Catholic Church by country#Asia

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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)."Richard P. McBrien. The Church: The Evolution of Catholicism. (New York: Harper One, 2008) p.447 The church is also known by members as the People of God, the Body of Christ, the "Temple of the Holy Spirit", among other names. According to Vatican II's {{lang|la|Gaudium et spes}}, the "church has but one sole purpose–that the kingdom of God may come and the salvation of the human race may be accomplished."{{Cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19651207_gaudium-et-spes_en.html|title=Gaudium et spes|website=Vatican.va}}

This communion of churches comprises the Latin Church (or 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 Bishop of Rome. Historically, these bodies separated from Eastern Christian communions, either to remain in or to return to full communion with the Catholic Church. Vatican II decree on Eastern Catholic Churches, however, explicitly recognizes Eastern Catholic communities as "true Churches" and not just rites within the Catholic Church.Edward P. Hahnenberg. A CONCISE GUIDE TO THE DOCUMENTS OF VATICAN II (Cincinnati, OH: St. Anthony Messenger Press, 2007). This Communion of Churches "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."McBrien, 447. 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.Dr. Todd M. Johnson, "Pentecostal/Charismatic Christianity" World Christian Encyclopedia 3rd edition, Edinburgh University Press, 2019. The Catholic Church is also described as an "amalgam of parts" (i.e., thousands of individual dioceses, religious orders, etc.) globally dispersed, but in communion with Rome.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.

The Catholic Church is the "world's oldest continuously functioning international institution."Mark A. Noll. THE NEW SHAPE OF WORLD CHRISTIANITY (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2009), 191. It is also the largest non-government provider of education and health care in the world,{{cite journal|last=Agnew|first=John|title=Deus Vult: The Geopolitics of Catholic Church|journal=Geopolitics|date=12 February 2010|volume=15|issue=1|pages=39–61|doi=10.1080/14650040903420388|s2cid=144793259}} while the diplomatic status of the Holy See facilitates the access of its vast international network of charities. Some of these entities include 5,000 hospitals, 10,000 orphanages, 95,000 elementary schools and 47,000 secondary schools.Johnson, "Catholicism Worldwide," World Christian Encyclopedia, Edinburgh University Press, 2019.

Methodology

{{Catholic Church by country}}Most of the figures are taken from the CIA Factbook{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/fields/401.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110080854/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/fields/401.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 January 2019|title=The World Factbook|date=2018|website=CIA World Factbook|access-date=2 May 2019}} or PEW Research Center Surveys.{{cite web |url=http://www.pewforum.org/2011/12/19/table-christian-population-as-percentages-of-total-population-by-country|title=PEW Research Center: Christian Population as Percentages of Total Population by Country 2010|date=19 December 2011|access-date=13 October 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.pewforum.org/2014/11/13/religion-in-latin-america/

|title=PEW Research Center: Religion in Latin America 2014|date=13 November 2014|access-date=14 October 2015}}{{cite web

|url=http://www.pewforum.org/files/2010/04/sub-saharan-africa-chapter-1.pdf/

|title=PEW Forum on Religion and Public Life: Islam and Christianity in Sub-Sahara Africa

|access-date=6 November 2015

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093021/http://www.pewforum.org/files/2010/04/sub-saharan-africa-chapter-1.pdf

|archive-date=4 March 2016

}} In Latin American countries, Latinobarometro is often cited.Latinobarometro, Opinion Publica Latinoamericana, Enero 2018. 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 grounded on surveys based solely on self-identification. One's baptismal certificate or any other religious document is likewise secondary to church statistics."Church Tax In Germany Explained [2021 English Guide] by Jen-July 3, 2021. Simple Germany This method might explain the discrepancy between Pew's figures on Germany"Five Centuries After Reformation, Catholic-Protestant Divide in Western Europe Has Faded," Pew Research Center, 31 July 2017

and the church figures.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.Also see: "German Catholics' Path to Heaven Comes with Taxes," Sylvia Poggioli, All Things Considered, NPR, 9 October, 2012.

