Catholic Church by country

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)."<ref name="mcbrien">Richard P. McBrien. The Church: The Evolution of Catholicism. (New York: Harper One, 2008) p. 447</ref> 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.<ref>Edward P. Hahnenberg. A Concise Guide to the Documents of Vatican II (Cincinnati, OH: St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2007).</ref> 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."<ref>McBrien, p. 447.</ref> 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.<ref>Todd M. Johnson, "Pentecostal/Charismatic Christianity" World Christian Encyclopedia 3rd edition, Edinburgh University Press, 2019.</ref> 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.<ref>Michael W. Higgins, "Promises to keep", The Tablet, 2 July 2022, 10. "As Canadian bishops noted in the article, there is no 'Catholic church of Canada' (i.e., no national church as the Anglican 'Church of Canada' or 'Church of England'), only a 'Catholic Church in Canada'. Its dioceses report to Rome, not to Ottawa; the Church is not a national or univocal entity but an amalgam of separate parts. Each diocese operates self-reliantly or independently of the others."</ref>

The Catholic Church is the "world's oldest continuously functioning international institution."<ref>Mark A. Noll. The New Shape of World Christianity (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2009), p. 191.</ref> It is also the largest non-government provider of education and health care in the world,<ref name="Geopolitics">Template:Cite journal</ref> 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.<ref>Johnson, "Catholicism Worldwide", World Christian Encyclopedia, Edinburgh University Press, 2019.</ref>

Methodology

Template:Catholic Church by country Most of the figures are taken from the CIA's World Factbook<ref name="factbook">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> or Pew Research Center surveys.<ref name="PEW10">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="PEWLAT">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="PEWsubsahara">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In Latin American countries, Latinobarómetro is often cited.<ref>Latinobarometro, Opinion Publica Latinoamericana, Enero 2018.</ref> 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.<ref>"Church Tax In Germany Explained [2021 English Guide]" by Jen. July 3, 2021. Simple Germany</ref> This method may explain the discrepancy between Pew's figures on Germany<ref>"Five Centuries After Reformation, Catholic-Protestant Divide in Western Europe Has Faded," Pew Research Center, 31 July 2017 </ref> and the church figures.<ref>See Philip Hammond, "Religion and the Persistence of Identify," Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 27, 1988. According to Pew stats (31 July 2017, "Five Centuries After the Reformation," p. 4), 42% of Germans polled self-identified as Catholic. However, according to the official records of the German Catholic Church (based on the church tax), less than 28% were listed as Catholic.</ref><ref>"German Catholics' Path to Heaven Comes with Taxes," Sylvia Poggioli, All Things Considered, NPR, 9 October 2012.</ref>

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

• Template:Flagicon Brazil
• Template:Flagicon Mexico
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• Template:Flagicon United States
• Template:Flagicon Democratic Republic of the Congo

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.<ref name="WorldChristianDatabase">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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 {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, by country.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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%,<ref name="datafolha">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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%<ref name=MEXCENSUS>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Sndagainst a 91.89% number in The World Factbook.

