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Revision as of 22:50, 20 February 2007
Catholic countries are countries noted as traditionally having a heavy predominance of adherents of the Catholic Church in their populations. Italy is probably the best known of these countries, particularly since the Vatican is situated within the city of Rome. Other well known Catholic countries in Europe include France, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Slovakia, Lithuania, Poland, the Republic of Ireland, Croatia, and Malta. Catholic countries in other parts of the world include some Asian nations such as the Philippines, or all of the countries of Latin America. The religion is also quickly becoming part of the national identity of some of Africa's nations, such as Angola.
The proportion of Catholic population of each country of the world was taken from the US State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2004.[1] Other sources used were catholic-hierarchy.org[2] and the CIA World Factbook.[3] The total population of each country was taken from The US Census Bureau[4] (2005 estimates). Keep in mind that some of the percentages expressed in this article only refer to the adult population of the country, yet they are used on the country's total population. Also keep in mind that the figures indicate the number of registered baptized people, which may include nonadherents. Similarly nonregistered adherents are not counted. For a more accurate detailing of adherence populations, see [1].
By country
| Region | Country | Total Population (2005 est) | % Catholic | Catholic total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Asia | Afghanistan (details) | 29,928,987 | n/a | 100 |
| Balkans | Albania (details) | 3,563,112 | 13.32% | 474,606 |
| North Africa | Algeria (details) | 32,531,853 | 0.01% | 3,253 |
| Western Europe | Andorra (details) | 71,201 | 90% | c. 64,000 |
| Southern Africa | Angola (details) | 11,190,786 | 44.14% | 4,939,612 |
| South America | Argentina (details) | 39,537,943 | 93% | 34,793,389 |
| Eastern Europe | Armenia (details) | 2,982,904 | 3.7% | 110,367 |
| Oceania | Australia (details) | 20,090,437 | 26.6% | 5,344,056 |
| Central Europe | Austria (details) | 8,265,926 | 74% | 6,056,671 |
| Middle East | Azerbaijan (details) | 7,911,974 | n/a | n/a |
| Middle East | Bahrain (details) | 688,345 | n/a | n/a |
| South Asia | Bangladesh (details) | 144,319,628 | 0.22% | 317,503 |
| Eastern Europe | Belarus (details) | 10,300,483 | 17% | 1,751,082 |
| Western Europe | Belgium (details) | 10,364,388 | 75% | 7,871,262 |
| Central America | Belize (details) | 279,457 | 65% | 162,085 |
| West Africa | Benin (details) | 7,460,025 | 23.18% | 1,729,233 |
| South Asia | Bhutan (details) | 2,232,291 | 0.06% | 1,339 |
| South America | Bolivia (details) | 8,857,870 | 84% | 7,509,138 |
| Balkans | Bosnia and Herzegovina (details) | 4,025,476 | 15.54% | 625,558 |
| Southern Africa | Botswana (details) | 1,640,115 | 4.94% | 81,021 |
| South America | Brazil (details) | 186,112,794 | 83% | 136,923,182 |
| Southeast Asia | Brunei (details) | 372,361 | 6.36% | 23,682 |
| Balkans | Bulgaria (details) | 7,450,349 | 1% | 74,503 |
| West Africa | Burkina Faso (details) | 13,925,313 | 17% | 2,367,303 |
| Central Africa | Burundi (details) | 6,370,609 | 63.09% | 4,019,217 |
| Southeast Asia | Cambodia (details) | 13,607,069 | 0.16% | 21,771 |
| West Africa | Cameroon (details) | 16,380,005 | 25.68% | 4,206,385 |
