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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] The church is also known by members as the People of God, the Body of Christ, the "Temple of the Holy Spirit", among other names.[1] According to Vatican II's Script error: No such module "Lang"., the "church has but one sole purpose–that the kingdom of God may come and the salvation of the human race may be accomplished."[1][2]

This communion of churches comprises the Latin Church (or 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 Bishop of Rome. Historically, these bodies separated from Eastern Christian communions, either to remain in or to return to full communion with the Catholic Church. Vatican II decree on Eastern Catholic Churches, however, explicitly recognizes Eastern Catholic communities as "true Churches" and not just rites within the Catholic Church.[3] This Communion of Churches "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."[4] 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.[5] The Catholic Church is also described as an "amalgam of parts" (i.e., thousands of individual dioceses, religious orders, etc.) globally dispersed, but in communion with Rome.[6]

The Catholic Church is the "world's oldest continuously functioning international institution."[7] It is also the largest non-government provider of education and health care in the world,[8] while the diplomatic status of the Holy See facilitates the access of its vast international network of charities. Some of these entities include 5,000 hospitals, 10,000 orphanages, 95,000 elementary schools and 47,000 secondary schools.[9]

Methodology

Template:Catholic Church by countryMost of the figures are taken from the CIA Factbook[10] or PEW Research Center Surveys.[11][12][13] In Latin American countries, Latinobarometro is often cited.[14] 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 grounded on surveys based solely on self-identification. One's baptismal certificate or any other religious document is likewise secondary to church statistics.[15] This method might explain the discrepancy between Pew's figures on Germany[16] and the church figures.[17][18]

According to the CIA Factbook and the Pew Research Center, the five countries with the largest number of Catholics are, in decreasing order of Catholic population:

The country where the membership of the church is the largest percentage of the population 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.[19] 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 Annuario Pontificio, by country.[20]

Conflicting numbers can be found in 2013 research conducted by the Brazilian polling institute Datafolha. This report states that the percentage of the population in Brazil of Catholic religion, over the age of 16 years, is just 57%,[21] in contrast to the 64.63% published by CIA and to the 68.6% of Pew Research Center. Also, the 2010 Mexican Census showed this percentage to be 83.9%[22]Template:Sndagainst a 91.89% number in the CIA World Factbook.

