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The Catholic Church is "the Catholic Communion of Churches, both Roman and Eastern, or Oriental, that are in full communion with the Bishop of Rome (the pope)."[1] This communion comprises the Latin Church (the Roman or Western Church) as well as 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, canonically called sui juris churches, each led by either a patriarch or a major archbishop in full communion with the pope. Historically, these bodies separated from Eastern Christian communions, either to remain in or to return to full communion with the Catholic Church. The Vatican II decree on Eastern Catholic Churches, however, explicitly recognizes them as churches and not just rites within the Catholic Church.[2] This communion "exists among and between the individual Churches and dioceses of the universal Catholic Church. Its structural expression is the College of Bishops, each of whom represents and embodies his own local church."[3] In addition to Eastern Catholic Churches, the Catholic Church oversees the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, the largest Charismatic movement of a single institution in 2020, with over 100 million members, primarily in the Global South.[4] The Catholic Church is also described as an "amalgam of parts" (i.e., thousands of individual dioceses and religious orders) globally dispersed, but in communion with Rome.[5]

The Catholic Church is the "world's oldest continuously functioning international institution."[6] It is also the largest non-government provider of education and health care in the world,[7] while the diplomatic status of the Holy See facilitates access to its vast international network of charities. These entities include 5,000 hospitals, 10,000 orphanages, 95,000 elementary schools and 47,000 secondary schools.[8]

Methodology

Template:Catholic Church by country Most of the figures are taken from the CIA's World Factbook[9] or Pew Research Center surveys.[10][11][12] In Latin American countries, Latinobarómetro is often cited.[13] In Germany and other German-speaking regions of Europe, there are official membership statistics due to the fact that the government collects a church tax based on these membership lists. For this reason, statistics are not solely grounded on surveys based on self-identification. A baptismal certificate or other religious document is likewise secondary to church statistics.[14] This method may explain the discrepancy between Pew's figures on Germany[15] and the church figures.[16][17]

According to The World Factbook and Pew, the five countries with the largest number of Catholics are, in decreasing order:

The country with the largest percentage of its population having membership in the church is Vatican City at 100%, followed by Timor-Leste at 97%.

According to the World Christian Database, there are 1.272 billion Catholics worldwide as of 2025, which constitute 48.1% of 2.645 billion Christians.[18] According to the Census of the 2023 Annuario Pontificio ('Pontifical Yearbook'), the number of baptized Catholics in the world was about 1.376 billion at the end of 2021. The research initiative Catholics & Cultures compiles data on Catholic demographics, including from the Script error: No such module "Lang"., by country.[19]

Conflicting numbers can be found in 2013 research conducted by the Brazilian polling institute Datafolha. Its report states that the Catholic percentage of the Brazilian population over the age of 16 years is 57%,[20] in contrast to the 64.63% published by CIA and the 68.6% of Pew. Also, the 2010 Mexican census showed this percentage to be 83.9%[21]Template:Sndagainst a 91.89% number in The World Factbook.

By country

By clicking on the arrow icons in the column headers, the following table can be re-ordered.