| North America | Canada (details) | 32,805,041 | 43% | 14,106,167 |
| Central Africa | Central African Republic (details) | 3,799,897 | 23% | 873,976 |
| Central Africa | Chad (details) | 9,826,419 | 8.96% | 880,447 |
| South America | Chile (details) | 16,267,278 | 70% | 11,420,587 |
| East Asia | China (details) | 1,306,313,812 | 0.75% | 9,797,353 |
| South America | Colombia (details) | 42,954,279 | 96% | 41,386,479 |
| East Africa | Comoros (details) | 671,247 | 0.03% | 201 |
| Central Africa | Congo (Brazzaville) (details) | 3,039,126 | 42.65% | 1,296,187 |
| Central Africa | Congo (Kinshasa) (details) | 60,085,004 | 50.39% | 30,276,833 |
| Central America | Costa Rica (details) | 4,016,173 | 90.64% | 3,479,612 |
| Balkans | Croatia (details) | 4,495,904 | 85% | 3,821,518 |
| North America | Cuba (details) | 11,346,670 | 45% | 5,106,001 |
| Middle East | Cyprus (details) | 780,133 | 1.28% | 9,985 |
| Central Europe | Czech Republic (details) | 10,241,138 | 43.32% | 3,924,404 |
| West Africa | Côte d'Ivoire (details) | 17,298,040 | 19.4% | 3,355,819 |
| Western Europe | Denmark (details) | 5,432,335 | 0.64% | 34,766 |
| East Africa | Djibouti (details) | 476,703 | 0.2% | 953 |
| Caribbean | Dominican Republic (details) | 8,950,034 | 88.89% | 7,955,685 |
| Southeast Asia | East Timor (details) | 1,040,880 | 90% | 936,792 |
| South America | Ecuador (details) | 13,363,593 | 96.53% | 12,231,696 |
| North Africa | Egypt (details) | 77,505,756 | 0.35% | 271,270 |
| Central America | El Salvador (details) | 6,704,932 | 79.1% | 3,828,516 |
| East Africa | Eritrea (details) | 4,561,599 | 3.34% | 152,357 |
| Eastern Europe | Estonia (details) | 1,332,893 | 0.36% | 4,798 |
| East Africa | Ethiopia (details) | 73,053,286 | 0.8% | 584,426 |
| South America | Falkland Islands (details) | 2,000 | 10.0% | 200 |
| Oceania | Fiji (details) | 893,354 | 9% | 80,401 |
| Western Europe | Finland (details) | 5,223,442 | 0.14% | 7,312 |
| Western Europe | France (details) | 60,656,178 | 83-89% | 48,524,942 |
| West Africa | Gabon (details) | 1,389,201 | 50.17% | 696,962 |
| West Africa | The Gambia (details) | 1,593,256 | 2.1% | 33,458 |
| Eastern Europe | Georgia (details) | 4,677,401 | 1.8% | 84,193 |
| Western Europe | Germany (details) | 82,431,390 | 33% | 27,532,084 |
| West Africa | Ghana (details) | 21,029,853 | 11.1% | 2,334,313 |
| Balkans | Greece (details) | 10,668,354 | 0.43% | 45,873 |
| Caribbean | Grenada (details) | 89,502 | 65% | 58,176 |
| Central America | Guatemala (details) | 14,655,189 | 65% | 8,060,353 |
| West Africa | Guinea (details) | 9,467,866 | 2.66% | 251,845 |
| West Africa | Guinea-Bissau (details) | 1,416,027 | 8.97% | 127,017 |
| South America | Guyana (details) | 765,283 | 12% | 91,833 |
| Caribbean | Haiti (details) | 8,121,622 | 55% | 4,466,892 |
| Central America | Honduras (details) | 6,975,204 | 73% | 4,394,378 |
| Central Europe | Hungary (details) | 10,006,835 | 76.56% | 7,359,865 |
| Western Europe | Iceland (details) | 296,737 | 1.74% | 5,163 |
| South Asia | India (details) | 1,080,264,388 | 1.58% | 17,068,177 |
| Southeast Asia | Indonesia (details) | 241,973,879 | 3.05% | 7,380,203 |
| Middle East | Iran (details) | 68,017,860 | 0.02% | 13,603 |
| Middle East | Iraq (details) | 26,074,906 | 1.19% | 310,291 |
| Middle East | Israel (details) | 7,100,000 | 1.5% | 94,153 |
| Western Europe | Italy (details) | 59,102,112 | 96% | 55,548,837 |
| Caribbean | Jamaica (details) | 2,731,832 | 2% | 54,636 |