According to the CIA Factbook and the Pew Research Center, the five countries with the largest number of Catholics are, in decreasing order of Catholic population:

The country where the membership of the church is the largest percentage of the population is Vatican City at 100%, followed by Timor-Leste at 97%.

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 Annuario Pontificio, by country.{{Cite web|url=https://www.catholicsandcultures.org/region|title=Catholics by Country|website=Catholicsandcultures.org|access-date=2 July 2022}}

Conflicting numbers can be found in 2013 research conducted by the Brazilian polling institute Datafolha. This report states that the percentage of the population in Brazil of Catholic religion, over the age of 16 years, is just 57%,{{cite web |url=http://ultimosegundo.ig.com.br/brasil/2013-07-21/percentual-de-catolicos-no-brasil-cai-a-57-segundo-pesquisa-datafolha.html|title=Percentual de Catolicos no Brasil|access-date=22 July 2013}} in contrast to the 64.63% published by CIA and to the 68.6% of Pew Research Center. Also, the 2010 Mexican Census showed this percentage to be 83.9%{{cite web|url=http://www.inegi.gob.mx/prod_serv/contenidos/espanol/bvinegi/productos/censos/poblacion/2010/princi_result/cpv2010_principales_resultadosVI.pdf |title=Censo de Poblacion y Vivienda 2010 |access-date=22 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925230110/http://www.inegi.gob.mx/prod_serv/contenidos/espanol/bvinegi/productos/censos/poblacion/2010/princi_result/cpv2010_principales_resultadosVI.pdf |archive-date=25 September 2013}}{{snd}}against a 91.89% number in the CIA World Factbook.

By country

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|+ Catholic Church by country

! Country

! Total population

! data-sort-type="number" | % Catholic

! data-sort-type="number" | Catholic total

Central Asia

| {{flag|Afghanistan}} (details)

| align="right" | 29,928,987

| align="center" | 0%

| align="right" | 0{{cite web|work=Catholic News Agency|title=The leader of Afghanistan's Catholic community longs to return to the country |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/249728/the-leader-of-afghanistan-s-catholic-community-longs-to-return-to-the-country|access-date=24 August 2023|first=Andrea|last=Gagliarducci|date=29 November 2021}}

Southern Europe

| {{flag|Albania}} (details)

| align="right" | 3,020,000

| align="center" | 10%{{Cite web|url=http://www.instat.gov.al/en/census/census-2011/census-data.aspx|title=Census Data - INSTAT|date=13 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151113172816/http://www.instat.gov.al/en/census/census-2011/census-data.aspx |access-date=2 July 2022|archive-date=13 November 2015}}

| align="right" | 302,000

North Africa

| {{flag|Algeria}} (details)

| align="right" | 32,531,853

| align="center" | 0.14%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.[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/about.html]

| align="right" | 45,000

Southern Europe

| {{flag|Andorra}} (details)

| align="right" | 70,000

| align="center" | 88.2%

| align="right" | 61,740

Southern Africa

| {{flag|Angola}} (details)

| align="right" | 35,121,734

| align="center" | 41.1%{{cite web | title=Angolan Population Census 2014 | url=https://www.ine.gov.ao/Arquivos/arquivosCarregados/Carregados/Publicacao_637981512172633350.pdf | date=March 2016 | language=pt}}–50%{{Cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/religiousfreedom/index.htm#wrapper|title=International Religious Freedom Report for 2015|website=2009-2017.state.gov}}–55%{{cite web|year=2015|title=Introduction - Religions in Angola: History, Gender and Politics

|publisher=Queen's University Belfast|url=https://pureadmin.qub.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/17157569/SSM_Introduction_Angola_2015.pdf}}–56.4%{{cite web|date=2015|title=Angola|access-date=18 May 2020|publisher=Association of Religion Data Archives|url=http://www.thearda.com/internationalData/countries/Country_7_1.asp|archive-date=30 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030191322/https://thearda.com/internationalData/Countries/Country_7_1.asp|url-status=dead}}–60%{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=idw0DQAAQBAJ&q=60%25+Angola+Catholic&pg=PA69|page=69|last=Joseph|first=Paul|isbn=9781483359885|publisher=SAGE Publications|year=2016|title=The SAGE Encyclopedia of War: Social Science Perspectives}}

| align="right" | 12,500,000–20,000,000{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/mundo/noticia/2013/02/igrejas-evangelicas-competem-com-a-catolica-em-angola.html|last=Presse|first=France|title=Igrejas evangélicas competem com a católica em Angola|date=7 February 2013|publisher=G1}}