Catholic Church by country
Country Total population % Catholic Catholic total
File:Flag of the Taliban.svg Afghanistan (details) 29,928,987 0% 0[22]
File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania (details) 3,020,000 10%[23] 302,000
File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria (details) 32,531,853 0.14%[24] 45,000
File:Flag of Andorra.svg Andorra (details) 70,000 85.5%[25]–88.2%[10] 61,740
File:Flag of Angola.svg Angola (details) 35,121,734 41.1%[26]–50%[27]–55%[28]–56.4%[29]–60%[30] 12,500,000–20,000,000[31]
File:Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Antigua and Barbuda (details) 84,816 5.5%[32] 4,752
File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina (details) 47,300,000 62.9%[33]–63%[34][35]–63.3%[36]–66%[37]–67.8%[38] 29,000,000–31,000,000
File:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia (details) 3,018,854 0.3%[39] 8,695
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia (details) 25,380,000 20.0%[40] 5,076,000
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria (details) 9,197,000 49.6% 4,557,000[41]
File:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan (details) 8,581,400 0.03% 2,574
File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas (details) 330,000 12%[9] 39,600
File:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain (details) 800,000 8.9%[10] 71,200
File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh (details) 158,000,000 0.07% 110,000[10]
File:Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados (details) 250,012 4.2%[9] 10,000
File:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus (details) 9,500,000 7.1%[42] 674,500
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium (details) 11,200,000 44%[43] 5,000,000–6,500,000
File:Flag of Belize.svg Belize (details) 334,000 40%[44] 133,600
File:Flag of Benin.svg Benin (details) 7,460,025 26.6%[45] 1,984,366
File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan (details) 2,232,291 0.06% 1,339
File:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia (details) 10,500,000 63%[35]–70%[46]–73%[37]–77%[47] 7,980,000
File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina (details) 3,531,159 15.19%[48] 536,333
File:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana (details) 1,640,115 4.9% 80,365
File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil (details) 203,080,000 56.75%[49] 100,200,000[50]–115,250,000
File:Flag of Brunei.svg Brunei (details) 372,361 5%[10] 38,709
File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria (details) 6,445,481 0.6%[51] 38,709
File:Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso (details) 13,925,313 20.1%[52] 4,121,536
File:Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi (details) 12,000,000 58.6%[9] 7,000,000
Template:Country data Cabo Verde (details) 512,096 72.5%[53] 395,850
File:Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia (details) 13,607,069 <0.1% <10,000[10]
File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon (details) 31,000,000 33.1%[54]–38.4%[9] 10,300,000
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada (details) 40,769,890[55] 29.9[56] 12,189,931
File:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic (details) 3,799,897 29%[57] 949,974
File:Flag of Chad.svg Chad (details) 12,000,000 20%[9]–22.8%[58] 2,520,000
File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile (details) 19,764,771 53.7% (15+)[59][60] 10,611,000
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (details) 1,400,000,000 0.43%–0.7%[10] 6,000,000[61]–12,000,000[62]
File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia (details) 52,000,000 56.6%[35]–70.9%[63][64]–73%[37]–75%[65] 30,000,000–39,000,000
File:Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros (details) 800,000 0.2%[10] 1,600
File:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo, Republic of (details) 5,062,021 33.1%[9]–52.9%[66] 1,675,529–2,409,661
File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Congo, Democratic Republic of (details) 109,000,000 45%[27][67]–47.3%[10]–55%[68] 49,000,000–60,000,000
File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica (details) 5,100,000 47%[69][70]–57%[37]–62%[11]–71.8%[71][72][73] 2,350,000–3,500,000
File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia (details) 3,872,000 83.2%[74] 3,240,000
File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba (details) 11,163,934 51%[10]–60%[75][76] 6,000,000[77]
File:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus (details) 1,100,000 2.9%[78] 11,000
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic (details) 10,524,167 9.3%[79] 985,318
Template:Country data Côte d'Ivoire (details) 23,800,000[80] 21.4%[10] 5,093,000
File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (details) 5,630,000 0.7%[81] 46,000
File:Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti (details) 476,703 0.2% 953
File:Flag of Dominica.svg Dominica (details) 71,540 58.1%[10] 41,564
File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic (details) 10,400,000 43%[35]–48%[37]–57%[11] 4,992,000–5,928,000
Template:Country data East Timor (details) 1,054,000 97.57%[82] 1,021,000
File:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador (details) 15,223,680 65%[35]–69.5%[38]–77.0%[37]–79%[47]–80.4%[83][84] 11,265,523
File:Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea (details) 1,620,000 80.7%[10] 1,410,000
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt (details) 77,505,756 0.1% 187,320[85]
File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador (details) 7,000,000 39%[37]–47%[86]–50%[47] 2,730,000–3,500,000
File:Flag of Eritrea.svg Eritrea (details) 4,561,599 3.3% 150,532
File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia (details) 1,332,893 0.8%[87] 8,690
File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia (details) 73,053,286 0.7%[9] 584,426
File:Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia.svg Federated States of Micronesia (details) 104,468 52.6%[88]–55%[89] 60,000
File:Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji (details) 893,354 9.1%[10] 80,401
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland (details) 5,451,270 0.2%[90][91][92] 12,434
File:Flag of France.svg France (details) 66,600,000 47%[93]–48%[94]–51%[95]–57%[96]–60%[97] 31,000,000–44,000,000
File:Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon (details) 1,389,201 50% 694,600
File:Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia (details) 1,593,256 2.1% 33,458
Template:Country data Georgia (details) 3,713,804 0.5%[98] 18,569
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (details) 83,550,000 23.7%[99] 19,770,000
File:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana (details) 30,792,608 10.0%[100] 3,079,261
File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece (details) 10,413,982[101] 2.4% 250,000[102]
File:Flag of Grenada.svg Grenada (details) 115,000 39.2%[103] 45,000
File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala (details) 15,773,000 39%[35]–43%[37]–45%[104]–50%[47] 7,000,000
File:Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea (details) 9,467,866 2.6% 246,164
File:Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Guinea-Bissau (details) 1,416,027 8.9% 126,026
File:Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana (details) 746,955 7.1%[105] 53,034
File:Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti (details) 10,000,000 54.7%[9]–56.7%[10]–56.8%[106] 5,470,000
File:Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg Honduras (details) 8,800,000 36%[35]–37%[37]–46%[11] 3,256,000–4,048,000
File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary (details) 9,877,000 29.2%[107]–38.1%[108]–53.0%[109]–56%[110]–62%.[111] 2,808,000–6,123,740
File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland (details) 355,277 3.9%[112] 13,799
File:Flag of India.svg India (details) 1,400,000,000 0.9%[10]–1.5%[113][114] 13,000,000–21,000,000
File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia (details) 270,000,000 3.12%[115][116] 8,424,000
File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran (details) 85,202,000 0.02% 13,603
File:Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq (details) 38,000,000 0.35%[10] 133,000
File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland (details) 5,100,000 69%[117] 3,500,000
File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel (details) 7,746,000 1.2%[10] 92,952
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy (details) 60,800,000 66.7%[118]–74%[119]–75%[120]–76.5%[121]–78.9%[122]–81.7%[123] 44,000,000–50,000,000
File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica (details) 2,697,983 2.2%[124] 59,356
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (details) 124,000,000 0.3%–[10] 0.5%[125] 372,000–620,000
File:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan (details) 5,759,732 0.4%[10] 23,038
File:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan (details) 15,185,844 0.6% 91,115
File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya (details) 47,560,000 20.6%[126] 9,816,000
File:Flag of Kiribati.svg Kiribati (details) 98,000 55.8%[9]–57.3%[127] 54,684
File:Flag of North Korea.svg Korea, North (details) 22,912,177 0.01% 2,291
File:Flag of South Korea.svg Korea, South (details) 53,121,668 11.1%[128] 5,914,669
File:Flag of Kosovo.svg Kosovo (details) 1,739,825 1.4%[129] 25,837
File:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait (details) 2,335,648 8.5% 402,000
File:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan (details) 5,146,281 0.1% 5,146
File:Flag of Laos.svg Laos (details) 6,217,141 0.6% 37,302
File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia (details) 2,290,237 19.1%[10] 437,435
File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon (details) 4,800,000 28.8%[10] 1,382,400
File:Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho (details) 2,067,000 45.7%[10]–49.4%[130] 946,000–1,052,237[130]
File:Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia (details) 3,482,211 5.4% 188,039
File:Flag of Libya.svg Libya (details) 5,765,563 0.7% 40,358
File:Flag of Liechtenstein.svg Liechtenstein (details) 40,000 69.6%[131] 28,000
File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania (details) 2,900,000 74.2%[132] 2,200,000
File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg (details) 538,000 63.8%[122]–65.9%[10] 369,600
File:Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar (details) 18,040,341 29.5%[45]–38.1%[133] 5,318,293–7,890,000[133]
File:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi (details) 17,563,749 17.2%[134] 3,028,435
File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia (details) 34,671,895 4.63%[135] 1,570,000
File:Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives (details) 349,106 0.02% 80
File:Flag of Mali.svg Mali (details) 12,291,529 1.5% 189,289
File:Flag of Malta.svg Malta (details) 428,000 82.6%[136] 361,372
File:Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg Marshall Islands (details) 62,000 8.4%[9] 5,208
File:Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania (details) 3,086,859 0.1%[10] 3,086
File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius (details) 1,237,091 26.0%[137] 324,811
File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico (details) 130,000,000 69.4%[138]–74%[38]–77.7%[139] 78%[140][141] 90,000,000–96,101,000–100,912,000–101,302,000
File:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova (details) 4,455,421 0.5% 20,494
File:Flag of Monaco.svg Monaco (details) 38,000 77.8%[142]–82.3%[10] 30,000
File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia (details) 2,791,272 0.04% 1,116
File:Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro (details) 625,266 3.4% 21,299
File:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco (details) 32,725,847 0.07% 22,908
File:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique (details) 19,406,703 27.2%[9]–28.4%[10]–30.5%[143] 5,270,000–9,900,000
File:Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar (details) 42,909,464 1.1% 450,549
File:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia (details) 2,030,692 22.8%[144] 344,202
File:Flag of Nauru.svg Nauru (details) 10,084 32.96%[145] 3,324
File:Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal (details) 27,676,547 0.03% 8,302
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands (details) 18,000,000 17%[146]–18.2%[147]–20.8%[148] 3,060,000–3,740,000
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand (details) 5,000,000 8.9[149]–10.0%[150] 445,000
File:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua (details) 6,000,000 40%[37]–50%[11]–55%[151][152] 2,400,000–3,000,000
File:Flag of Niger.svg Niger (details) 11,665,937 0.1% 11,665
File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria (details) 230,000,000 10.6%[153]–12.6%[10] 24,400,000–29,000,000
Template:Country data North Macedonia (details) 1,836,713 0.4%[154] 6,746
File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway (details) 5,060,000 2.4%[155]–3.02%[156] 120,900
File:Flag of Oman.svg Oman (details) 3,000,000 4.1%[10] 110,000
File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan (details) 241,500,000 0.8% 1,930,000
File:Flag of Palau.svg Palau (details) 17,661 46.0%[157] 8,124