By country

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Catholic Church by country
Country Total population % Catholic Catholic total
Template:Country data Afghanistan (details) 29,928,987 0% 0[23]
Template:Country data Albania (details) 3,020,000 10%[24] 302,000
Template:Country data Algeria (details) 32,531,853 0.14%[25] 45,000
Template:Country data Andorra (details) 70,000 88.2%[11] 61,740
Template:Country data Angola (details) 35,121,734 41.1%[26]–50%[27]–55%[28]–56.4%[29]–60%[30] 12,500,000–20,000,000[31]
Template:Country data Antigua and Barbuda (details) 84,816 5.5%[32] 4,752
Template:Country data Argentina (details) 47,300,000 62.9%[33]–63%[34][35]–63.3%[36]–66%[37]-67.8%[38] 29,500,000–31,200,000
Template:Country data Armenia (details) 3,018,854 0.3%[39] 8,695
Template:Country data Australia (details) 25,380,000 20.0%[40] 5,076,000
Template:Country data Austria (details) 9,185,000 50.6% 4,640,000[41]
Template:Country data Azerbaijan (details) 8,581,400 0.03% 2,574
Template:Country data Bahamas (details) 330,000 12%[10] 39,600
Template:Country data Bahrain (details) 800,000 8.9%[11] 71,200
Template:Country data Bangladesh (details) 158,000,000 0.07% 110,000[11]
Template:Country data Barbados (details) 250,012 4.2%[10] 10,000
Template:Country data Belarus (details) 9,500,000 7.1%[42] 674,500
Template:Country data Belgium (details) 11,200,000 44%[43] 5,000,000–6,500,000
Template:Country data Belize (details) 334,000 40%[44] 133,600
Template:Country data Benin (details) 7,460,025 26.6%[45] 1,984,366
Template:Country data Bhutan (details) 2,232,291 0.06% 1,339
Template:Country data Bolivia (details) 10,500,000 63%[35]-70%[46]–73%[37]–77%[47] 7,980,000
Template:Country data Bosnia and Herzegovina (details) 3,531,159 15.19%[48] 536,333
Template:Country data Botswana (details) 1,640,115 4.9% 80,365
Template:Country data Brazil (details) 203,080,000 56.75%[49] 100,200,000[50]-115,250,000
Template:Country data Brunei (details) 372,361 5%[11] 38,709
Template:Country data Bulgaria (details) 6,445,481 0.6%[51] 38,709
Template:Country data Burkina Faso (details) 13,925,313 20.1%[52] 4,121,536
Template:Country data Burundi (details) 12,000,000 62.1%[10] 7,440,000
Template:Country data Cabo Verde (details) 512,096 77.3%[10] 395,850
Template:Country data Cambodia (details) 13,607,069 0.1% 10,000[11]
Template:Country data Cameroon (details) 31,000,000 33.1%[53]–38.4%[10] 10,300,000
Template:Country data Canada (details) 40,769,890[54] 29.9[55] 12,189,931
Template:Country data Central African Republic (details) 3,799,897 29%[56] 949,974
Template:Country data Chad (details) 12,000,000 20%[10]–22.8%[57] 2,520,000
Template:Country data Chile (details) 18,000,000 42%[58]–45%[59]–52.6%[60]–55%[61]–64%[47]–66.6%[62] 8,100,000–9,468,000–12,000,000
Template:Country data China (details) 1,400,000,000 0.43%–0.7%[11] 6,000,000[63]–12,000,000[64]
Template:Country data Colombia (details) 48,000,000 57%[35]-70.9%[65][66]–73%[37]–75%[67]–79%[47][68] 34,000,000–37,900,000
Template:Country data Comoros (details) 800,000 0.2%[11] 1,600
Template:Country data Congo, Republic of (details) 5,062,021 33.1%[10]–52.9%[69] 1,675,529–2,409,661
Template:Country data Congo, Democratic Republic of (details) 109,000,000 45%[27][70]–47.3%[11]–55%[71] 49,000,000–60,000,000
Template:Country data Costa Rica (details) 5,100,000 47%[72][73]–57%[37]–62%[12]–71.8%[74][75][76] 2,350,000–3,500,000
Template:Country data Croatia (details) 3,872,000 83.2%[77] 3,240,000
Template:Country data Cuba (details) 11,163,934 51%[11]–60%[78][79] 6,000,000[80]
Template:Country data Cyprus (details) 1,100,000 2.9%[81] 11,000
Template:Country data Czech Republic (details) 10,524,167 9.3%[82] 985,318
Template:Country data Côte d'Ivoire (details) 23,800,000[83] 21.4%[11] 5,093,000
Template:Country data Denmark (details) 5,630,000 0.7%[84] 46,000
Template:Country data Djibouti (details) 476,703 0.2% 953
Template:Country data Dominica (details) 71,540 58.1%[11] 41,564
Template:Country data Dominican Republic (details) 10,400,000 43%[35]-48%[37]–57%[12] 4,992,000–5,928,000
Template:Country data East Timor (details) 1,054,000 97.57%[85] 1,021,000
Template:Country data Ecuador (details) 15,223,680 65%[35]-69.5%[38]–77.0%[37]–79%[47]–80.4%[86][87] 11,265,523