North America

| {{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}} (details)

| align="right" | 84,816

| align="center" | 5.5%{{cite web|url=https://redatam.org/binatg/RpWebEngine.exe/Portal?BASE=ATGPHC2011&lang=ENG|title= Antigua and Barbuda (2011 census)}}

| align="right" | 4,752

South America

| {{flag|Argentina}} (details)

| align="right" | 47,300,000

| align="center" | 62.9%South America: Argentina -

The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency cia.gov 27 April 2023.–63%[http://www.ceil-conicet.gov.ar/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ii25-2encuestacreencias.pdf Segunda Encuesta Nacional Sobre Creencias y Actitudes Religiosas en Argentina 2019], Ceil-conicet.gov.ar[https://www.latinobarometro.org/lat.jsp Latinobarometro Informe 2024]–63.3%{{Cite web|url=https://www.latinobarometro.org/latOnline.jsp|title=Latinobarómetro Database|website=Latinobarometro.org}}–66%-67.8%{{cite news|title=Catholicism and evangelism: the two most common religions in Latin America|url=https://es.statista.com/grafico/28553/las-religiones-mas-comunes-en-latinoamerica/|work=Statista|date=26 October 2022}}

| align="right" | 29,500,000–31,200,000

Caucasus

| {{flag|Armenia}} (details)

| align="right" | 3,018,854

| align="center" | 0.3%{{cite web|url=http://armstat.am/file/article/sv_03_13a_520.pdf|title= Armenia (2011 census)}}

| align="right" | 8,695

Oceania

| {{flag|Australia}} (details)

| align="right" | 25,380,000

| align="center" | 20.0%{{cite web|url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/community-profiles/2021/AUS/download/GCP_AUS.xlsx|format=XLSX|title=Australian Bureau of Statistics : 2021 Census of Population and Housing : General Community Profile|website=Abs.gov.au|access-date=2 July 2022}}

| align="right" | 5,076,000

Central Europe

| {{flag|Austria}} (details)

| align="right" | 9,185,000

| align="center" | 50.6%

| align="right" | 4,640,000{{cite web|url=https://www.katholisch.at/statistik |title=Statistics|work= Catholic Church Austria}}

Caucasus

| {{flag|Azerbaijan}} (details)

| align="right" | 8,581,400

| align="center" | 0.03%

| align="right" | 2,574

Caribbean

| {{flag|Bahamas}} (details)

| align="right" | 330,000

| align="center" | 12%

| align="right" | 39,600

Middle East

| {{flag|Bahrain}} (details)

| align="right" | 800,000

| align="center" | 8.9%

| align="right" | 71,200

South Asia

| {{flag|Bangladesh}} (details)

| align="right" | 158,000,000

| align="center" | 0.07%

| align="right" | 110,000

Caribbean

| {{flag|Barbados}} (details)

| align="right" | 250,012

| align="center" | 4.2%

| align="right" | 10,000

Eastern Europe

| {{flag|Belarus}} (details)

| align="right" | 9,500,000

| align="center" | 7.1%{{cite web|title=Religion and denominations in the Republic of Belarus|url=http://www.mfa.gov.by/upload/pdf/religion_eng.pdf|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus|access-date=17 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014085840/http://www.mfa.gov.by/upload/pdf/religion_eng.pdf|archive-date=14 October 2017|url-status=dead}}

| align="right" | 674,500

Western Europe

| {{flag|Belgium}} (details)

| align="right" | 11,200,000

| align="center" | 44%{{cite web|url=https://data.europa.eu/data/datasets/s2237_95_2_516_eng?locale=en|via=European Data Portal (see Volume C: Country/socio-demographics: BE: Question D90.2.)|title=Special Eurobarometer 516 : European citizens' knowledge and attitudes towards science and technology|publisher=European Union: European Commission|date=September 2021|access-date=20 May 2023}}