By country

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Catholic Church by country

Country	Total population	% Catholic	Catholic total
Template:Flag (details)	29,928,987	0%	0<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag (details)	3,020,000	10%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	302,000
Template:Flag (details)	32,531,853	0.14%<ref name="rm">Deeb, Mary Jane. "Religious minorities" Algeria (Country Study). Federal Research Division, Library of Congress; Helen Chapan Metz, ed. December 1993. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.[1]</ref>	45,000
Template:Flag (details)	70,000	85.5%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>–88.2%<ref name="PEW10" />	61,740
Template:Flag (details)	35,121,734	41.1%<ref name="CensoAO">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>–50%<ref name="auto">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>–55%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>–56.4%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>–60%<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	12,500,000–20,000,000<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag (details)	84,816	5.5%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	4,752
Template:Flag (details)	47,300,000	62.9%<ref>South America: Argentina - The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency cia.gov 27 April 2023.</ref>–63%<ref>Segunda Encuesta Nacional Sobre Creencias y Actitudes Religiosas en Argentina 2019, Ceil-conicet.gov.ar</ref><ref name="latino24">Latinobarometro Informe 2024</ref>–63.3%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>–66%<ref name=latinobarometro/>–67.8%<ref name="statista22">Template:Cite news</ref>	29,000,000–31,000,000
Template:Flag (details)	3,018,854	0.3%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	8,695
Template:Flag (details)	25,380,000	20.0%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	5,076,000
Template:Flag (details)	9,197,000	49.6%	4,557,000<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag (details)	8,581,400	0.03%	2,574
Template:Flag (details)	330,000	12%<ref name="factbook" />	39,600
Template:Flag (details)	800,000	8.9%<ref name="PEW10" />	71,200
Template:Flag (details)	158,000,000	0.07%	110,000<ref name="PEW10" />
Template:Flag (details)	250,012	4.2%<ref name="factbook" />	10,000
Template:Flag (details)	9,500,000	7.1%<ref name=mfa>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	674,500
Template:Flag (details)	11,200,000	44%<ref name="EB2021">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	5,000,000–6,500,000
Template:Flag (details)	334,000	40%<ref name="belize2000">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	133,600
Template:Flag (details)	7,460,025	26.6%<ref name=clerus.org>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1,984,366
Template:Flag (details)	2,232,291	0.06%	1,339
Template:Flag (details)	10,500,000	63%<ref name="latino24" />–70%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>–73%<ref name=latinobarometro />–77%<ref name="Pew Latin">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	7,980,000
Template:Flag (details)	3,531,159	15.19%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	536,333
Template:Flag (details)	1,640,115	4.9%	80,365
Template:Flag (details)	203,080,000	56.75%<ref name="2022 census">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	100,200,000<ref>Template:Cite report</ref>–115,250,000
Template:Flag (details)	372,361	5%<ref name="PEW10" />	38,709
Template:Flag (details)	6,445,481	0.6%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	38,709
Template:Flag (details)	13,925,313	20.1%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	4,121,536
Template:Flag (details)	12,000,000	58.6%<ref name="factbook" />	7,000,000
Template:Flag (details)	512,096	72.5%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	395,850
Template:Flag (details)	13,607,069	<0.1%	<10,000<ref name="PEW10" />
Template:Flag (details)	31,000,000	33.1%<ref>Template:Citation</ref>–38.4%<ref name="factbook" />	10,300,000
Template:Flag (details)	40,769,890<ref>http://www.cbc.ca and infostats@statcan.gc.ca (2024)</ref>	29.9<ref name="religion2021d">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	12,189,931
Template:Flag (details)	3,799,897	29%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	949,974
Template:Flag (details)	12,000,000	20%<ref name="factbook" />–22.8%<ref name=pewchad>Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Chad Template:Webarchive. Pew Research Center. 2010.</ref>	2,520,000
Template:Flag (details)	19,764,771	53.7% (15+)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	10,700,000