Template:Country data Palestine (details) 3,761,904 2% 80,000
File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama (details) 3,500,000 52%[35]–55%[37]–63%[158]–70%[11] 1,925,000–2,400,000
File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea (details) 7,000,000 26%[159] 1,890,000
File:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay (details) 6,800,000 72%[35]–88.3%[160]–89%[47][37] 6,000,000
File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru (details) 34,300,000 64%[35]–74%[37]–76%[11][161] 26,725,000
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines (details) 114,000,000[162] 78.8%[163] 89,000,000
File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland (details) 38,496,000 71.1%[164] 27,332,000
File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal (details) 10,343,066[165] 80.2%[166] 7,043,016–8,260,000
File:Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar (details) 863,051 10.5% 350,000
File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania (details) 22,329,977 4.7%[9] 1,787,408
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia (details) 143,420,309 0.5%[10] 717,101
File:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda (details) 11,000,000 43.7%[167]–49.5%[168] 4,807,000
File:Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg Saint Kitts and Nevis (details) 51,000 6.7% 3,400
File:Flag of Saint Lucia.svg Saint Lucia (details) 165,600 61.3% 101,500
File:Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (details) 106,000 7.5% 7,950
File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa (details) 179,000 19.6%[9] 35,084
File:Flag of San Marino.svg San Marino (details) 32,500 85.5[169]–90.5%[10] 28,000
File:Flag of São Tomé and Príncipe.svg São Tomé and Príncipe (details) 200,000 55.7[170]–73.5%[45] 120,000
File:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia (details) 26,417,599 2.5%–3.8%[9]–7%[171] 660,439–1,300,000
File:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal (details) 11,126,832 3.5% 389,439
File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia (details) 7,120,600 6.1%[9] 433,167
File:Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles (details) 93,000 70%[172]–76.2%[173] 70,866
File:Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone (details) 6,017,643 2.9% 174,511
File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore (details) 6,052,486 6.7%[174] 398,006
File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia (details) 5,450,000 55.8%[175] 3,038,511
File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia (details) 2,116,972 69.92%[176][177][178] 1,480,156
File:Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Solomon Islands (details) 523,000 19%[9] 100,000
File:Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia (details) 8,591,629 0.001% 100
File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa (details) 60,000,000 6.8%[179][180] 4,080,000
File:Flag of South Sudan.svg South Sudan (details) 10,000,000 39.7%[181] 3,950,000[181]
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain (details) 48,300,000 52.9%[182]–59%[183]–66.0%[184]–67%[185]–68%[186]–70%[187] 26,000,000–33,000,000
File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka (details) 20,264,000 6.1%[188] 1,237,000
File:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan (details) 31,000,000 1% 300,000
File:Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname (details) 551,000 21.6%[189] 119,000
Template:Country data Swaziland (details) 1,100,000 4.9%[10] 62,803
File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden (details) 10,000,000 1.8% 180,000
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland (details) 9,000,000 30.7%[190] 2,700,000
File:Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg Syria (details) 18,448,752 2.1%[9] 368,975
File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan (details) 22,894,384 1.3% 297,626
File:Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan (details) 7,163,506 0.01% <1,000[10]
File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania (details) 65,642,000[191] 25.6[192]–31.4%[193] 16,604,000–20,611,000
File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand (details) 69,000,000 0.3%[10]–0.58%[194][195] 388,468[196][197]
File:Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo (details) 5,681,519 26.4%[10] 1,499,921
File:Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga (details) 102,000 13.7%[198] 13,649
File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago (details) 1,330,000 21.6%[199] 286,000
File:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia (details) 11,000,000 0.2% 22,000
File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey (details) 77,700,000 0.05% 35,000
File:Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan (details) 4,750,000 0.01%[200] 500
File:Flag of Tuvalu.svg Tuvalu (details) 10,000 1% 100
File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda (details) 49,000,000 39.3%[201]–45%[202] 19,200,000–22,000,000
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine (details) 43,000,000 5.6%[10]–10%[203][204][205] 2,408,000–4,300,000
File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates (details) 2,563,212 5% 128,160
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom (details) 63,100,000 9%[206][207][208][209] 5,700,000
File:Flag of the United States.svg United States (details) 341,000,000[210] 19%[211]-20%[212] 21%[213][214]–22%[215][216][217][218][219]–23%[220]–25%[221] 65,000,000–85,000,000
File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay (details) 3,500,000 33%[35]–38%[37]–41%[222]–42%[47]–47.1%[9] 1,330,000
File:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan (details) 26,851,195 0.01% 2,685
File:Flag of Vatican City (2023–present).svg Vatican City (details) 842 100% 842
File:Flag of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu (details) 243,304 13.1%[9] 36,500
File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela (details) 32,000,000 64.2%[38]–67%[37]–71%[223]–73%[11] 20,000,000–23,360,000
File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam (details) 96,208,984 6.1%[224] 5,868,748
File:Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.svg Western Sahara (details) 273,008 0.06% 163
File:Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen (details) 20,727,063 0.02% 4,145
File:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia (details) 14,300,000 21%[10] 3,003,000
File:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe (details) 12,746,990 7.71% 982,792
Total 8,000,000,000[225][226] 13.57%–17.68% 1,085,600,000–1,420,400,000