| align="right" | 5,000,000–6,500,000

Central America

| {{flag|Belize}} (details)

| align="right" | 334,000

| align="center" | 40%{{Cite web|url=https://belize.com/belize-demographics/|title=Belize Demographics Country Profile | With Belize Census Data|website=Belize.com|access-date=2 July 2022}}

| align="right" | 133,600

West Africa

| {{flag|Benin}} (details)

| align="right" | 7,460,025

| align="center" | 26.6%{{cite web|url=http://www.clerus.org/clerus/dati/2008-12/05-6/proportioncathos08.htm|title= Data|publisher=Congregation for the Clergy|access-date=2 June 2013}}

| align="right" | 1,984,366

South Asia

| {{flag|Bhutan}} (details)

| align="right" | 2,232,291

| align="center" | 0.06%

| align="right" | 1,339

South America

| {{flag|Bolivia}} (details)

| align="right" | 10,500,000

| align="center" | 63%-70%{{cite web | url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/1066911/religious-affiliation-in-bolivia/ | title=Religion affiliation in Bolivia as of 2018, by type | date=29 April 2020 | first=Marina | last=Pasquali | publisher=statista.com | access-date=8 August 2020}}–73%–77%

| align="right" | 7,980,000

Southern Europe

| {{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} (details)

| align="right" | 3,531,159

| align="center" | 15.19%{{Cite web |url=http://www.popis2013.ba/popis2013/doc/Popis2013prvoIzdanje.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=1 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171224103940/http://www.popis2013.ba/popis2013/doc/Popis2013prvoIzdanje.pdf |archive-date=24 December 2017 |url-status=dead}}

| align="right" | 536,333

Southern Africa

| {{flag|Botswana}} (details)

| align="right" | 1,640,115

| align="center" | 4.9%

| align="right" | 80,365

South America

| {{flag|Brazil}} (details)

| align="right" | 210,600,000

| align="center" | 46%-50%

[https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2020/01/13/50percent-dos-brasileiros-sao-catolicos-31percent-evangelicos-e-10percent-nao-tem-religiao-diz-datafolha.ghtml - 50% dos brasileiros são católicos, 31%, evangélicos e 10% não têm religião, diz Datafolha. 2020] Retrieved February 7, 2022.–54%–54.7%"Catholicism and evangelism: the two most common religion in Latin America" Statista 26 October 2022.–58.1%{{cite web|title=Religion affiliation in Brazil as of 2018, by type

|publisher=Statista|url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/1066928/religious-affiliation-in-brazil/}}–61%{{cite web|url=http://www.pewforum.org/2014/11/13/religion-in-latin-america|title=Religion in Latin America|date=13 November 2014|publisher=Pew Forum|access-date=2018-07-19}}–64.6%[https://veja.abril.com.br/blog/reinaldo/o-ibge-e-a-religiao-cristaos-sao-86-8-do-brasil-catolicos-caem-para-64-6-evangelicos-ja-sao-22-2/ O IBGE e a religião — Cristãos são 86,8% do Brasil; católicos caem para 64,6%; evangélicos já são 22,2%] Reinaldo Azevedo in Veja–65.0%{{cite web|url=https://www.pewforum.org/2013/02/13/the-global-catholic-population|title=The Global Catholic Population|date=2013-02-13}}-70.57%{{Cite web |title=Brazil {{!}} World Religion |url=https://www.thearda.com/world-religion/national-profiles?u=31c |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=www.thearda.com}}

| align="right" | 105,300,000–134,000,000{{Cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/mundo/noticia/2013/03/america-latina-abriga-40-dos-catolicos-do-mundo.html|title=América Latina abriga 40% dos católicos do mundo|first=France|last=Presse|date=13 March 2013|website=Mundo}}–140,000,000{{Cite web|url=https://gaudiumpress.org/content/24332-mexico-e-o-segundo-pais-com-mais-catolicos-no-mundo-informam-dados-oficiais-mexicanos/|title=México é o segundo país com mais católicos no mundo, informam dados oficiais mexicanos|date=10 March 2011|website=Gaudium Press}}{{Cite web|url=https://catracalivre.com.br/viagem-livre/importancia-do-turismo-religioso-pelo-mundo/|title=A importância do turismo religioso pelo mundo|date=9 July 2017|website=Catraca Livre}}