Template:Flag (details)	1,400,000,000	0.43%–0.7%<ref name="PEW10" />	6,000,000<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>–12,000,000<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag (details)	52,000,000	56.6%<ref name="latino24" />–70.9%<ref name="Colombia1">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Colombia2">Template:Cite journal Based on a 2010 survey in "major cities throughout the country, many mid-size cities, and the rural region of Uraba".</ref>–73%<ref name="latinobarometro">Latinobarometro, Cooperativa.cl, retrieved 8 February 2018.</ref>–75%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	30,000,000–39,000,000
Template:Flag (details)	800,000	0.2%<ref name="PEW10" />	1,600
Template:Flag (details)	5,062,021	33.1%<ref name="factbook" />–52.9%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1,675,529–2,409,661
Template:Flag (details)	109,000,000	45%<ref name="auto" /><ref>"Pope's Congo visit seeks to heal 'still bleeding' wounds, envoy says," Reuters.com/world/Africa/ 2023-01-22</ref>–47.3%<ref name="PEW10" />–55%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	49,000,000–60,000,000
Template:Flag (details)	5,100,000	47%<ref name=ciep>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Informe de Resultados de la Encuesta de Opinión Sociopolítica Realizada en Febrero de 2018 Template:Webarchive Publicado el 6 March 2018.</ref>–57%<ref name=latinobarometro/>–62%<ref name="PEWLAT" />–71.8%<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	2,350,000–3,500,000
Template:Flag (details)	3,872,000	83.2%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	3,240,000
Template:Flag (details)	11,163,934	51%<ref name="PEW10" />–60%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	6,000,000<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Flag (details)	1,100,000	2.9%<ref name="Cyprus">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	11,000
Template:Flag (details)	10,524,167	9.3%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	985,318
Template:Flag (details)	23,800,000<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	21.4%<ref name="PEW10" />	5,093,000
Template:Flag (details)	5,630,000	0.7%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	46,000
Template:Flag (details)	476,703	0.2%	953
Template:Flag (details)	71,540	58.1%<ref name="PEW10" />	41,564
Template:Flag (details)	10,400,000	43%<ref name="latino24" />–48%<ref name=latinobarometro/>–57%<ref name="PEWLAT" />	4,992,000–5,928,000
Template:Flag (details)	1,054,000	97.57%<ref name="religion">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1,021,000
Template:Flag (details)	15,223,680	65%<ref name="latino24" />–69.5%<ref name="statista22" />–77.0%<ref name=latinobarometro />–79%<ref name="Pew Latin" />–80.4%<ref name="INEC">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Report">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	11,265,523
Template:Flag (details)	1,620,000	80.7%<ref name="PEW10" />	1,410,000
Template:Flag (details)	77,505,756	0.1%	187,320<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag (details)	7,000,000	39%<ref name=latinobarometro />–47%<ref name="state2017">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>–50%<ref name="Pew Latin" />	2,730,000–3,500,000
Template:Flag (details)	4,561,599	3.3%	150,532
Template:Flag (details)	1,332,893	0.8%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	8,690
Template:Flag (details)	73,053,286	0.7%<ref name="factbook" />	584,426
Template:Flag (details)	104,468	52.6%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>–55%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	60,000
Template:Flag (details)	893,354	9.1%<ref name="PEW10" />	80,401
Template:Flag (details)	5,451,270	0.2%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	12,434
Template:Flag (details)	66,600,000	47%<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>–48%<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>–51%<ref name="2016Montaigne-IFOP">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>–57%<ref>Les protestants en France en 2017 Template:Webarchive Ipsos.</ref>–60%<ref name="2017PRC">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	31,000,000–44,000,000
Template:Flag (details)	1,389,201	50%	694,600
Template:Flag (details)	1,593,256	2.1%	33,458
Template:Flag (details)	3,713,804	0.5%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	18,569
Template:Flag (details)	83,550,000	23.7%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	19,770,000
Template:Flag (details)	30,792,608	10.0%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	3,079,261
Template:Flag (details)	10,413,982<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	2.4%	250,000<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flag (details)	115,000	39.2%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	45,000