Template:Country data Equatorial Guinea (details) 1,620,000 80.7%[11] 1,410,000
Template:Country data Egypt (details) 77,505,756 0.1% 187,320[88]
Template:Country data El Salvador (details) 7,000,000 39%[37]–47%[89]–50%[47] 2,730,000–3,500,000
Template:Country data Eritrea (details) 4,561,599 3.3% 150,532
Template:Country data Estonia (details) 1,332,893 0.8%[90] 8,690
Template:Country data Ethiopia (details) 73,053,286 0.7%[10] 584,426
Template:Country data Federated States of Micronesia (details) 104,468 52.6%[91]–55%[92] 60,000
Template:Country data Fiji (details) 893,354 9.1%[11] 80,401
Template:Country data Finland (details) 5,451,270 0.2%[93][94][95] 12,434
Template:Country data France (details) 66,600,000 47%[96]–48%[97]–51%[98]–57%[99]–60%[100] 31,300,000–44,000,000
Template:Country data Gabon (details) 1,389,201 50% 694,600
Template:Country data Gambia (details) 1,593,256 2.1% 33,458
Template:Country data Georgia (details) 3,713,804 0.5%[101] 18,569
Template:Country data Germany (details) 83,550,000 23.7%[102] 19,770,000
Template:Country data Ghana (details) 30,792,608 10.0%[103] 3,079,261
Template:Country data Greece (details) 10,413,982[104] 2.4% 250,000[105]
Template:Country data Grenada (details) 89,502 44.6%[10] 39,917
Template:Country data Guatemala (details) 15,773,000 39%[35]-43%[37]–45%[106]–50%[47] 7,000,000
Template:Country data Guinea (details) 9,467,866 2.6% 246,164
Template:Country data Guinea-Bissau (details) 1,416,027 8.9% 126,026
Template:Country data Guyana (details) 746,955 7.1%[107] 53,034
Template:Country data Haiti (details) 10,000,000 54.7%[10]–56.7%[11]–56.8%[108] 5,470,000
Template:Country data Honduras (details) 8,800,000 36%[35]-37%[37]–46%[12] 3,256,000–4,048,000
Template:Country data Hungary (details) 9,877,000 29.2%[109]–38.1%[110]–53.0%[111]–56%[112]–62%.[113] 2,808,000–6,123,740
Template:Country data Iceland (details) 355,277 3.9%[114] 13,799
Template:Country data India (details) 1,400,000,000 0.9%[11]–1.5%[115][116] 13,000,000–21,000,000
Template:Country data Indonesia (details) 270,000,000 3.12%[117][118] 8,424,000
Template:Country data Iran (details) 85,202,000 0.02% 13,603
Template:Country data Iraq (details) 38,000,000 0.35%[11] 133,000
Template:Country data Ireland (details) 5,100,000 69%[119] 3,500,000
Template:Country data Israel (details) 7,746,000 1.2%[11] 92,952
Template:Country data Italy (details) 60,800,000 66.7%[120]-74%[121]–75%[122]–76.5%[123]–78.9%[124]–81.7%[125] 44,400,000–50,000,000
Template:Country data Jamaica (details) 2,697,983 2.2%[126] 59,356
Template:Country data Japan (details) 124,000,000 0.3%–[11] 0.5%[127] 372,000–620,000
Template:Country data Jordan (details) 5,759,732 0.4%[11] 23,038
Template:Country data Kazakhstan (details) 15,185,844 0.6% 91,115
Template:Country data Kenya (details) 47,560,000 20.6%[128] 9,816,000
Template:Country data Kiribati (details) 98,000 55.8%[10]–57.3%[129] 54,684
Template:Country data Korea, North (details) 22,912,177 0.01% 2,291
Template:Country data Korea, South (details) 53,121,668 11.1%[130] 5,914,669
Template:Country data Kosovo (details) 1,739,825 1.4%[131] 25,837
Template:Country data Kuwait (details) 2,335,648 8.5% 402,000
Template:Country data Kyrgyzstan (details) 5,146,281 0.1% 5,146
Template:Country data Laos (details) 6,217,141 0.6% 37,302
Template:Country data Latvia (details) 2,290,237 19.1%[11] 437,435
Template:Country data Lebanon (details) 4,800,000 28.8%[11] 1,382,400
Template:Country data Lesotho (details) 2,067,000 45.7%[11]–49.4%[132] 946,000–1,052,237[132]
Template:Country data Liberia (details) 3,482,211 5.4% 188,039
Template:Country data Libya (details) 5,765,563 0.7% 40,358
Template:Country data Liechtenstein (details) 40,000 69.6%[133] 28,000
Template:Country data Lithuania (details) 2,810,761 77.2%[134] 2,085,340
Template:Country data Luxembourg (details) 538,000 63.8%[124]–65.9%[11] 369,600
Template:Country data Madagascar (details) 18,040,341 29.5%[45]–38.1%[135] 5,318,293–7,890,000[135]
Template:Country data Malawi (details) 17,563,749 17.2%[136] 3,028,435
Template:Country data Malaysia (details) 34,671,895 4.63%[137] 1,570,000
Template:Country data Maldives (details) 349,106 0.02% 80
Template:Country data Mali (details) 12,291,529 1.5% 189,289
Template:Country data Malta (details) 428,000 82.6%[138] 361,372