| East Asia | Japan (details) | 127,417,244 | 0.4% | 509,668 |
| Middle East | Jordan (details) | 5,759,732 | 1.2% | 69,116 |
| Central Asia | Kazakhstan (details) | 15,185,844 | 0.66% | 100,226 |
| East Africa | Kenya (details) | 33,829,590 | 28% | 9,472,285 |
| East Asia | Korea, North (details) | 22,912,177 | .0017% | 4,000 |
| East Asia | Korea, South (details) | 48,846,823 | 10% | 4,890,500 |
| Middle East | Kuwait (details) | 2,335,648 | 6.16% | 143,875 |
| Central Asia | Kyrgyzstan (details) | 5,146,281 | 0.56% | 28,819 |
| Southeast Asia | Laos (details) | 6,217,141 | 0.6% | 37,302 |
| Eastern Europe | Latvia (details) | 2,290,237 | 17.04% | 390,256 |
| Middle East | Lebanon (details) | 3,826,018 | 26.14% | 1,000,000 |
| Southern Africa | Lesotho (details) | 1,867,035 | 70% | 1,306,924 |
| West Africa | Liberia (details) | 3,482,211 | 5.42% | 188,735 |
| North Africa | Libya (details) | 5,765,563 | 0.7% | 40,358 |
| Western Europe | Liechtenstein (details) | 33,863 | 76.0% | 25,730 |
| Eastern Europe | Lithuania (details) | 3,596,617 | 79% | 2,841,327 |
| Western Europe | Luxembourg (details) | 468,571 | 90% | 421,713 |
| Balkans | FYR Macedonia (details) | 2,045,262 | 1% | 20,452 |
| Southern Africa | Madagascar (details) | 18,040,341 | 24.01% | 4,331,485 |
| Southern Africa | Malawi (details) | 12,158,924 | 19.57% | 2,379,501 |
| Southeast Asia | Malaysia (details) | 23,953,136 | 3.3% | 790,453 |
| South Asia | Maldives (details) | 349,106 | n/a | n/a |
| West Africa | Mali (details) | 12,291,529 | 1.54% | 189,289 |
| Southern Europe | Malta (details) | 400,214 | 95.34% | 368,000 |
| North Africa | Mauritania (details) | 3,086,859 | n/a | n/a |
| Southern Africa | Mauritius (details) | 1,230,602 | 23.51% | 289,314 |
| North America | Mexico (details) | 106,202,903 | 89% | 94,629,558 |
| Eastern Europe | Moldova (details) | 4,455,421 | 0.46% | 20,494 |
| Western Europe | Monaco (details) | 32,543 | 90.63% | 29,000 |
| Central Asia | Mongolia (details) | 2,791,272 | 0.04% | 1,116 |
| North Africa | Morocco (details) | 32,725,847 | 0.07% | 22,908 |
| Southern Africa | Mozambique (details) | 19,406,703 | 22.23% | 4,314,110 |
| Southeast Asia | Myanmar (details) | 42,909,464 | 1.05% | 450,549 |
| Southern Africa | Namibia (details) | 2,030,692 | 16.95% | 344,202 |
| South Asia | Nepal (details) | 27,676,547 | 0.03% | 8,302 |
| Western Europe | the Netherlands (details) | 16,292,353 | 31.27% | 5,130,622 |
| Oceania | New Zealand (details) | 4,035,461 | 12.65% | 510,485 |
| Central America | Nicaragua (details) | 5,465,100 | 72.9% | 3,984,057 |
| West Africa | Niger (details) | 11,665,937 | 0.1% | 11,665 |
| West Africa | Nigeria (details) | 128,771,988 | 14.38% | 18,517,411 |
| Western Europe | Norway (details) | 4,593,041 | 1.12% | 51,442 |
| Middle East | Oman (details) | 3,001,583 | 0.1% | 3,001 |
| South Asia | Pakistan (details) | 162,419,946 | 0.79% | 1,283,117 |
| Oceania | Palau (details) | 19,949 | 41.6% | 8,299 |
| Middle East | Palestine (details) | 3,761,904 | 2% | c. 80,000 |
| Central America | Panama (details) | 3,039,150 | 82% | 2,492,103 |
| Oceania | Papua New Guinea (details) | 5,545,268 | 32.97% | 1,828,274 |
| South America | Paraguay (details) | 6,347,884 | 90% | 5,713,095 |
| South America | Peru (details) | 27,925,628 | 96.4% | 25,860,502 |
| Southeast Asia | The Philippines (details) | 87,857,473 | 81% | 71,164,553 |
| Central Europe | Poland (details) | 38,635,144 | 96% | 37,128,115 |
