The number of cardinals varies as older cardinals pass away or new cardinals are appointed. There are currently about 180 cardinals world wide but only 120 of those are eligible to participate in a papal conclave to elect a new pope. Once a man reaches 80 years of age he remains a cardinal but is unable to vote. The pope usually will appoint new cardinals to fill the positions held when a cardinal retires or dies so as to keep the number of electors about 120.
Depending on where you live in the world it can seem like either everyone is Catholic or nobody is Catholic! So it can be hard to get a real sense of just how Catholics fit into the world as a whole.
Catholic Population
Africa 158,313,000
North America 238,779,000
South America 324,256,000
Asia 118,466,000
Europe 282,108,000
Oceania 8,828,000
For a total Catholic world population (as of January 1, 2007) of 6,542,824,000
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There are approximately 1.2 billion Catholics in the world, as of the figures available in summer 2012.
There are about 1.2 billion Catholics throughout the world.
There are about 1.2 billion Catholics in the World.
There are approximately 1.2 billion Catholics in the world.
There are Protestants and Catholics living in many countries across the world; this has been the case for several centuries.
Not only Ukrainian Catholics use icons - many Catholics across the world do! They are simply a visual representation of important people for different people.
As there are Catholics in every country in the world, many of them underground (in China, etc.), there really is no way to come by this kind of information. We don't even have an accurate count of how many Catholics are alive each day.
Not all Brazilians are Catholic, but many are. About 63% of the population are Catholic. There are more Catholics in Brazil than in any country in the world.
About 17% of all Catholics in the world live in Western Europe. (200,643,617 Catholics in Europe; 1,181,368,942 in the world.
Yes, Catholics are all over the world.
There are about 1.2 billion Catholics in the world.
There are about 1.2 billion Catholics throughout the world.