010.
[1]
More than 100 million
More than 50 million
More than 20 million
More than 10 million
More than 5 million
More than 1 million
The tables below represent statistics with regard to the Catholic Church by country .
Methodology [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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 )
3,020,000
10%[8]
302,000
Algeria (details )
32,531,853
0.14%[9]
45,000
Andorra (details )
70,000
88.2%[3]
61,740
Angola (details )
18,498,000
38%[2]
7,029,240
Antigua and Barbuda (details )
84,522
8.2%[2]
6,930
Argentina (details )
41,660,000
71%[4]
29,820,000
Armenia (details )
2,982,904
1%
29,829
Australia (details )
24,095,876
25.3%[10]
6,096,256
Austria (details )
8,700,000
59.9%[11]
5,210,000
Azerbaijan (details )
8,581,400
0.03%
2,574
Bahamas (details )
330,000
12%[2]
39,600
Bahrain (details )
800,000
8.9%[3]
71,200
Bangladesh (details )
158,000,000
0.1%[3]
158,000
Barbados (details )
250,012
4.2%[2]
10,000
Belarus (details )
9,500,000
7.1%[12]
674,500
Belgium (details )
11,200,000
58%[13]
6,500,000
Belize (details )
334,000
40%[14]
133,600
Benin (details )
7,460,025
26.6%[15]
1,984,366
Bhutan (details )
2,232,291
0.06%
1,339
Bolivia (details )
10,500,000
76%[16]
7,980,000
Bosnia and Herzegovina (details )
4,500,000
9.6%[17]
432,000
Botswana (details )
1,640,115
4.9%
80,365
Brazil (details )
205,000,000
61%[4]
125,000,000
Brunei (details )
372,361
5%[3]
18,618
Bulgaria (details )
7,450,349
0.5%[3]
37,251
Burkina Faso (details )
13,925,313
17%[2]
2,367,303
Burundi (details )
6,370,609
62.1%[2]
3,956,148
Cabo Verde (details )
512,096
77.3%[2]
395,850
Cambodia (details )
13,607,069
0.1%[3]
13,607
Cameroon (details )
16,380,005
25.6%
4,193,281
Canada (details )
35,770,000
38.7%[18]
13,843,000
Central African Republic (details )
3,799,897
25%[2]
949,974
Chad (details )
12,000,000
20.1%[2]
2,520,000
Chile (details )
18,000,000
55%[19]
9,900,000
China (details )
1,368,000,000
0.7%[3]
9,576,000
Colombia (details )
48,000,000
75.1%[16] [20]
36,048,000
Comoros (details )
800,000
0.2%[3]
1,600
Congo, Republic of (details )
3,686,000
33.1%[2]
1,220,066
Congo, Democratic Republic of (details )
77,000,000
36.8%[5]
28,336,000
Costa Rica (details )
4,770,000
62%[4]
3,007,620
Croatia (details )
4,284,889
86.3%[21]
3,698,000
Cuba (details )
11,163,934
51.7%[3]
5,790,000
Cyprus (details )
1,100,000
1.0%
11,000
Czech Republic (details )
10,500,000
10.2%[22]
1,071,000
Côte d'Ivoire (details )
23,800,000[23]
21.4%[3]
5,093,000
Denmark (details )
5,630,000
0.7%[24]
40,000
Djibouti (details )
476,703
0.2%
953
Dominica (details )
71,540
58.1%[3]
41,564
Dominican Republic (details )
10,400,000
57%[4]
5,928,000
East Timor (details )
1,054,000
96.9%[25]
1,021,000
Ecuador (details )
15,223,680
74.0%[16]
11,265,523
Equatorial Guinea (details )
1,620,000
80.7%[3]
1,410,000
Egypt (details )
77,505,756
0.1%
77,505
El Salvador (details )
6,704,932
46%[16]
3,084,268
Eritrea (details )
4,561,599
3.3%
150,532
Estonia (details )
1,332,893
0.3%
3,998
Ethiopia (details )
73,053,286
0.7%[2]
584,426
Fiji (details )
893,354
9.1%[3]
80,401
Finland (details )
5,451,270
0.2%[26] [27] [28]
12,434
France (details )
66,600,000
54%[13] -/63-66%[29]
36,700,000
Gabon (details )
1,389,201
50%
694,600
Gambia (details )
1,593,256
2.1%
33,458
Georgia (details )
4,677,401
0.8%[2]
84,193
Germany (details )
81,200,000
29.5%[30]
23,939,472
Ghana (details )
21,029,853
12.9%[3]
2,712,851
Greece (details )
11,170,957
0.4%
44,683
Grenada (details )
89,502
44.6%[2]
39,917
Guatemala (details )
15,773,000
47%[16]
7,413,310
Guinea (details )
9,467,866
2.6%
246,164
Guinea-Bissau (details )
1,416,027
8.9%
126,026
Guyana (details )