Template:Country data Marshall Islands (details) 62,000 8.4%[10] 5,208
Template:Country data Mauritania (details) 3,086,859 0.1%[11] 3,086
Template:Country data Mauritius (details) 1,237,091 26.0%[139] 324,811
Template:Country data Mexico (details) 130,000,000 69.4%[140]-74%[38]–77.7%[141] 78%[142][143] 90,000,000-96,101,000–100,912,000–101,302,000
Template:Country data Moldova (details) 4,455,421 0.5% 20,494
Template:Country data Monaco (details) 36,371 82.3%[11] 29,933
Template:Country data Mongolia (details) 2,791,272 0.04% 1,116
Template:Country data Montenegro (details) 625,266 3.4% 21,299
Template:Country data Morocco (details) 32,725,847 0.07% 22,908
Template:Country data Mozambique (details) 19,406,703 27.2%[10]–28.4%[11]–30.5%[144] 5,270,000–9,900,000
Template:Country data Myanmar (details) 42,909,464 1.1% 450,549
Template:Country data Namibia (details) 2,030,692 22.8%[145] 344,202
Template:Country data Nauru (details) 10,084 32.96%[146] 3,324
Template:Country data Nepal (details) 27,676,547 0.03% 8,302
Template:Country data Netherlands (details) 18,000,000 17%[147]–18.2%[148]–20.8%[149] 3,060,000–3,740,000
Template:Country data New Zealand (details) 4,700,000 10.0%[150] 470,000
Template:Country data Nicaragua (details) 6,000,000 40%[37]–50%[12]–55%[151][152] 2,400,000–3,000,000
Template:Country data Niger (details) 11,665,937 0.1% 11,665
Template:Country data Nigeria (details) 230,000,000 10.6%[153]–12.6%[11] 24,400,000–29,000,000
Template:Country data North Macedonia (details) 1,836,713 0.4%[154] 6,746
Template:Country data Norway (details) 5,060,000 2.4%[155]–3.02%[156] 120,900
Template:Country data Oman (details) 3,000,000 4.1%[11] 110,000
Template:Country data Pakistan (details) 241,500,000 0.8% 1,930,000
Template:Country data Palau (details) 17,661 46.0%[157] 8,124
Template:Country data Palestine (details) 3,761,904 2% 80,000
Template:Country data Panama (details) 3,500,000 52%[35]-55%[37]–63%[158]–70%[12] 1,925,000–2,400,000
Template:Country data Papua New Guinea (details) 7,000,000 26%[159] 1,890,000
Template:Country data Paraguay (details) 6,800,000 72%[35]-88.3%[160]–89%[47][37] 6,000,000
Template:Country data Peru (details) 34,300,000 64%[35]-74%[37]–76%[12][161] 26,725,000
Template:Country data Philippines (details) 114,000,000[162] 78.8%[163] 89,000,000
Template:Country data Poland (details) 38,496,000 71.1%[164] 27,121,000
Template:Country data Portugal (details) 10,343,066[165] 80.2%[166] 7,043,016–8,260,000
Template:Country data Qatar (details) 863,051 10.5% 350,000
Template:Country data Romania (details) 22,329,977 4.7%[10] 1,787,408
Template:Country data Russia (details) 143,420,309 0.5%[11] 717,101
Template:Country data Rwanda (details) 11,000,000 43.7%[167]–49.5%[168] 4,807,000
Template:Country data Saint Kitts and Nevis (details) 51,000 6.7% 3,400
Template:Country data Saint Lucia (details) 165,600 61.3% 101,500
Template:Country data Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (details) 106,000 7.5% 7,950
Template:Country data Samoa (details) 179,000 19.6%[10] 35,084
Template:Country data San Marino (details) 32,500 90.5%[11]–97%[169] 29,412
Template:Country data São Tomé and Príncipe (details) 163,000 73.5%[45] 119,805
Template:Country data Saudi Arabia (details) 26,417,599 2.5%–3.8%[10]–7%[170] 660,439–1,300,000
Template:Country data Senegal (details) 11,126,832 3.5% 389,439
Template:Country data Serbia (details) 7,120,600 6.1%[10] 433,167
Template:Country data Seychelles (details) 93,000 76.2%[171] 70,866
Template:Country data Sierra Leone (details) 6,017,643 2.9% 174,511
Template:Country data Singapore (details) 6,052,486 6.7%[172] 398,006
Template:Country data Slovakia (details) 5,450,000 55.8%[173] 3,038,511
Template:Country data Slovenia (details) 2,116,972 69.92%[174][175][176] 1,480,156
Template:Country data Solomon Islands (details) 523,000 19%[10] 100,000
Template:Country data Somalia (details) 8,591,629 0.001% 100
Template:Country data South Africa (details) 60,000,000 6.8%[177][178] 4,080,000
Template:Country data South Sudan (details) 10,000,000 39.7%[179] 3,950,000[179]
Template:Country data Spain (details) 48,300,000 52.9%[180]–59%[181]–66.0%[182]–67%[183]–68%[184]–70%[185] 26,000,000–33,000,000