Southeast Asia

| {{flag|Brunei}} (details)

| align="right" | 372,361

| align="center" | 5%

| align="right" | 38,709

Southern Europe

| {{flag|Bulgaria}} (details)

| align="right" | 6,445,481

| align="center" | 0.6%{{cite web|url=https://nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/pressreleases/Census2021_ethnos.pdf|title= Bulgaria (2021 census)}}

| align="right" | 38,709

West Africa

| {{flag|Burkina Faso}} (details)

| align="right" | 13,925,313

| align="center" | 20.1%{{cite web|url=https://www.aib.media/2022/07/01/burkina-481-de-la-population-du-sud-ouest-pratique-lanimisme-officiel/|title=Burkina Faso (2019 census)|access-date=28 December 2022|archive-date=26 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326030716/https://www.aib.media/2022/07/01/burkina-481-de-la-population-du-sud-ouest-pratique-lanimisme-officiel/|url-status=dead}}

| align="right" | 4,121,536

East Africa

| {{flag|Burundi}} (details)

| align="right" | 12,000,000

| align="center" | 62.1%

| align="right" | 7,440,000

West Africa

| {{flag|Cabo Verde}} (details)

| align="right" | 512,096

| align="center" | 77.3%

| align="right" | 395,850

Southeast Asia

| {{flag|Cambodia}} (details)

| align="right" | 13,607,069

| align="center" | <0.1%

| align="right" | <10,000

Central Africa

| {{flag|Cameroon}} (details)

| align="right" | 31,000,000

| align="center" | 33.1%{{Citation |title=Cameroon |date=2024-08-28 |work=The World Factbook |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/cameroon/ |access-date=2024-09-26 |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency}}–38.4%

| align="right" | 10,300,000

North America

| {{flag|Canada}} (details)

| align="right" | 40,769,890http://www.cbc.ca and infostats@statcan.gc.ca (2024)

| align="center" | 29.9{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?LANG=E&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1,4&DGUIDlist=2021A000011124&HEADERlist=0&SearchText=Canada |title=Religions in Canada—Census 2021 |date=October 26, 2022 |publisher=Statistics Canada/Statistique Canada}}

| align="right" | 12,189,931

Central Africa

| {{flag|Central African Republic}} (details)

| align="right" | 3,799,897

| align="center" | 29%{{cite web|title=International Religious Freedom Report for 2016|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/religiousfreedom/index.htm?year=2016&dlid=268630|work=U.S. Department of State|access-date=29 July 2018}}

| align="right" | 949,974

Central Africa

| {{flag|Chad}} (details)

| align="right" | 12,000,000

| align="center" | 20%–22.8%[http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/chad/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project: Chad] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216202531/http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/chad/religious_demography#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010 |date=16 December 2013}}. Pew Research Center. 2010.

| align="right" | 2,520,000

South America

| {{flag|Chile}} (details)

| align="right" | 18,000,000

| align="center" | 42%[https://encuestabicentenario.uc.cl/wp-content//uploads/2022/01/Encuesta-Bicentenario-2021-Religion.pdf "Encuesta Nacional Bicentenario 2021: Religión"]–45%[https://encuestabicentenario.uc.cl/resultados/ "Encuesta Nacional Bicentenario 2019: Religión"], Encuestabicentenario.uc.cl–52.6%"Catholicism and evangelism the two most common religions in Latin America" Statista 26 October 2022.–55%{{Cite web |url=http://plazapublica.cl/wp-content/uploads/658799.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=7 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207182725/http://plazapublica.cl/wp-content/uploads/658799.pdf |archive-date=7 February 2017 |url-status=dead}}–64%–66.6%8 236 900 out of 12 366 108 people over 15 years of age. {{cite web|title=Population 15 years of age or older, by religion, region, sex and age groups. (censused population) |url=http://www.censo.cl/cuadros/censada/Cuadro06_1.xls |work=Censo 2012 |access-date=1 March 2014 |language=es |format=.xls |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301095110/http://www.censo.cl/cuadros/censada/Cuadro06_1.xls |archive-date=1 March 2014}}