Template:Flag (details)	15,773,000	39%<ref name="latino24" />–43%<ref name=latinobarometro />–45%<ref name="GUATEMALA">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>–50%<ref name="Pew Latin" />	7,000,000
Template:Flag (details)	9,467,866	2.6%	246,164
Template:Flag (details)	1,416,027	8.9%	126,026
Template:Flag (details)	746,955	7.1%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	53,034
Template:Flag (details)	10,000,000	54.7%<ref name="factbook" />–56.7%<ref name="PEW10" />–56.8%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	5,470,000
Template:Flag (details)	8,800,000	36%<ref name="latino24" />–37%<ref name=latinobarometro/>–46%<ref name="PEWLAT" />	3,256,000–4,048,000
Template:Flag (details)	9,877,000	29.2%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>–38.1%<ref>data for both Latin (37.2%) and Greek Catholic (1.9%) Churches in communion with Rome, Factbook CIA, Oct. 6, 2023 https://www.cia.gov> the-world-factbook</ref>–53.0%<ref name="Special Eurobarometer 393">Special Eurobarometer 393 - Discrimination in the European Union in 2012 p. T98, T99 (233-234).</ref>–56%<ref name="Pew2017">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>–62%.<ref name="EURO2019">Special Eurobarometer 493, European Union: European Commission, September 2019, pages 229-230, Ec.europa.eu Retrieved 17 January 2020. The question asked was "Do you consider yourself to be...?" With a card showing: Catholic, Orthodox Christian, Protestant, Other Christian, Jewish, Muslim - Shia, Muslim - Sunni, Other Muslim, Sikh, Buddhist, Hindu, Atheist, Non believer/Agnostic and Other. Also space was given for Refusal (SPONTANEOUS) and Don't Know. Jewish, Sikh, Buddhist and Hindu did not reach the 1% threshold.</ref>	2,808,000–6,123,740
Template:Flag (details)	355,277	3.9%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	13,799
Template:Flag (details)	1,400,000,000	0.9%<ref name="PEW10" />–1.5%<ref>James Roberts and Ellen Teague, "COVID-19 fuels Dalit bias," TABLET, 2 May 2020, 24.</ref><ref name="CatholicHierarchy">Template:Catholic-hierarchy</ref>	13,000,000–21,000,000
Template:Flag (details)	270,000,000	3.12%<ref name="RELIGION">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>UCA News, Union of Catholic Asia News, directory@ucanews.com</ref>	8,424,000
Template:Flag (details)	85,202,000	0.02%	13,603
Template:Flag (details)	38,000,000	0.35%<ref name="PEW10" />	133,000
Template:Flag (details)	5,100,000	69%<ref name="journal2023">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	3,500,000
Template:Flag (details)	7,746,000	1.2%<ref name="PEW10" />	92,952
Template:Flag (details)	60,800,000	66.7%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>–74%<ref name="Ipsos2017">Template:Cite news</ref>–75%<ref name="doxa">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>–76.5%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>–78.9%<ref name=EB2018>Template:Cite book</ref>–81.7%<ref name="spring2016">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	44,000,000–50,000,000
Template:Flag (details)	2,697,983	2.2%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	59,356
Template:Flag (details)	124,000,000	0.3%–<ref name="PEW10" /> 0.5%<ref name="chy">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	372,000–620,000
Template:Flag (details)	5,759,732	0.4%<ref name="PEW10" />	23,038
Template:Flag (details)	15,185,844	0.6%	91,115
Template:Flag (details)	47,560,000	20.6%<ref name=Census2019>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	9,816,000
Template:Flag (details)	98,000	55.8%<ref name="factbook" />–57.3%<ref name="Census 2015">Template:Cite book</ref>	54,684
Template:Flag (details)	22,912,177	0.01%	2,291
Template:Flag (details)	53,121,668	11.1%<ref name=CBCK>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	5,914,669
Template:Flag (details)	1,739,825	1.4%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	25,837
Template:Flag (details)	2,335,648	8.5%	402,000
Template:Flag (details)	5,146,281	0.1%	5,146
Template:Flag (details)	6,217,141	0.6%	37,302
Template:Flag (details)	2,290,237	19.1%<ref name="PEW10" />	437,435
Template:Flag (details)	4,800,000	28.8%<ref name="PEW10" />	1,382,400
Template:Flag (details)	2,067,000	45.7%<ref name="PEW10" />–49.4%<ref name=Lesotho>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	946,000–1,052,237<ref name=Lesotho/>
Template:Flag (details)	3,482,211	5.4%	188,039
Template:Flag (details)	5,765,563	0.7%	40,358
Template:Flag (details)	40,000	69.6%<ref>Volkszählung 2020, Bevölkerungsstruktur, retrieved 12 March 2025.</ref>	28,000
Template:Flag (details)	2,900,000	74.2%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	2,200,000
Template:Flag (details)	538,000	63.8%<ref name=EB2018/>–65.9%<ref name="PEW10" />	369,600
