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The tables below represent statistics with regards to the Catholic Church by country.

1 Sources used in the table
2 By country
3 By region
4 See also
5 References

Sources used in the table

Distribution of Catholicism in Europe.

Most of the figures are taken from the CIA Factbook.^[1]

Please note that not all figures published in the CIA Factbook are properly sourced. The CIA fact figures listed are higher than other sources. As an example, for Europe's largest country — Germany — the German Catholic Church reports 10 percentage points fewer Catholics than the CIA factbook lists. Similarly, the Dutch Catholic Church reports 5 percentage points fewer than the CIA factbook does (26 versus 31).

According to the CIA Factbook, the five countries with the largest number of Catholics are Brazil, Mexico, Philippines, United States and Italy. The country with the largest Catholic percentage of the population is Vatican City, at 100%. The country with the second largest Catholic percentage of the population is Malta, at 95.34%.

According to the Census of the 2010 Annuario Pontificio (Pontifical Yearbook), the number of Roman Catholics of the world is about 1.166 billion at the end of 2008 (end of 2007: about 1.147 billion).

By country

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**Catholic Church by country**
Region	Country	Total Population	% Catholic	Catholic total
Central Asia	Afghanistan (details)	29,928,987	n/a	n/a
Balkans	Albania (details)	3,563,112	15%	473,000
North Africa	Algeria (details)	32,531,853	0.01%^[2]	3,000
Western Europe	Andorra (details)	71,201	94%	66,928
Southern Africa	Angola (details)	16,941,000	56%	9,486,960
South America	Argentina (details)	39,537,943	92% ^[1]	36,374,907
Eastern Europe	Armenia (details)	2,982,904	3.7%	110,367
Oceania	Australia (details)	20,090,437	26.4%^[1]	5,303,875
Central Europe	Austria (details)	8,265,926	73.6%^[1]	6,083,721
Eastern Europe	Azerbaijan (details)	8,581,400	0.03%	2,574
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	48%	4,974,906
Central America	Belize (details)	279,457	49.6%^[1]	138,610
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	95%^[1]	8,857,870
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	73.6%^[1]	136,979,016
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	62%^[1]	3,949,777
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	42.6%^[1]	13,974,947
Central Africa	Central African Republic (details)	3,799,897	25%^[1]	949,974
Central Africa	Chad (details)	9,826,419	8.96%	880,447
South America	Chile (details)	16,267,278	70%^[1]	11,387,094
East Asia	China (details)	1,306,313,812	0.75%	9,797,353
South America	Colombia (details)	42,954,279	90%^[1]	38,658,851
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)	65,751,512	55%	36,163,331
Central America	Costa Rica (details)	4,016,173	76.3%^[1]	3,064,339
Central Europe	Croatia (details)	4,495,904	87.8%^[1]	3,947,403
North America	Cuba (details)	11,346,670	85%	9,644,669
Middle East	Cyprus (details)	780,133	1.28%	9,985
Central Europe	Czech Republic (details)	10,241,138	26.8%^[1]	2,744,624
West Africa	Côte d'Ivoire (details)	17,298,040	19.4%	3,355,819
Western Europe	Denmark (details)	5,432,335	2%	104,867
East Africa	Djibouti (details)	476,703	0.2%	953
Caribbean	Dominican Republic (details)	9,105,034	95%	8,649,782
Southeast Asia	East Timor (details)	1,040,880	90%	936,792
South America	Ecuador (details)	13,363,593	95%^[1]	12,695,413
North Africa	Egypt (details)	77,505,756	0.35%	271,270
Central America	El Salvador (details)	6,704,932	79.1%	5,303,601
East Africa	Eritrea (details)	4,561,599	3.34%	152,357
Northern 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	51%	30,934,650
West Africa	Gabon (details)	1,389,201	50.17%	696,962
West Africa	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	34%^[1]	27,870,000
West Africa	Ghana (details)	21,029,853	11.1%	2,334,313
Balkans	Greece (details)	11,170,957	0.41%	45,873
Caribbean	Grenada (details)	89,502	53%^[1]	47,436
Central America	Guatemala (details)	14,655,189	55%	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)	8,521,622	80%^[1]	6,817,297
Central America	Honduras (details)	7,335,204	47%^[3]	3,447,546
Central Europe	Hungary (details)	10,006,835	73.54%	7,359,865
Western Europe	Iceland (details)	296,737	3%	8,902