Template:Country data Sri Lanka (details) 20,264,000 6.1%[186] 1,237,000
Template:Country data Sudan (details) 31,000,000 1% 300,000
Template:Country data Suriname (details) 551,000 21.6%[187] 119,000
Template:Country data Swaziland (details) 1,100,000 4.9%[11] 62,803
Template:Country data Sweden (details) 10,000,000 1.8% 180,000
Template:Country data Switzerland (details) 9,000,000 30.7%[188] 2,700,000
Template:Country data Syria (details) 18,448,752 2.1%[10] 368,975
Template:Country data Taiwan (details) 22,894,384 1.3% 297,626
Template:Country data Tajikistan (details) 7,163,506 0.01% 1,000[11]
Template:Country data Tanzania (details) 65,642,000[189] 25.6[190]–31.4%[191] 16,604,000–20,611,000
Template:Country data Thailand (details) 69,000,000 0.3%[11]–0.58%[192][193] 388,468[194][195]
Template:Country data Togo (details) 5,681,519 26.4%[11] 1,499,921
Template:Country data Tonga (details) 102,000 13.7%[196] 13,649
Template:Country data Trinidad and Tobago (details) 1,330,000 21.6%[197] 286,000
Template:Country data Tunisia (details) 11,000,000 0.2% 22,000
Template:Country data Turkey (details) 77,700,000 0.05% 35,000
Template:Country data Turkmenistan (details) 4,750,000 0.01%[198] 500
Template:Country data Tuvalu (details) 10,000 1% 100
Template:Country data Uganda (details) 49,000,000 39.3%[199]–45%[200] 19,200,000–22,000,000
Template:Country data Ukraine (details) 43,000,000 5.6%[11]–10%[201][202][203] 2,408,000–4,300,000
Template:Country data United Arab Emirates (details) 2,563,212 5% 128,160
Template:Country data United Kingdom (details) 63,100,000 9%[204][205][206][207] 5,700,000
Template:Country data United States (details) 341,000,000[208] 20%[209] 21%[210][211]–22%[212][213][214][215][216]–23%[217]–25%[218] 68,200,000–71,600,000–75,020,000–78,430,000–85,250,000
Template:Country data Uruguay (details) 3,500,000 33%[35]-38%[37]–41%[219]–42%[47]–47.1%[10] 1,330,000
Template:Country data Uzbekistan (details) 26,851,195 0.01% 2,685
Template:Country data Vatican City (details) 842 100% 842
Template:Country data Vanuatu (details) 243,304 13.1%[10] 36,500
Template:Country data Venezuela (details) 32,000,000 64.2%[38]–67%[37]–71%[220]–73%[12] 20,000,000–23,360,000
Template:Country data Vietnam (details) 96,208,984 6.1%[221] 5,868,748
Template:Country data Western Sahara (details) 273,008 0.06% 163
Template:Country data Yemen (details) 20,727,063 0.02% 4,145
Template:Country data Zambia (details) 14,300,000 21%[11] 3,003,000
Template:Country data Zimbabwe (details) 12,746,990 7.71% 982,792
Total 8,000,000,000[222][223] 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
Template:Country data U.S. Virgin Islands (details) 109,840 34%[10] 37,345
Template:Country data Anguilla (details) 14,108 5.7%[10] 804
Template:Country data Aruba (details) 101,484 75.3%[224] 76,464
Template:Country data British Virgin Islands (details) 24,041 9.5%[10] 2,283
Template:Country data Cayman Islands (details) 68,811 13.6%[225] 9,348
Template:Country data Curaçao (details) 142,180 72.8%[10] 103,507
Template:Country data Falkland Islands (details) 3,000 10% 300
Template:Country data French Guiana (details) 221,500 75% 166,500
Template:Country data Greenland (details) 55,984 0.2%[11] 111
Template:Country data Guadeloupe (details) 405,500 85.2%[10] 345,486
Template:Country data Guam (details) 154,623 85%[10] 131,430
Template:Country data Northern Mariana Islands (details) 51,659 64.1%[10] 33,113
Template:Country data Hong Kong (details) 7,409,800 5.3% 394,000[226]
Template:Country data Martinique (details) 390,000 80% 312,000
Template:Country data Macau (details) 650,000 4.6%[227] 30,000
Template:Country data New Caledonia (details) 249,000 60.2%[10] 150,000
Template:Country data Puerto Rico (details) 3,600,000 56%[228]-85%[229] 2,000,000-3,060,000
Template:Country data Réunion (details) 839,500 79.7%[45] 669,249
Template:Country data Saint Pierre and Miquelon (details) 6,025 93%[11] 5,600
Template:Country data Turks and Caicos Islands (details) 22,352 11.4%[10] 2,548
Template:Country data Wallis and Futuna (details) 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 RC population of the world).

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 & 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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