Catholic Church by country
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The tables below represent statistics with regard to the Catholic Church by country.
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Sources used in the table
Most of the figures are taken from the CIA Factbook.[1]
According to the CIA Factbook, the five countries with the largest number of Catholics are Brazil, Mexico, Philippines, the USA, and Italy. The country with the largest Catholic percentage of the population is Vatican City, at 100%.
According to the Census of the 2012 Annuario Pontificio (Pontifical Yearbook), the number of Roman Catholics of the world is about 1.196 billion at the end of 2010 (At the end of 2009, it was about 1.181 billion).
By country
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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
| 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
| 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 | 887,200,215 | 524,162,233 | 59.08% | 48.75% |
Asia
| Region | Total Population | Catholics | % Catholic | % of Catholic total |
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| 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
| Region | Total Population | Catholics | % Catholic | % of Catholic total |
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| 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% |
| Total | 750,072,510 | 283,916,457 | 37.85% | 26.37% |
Middle East
| Region | Total Population | Catholics | % Catholic | % of Catholic total |
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| Middle East | 260,026,365 | 2,990,573 | 1.15% | 0.27% |
Oceania
| Region | Total Population | Catholics | % Catholic | % of Catholic total |
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| Oceania | 30,686,468 | 7,747,654 | 25.24% | 0.72% |
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References
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- ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholicism_in_Somalia
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