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
Western Europe	Ireland (details)	4,234,925	88.4%^[1]	3,743,673
Middle East	Israel (details)	7,100,000	1.5%	94,153
Western Europe	Italy (details)	59,102,112	90%^[1]	53,191,900
Caribbean	Jamaica (details)	2,731,832	8%	218,546
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	33%	11,163,764
East Asia	Korea, North (details)	22,912,177	0.017%	4,000
East Asia	Korea, South (details)	48,846,823	6.6%^[1]	3,223,890
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
Northern Europe	Latvia (details)	2,290,237	17.04%	390,256
Middle East	Lebanon (details)	3,826,018	30%	1,150,000
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	76.2%^[1]	25,803
Northern Europe	Lithuania (details)	3,596,617	79%^[1]	2,841,327
Western Europe	Luxembourg (details)	468,571	87%^[1]	407,655
Balkans	Republic of Macedonia (details)	2,038,514	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	0.15% ^[2]	4,000
Southern Africa	Mauritius (details)	1,230,602	23.51%	289,314
North America	Mexico (details)	108,700,000	89%-91%	101,456,786
Eastern Europe	Moldova (details)	4,455,421	0.46%	20,494
Western Europe	Monaco (details)	32,543	90%^[1]	29,288
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	23.8%^[1]	4,618,795
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	Netherlands (details)	16,292,353	31%^[1]	5,050,629
Oceania	New Zealand (details)	4,035,461	12.65%	510,485
Central America	Nicaragua (details)	5,142,098	58.5%	2,652,985
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	1.19%	57,348
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%^[1]	8,299
Middle East	Palestine (details)	3,761,904	2%	c. 80,000
Central America	Panama (details)	3,339,150	85%^[1]	2,838,277
Oceania	Papua New Guinea (details)	5,545,268	32.97%	1,828,274
South America	Paraguay (details)	6,347,884	90%^[1]	5,687,704
South America	Peru (details)	27,925,628	81%-90%	22,619,758
Southeast Asia	Philippines (details)	91,077,287	80%-83%	75,594,148
Central Europe	Poland (details)	38,635,144	89.8%^[1]	34,694,359
Western Europe	Portugal (details)	10,566,212	92%	9,720,915
Caribbean	Puerto Rico (details)	3,916,632	80%^[1]	3,129,137
Middle East	Qatar (details)	863,051	n/a	n/a
Balkans	Romania (details)	22,329,977	8.0%^[1]	1,787,408
Eastern Europe	Russia (details)	143,420,309	0.53%	760,127
East Africa	Rwanda (details)	8,440,820	56%	4,726,859
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 (details)	7,498,175	6.2%	433,167
East Africa	Seychelles (details)	81,188	82.3%^[1]	66,817
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%^[1]	3,742,209
Central Europe	Slovenia (details)	2,011,070	57.8%^[1]	1,162,398
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)	44,708,462	76%	33,978,431
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)	7,507,000	41.8%^[1]	3,137,926
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
Oceania	Tonga (details)	102,000	16%	16,320
South 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	41.9%^[1]	11,425,912
Eastern Europe	Ukraine (details)	46,481,000	7.88%	3,737,116
Middle East	United Arab Emirates (details)	2,563,212	5%	128,160
Western Europe	United Kingdom (details)	60,441,457	14%	8,461,803
North America	United States (details)	301,139,947	24%-28%	72,273,587
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		6,442,583,922	16.68%	1,068,368,942

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

**Roman Catholicism in 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

**Roman Catholicism in The 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	524,162,233	59.08%	48.75%

Asia

**Roman Catholicism in Asia**
Region	Total Population	Catholics	% Catholic	% of Catholic total
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

**Roman Catholicism in Europe**
Region	Total Population	Catholics	% Catholic	% of Catholic total
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%
Southern Europe	229,465,000	197,230,000	92.49%	11.98%
Total	728,571,703	283,916,457	32.41%	24.97%

Middle East

**Roman Catholicism in Middle East**
Region	Total Population	Catholics	% Catholic	% of Catholic total
Middle East	260,026,365	2,990,573	1.15%	0.27%

Oceania

**Roman Catholicism in Oceania**
Region	Total Population	Catholics	% Catholic	% of Catholic total
Oceania	30,686,468	7,747,654	25.24%	0.72%