Template:Flag (details)	18,040,341	29.5%<ref name=clerus.org />–38.1%<ref name=Madagascar>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	5,318,293–7,890,000<ref name=Madagascar/>
Template:Flag (details)	17,563,749	17.2%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	3,028,435
Template:Flag (details)	34,671,895	4.63%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1,570,000
Template:Flag (details)	349,106	0.02%	80
Template:Flag (details)	12,291,529	1.5%	189,289
Template:Flag (details)	428,000	82.6%<ref name=2021census>Census final report 2021</ref>	361,372
Template:Flag (details)	62,000	8.4%<ref name="factbook" />	5,208
Template:Flag (details)	3,086,859	0.1%<ref name="PEW10" />	3,086
Template:Flag (details)	1,237,091	26.0%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	324,811
Template:Flag (details)	130,000,000	69.4%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>–74%<ref name="statista22" />–77.7%<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> 78%<ref>CIA Factbook, Mexico, 2024.</ref><ref>2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Mexico</ref>	90,000,000–96,101,000–100,912,000–101,302,000
Template:Flag (details)	4,455,421	0.5%	20,494
Template:Flag (details)	38,000	77.8%<ref>Présentation du diocèse de Monaco, sur eglise-catholique.mc.</ref>–82.3%<ref name="PEW10" />	30,000
Template:Flag (details)	2,791,272	0.04%	1,116
Template:Flag (details)	625,266	3.4%	21,299
Template:Flag (details)	32,725,847	0.07%	22,908
Template:Flag (details)	19,406,703	27.2%<ref name="factbook" />–28.4%<ref name="PEW10" />–30.5%<ref name="DHS 2015">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	5,270,000–9,900,000
Template:Flag (details)	42,909,464	1.1%	450,549
Template:Flag (details)	2,030,692	22.8%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	344,202
Template:Flag (details)	10,084	32.96%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	3,324
Template:Flag (details)	27,676,547	0.03%	8,302
Template:Flag (details)	18,000,000	17%<ref name="cbs2024">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>–18.2%<ref name="cbs2023">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>–20.8%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	3,060,000–3,740,000
Template:Flag (details)	5,000,000	8.9<ref>2023</ref>–10.0%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	445,000
Template:Flag (details)	6,000,000	40%<ref name=latinobarometro/>–50%<ref name="PEWLAT" />–55%<ref>The Latin American Socio-Religious Studies Program / Programa Latinoamericano de Estudios Sociorreligiosos (PROLADES) Template:Webarchive, Prolades.com</ref><ref name="Census2005">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	2,400,000–3,000,000
Template:Flag (details)	11,665,937	0.1%	11,665
Template:Flag (details)	230,000,000	10.6%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>–12.6%<ref name="PEW10" />	24,400,000–29,000,000
Template:Flag (details)	1,836,713	0.4%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	6,746
Template:Flag (details)	5,060,000	2.4%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>–3.02%<ref name="stat2018christiancommunities">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	120,900
Template:Flag (details)	3,000,000	4.1%<ref name="PEW10" />	110,000
Template:Flag (details)	241,500,000	0.8%	1,930,000
Template:Flag (details)	17,661	46.0%<ref name="census2015">Template:Cite book</ref>	8,124
Template:Flag (details)	3,761,904	2%	80,000
Template:Flag (details)	3,500,000	52%<ref name="latino24" />–55%<ref name=latinobarometro/>–63%<ref name=2015survey>Template:Cite journal</ref>–70%<ref name="PEWLAT" />	1,925,000–2,400,000
Template:Flag (details)	7,000,000	26%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1,890,000
Template:Flag (details)	6,800,000	72%<ref name="latino24" />–88.3%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>–89%<ref name="Pew Latin" /><ref name=latinobarometro/>	6,000,000
Template:Flag (details)	34,300,000	64%<ref name="latino24" />–74%<ref name=latinobarometro/>–76%<ref name="PEWLAT" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	26,725,000
Template:Flag (details)	114,000,000<ref name="PSAGovPH-2020Census">Template:Cite press release</ref>	78.8%<ref name="PSAGovPH-2020Census-Religion">Template:Cite press release</ref>	89,000,000
Template:Flag (details)	38,496,000	71.1%<ref name="nsp-2021">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	27,332,000
Template:Flag (details)	10,343,066<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	80.2%<ref name="Censos2021">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	7,043,016–8,260,000
Template:Flag (details)	863,051	10.5%	350,000
Template:Flag (details)	22,329,977	4.7%<ref name="factbook" />	1,787,408
Template:Flag (details)	143,420,309	0.5%<ref name="PEW10" />	717,101
