Catholic-Hierarchy DC

Statistics by Country

by General Population


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#CatholicsPopulationPercent CatholicCountryDiocesesDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishes
117,005,0001,098,096,0001.55%India14911,4378,50919,946817,35282,3488,583
22,964,000397,673,000.75%China1172,2702,2894,55961,9336,0792,335
364,621,000285,538,00022.63%USA19430,20714,69944,90614,36221,69871,25019,081
46,439,000204,229,0003.15%Indonesia371,3171,7213,038134,1467,3721,130
5145,446,000184,227,00078.95%Brazil2689,9516,90216,8531,45613,28232,8279,222
61,191,000165,809,000.72%Pakistan71221122341208662114
7789,000147,125,000.54%Russian Federation51261422683193309426
8123,393,000142,364,00086.67%México9011,0163,60214,6187446,50929,0516,101
9509,000127,851,000.40%Japan165011,0881,589121,4076,263848
1017,906,000124,517,00014.38%Nigeria503,6787594,43761,9383,7162,041
11283,000119,062,000.24%Bangladesh61261312572261,05981
1269,630,00085,930,00081.03%Philippines865,0372,2987,335115,69412,1022,909
1326,297,00082,727,00031.79%Germany2914,3234,04218,3652,4945,87531,81112,488
145,658,00082,312,0006.87%Viêt Nam252,1944742,668112,79311,4432,228
154,766,00064,915,0007.34%Ukraine192,3484112,770116651,0954,026
16292,00063,922,000.46%Thailand104332296624341,439436
17533,00059,862,000.89%Ethiopia101892894781461596246
1857,665,00059,725,00096.55%Italy22532,97417,17450,1482,85023,719102,08925,694
1929,500,00059,293,00049.75%Congo (Dem. Rep.)472,6711,6354,3063,6497,8831,258
2044,499,00058,905,00075.54%France9817,2384,69221,9301,8578,36142,44218,844
21603,00058,304,0001.03%Myanmar12515295441591,454290
224,787,00056,276,0008.51%Great Britain324,0311,6225,6536122,1777,1093,099
234,377,00049,409,0008.86%Korea (South)182,6725393,2111,4728,3971,366
243,101,00048,770,0006.36%South Africa274536451,0982131,1322,577736
251,300,00047,760,0002.72%Yemen1936451366420
2638,406,00044,508,00086.29%Colombia755,6612,2597,9202784,16315,1783,831
274,019,00044,028,0009.13%Sudan9269953644167343195
2837,165,00042,335,00087.79%Spain7016,9207,94425,28117613,36452,24322,680
2910,465,00039,204,00026.69%Tanzania301,4416992,14011,7457,591847
3034,480,00038,631,00089.25%Argentina693,5772,0715,6486263,3859,0702,642
3135,010,00037,109,00094.34%Poland4422,5565,90128,45739,35623,96710,421
328,018,00032,296,00024.83%Kenya261,0838141,89712,2043,747708
3328,160,00032,079,00087.78%Peru451,5021,2672,769572,5695,5891,421
3423,00031,700,000.07%Morocco2640465623940
353,00031,135,000.01%Algeria436569217719537
3613,070,00029,503,00044.30%Canada715,2963,1458,4419025,18119,8804,865
3724,815,00028,256,00087.82%Venezuela381,4931,0642,5571381,6283,7751,256
3811,219,00026,537,00042.28%Uganda191,2533311,58421,1832,989436
39784,00024,740,0003.17%Malaysia8179482271101558142
407,00024,421,000.03%Nepal1940495611542
41303,00022,158,0001.37%Taiwan72264797056441,056452
421,875,00021,709,0008.64%Romania121,5511821,73344371,3261,430
432,675,00021,520,00012.43%Ghana188761931,0691476794366
44- 21,000,000.00%Afghanistan11113
4510,302,00020,589,00050.04%Angola1633629362917231,731271