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Sovereign states	Algeria · Angola · Benin · Botswana · Burkina Faso · Burundi · Cameroon · Cape Verde · Central African Republic · Chad · Comoros · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Republic of the Congo · Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) · Djibouti · Egypt¹ · Equatorial Guinea · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Gabon · The Gambia · Ghana · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Kenya · Lesotho · Liberia · Libya · Madagascar · Malawi · Mali · Mauritania · Mauritius · Morocco · Mozambique · Namibia · Niger · Nigeria · Rwanda · São Tomé and Príncipe · Senegal · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Somalia · South Africa · Sudan · Swaziland · Tanzania · Togo · Tunisia · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe

States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic · Somaliland

Dependencies, autonomies, other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía (Spain) · Madeira (Portugal) · Mayotte / Réunion (France) · Puntland (Somalia) · Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) · Southern Sudan (Sudan) · Zanzibar (Tanzania)

¹ Transcontinental country.

Roman Catholicism in Asia

Sovereign states	Afghanistan · Armenia¹ · Azerbaijan¹ · Bahrain · Bangladesh · Bhutan · Brunei · Burma² · Cambodia · People's Republic of China · Cyprus¹ · East Timor³ · Egypt⁴ · Georgia⁴ · India · Indonesia · Iran · Iraq · Israel · Japan · Jordan · Kazakhstan⁴ · North Korea · South Korea · Kuwait · Kyrgyzstan · Laos · Lebanon · Malaysia · Maldives · Mongolia · Nepal · Oman · Pakistan · Philippines · Qatar · Russia⁴ · Saudi Arabia · Singapore · Sri Lanka · Syria · Tajikistan · Republic of China⁵ · Thailand · Turkey⁴ · Turkmenistan · United Arab Emirates · Uzbekistan · Vietnam · Yemen

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia¹ · Nagorno-Karabakh · Northern Cyprus · Palestine · South Ossetia¹ ·

Dependencies, autonomies, other territories	Aceh · Adjara¹ · Akrotiri and Dhekelia · Altai · British Indian Ocean Territory · Buryatia · Christmas Island · Cocos (Keeling) Islands · Guangxi · Hong Kong · Inner Mongolia · Iraqi Kurdistan · Khakassia · Macau · Nakhchivan · Ningxia · Papua · Sakha Republic · Tibet · Tuva · West Papua · Xinjiang ·

¹ Sometimes included in Europe, depending on the border definitions. ² Officially known as Myanmar. ³ Sometimes included in Oceania, and also known as Timor-Leste. ⁴ Transcontinental country. ⁵ Commonly known as Taiwan.

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Sovereign states	Albania · Andorra · Armenia¹ · Austria · Azerbaijan¹ · Belarus · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus¹ · Czech Republic · Denmark · Estonia · Finland · France · Georgia¹ · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland · Ireland · Italy · Kazakhstan² · Latvia · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Macedonia · Malta · Moldova · Monaco · Montenegro · Netherlands · Norway · Poland · Portugal · Romania · Russia² · San Marino · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden · Switzerland · Turkey² · Ukraine · United Kingdom (England • Northern Ireland • Scotland • Wales) · Vatican City

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia¹ · Kosovo · Nagorno-Karabakh¹ · Northern Cyprus¹ · South Ossetia¹ · Transnistria

Dependencies, autonomies, other territories	Adjara¹ · Adygea · Akrotiri and Dhekelia · Åland · Azores · Bashkortostan · Chechnya · Chuvashia · Crimea · Dagestan · Faroe Islands · Gagauzia · Gibraltar · Guernsey · Ingushetia · Jan Mayen · Jersey · Kabardino-Balkaria · Kalmykia · Karachay-Cherkessia · Republic of Karelia · Komi Republic · Madeira · Isle of Man · Mari El · Mordovia · Nakhchivan¹ · North Ossetia-Alania · Republika Srpska · Svalbard · Tatarstan · Udmurtia · Vojvodina

¹ Partially or entirely in Asia, depending on the border definitions. ² Transcontinental country.

Roman Catholicism in North America

Sovereign states	Antigua and Barbuda · Bahamas · Barbados · Belize · Canada · Costa Rica · Cuba · Dominica · Dominican Republic · El Salvador · Grenada · Guatemala · Haiti · Honduras · Jamaica · Mexico · Nicaragua · Panama¹ · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Saint Lucia · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Trinidad and Tobago¹ · United States

Dependencies and other territories	Anguilla · Aruba¹ · Bermuda · British Virgin Islands · Cayman Islands · Greenland · Guadeloupe · Martinique · Montserrat · Netherlands Antilles¹ · Puerto Rico · Saint Barthélemy · Saint Martin · Saint Pierre and Miquelon · Turks and Caicos Islands · United States Virgin Islands

¹ Territories also in or commonly considered to be part of South America.