| align="right" | 8,100,000–9,468,000–12,000,000

East Asia

| {{flag|China}} (details)

| align="right" | 1,400,000,000

| align="center" | 0.43%–0.7%

| align="right" | 6,000,000{{cite web|url=http://www.scio.gov.cn/zfbps/ndhf/37884/Document/1626520/1626520.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180508020010/http://www.scio.gov.cn/zfbps/ndhf/37884/Document/1626520/1626520.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-05-08|title=《中国保障宗教信仰自由的政策和实践》白皮书(全文)|date=2018-04-03|access-date=2020-05-02}}–12,000,000{{cite web| url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-49494016|publisher=BBC|title=Chinese Catholic bishop ordained with Pope's approval|date=28 August 2019|access-date=28 May 2020}}

South America

| {{flag|Colombia}} (details)

| align="right" | 48,000,000

| align="center" | 57%-70.9%{{cite book |url=http://www.bdigital.unal.edu.co/10780/1/Del%20monopolio%20cat%C3%B3lico%20a%20la%20explosi%C3%B3n%20pentecostal.pdf |title=Del monopolio católico a la explosión pentecostal' |first1=Beltrán |last1=Cely |first2=William |last2=Mauricio |year=2013 |publisher=Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Humanas, Centro de Estudios Sociales (CES), Maestría en Sociología |language=es |isbn=978-958-761-465-7 |page=101 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327173229/http://www.bdigital.unal.edu.co/10780/1/Del%20monopolio%20cat%C3%B3lico%20a%20la%20explosi%C3%B3n%20pentecostal.pdf |archive-date=27 March 2016}}{{cite journal|url=http://www.bdigital.unal.edu.co/8486/1/williammauriciobeltran.2011.pdf|title=Descripción cuantitativa de la pluralización religiosa en Colombia|first1=Beltrán|last1=Cely|first2=William|last2=Mauricio|journal=Universitas Humanística|volume=73|year=2012|pages=201–238|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329185722/http://www.bdigital.unal.edu.co/8486/1/williammauriciobeltran.2011.pdf|archive-date=29 March 2014}} Based on a 2010 survey in "major

cities throughout the country, many mid-size cities, and the rural region of Uraba".–73%[http://www.cooperativa.cl/noticias/site/artic/20180112/asocfile/20180112124342/f00006494_religion_chile_america_latina_2017.pdf Latinobarometro], Cooperativa.cl, retrieved 8 February 2018.–75%{{cite web|url=http://www.eltiempo.com/vida-de-hoy/religion/informe-de-latinobarometro-sobre-el-catolicismo-en-america-latina_13842815-4|title=Fieles católicos caen 13 por ciento en A. Latina entre 1995 y el 2014|work=eltiempo.com|date=16 April 2014|access-date=14 February 2015}}–79%{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/colombia/ |title=CIA – The World Factbook – Colombia |publisher=Cia.gov |access-date=27 April 2020}}

| align="right" | 34,000,000–37,900,000

East Africa

| {{flag|Comoros}} (details)

| align="right" | 800,000

| align="center" | 0.2%

| align="right" | 1,600

Central Africa

| {{flag|Congo, Republic of}} (details)

| align="right" | 5,062,021

| align="center" | 33.1%–52.9%{{cite web|date=2015|title=Congo, Republic of the|access-date=18 May 2020|publisher=Association of Religion Data Archives|url=http://www.thearda.com/internationalData/countries/Country_58_1.asp|archive-date=22 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022230535/https://thearda.com/internationalData/countries/Country_58_1.asp|url-status=dead}}

| align="right" | 1,675,529–2,409,661

Central Africa

| {{flag|Congo, Democratic Republic of}} (details)