| Western Europe | Portugal (details) | 10,566,212 | 97% | 10,271,358 |
| Caribbean | Puerto Rico (details) | 3,916,632 | 85% | 1,566,652 |
| Middle East | Qatar (details) | 863,051 | n/a | n/a |
| Western Europe | Republic of Ireland (details)[5] | 4,234,925 | 88.4% | 3,743,674 |
| Balkans | Romania (details) | 22,329,977 | 5% | 1,116,498 |
| Eastern Europe | Russia (details) | 143,420,309 | 0.53% | 760,127 |
| East Africa | Rwanda (details) | 8,440,820 | 43.9% | 3,705,519 |
| Southern Europe | San Marino (details) | 29,251 | 95% | 29,230 |
| Middle East | Saudi Arabia (details) | 26,417,599 | 2.5% | 660,439 |
| West Africa | Senegal (details) | 11,126,832 | 3.5% | 389,439 |
| Balkans | Serbia and Montenegro (details) | 10,829,175 | 4% | 433,167 |
| East Africa | Seychelles (details) | 81,188 | 87% | 70,633 |
| West Africa | Sierra Leone (details) | 6,017,643 | 2.9% | 174,511 |
| Southeast Asia | Singapore (details) | 4,425,720 | 3.75% | 165,964 |
| Central Europe | Slovakia (details) | 5,431,363 | 68.9% | 3,742,209 |
| Central Europe | Slovenia (details) | 2,011,070 | 58% | 1,166,420 |
| East Africa | Somalia (details) | 8,591,629 | n/a | n/a |
| Southern Africa | South Africa (details) | 44,344,136 | 6.43% | 2,851,327 |
| Western Europe | Spain (details) | 40,341,462 | 92% | 37,492,258 |
| South Asia | Sri Lanka (details) | 20,064,776 | 7.12% | 1,428,612 |
| North Africa | Sudan (details) | 40,187,486 | 5% | 2,009,374 |
| South America | Suriname (details) | 438,144 | 18% | 78,865 |
| Southern Africa | Swaziland (details) | 1,173,900 | 5.35% | 62,803 |
| Western Europe | Sweden (details) | 9,001,774 | 1.62% | 145,828 |
| Western Europe | Switzerland (details) | 7,489,370 | 41.8% | 3,130,556 |
| Middle East | Syria (details) | 18,448,752 | 2% | 368,975 |
| East Asia | Taiwan (details) | 22,894,384 | 1.39% | 318,231 |
| Central Asia | Tajikistan (details) | 7,163,506 | 0.55% | 39,399 |
| East Africa | Tanzania (details) | 36,766,356 | 25.74% | 9,463,660 |
| Southeast Asia | Thailand (details) | 65,444,371 | 0.44% | 287,955 |
| West Africa | Togo (details) | 5,681,519 | 27.8% | 1,579,462 |
| Central America | Trinidad and Tobago (details) | 1,088,644 | 26% | 283,047 |
| North Africa | Tunisia (details) | 10,074,951 | 0.22% | 22,164 |
| Middle East | Turkey (details) | 69,660,559 | 0.05% | 34,830 |
| Central Asia | Turkmenistan (details) | 4,952,081 | 0.54% | 26,741 |
| East Africa | Uganda (details) | 27,269,482 | 45.42% | 12,385,798 |
| Eastern Europe | Ukraine (details) | 47,425,336 | 7.88% | 3,737,116 |
| Middle East | the United Arab Emirates (details) | 2,563,212 | 5% | 128,160 |
| Western Europe | the United Kingdom (details) | 60,441,457 | 8.45% | 5,107,303 |
| North America | the United States (details) | 295,734,134 | 26% | 76,890,874 |
| South America | Uruguay (details) | 3,415,920 | 58% | 1,981,233 |
| Central Asia | Uzbekistan (details) | 26,851,195 | 0.01% | 2,685 |
| Western Europe | Vatican City (details) | 921 | 100% | 921 |
| South America | Venezuela (details) | 25,375,281 | 95% | 24,157,267 |
| Southeast Asia | Vietnam (details) | 83,535,576 | 6.62% | 5,530,055 |
| North Africa | Western Sahara (details) | 273,008 | 0.06% | 163 |
| Middle East | Yemen (details) | 20,727,063 | 0.02% | 4,145 |
| Southern Africa | Zambia (details) | 11,261,795 | 26.31% | 2,962,978 |
| Southern Africa | Zimbabwe (details) | 12,746,990 | 7.71% | 982,792 |
| Total | 6,430,856,221 | 15.843% | 1,018,857,238 | |
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).