Template:Flag (details)	11,000,000	43.7%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>–49.5%<ref name=Rwanda>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	4,807,000
Template:Flag (details)	51,000	6.7%	3,400
Template:Flag (details)	165,600	61.3%	101,500
Template:Flag (details)	106,000	7.5%	7,950
Template:Flag (details)	179,000	19.6%<ref name="factbook" />	35,084
Template:Flag (details)	32,500	85.5<ref>The ARDA website on San Marino</ref>–90.5%<ref name="PEW10" />	28,000
Template:Flag (details)	200,000	55.7<ref>CIA Factbook</ref>–73.5%<ref name=clerus.org />	120,000
Template:Flag (details)	26,417,599	2.5%–3.8%<ref name="factbook" />–7%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	660,439–1,300,000
Template:Flag (details)	11,126,832	3.5%	389,439
Template:Flag (details)	7,120,600	6.1%<ref name="factbook" />	433,167
Template:Flag (details)	93,000	70%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>–76.2%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	70,866
Template:Flag (details)	6,017,643	2.9%	174,511
Template:Flag (details)	6,052,486	6.7%<ref name="Singapore Census 2020">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	398,006
Template:Flag (details)	5,450,000	55.8%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	3,038,511
Template:Flag (details)	2,116,972	69.92%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1,480,156
Template:Flag (details)	523,000	19%<ref name="factbook" />	100,000
Template:Flag (details)	8,591,629	0.001%	100
Template:Flag (details)	60,000,000	6.8%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	4,080,000
Template:Flag (details)	10,000,000	39.7%<ref name=SouthSudan>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	3,950,000<ref name=SouthSudan/>
Template:Flag (details)	48,300,000	52.9%<ref>Barometro July 2023</ref>–59%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>–66.0%<ref name=CIS2018>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>–67%<ref>Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas: Barómetro de Febrero 2020, page 27 Cómo se define Ud. en materia religiosa: católico/a practicante, católico/a no practicante, creyente de otra religión, agnóstico/a, indiferente o no creyente, o ateo/a? Datos.cis.es</ref>–68%<ref name=CIS>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>–70%<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	26,000,000–33,000,000
Template:Flag (details)	20,264,000	6.1%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1,237,000
Template:Flag (details)	31,000,000	1%	300,000
Template:Flag (details)	551,000	21.6%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	119,000
Template:Flag (details)	1,100,000	4.9%<ref name="PEW10" />	62,803
Template:Flag (details)	10,000,000	1.8%	180,000
Template:Flag (details)	9,000,000	30.7%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	2,700,000
Template:Flag (details)	18,448,752	2.1%<ref name="factbook" />	368,975
Template:Flag (details)	22,894,384	1.3%	297,626
Template:Flag (details)	7,163,506	0.01%	<1,000<ref name="PEW10" />
Template:Flag (details)	65,642,000<ref>"Tanzania" The World Factbook (2023) Central Intelligence Agency</ref>	25.6<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>–31.4%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	16,604,000–20,611,000
Template:Flag (details)	69,000,000	0.3%<ref name="PEW10" />–0.58%<ref name="BP-20191120">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="LiCAS.news">Template:Cite news</ref>	388,468<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:Flag (details)	5,681,519	26.4%<ref name="PEW10" />	1,499,921
Template:Flag (details)	102,000	13.7%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	13,649
Template:Flag (details)	1,330,000	21.6%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	286,000
Template:Flag (details)	11,000,000	0.2%	22,000
Template:Flag (details)	77,700,000	0.05%	35,000
Template:Flag (details)	4,750,000	0.01%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	500
Template:Flag (details)	10,000	1%	100
Template:Flag (details)	49,000,000	39.3%<ref name="Census 2014">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>–45%<ref>"Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life: Islam and Christianity in Sub-Sahara Africa," http://www.pewforum.org</ref>	19,200,000–22,000,000
Template:Flag (details)	43,000,000	5.6%<ref name="PEW10" />–10%<ref>Pew Research Center, 12/19/18, 5 facts about Catholics in Europe</ref><ref>Razumkov Center, 26 May 2016 pp 22,29.\ </ref><ref>"2020 Report on International Religious Freedom: Ukraine," U.S. State Department (Office of International Religious Freedom), May 12, 2021.</ref>	2,408,000–4,300,000
Template:Flag (details)	2,563,212	5%	128,160
Template:Flag (details)	63,100,000	9%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="2011census">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	5,700,000