Roman Catholicism in Oceania

Sovereign states	Australia · East Timor¹ · Fiji · Indonesia¹ · Kiribati · Papua New Guinea · Marshall Islands · Federated States of Micronesia · Nauru · New Zealand · Palau · Samoa · Solomon Islands · Tonga · Tuvalu · Vanuatu

Dependencies and other territories	American Samoa · Christmas Island · Cocos (Keeling) Islands · Cook Islands · French Polynesia · Guam · Hawaii · New Caledonia · Niue · Norfolk Island · Northern Mariana Islands · Pitcairn Islands · Rotuma · Tokelau · Wallis and Futuna

¹ Transcontinental country.

Roman Catholicism in South America

Sovereign states	Argentina · Bolivia · Brazil · Chile · Colombia · Ecuador · Guyana · Panama¹ · Paraguay · Peru · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago¹ · Uruguay · Venezuela

Dependencies and territories	Aruba¹ / Netherlands Antilles¹ (Netherlands) · Falkland Islands / South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (United Kingdom) ² · French Guiana (France)

¹ Territories also in or commonly considered to be part of North America and/or Central America. ² Territories also in or commonly considered to be part of Antarctica.

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The tables below represent statistics with regards to Roman Catholicism by country.

1 Sources used in the table
2 By country
3 By region
4 See also
5 References

Sources used in the table

[[File:|thumb|270px|right|Distribution of Roman Catholicism in Europe.]] Most of the figures are taken from the CIA Factbook.^[1]

Please note that not all figures published in the CIA Factbook are properly sourced. The CIA fact figures listed are higher than other sources. For example, for Europe's largest country Germany: the German catholic church reports 10% fewer catholics than the CIA factbook lists, same for some other European countries.

According to the CIA Factbook, the five countries with the largest number of Catholics are Brazil, Mexico, Philippines, United States and Italy.

According to the Census of the 2009 'Annuario Pontificio' (Pontifical Yearbook), the number of Roman Catholics of the world is about 1.147 billion at the end of 2007 (while at the end of 2006, there were 1.131 billion in the world).