(Note: Egypt, Sudan, and other Arab Maghreb countries are counted as part of North Africa, not Middle East).
| Region | Total Population | Catholics | % Catholic | % of Catholic total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Africa | 83,121,055 | 37,346,660 | 44.93% | 3.666% |
| East Africa | 193,741,900 | 35,835,832 | 18.497% | 3.517% |
| North Africa | 202,151,323 | 2,369,490 | 1.172% | 0.233% |
| Southern Africa | 137,092,019 | 24,846,069 | 18.124% | 2.439% |
| West Africa | 268,997,245 | 36,152,847 | 13.44% | 3.548% |
| Total | 885,103,542 | 136,550,898 | 15.428% | 13.402% |
| Region | Total Population | Catholics | % Catholic | % of Catholic total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Asia | 92,019,166 | 198,986 | 0.216% | 0.02% |
| East Asia | 1,527,960,261 | 13,830,831 | 0.905% | 1.357% |
| Middle East | 274,775,527 | 2,035,133 | 0.741% | 0.2% |
| South Asia | 1,437,326,682 | 20,107,050 | 1.399% | 1.973% |
| Southeast Asia | 571,337,070 | 86,789,279 | 15.191% | 8.518% |
| Total | 3,903,418,706 | 122,961,279 | 3.15% | 12.069% |
| Region | Total Population | Catholics | % Catholic | % of Catholic total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balkans | 65,407,609 | 6,612,175 | 10.109% | 0.649% |
| Central Europe | 74,510,241 | 51,457,684 | 69.061% | 5.051% |
| Eastern Europe | 212,821,296 | 9,505,200 | 4.466% | 0.933% |
| Western Europe | 375,832,557 | 168,622,083 | 44.866% | 16.55% |
| Total | 728,571,703 | 236,197,142 | 32.419% | 23.183% |
| Region | Total Population | Catholics | % Catholic | % of Catholic total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caribbean | 23,809,622 | 14,102,041 | 59.228% | 1.384% |
| Central America | 42,223,849 | 26,684,151 | 63.197% | 2.619% |
| North America | 446,088,748 | 189,561,596 | 42.494% | 18.605% |
| South America | 371,075,531 | 285,157,458 | 76.846% | 27.988% |
| Total | 883,197,750 | 515,505,246 | 58.368% | 50.596% |
| Region | Total Population | Catholics | % Catholic | % of Catholic total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oceania | 30,564,520 | 7,642,673 | 25.005% | 0.75% |
Top sixty
| Rank | Country | Catholic Population | % Catholicity | Country | % Catholicity | Catholic Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 136,923,182 | 73.57% | Vatican City | 100% | 921 |
| 2 | Mexico | 93,458,554 | 88% | Portugal | 94% | 9,932,239 |
| 3 | United States | 76,890,874 | 26% | Ecuador | 91.53% | 12,231,696 |
| 4 | Philippines | 71,164,553 | 81% | Paraguay | 90% | 5,713,095 |
| 5 | Italy | 52,548,837 | 87% | East Timor | 90% | 936,792 |
| 6 | France | 48,524,942 | 80-83% | Luxembourg | 90% | 421,713 |
| 7 | Colombia | 35,145,191 | 81.82% | Dominican Republic | 88.89% | 7,955,685 |
| 8 | Argentina | 34,793,389 | 88% | Republic of Ireland | 88.4% | 3,549,857 |
| 9 | Spain | 34,676,584 | 83% | Mexico | 88% | 93,458,554 |
| 10 | Poland | 37,908,115 | 96% | Argentina | 88% | 34,793,389 |
| 11 | Congo (Kinshasa) | 30,276,833 | 50.39% | Italy | 87% | 50,548,837 |
| 12 | Germany | 27,532,084 | 33.4% | Costa Rica | 86.64% | 3,479,612 |
| 13 | Peru | 22,340,502 | 80% | Seychelles | 87% | 70,633 |
| 14 | Nigeria | 18,517,411 | 14.38% | Croatia | 85% | 3,821,518 |
| 15 | Venezuela | 17,762,696 | 70% | Panama | 82% | 2,492,103 |
| 16 | India | 17,068,177 | 1.58% | Colombia | 81.82% | 35,145,191 |
| 17 | Canada | 14,106,167 | 43% | Philippines | 81% | 71,164,553 |
| 18 | Uganda | 12,385,798 | 45.42% | Spain | 81% | 32,676,584 |
| 19 | Ecuador | 12,231,696 | 91.53% | Poland | 96% | 37,908,115 |