Template:Flag (details)	341,000,000<ref>US Census Bureau, Dec.31, 2024 pio@census.gov</ref>	20%<ref>"In US, Decline of Christianity Continues at Rapid Pace," Pew Research Center, 17 October 2019.</ref> 21%<ref>"About Three-In-Ten U.S. Adults Are Now Religiously Unaffiliated, Pew Research Center, 12/14/2021</ref><ref>Jeff Diamant, "Faith on the Hill: The Religious Composition of the 118th Congress," Pew Research Center, Jan. 3, 2023.</ref>–22%<ref>PRRI, 02/24/2023 "Census of American Religion : Religious Affiliations and Updates and Trends, 2022"</ref><ref name=AVA2017>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>ABC News/Washington Post poll (Langer Research Associates), Allison de Jong, 10 May 2018.</ref><ref>[2] Template:Dead link</ref><ref>Susan Crabtree, "Americans Embrace Religion, Reject Religious Bigotry," Real Clear Politics, Jan. 10, 2024.</ref>–23%<ref name="Gallup2016religion">Template:Cite news</ref>–25%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	68,000,000–71,600,000–75,020,000–78,430,000–85,250,000
Template:Flag (details)	3,500,000	33%<ref name="latino24" />–38%<ref name = latinobarometro />–41%<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>–42%<ref name="Pew Latin" />–47.1%<ref name="factbook" />	1,330,000
Template:Flag (details)	26,851,195	0.01%	2,685
Template:Flag (details)	842	100%	842
Template:Flag (details)	243,304	13.1%<ref name="factbook" />	36,500
Template:Flag (details)	32,000,000	64.2%<ref name="statista22" />–67%<ref name=latinobarometro/>–71%<ref name="grumilla">Template:Cite news</ref>–73%<ref name="PEWLAT" />	20,000,000–23,360,000
Template:Flag (details)	96,208,984	6.1%<ref name="Census">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	5,868,748
Template:Flag (details)	273,008	0.06%	163
Template:Flag (details)	20,727,063	0.02%	4,145
Template:Flag (details)	14,300,000	21%<ref name="PEW10" />	3,003,000
Template:Flag (details)	12,746,990	7.71%	982,792
Total	8,000,000,000<ref>Alyssa Lukpat and Joanna Sugden, "World Population Hits 8 Billion, UN says," The Wall Street Journal, November 15, 2022.</ref><ref>Robert Hart, "World's Population Reaches 8 Million -- Here's What You Need To Know," Forbes, November 15, 2022.</ref>	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:Flag (details)	109,840	34%<ref name="factbook" />	37,345
Template:Flag (details)	14,108	5.7%<ref name="factbook" />	804
Template:Flag (details)	101,484	75.3%<ref>Census 2010 Results, Cbs.aw, retrieved 3 April 2014.</ref>	76,464
Template:Flag (details)	24,041	9.5%<ref name="factbook" />	2,283
Template:Flag (details)	68,811	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	9,348
Template:Flag (details)	142,180	72.8%<ref name="factbook" />	103,507
Template:Flag (details)	3,000	10%	300
Template:Flag (details)	221,500	75%	166,500
Template:Flag (details)	55,984	0.2%<ref name="PEW10" />	111
Template:Flag (details)	405,500	85.2%<ref name="factbook" />	345,486
Template:Flag (details)	154,623	85%<ref name="factbook" />	131,430
Template:Flag (details)	51,659	64.1%<ref name="factbook" />	33,113
Template:Flag (details)	7,409,800	5.3%	394,000<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Template:Flag (details)	390,000	80%	312,000
Template:Flag (details)	650,000	4.6%<ref name=Pew2011>Hacket, Conrad and Grim, Brian J. "Global Christianity A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Christian Population" Template:Webarchive, The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, Washington, D.C. December 2011. Accessed June 2014. Note: The Pew methodology produced an estimated world Catholic population of 1.1 Billion in 2010.</ref>	30,000
Template:Flag (details)	249,000	60.2%<ref name="factbook" />	150,000
Template:Flag (details)	3,600,000	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>–85%<ref>Template:Citation</ref>	2,000,000–3,060,000
Template:Flag (details)	839,500	79.7%<ref name="clerus.org" />	669,249
Template:Flag (details)	6,025	93%<ref name="PEW10" />	5,600
Template:Flag (details)	22,352	11.4%<ref name="factbook" />	2,548
Template:Flag (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

• The term Roman Catholic
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• Christianity by country
• List of Catholic archdioceses (by country and continent)
• List of Catholic dioceses (alphabetical) (including archdioceses)
• List of Catholic dioceses (structured view) (including archdioceses)
• List of Christian denominations by number of members
• List of current cardinals (sortable by name, country, and birthdate)
• List of popes
• List of religious populations
• State religion#Roman Catholicism
• Eastern Catholic Churches

External links

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