| align="right" | 109,000,000

| align="center" | 45%"Pope's Congo visit seeks to heal 'still bleeding' wounds, envoy says," Reuters.com/world/Africa/ 2023-01-22–47.3%–55%{{cite web|date=2015|title=Congo, Democratic Republic of the|access-date=18 May 2020|publisher=Association of Religion Data Archives|url=http://www.thearda.com/internationalData/countries/Country_57_1.asp|archive-date=11 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511034429/http://www.thearda.com/internationalData/countries/Country_57_1.asp|url-status=dead}}

| align="right" | 49,000,000–60,000,000

Central America

| {{flag|Costa Rica}} (details)

| align="right" | 5,100,000

| align="center" | 47%{{cite news|last1=Murillo|first1=Alvaro|title=Encuesta CIEP-UCR evidencia a una Costa Rica estatista y menos religiosa|url=https://semanariouniversidad.com/pais/encuesta-ciep-ucr-evidencia-a-una-costa-rica-estatista-y-menos-religiosa/|access-date=8 July 2021|agency=Semanario Universidad|date=7 July 2021}}[https://ciep.ucr.ac.cr/sites/default/files/Informe-encuesta-MARZO6-2018.pdf Informe de Resultados de la Encuesta de Opinión Sociopolítica Realizada en Febrero de 2018] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107195838/https://ciep.ucr.ac.cr/sites/default/files/Informe-encuesta-MARZO6-2018.pdf |date=7 November 2020}} Publicado el 6 March 2018.–57%–62%–71.8%{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LkWoDwAAQBAJ&q=71.8%25+Roman+Catholic+Costa+Rica&pg=PA29|title=Costa Rica|first=Alicia Z.|last=Klepeis|publisher=Bellwether Media|year=2019|isbn=9781618915887}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9HmNDwAAQBAJ&q=71.8%25+Roman+Catholic+Costa+Rica&pg=PT987|title=The CIA World Factbook 2019-2020|author=Central Intelligence Agency|year=2019|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=9781510750470}}{{cite web|title=Costa Rica|date=11 February 2022|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/costa-rica/|publisher=The World Factbook

|quote=Roman Catholic 71.8%, Evangelical and Pentecostal 12.3%, other Protestant 2.6%, Jehovah's Witness 0.5%, other 2.4%, none 10.4%}}

| align="right" | 2,350,000–3,500,000

Southern Europe

| {{flag|Croatia}} (details)

| align="right" | 3,872,000

| align="center" | 83.2%{{cite web |title=2021 Croatian census results |url=https://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/u-hrvatskoj-je-po-popisu-stanovnistva-832-katolika-a-ne-789/2397558.aspx}}

| align="right" | 3,240,000

North America

| {{flag|Cuba}} (details)

| align="right" | 11,163,934

| align="center" | 51%–60%{{cite web|url=https://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2009/127386.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091130032011/http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2009/127386.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-11-30 |title=International Religious Freedom Report 2009: Cuba | date= October 2009| access-date=2010-07-16 | publisher=US State Department}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Cuba-2.pdf|title=CUBA 2017 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT|website=State.gov|access-date=2 July 2022}}

| align="right" | 6,000,000{{cite book|quote=Of Cuba's 6 Million Catholics|publisher=Routledge|title=Covering Castro|year=2018|isbn=9781351294188|first=Jay|last=Mallin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7vZKDwAAQBAJ&q=6+million+catholics+in+cuba&pg=PT55}}

Middle East

| {{flag|Cyprus}} (details)

| align="right" | 1,100,000

| align="center" | 2.9%{{cite web |url=http://www.mof.gov.cy/mof/cystat/statistics.nsf/All/8B96E149FE049F49C2257AD90055559F/$file/POP_CEN_11-POP_FOREIGN_LANG_RELIG-EN-170615.xls?OpenElement |title=Population census of Cyprus |publisher=Statistical Service of Cyprus |access-date=28 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150727083419/http://www.mof.gov.cy/mof/cystat/statistics.nsf/All/8B96E149FE049F49C2257AD90055559F/$file/POP_CEN_11-POP_FOREIGN_LANG_RELIG-EN-170615.xls?OpenElement |archive-date=27 July 2015 |url-status=dead}}

| align="right" | 11,000

Central Europe

| {{flag|Czech Republic}} (details)