| 20 | Chile | 11,380,587 | 69.96% | Peru | 80% | 22,340,502 |
| 21 | Portugal | 9,932,239 | 94% | Lithuania | 79% | 2,841,327 |
| 22 | China | 9,797,353 | 0.75% | Bolivia | 78% | 6,909,138 |
| 23 | Kenya | 9,472,285 | 28% | Austria | 74% | 6,056,671 |
| 24 | Tanzania | 9,463,660 | 25.74% | Brazil | 73.57% | 136,923,182 |
| 25 | Guatemala | 8,060,353 | 55% | Nicaragua | 72.9% | 3,984,057 |
| 26 | Dominican Republic | 7,955,685 | 88.89% | Venezuela | 70% | 17,762,696 |
| 27 | Indonesia | 7,380,203 | 3.05% | Lesotho | 70% | 1,306,924 |
| 28 | Bolivia | 6,909,138 | 78% | Chile | 69.96% | 11,380,587 |
| 29 | Austria | 6,056,671 | 74% | Slovakia | 68.9% | 3,742,209 |
| 30 | Paraguay | 5,713,095 | 90% | Grenada | 65% | 58,176 |
| 31 | Hungary | 5,659,865 | 56.56% | Burundi | 63.09% | 4,019,217 |
| 32 | Vietnam | 5,530,055 | 6.62% | Honduras | 63% | 4,394,378 |
| 33 | Australia | 5,344,056 | 26.6% | Uruguay | 58% | 1,981,233 |
| 34 | Netherlands | 5,130,622 | 31.27% | Slovenia | 58% | 1,166,420 |
| 35 | United Kingdom | 5,107,303 | 8.45% | Belize | 58% | 162,085 |
| 36 | Cuba | 5,106,001 | 45% | El Salvador | 57.1% | 3,828,516 |
| 37 | Angola | 4,939,612 | 44.14% | Hungary | 56.56% | 5,659,865 |
| 38 | Belgium | 4,871,262 | 47% | Guatemala | 55% | 8,060,353 |
| 39 | Haiti | 4,466,892 | 55% | Haiti | 55% | 4,466,892 |
| 40 | Honduras | 4,394,378 | 63% | Congo (Kinshasa) | 50.39% | 30,276,833 |
| 41 | Madagascar | 4,331,485 | 24.01% | Gabon | 50.17% | 696,962 |
| 42 | Mozambique | 4,314,110 | 22.23% | Belgium | 47% | 4,871,262 |
| 43 | Cameroon | 4,206,385 | 25.68% | Uganda | 45.42% | 12,385,798 |
| 44 | Burundi | 4,019,217 | 63.09% | Cuba | 45% | 5,106,001 |
| 45 | Nicaragua | 3,984,057 | 72.9% | Angola | 44.14% | 4,939,612 |
| 46 | Czech Republic | 3,924,404 | 38.32% | Rwanda | 43.9% | 3,705,519 |
| 47 | El Salvador | 3,828,516 | 57.1% | Canada | 43% | 14,106,167 |
| 48 | Croatia | 3,821,518 | 85% | Congo (Brazzaville) | 42.65% | 1,296,187 |
| 49 | Slovakia | 3,742,209 | 68.9% | France | 80-83% | 48,524,942 |
| 50 | Ukraine | 3,737,116 | 7.88% | Switzerland | 41.8% | 3,130,556 |
| 51 | Rwanda | 3,705,519 | 43.9% | Puerto Rico | 40% | 1,566,652 |
| 52 | Republic of Ireland | 3,549,857 | 88.4% | Czech Republic | 38.32% | 3,924,404 |
| 53 | Costa Rica | 3,479,612 | 86.64% | Germany | 33.4% | 27,532,084 |
| 54 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3,355,819 | 19.4% | Papua New Guinea | 32.97% | 1,828,274 |
| 55 | Korea, South | 4,890,500 | 10% | Netherlands | 31.27% | 5,130,622 |
| 56 | Switzerland | 3,130,556 | 41.8% | Kenya | 28% | 9,472,285 |
| 57 | Zambia | 2,962,978 | 26.31% | Togo | 27.8% | 1,579,462 |
| 58 | South Africa | 2,851,327 | 6.43% | Australia | 26.6% | 5,344,056 |
| 59 | Lithuania | 2,841,327 | 80% | Zambia | 26.31% | 2,962,978 |
| 60 | Panama | 2,492,103 | 82% | United States | 26% | 76,890,874 |
See also
- Christianity by country
- Protestants by country
- Orthodoxy by country
- Islam by country
- Jews by country
- Hinduism by country
- Buddhism by country
References
- ^ US State Department.
- ^ Catholic hierarchy.org website.
- ^ CIA World Factbook.
- ^ US Census Bureau.
- ^ Note that this article discusses both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, and that the statistics for Northern Ireland are not included in the statistics for the Republic of Ireland here, but rather are counted as part of the statistics of the United Kingdom. Therefore see also Roman Catholicism in the United Kingdom.
- Global Catholic Statistics: 1905 and Today by Albert J. Fritsch, SJ, PhD