765,283
8.1%[2]
91,833
Haiti (details )
10,000,000
54.7%[2]
5,470,000
Honduras (details )
8,800,000
46%[4]
4,048,000
Hungary (details )
9,877,000
37.2%[2] -53.0%[13]
3,674,244
Iceland (details )
319,575
3.2%[3]
10,226
India (details )
1,280,000,000
0.9%[3] -1,5%
11,520,000 - 19,200,000
Indonesia (details )
255,000,000
2.9%[31]
7,395,000
Iran (details )
68,017,860
0.02%
13,603
Iraq (details )
26,074,906
0.4%[3]
104,299
Ireland (details )
4,581,269
83.6%[32]
3,829,940
Israel (details )
7,746,000
1.2%[3]
92,952
Italy (details )
60,800,000
83%[3]
50,474,000
Jamaica (details )
2,889,000
2%
57,780
Japan (details )
127,417,244
0.3%[3]
382,251
Jordan (details )
5,759,732
0.4%[3]
23,038
Kazakhstan (details )
15,185,844
0.6%
91,115
Kenya (details )
43,500,000
22.1%[3]
9,613,500
Kiribati (details )
98,000
55.8%[2]
54,684
Korea, North (details )
22,912,177
0.01%
2,291
Korea, South (details )
51,100,000
10.9%[3]
5,600,000
Kosovo (details )
1,794,984
2.2%[2]
39,489
Kuwait (details )
2,335,648
6.1%
142,474
Kyrgyzstan (details )
5,146,281
0.1%
5,146
Laos (details )
6,217,141
0.6%
37,302
Latvia (details )
2,290,237
19.1%[3]
437,435
Lebanon (details )
4,800,000
28.8%[3]
1,382,400
Lesotho (details )
2,067,000
45.7%[3]
946,000
Liberia (details )
3,482,211
5.4%
188,039
Libya (details )
5,765,563
0.7%
40,358
Liechtenstein (details )
33,863
75.9%[2]
25,803
Lithuania (details )
2,944,459
77.2%[33]
2,311,722
Luxembourg (details )
538,000
65.9%[3]
369,600
Macedonia (details )
2,038,514
1%
20,452
Madagascar (details )
18,040,341
29.5%[15]
5,318,293
Malawi (details )
12,158,924
28.4%[15]
3,449,487
Malaysia (details )
23,953,136
3.3%
1,290,453
Maldives (details )
349,106
0.02%
80
Mali (details )
12,291,529
1.5%
189,289
Malta (details )
400,214
93.9%[15]
375,761
Marshall Islands (details )
62,000
8.4%[2]
5,208
Mauritania (details )
3,086,859
0.1%[3]
3,086
Mauritius (details )
1,230,602
23.6%[2]
289,314
Mexico (details )
122,000,000
81%[16]
98,820,000
Moldova (details )
4,455,421
0.5%
20,494
Monaco (details )
36,371
82.3%[3]
29,933
Mongolia (details )
2,791,272
0.04%
1,116
Montenegro (details )
625,266
3.4%
21,299
Morocco (details )
32,725,847
0.07%
22,908
Mozambique (details )
19,406,703
28.4%[2]
4,618,795
Myanmar (details )
42,909,464
1.1%
450,549
Namibia (details )
2,030,692
16.9%
344,202
Nepal (details )
27,676,547
0.03%
8,302
Netherlands (details )
16,970,000
23.3%[34]
3,943,000
New Zealand (details )
4,500,000
11.1%[35]
492,000
Nicaragua (details )
6,000,000
50%[4]
3,000,000
Niger (details )
11,665,937
0.1%
11,665
Nigeria (details )
182,000,000
12.6%[3]
22,932,000
Norway (details )
5,060,000
2.4%[36]
120,900
Oman (details )
3,001,583
0.1%
3,001
Pakistan (details )
190,000,000
0.8%
1,520,000
Palau (details )
19,949
41.6%[2]
8,299
Palestine (details )
3,761,904
2%
80,000
Panama (details )
3,339,150
70%[4]
2,400,000
Papua New Guinea (details )
7,000,000
27%[37]
1,890,000
Paraguay (details )
6,800,000
88%[16]
5,984,000
Peru (details )
31,150,000
76%[4]
23,674,000
Philippines (details )
100,000,000[38]
80.6%[39]
80,600,000
Poland (details )
38,501,000
86.7%[40]
33,379,500
Portugal (details )
10,500,000[41]
81.0%[42]
8,505,000
Qatar (details )
863,051
5.8%
50,000
Romania (details )
22,329,977
4.7%[2]
1,787,408
Russia (details )
143,420,309
0.5%[3]
717,101
Rwanda (details )
11,000,000
43.7%[43]
4,807,000
Saint Kitts and Nevis (details )
51,000
6.7%
3,400
Saint Lucia (details )
165,600
61.3%
101,500
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (details )
106,000
7.5%
7,950
Samoa (details )
179,000
19.6%[2]
35,084
San Marino (details )
32,500
90.5%[3]
29,412
São Tomé and Príncipe (details )
163,000
73.5%[15]
119,805