By country

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**Roman Catholicism by country**
Region	Country	Total Population (2005 est)	% Catholic	Catholic total
Central Asia	Afghanistan (details)	29,928,987	—^[2]	—
Balkans	Albania (details)	3,563,112	15%	473,000
North Africa	Algeria (details)	32,531,853	.01%^[3]	3,000
Western Europe	Andorra (details)	71,201	94%	66,928
Southern Africa	Angola (details)	11,190,786	38%^[1]	4,252,498
South America	Argentina (details)	39,537,943	92% ^[1]	36,374,907
Eastern Europe	Armenia (details)	2,982,904	3.7%	110,367
Oceania	Australia (details)	20,090,437	26.4%^[1]	5,303,875
Central Europe	Austria (details)	8,265,926	73.6%^[1]	6,083,721
Eastern Europe	Azerbaijan (details)	8,581,400	0.03%	2,574
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%^[1]	7,773,291
Central America	Belize (details)	279,457	49.6%^[1]	138,610
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	95%^[1]	8,857,870
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	73.6%^[1]	136,979,016
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	62%^[1]	3,949,777
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	42.6%^[1]	13,974,947
Central Africa	Central African Republic (details)	3,799,897	25%^[1]	949,974
Central Africa	Chad (details)	9,826,419	8.96%	880,447
South America	Chile (details)	16,267,278	70%^[1]	11,387,094
East Asia	China (details)	1,306,313,812	0.75%	9,797,353
South America	Colombia (details)	42,954,279	90%^[1]	38,658,851
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	76.3%^[1]	3,064,339
Central Europe	Croatia (details)	4,495,904	87.8%^[1]	3,947,403
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	26.8%^[1]	2,744,624
West Africa	Côte d'Ivoire (details)	17,298,040	19.4%	3,355,819
Western Europe	Denmark (details)	5,432,335	2%	104,867
East Africa	Djibouti (details)	476,703	0.2%	953
Caribbean	Dominican Republic (details)	9,105,034	95%	8,649,782
Southeast Asia	East Timor (details)	1,040,880	90%	936,792
South America	Ecuador (details)	13,363,593	95%^[1]	12,695,413
North Africa	Egypt (details)	77,505,756	0.35%	271,270
Central America	El Salvador (details)	6,704,932	79.1%	5,303,601
East Africa	Eritrea (details)	4,561,599	3.34%	152,357
Northern 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%^[1]	50,344,627
West Africa	Gabon (details)	1,389,201	50.17%	696,962
West Africa	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	34%^[1]	27,870,000
West Africa	Ghana (details)	21,029,853	11.1%	2,334,313
Balkans	Greece (details)	11,170,957	0.41%	45,873
Caribbean	Grenada (details)	89,502	53%^[1]	47,436
Central America	Guatemala (details)	14,655,189	55%	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)	8,521,622	80%^[1]	6,817,297
Central America	Honduras (details)	7,335,204	97%	7,115,147
Central Europe	Hungary (details)	10,006,835	54,5%	7,359,865
Western Europe	Iceland (details)	296,737	3%	8,902
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
Western Europe	Ireland (details)	4,234,925	88.4%^[1]	3,743,673
Middle East	Israel (details)	7,100,000	1.5%	94,153
Western Europe	Italy (details)	59,102,112	90%^[1]	53,191,900
Caribbean	Jamaica (details)	2,731,832	8%	218,546
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%	7,000,000
East Asia	Korea, North (details)	22,912,177	0.017%	4,000
East Asia	Korea, South (details)	48,846,823	6.6%^[1]	3,223,890
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
Northern Europe	Latvia (details)	2,290,237	17.04%	390,256
Middle East	Lebanon (details)	3,826,018	30%	1,150,000
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	76.2%^[1]	25,803
Northern Europe	Lithuania (details)	3,596,617	79%^[1]	2,841,327
Western Europe	Luxembourg (details)	468,571	87%^[1]	407,655
Balkans	Republic of Macedonia (details)	2,038,514	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	.15% ^[3]	4,000
Southern Africa	Mauritius (details)	1,230,602	23.51%	289,314
North America	Mexico (details)	108,700,000	76.5%^[1]	83,155,500
Eastern Europe	Moldova (details)	4,455,421	0.46%	20,494
Western Europe	Monaco (details)	32,543	90%^[1]	29,288
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	23.8%^[1]	4,618,795
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	Netherlands (details)	16,292,353	31%^[1]	5,050,629
Oceania	New Zealand (details)	4,035,461	12.65%	510,485
Central America	Nicaragua (details)	5,142,098	58.5% [1]	2,652,985
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%^[1]	8,299
Middle East	Palestine (details)	3,761,904	2%	c. 80,000
Central America	Panama (details)	3,339,150	85%^[1]	2,838,277
Oceania	Papua New Guinea (details)	5,545,268	32.97%	1,828,274
South America	Paraguay (details)	6,347,884	89.6%^[1]	5,687,704
South America	Peru (details)	27,925,628	81%^[1]	22,619,758
Southeast Asia	Philippines (details)	87,857,473	80.9%^[1]	71,076,695
Central Europe	Poland (details)	38,635,144	89.8%^[1]	34,694,359
Western Europe	Portugal (details)	10,566,212	84.5%^[1]	8,928,449
Caribbean	Puerto Rico (details)	3,916,632	80%^[1]	3,129,137
Middle East	Qatar (details)	863,051	n/a	n/a
Balkans	Romania (details)	22,329,977	8.0%^[1]	1,787,408
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 (details)	7,498,175	6.2%	433,167
East Africa	Seychelles (details)	81,188	82.3%^[1]	66,817
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%^[1]	3,742,209
Central Europe	Slovenia (details)	2,011,070	57.8%^[1]	1,162,398
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)	44,708,462	94%^[1]	42,025,954
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)	7,507,000	41.8%^[1]	3,137,926
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
Oceania	Tonga (details)	102,000	16%	16,320
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	41.9%^[1]	11,425,912
Eastern Europe	Ukraine (details)	46,481,000	7.88%	3,737,116
Middle East	United Arab Emirates (details)	2,563,212	5%	128,160
Western Europe	United Kingdom (details)	60,441,457	14%	8,461,803
North America	United States (details)	295,734,134	24%^[1]	70,976,192
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		6,442,583,922	16.68%	1,068,368,942