461,364,00020,204,0006.75%Sri Lanka116483079556262,300391
474,701,00020,072,00023.42%Madagascar204986451,1431,4943,930314
484,314,00019,318,00022.33%Mozambique121863124981536979280
495,239,00018,841,00027.81%Australia321,9431,1723,115532,1386,8761,378
502,841,00018,805,00015.11%Côte d'Ivoire146522378896533831287
514,287,00017,109,00025.06%Cameroon239025041,406161,0191,958740
525,042,00016,117,00031.28%Netherlands81,3872,0313,4183103,3839,1281,520
53182,00015,889,0001.15%Kazakhstan44529744010046
5411,021,00015,488,00071.16%Chile271,1771,1552,3326851,9845,086931
553,281,00015,081,00021.76%Malawi7281127408265963147
56227,00015,039,0001.51%Mali679711508828042
571,282,00014,580,0008.79%Zimbabwe8183220403125281,049208
5810,304,00013,453,00076.59%Guatemala144306411,07171,0402,645448
591,545,00013,169,00011.73%Burkina Faso135591577164911,218141
6011,749,00013,112,00089.60%Ecuador241,0767211,797741,3814,6171,208
6121,00012,571,000.17%Cambodia363642477236
626,330,00012,544,00050.46%Cuba1118011929960152650290
633,425,00012,138,00028.22%Zambia1028335463715961,596265
6416,00011,880,000.13%Niger2143044358117
65123,00011,862,0001.04%Greece1153379036512486
669,457,00010,460,00090.41%Portugal213,0009363,9361471,3765,9634,395
676,056,00010,402,00058.22%Hungary161,8453302,175524831,2372,221
68673,00010,357,0006.50%Senegal7267127394336719125
696,743,00010,316,00065.36%Haïti940029169146821,789296
701,030,00010,310,0009.99%Belarus4214157371207354402
717,775,00010,292,00075.54%Belgium94,4102,8697,2795583,97113,2883,949
723,519,00010,284,00034.22%Czech Republic91,3766201,9961527981,9353,139
73541,0009,878,0005.48%Serbia and Montenegro720546251757319265
748,253,0009,737,00084.76%Bolivia184826311,113831,1302,563583
7520,0009,700,000.21%Tunisia11321342513911
768,039,0009,344,00086.03%Dominican Republic124244548783636051,723569
77144,0008,977,0001.60%Sweden17378151239621541
784,133,0008,625,00047.92%Rwanda94131245373311,390138
792,233,0008,241,00027.10%Antilles21287337624815181,055465
80720,0008,178,0008.80%Chad8131111242157375109
8174,0008,000,000.93%Bulgaria3173552438756
825,755,0007,982,00072.10%Austria122,6291,7314,3604252,3745,2203,058
83- 7,558,000.00%Azerbaijan12231
845,790,0007,288,00079.45%Honduras82032144171243779182
851,646,0007,155,00023.00%Benin10394107501227939212
865,436,0007,144,00076.09%El Salvador946923870743441,491418
874,567,0006,999,00065.25%Burundi7340954353021,093132
883,186,0006,914,00046.08%Switzerland81,7751,2253,0001571,6065,6791,662
89171,0006,646,0002.57%Guinea38019993610056
9039,0006,524,000.60%Laos4121228377
91- 6,500,000.00%Somalia11141
925,212,0006,385,00081.63%Nicaragua8296123419272191,028252
93- 6,155,000.00%Tajikistan1134342
941,483,0005,968,00024.85%Togo7321127448337735151
95186,0005,966,0003.12%Sierra Leone36951120803961
9675,0005,939,0001.26%Libya4320232013313
975,239,0005,722,00091.56%Paraguay153337661,0991121,0112,127374
9835,0005,501,000.64%Denmark139387754322250
994,161,0005,467,00076.11%Ireland263,0971,5934,69012,4608,0881,312
1003,942,0005,395,00073.07%Slovakia92,0375912,628209963,0181,507
1013,867,0005,259,00073.53%Croatia151,4968332,32911,0183,2881,603