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%[2]
433,167
Seychelles (details )
93,000
76.2%[44]
70,866
Sierra Leone (details )
6,017,643
2.9%
174,511
Singapore (details )
4,425,720
4.8%[2]
165,964
Slovakia (details )
5,397,036
62%[45]
3,347,277
Slovenia (details )
2,011,070
53.1%[46]
1,068,000
Solomon Islands (details )
523,000
19%[2]
100,000
Somalia (details )
8,591,629
0.001%
100
South Africa (details )
44,344,136
7.1%[2]
2,851,327
South Sudan (details )
10,000,000
30%
3,000,000
Spain (details )
46,500,000
69.6%[47]
32,364,000
Sri Lanka (details )
20,264,000
6.1%[48]
1,237,000
Sudan (details )
31,000,000
1%
300,000
Suriname (details )
551,000
21.6%[49]
119,000
Swaziland (details )
1,100,000
4.9%[3]
62,803
Sweden (details )
9,600,000
1.6%
153,600
Switzerland (details )
8,300,000
37.9%.[50]
3,146,000
Syria (details )
18,448,752
2%
368,975
Taiwan (details )
22,894,384
1.3%
297,626
Tajikistan (details )
7,163,506
0.1%[3]
7,163
Tanzania (details )
44,929,002
27.2%
12,220,689
Thailand (details )
65,444,371
0.3%[3]
196,333
Togo (details )
5,681,519
26.4%[3]
1,499,921
Tonga (details )
102,000
15.6%[2]
15,912
Trinidad and Tobago (details )
1,330,000
21.6%[51]
286,000
Tunisia (details )
11,000,000
0.2%
22,000
Turkey (details )
77,700,000
0.05%
35,000
Turkmenistan (details )
4,750,000
0.01%[52]
500
Tuvalu (details )
10,000
1%
100
Uganda (details )
35,000,000
41.9%[53]
14,665,000
Ukraine (details )
43,000,000
5.6%[3]
2,408,000
United Arab Emirates (details )
2,563,212
5%
128,160
United Kingdom (details )
63,100,000
9%[54] [55] [56] [57]
5,700,000
United States (details )
320,000,000
20.8%[58]
66,560,000
Uruguay (details )
3,415,920
41%[16]
1,609,000
Uzbekistan (details )
26,851,195
0.01%
2,685
Vatican City (details )
842
100%
842
Vanuatu (details )
243,304
13.1%[2]
36,500
Venezuela (details )
30,400,000
73%[4]
22,192,000
Vietnam (details )
83,535,576
6.8%[2]
5,658,000
Western Sahara (details )
273,008
0.06%
163
Yemen (details )
20,727,063
0.02%
4,145
Zambia (details )
14,300,000
21%[3]
3,003,000
Zimbabwe (details )
12,746,990
7.71%
982,792
Total
7,093,798,000
17.68%
1,253,926,000
By dependent territory [ edit ]
Catholic Church by territory
Country
Total Population
% Catholic
Catholic total
U.S. Virgin Islands (details )
109,840
34%[2]
37,345
Anguilla (details )
14,108
5.7%[2]
804
Aruba (details )
101,484
75.3%[59]
76,464
British Virgin Islands (details )
24,041
9.5%[2]
2,283
Cayman Islands (details )
47,862
14.1%[2]
6,748
Curaçao (details )
142,180
72.8%[2]
103,507
Falkland Islands (details )
3,000
10%
300
French Guiana (details )
221,500
75%
166,500
Greenland (details )
55,984
0.2%[3]
111
Guadeloupe (details )
405,500
85.2%[2]
345,486
Guam (details )
154,623
85%[2]
131,430
Hong Kong (details )
7,230,000
2,2%[1]
160,000
Martinique (details )
390,000
80%
312,000
New Caledonia (details )
249,000
60.2%[2]
150,000
Puerto Rico (details )
3,600,000
56%[4]
2,016,000
Réunion (details )
839,500
79.7%[15]
669,249
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (details )
6,025
93%[3]
5,600
Turks and Caicos Islands (details )
22,352
11.4%[2]
2,548
Wallis and Futuna (details )
14,231
95.8%
13,631
By region [ edit ]
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).
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 [ edit ]
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%
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%
Catholicism in Europe
Region
Total Population
Catholic
% Catholic
% of global Catholic pop.
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 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
General:
References [ edit ]
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