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Worldwide distribution of Catholic (yellow), Protestant (purple) and Orthodox (cyan) Christians relative to the total population per country. Non-Christians (white) are also noted.
Worldwide distribution of Catholic (yellow), Protestant (purple) and Orthodox (cyan) Christians relative to the total population per country. Non-Christians (white) are also noted.

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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.

By clicking on the icons in the column titles you can re-order the table by column.

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 ---[2] ---
North Africa Algeria (details) 32,531,853 ---[2] ---
Western Europe Andorra (details) 71,201 ---[2] ---
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
Balkans 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% 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%[1] 50,344,627
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 31.4 %[1] 25,870,000
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 75% 11,065,391
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 76.56% 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 0.00017% 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
Eastern 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
Eastern 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 (FYROM) (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 n/a n/a
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 85%[1] 3,329,137
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 and Montenegro (details) 10,829,175 4% 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% 1,074,878,941

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).

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%

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 448,585,845 173,212,640 38.61% 16.11%
South America 371,363,897 299,570,011 80.66% 27.87%
Total 887,198,213 524,162,233 59.08% 48.76%

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%

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 429,465 397,230 92.49% 0.03%
Total 728,571,703 236,197,142 32.41% 21.97%

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%

Roman Catholicism in Oceania
Region Total Population Catholics  % Catholic  % of Catholic total
Oceania 30,686,469 7,747,654 25.24% 0.72%


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Roman Catholicism in Africa
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 · Egypt · 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
Dependencies,
autonomies and
other territories		 Canary Islands (Spain) · Ceuta (Spain) · Madeira (Portugal) · Mayotte (France) · Melilla (Spain) · Puntland · Réunion (France) · St. Helena (UK) · Socotra (Yemen) · Somaliland · Southern Sudan · Western Sahara · Zanzibar (Tanzania)
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Roman Catholicism in Asia
Sovereign states
and other territories		 Afghanistan · Armenia · Azerbaijan1 · Bahrain · Bangladesh · Bhutan · Brunei · Burma · Cambodia · China (People's Republic of China [Hong Kong · Macau] · Republic of China (Taiwan)) · Cyprus · East Timor1 · Egypt1 · Georgia1 · India · Indonesia1 · Iran · Iraq · Israel · Japan · Jordan · Kazakhstan1 · Korea (North Korea · South Korea) · Kuwait · Kyrgyzstan · Laos · Lebanon · Malaysia · Maldives · Mongolia · Nepal · Oman · Pakistan · Philippines · Qatar · Russia1 · Saudi Arabia · Singapore · Sri Lanka  · Syria · Tajikistan · Thailand · Turkey1 · Turkmenistan · United Arab Emirates · Uzbekistan · Vietnam · Yemen1
1countries spanning more than one continent
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Roman Catholicism in Europe
Sovereign states Albania · Andorra · Armenia1 · Austria · Azerbaijan2 · Belarus · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus1 · Czech Republic · Denmark · Estonia · Finland · France · Georgia2 · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland · Ireland · Italy · Kazakhstan2 · Latvia · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Republic of Macedonia · Malta · Moldova · Monaco · Montenegro · Netherlands · Norway · Poland · Portugal · Romania · Russia3 · San Marino · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden · Switzerland · Turkey3 · Ukraine · United Kingdom (England · Scotland · Northern Ireland · Wales) · Vatican City
Dependencies,
autonomies, and
other territories		 Abkhazia2 · Adjara1 · Akrotiri and Dhekelia · Åland · Azores · Crimea · Faroe Islands · Gagauzia · Gibraltar · Guernsey · Jan Mayen · Jersey · Kosovo · Isle of Man · Madeira4 · Nagorno-Karabakh1 · Nakhchivan1 · South Ossetia2 · Svalbard · Transnistria · Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus1, 5

1 Entirely in Southwest Asia; included here because of cultural, political and historical association with Europe. 2 Partially or entirely in Asia, depending on the definition of the border between Europe and Asia. 3 Mostly in Asia. 4 Entirely in the African Plate, included here because of cultural, political and historical association with Europe. 5 Only recognised by Turkey.
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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 · Panama* · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Saint Lucia · Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Trinidad and Tobago* · United States
Dependencies and
other territories		 Anguilla · Aruba* · Bermuda · British Virgin Islands · Cayman Islands · Greenland · Guadeloupe · Martinique · Montserrat · Navassa Island · Netherlands Antilles* · Puerto Rico · Saint Barthélemy · Saint Martin · Saint Pierre and Miquelon · Turks and Caicos Islands · U. S. Virgin Islands
* Territories also in or commonly reckoned elsewhere in the Americas (South America).
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Roman Catholicism in Oceania
Australasia Australia · Norfolk Island · Christmas Island · Cocos (Keeling) Islands · New Zealand
Melanesia East Timor1 · Fiji · Indonesia1 · New Caledonia · Papua New Guinea · Solomon Islands · Vanuatu
Micronesia Guam · Kiribati · Marshall Islands · Northern Mariana Islands · Federated States of Micronesia · Nauru · Palau
Polynesia American Samoa · Cook Islands · French Polynesia · Niue · Pitcairn · Samoa · Tokelau · Tonga · Tuvalu · Wallis and Futuna
1 countries spanning more than one continent
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Roman Catholicism in South America
Sovereign states Argentina · Bolivia · Brazil · Chile · Colombia · Ecuador · Guyana · Panama* · Paraguay · Peru · Suriname · Trinidad and Tobago* · Uruguay · Venezuela
Dependencies Aruba* (Netherlands) · Falkland Islands (UK) · French Guiana (France) · Netherlands Antilles* (Netherlands) · South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK)
* Territories also in or commonly reckoned elsewhere in the Americas (North America).
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Religions by country
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