By dependent territory

Catholic Church by territory
Territory Total population % Catholic Catholic total
File:Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg U.S. Virgin Islands (details) 109,840 34%[9] 37,345
File:Flag of Anguilla.svg Anguilla (details) 14,108 5.7%[9] 804
File:Flag of Aruba.svg Aruba (details) 101,484 75.3%[227] 76,464
File:Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg British Virgin Islands (details) 24,041 9.5%[9] 2,283
File:Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg Cayman Islands (details) 68,811 13.6%[228] 9,348
File:Flag of Curaçao.svg Curaçao (details) 142,180 72.8%[9] 103,507
File:Flag of the Falkland Islands.svg Falkland Islands (details) 3,000 10% 300
File:Flag of French Guiana.svg French Guiana (details) 221,500 75% 166,500
File:Flag of Greenland.svg Greenland (details) 55,984 0.2%[10] 111
File:Flag of Guadeloupe (local).svg Guadeloupe (details) 405,500 85.2%[9] 345,486
File:Flag of Guam.svg Guam (details) 154,623 85%[9] 131,430
File:Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg Northern Mariana Islands (details) 51,659 64.1%[9] 33,113
File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong (details) 7,409,800 5.3% 394,000[229]
File:Flag-of-Martinique.svg Martinique (details) 390,000 80% 312,000
File:Flag of Macau.svg Macau (details) 650,000 4.6%[230] 30,000
File:Flag of FLNKS.svg New Caledonia (details) 249,000 60.2%[9] 150,000
File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico (details) 3,600,000 56%[231]–85%[232] 2,000,000–3,060,000
File:Proposed flag of Réunion (VAR).svg Réunion (details) 839,500 79.7%[45] 669,249
File:Flag of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.svg Saint Pierre and Miquelon (details) 6,025 93%[10] 5,600
File:Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg Turks and Caicos Islands (details) 22,352 11.4%[9] 2,548
File:Flag of Wallis and Futuna.svg Wallis and Futuna (details) 14,231 95.8% 13,631

By region

These percentages are calculated by using the above numbers. The first percentage, in the fourth column, is the percentage of the population that is Catholic in a region (number in the region × 100 / total population of the region). The last column shows the regional Catholic percentage out of the total Catholic population of the world (number in the region × 100 / world Catholic population).

Africa

Catholic Church 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

Catholic Church 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

Catholic Church 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

Catholic Church 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%

West Asia and North Africa

Catholic Church in the Middle East
Region Total population Catholic % Catholic % of global Catholic pop.
Middle East 260,026,365 2,990,571 1.15% 0.27%

Oceania

Catholic Church 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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