1028,0005,206,000.15%Finland161016112367
103- 5,000,000.00%Turkmenistan122212
104148,0004,968,0002.98%Eritrea380252332347562110
1051,688,0004,968,00033.98%Papua New Guinea191853285137672861305
106- 4,822,000.00%Kyrgyzstan12465516
10755,0004,556,0001.21%Norway327437034817332
1083,763,0004,513,00083.38%Costa Rica85492127613327948307
10920,0004,247,000.47%Moldova168141184011
110162,0004,185,0003.87%Singapore1706713713220230
1112,077,0004,114,00050.49%Congo7176622381152232158
112459,0003,945,00011.63%New Zealand73172015189366944271
1132,799,0003,823,00073.21%Puerto Rico53693657344184691,158327
114414,0003,500,00011.83%Iraq1514237179971424119
115793,0003,492,00022.71%Central African Republic9139138277189334114
1162,766,0003,457,00080.01%Lithuania8681987794145773677
1172,315,0003,176,00072.89%Uruguay10203256459763821,089226
118464,0002,981,00015.57%Bosnia and Herzegovina32663616271437499276
119165,0002,850,0005.79%Liberia3361652294249
120158,0002,650,0005.96%Kuwait1281018134
1214,0002,600,000.15%Mauritania13101310346
122703,0002,500,00028.12%Pacific (Oceania)17213260473141463837345
123235,0002,460,0009.55%Albania42226483517772
124- 2,400,000.00%Mongolia12121414273
125430,0002,381,00018.06%Latvia410827135132109267
12614,0002,350,000.60%Macedonia2123153327
127375,0002,235,00016.78%Namibia3196382459739991
1281,799,0002,107,00085.38%Panama819919739664270447186
1291,623,0001,997,00081.27%Slovenia38542961,1508372741803
130971,0001,811,00053.62%Lesotho4678014715065386
13183,0001,735,0004.78%Botswana21640561447233
13235,0001,680,0002.08%Gambia1151025214254
1335,0001,370,000.36%Estonia195145216
134615,0001,325,00046.42%Gabon6576111819516764
135120,0001,300,0009.23%Guinea-Bissau21354677813330
136310,0001,178,00026.32%Mauritius261401017424449
137425,0001,000,00042.50%Syria17199772761296375227
13855,000990,0005.56%Swaziland1111526235815
1394,000907,000.44%Comoros1134442
140767,000823,00093.20%East Timor2446911319528937
14110,000780,0001.28%Cyprus1527539
142595,000645,00092.25%Réunion15852110138650575
143548,000586,00093.52%Equatorial Guinea3634510828620869
1447,000557,0001.26%Djibouti12579196
145432,000465,00092.90%Cape Verde21735524213431
146388,000448,00086.61%Luxembourg118068248780566275
14791,000437,00020.82%Solomon Islands3382967439527
148- 400,000.00%Western Sahara13332
149368,000386,00095.34%Malta24774489255241,04779
15021,000347,0006.05%Brunei Darussalam1314123
1515,000290,0001.72%Iceland165115344
152121,000138,00087.68%São Tomé and Príncipe1279153612
15370,00082,00085.37%Seychelles18816195317
15425,00033,00075.76%Liechtenstein1191029105710
15529,00032,00090.63%Monaco11351815156
15621,00028,00075.00%Gibraltar19110496
1576,0006,000100.00%Saint Pierre and Miquelon122262
158- 5,000.00%Saint Helena11113
159- 2,000.00%Falkland Islands (Malvinas)1111

Note: The table above is generated with the most recent data available for each diocese. Dioceses with incomplete data may be excluded which will lower the totals for its Country.

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Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2005; code: v2.3.4, 17 Nov 05; data: 20 Nov 05