| align="right" | 10,524,167

| align="center" | 9.3%{{cite web|url=https://www.czso.cz/documents/142154812/176236044/sldb2021_pv_obyvatelstvo_podle_cirkvi_a_kraju.xlsx|title=Czechia (2021 census)|access-date=28 December 2022|archive-date=21 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121163456/https://www.czso.cz/documents/142154812/176236044/sldb2021_pv_obyvatelstvo_podle_cirkvi_a_kraju.xlsx|url-status=bot: unknown}}

| align="right" | 985,318

West Africa

| {{flag|Côte d'Ivoire}} (details)

| align="right" | 23,800,000{{cite web|url=http://www.ins.ci/n/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19&Itemid=27|title=Informations Générales sur la COTE D'IVOIRE|author=Administrator|access-date=14 February 2015}}

| align="center" | 21.4%

| align="right" | 5,093,000

Northern Europe

| {{flag|Denmark}} (details)

| align="right" | 5,630,000

| align="center" | 0.7%{{cite web|url=http://www.katolsk.dk/1635/|title=katolsk.dk: The Catholic Church in Denmark|access-date=14 February 2015|archive-date=23 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823023404/http://www.katolsk.dk/1635/|url-status=dead}}

| align="right" | 46,000

East Africa

| {{flag|Djibouti}} (details)

| align="right" | 476,703

| align="center" | 0.2%

| align="right" | 953

Caribbean

| {{flag|Dominica}} (details)

| align="right" | 71,540

| align="center" | 58.1%

| align="right" | 41,564

Caribbean

| {{flag|Dominican Republic}} (details)

| align="right" | 10,400,000

| align="center" | 43%-48%–57%

| align="right" | 4,992,000–5,928,000

Southeast Asia

| {{flag|East Timor}} (details)

| align="right" | 1,054,000

| align="center" | 97.57%{{cite web|url=http://www.statistics.gov.tl/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/3_2015-V2-Nationality-Citizenship-Religion.xls|title=Nationality, Citizenship, and Religion|date=25 October 2015|access-date=29 January 2020|publisher=Government of Timor-Leste|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714155507/http://www.statistics.gov.tl/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/3_2015-V2-Nationality-Citizenship-Religion.xls|archive-date=14 July 2019}}

| align="right" | 1,021,000

South America

| {{flag|Ecuador}} (details)

| align="right" | 15,223,680

| align="center" | 65%-69.5%–77.0%–79%–80.4%{{cite web|publisher=Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas y Censos|date=15 August 2012|title=INEC presenta por primera vez estadísticas sobre religión

|url=https://www.ecuadorencifras.gob.ec/inec-presenta-por-primera-vez-estadisticas-sobre-religion/}}{{cite web|publisher=According to a 2012 survey by the National Institute of Statistics and Census, the most recent government survey available, approximately 92 percent of the population professes a religious affiliation or belief. Of those, 80.4 percent is Roman Catholic; 11.3 percent evangelical Christian, including Pentecostals; and 1.3 percent Jehovah's Witnesses. Seven percent belongs to other religious groups|title=ECUADOR 2018 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT|url=https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/ECUADOR-2018-INTERNATIONAL-RELIGIOUS-FREEDOM-REPORT.pdf}}

| align="right" | 11,265,523

Central Africa

| {{flag|Equatorial Guinea}} (details)

| align="right" | 1,620,000

| align="center" | 80.7%

| align="right" | 1,410,000

North Africa

| {{flag|Egypt}} (details)

| align="right" | 77,505,756

| align="center" | 0.1%

| align="right" | 187,320{{Cite web |url=http://www.cnewa.org/source-images/Roberson-eastcath-statistics/eastcatholic-stat17.pdf |title=The Eastern Catholic Churches 2017 |access-date=23 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024215818/http://www.cnewa.org/source-images/Roberson-eastcath-statistics/eastcatholic-stat17.pdf |archive-date=24 October 2018 |url-status=dead}}

Central America

| {{flag|El Salvador}} (details)

| align="right" | 7,000,000

| align="center" | 39%–47%{{cite web |title=International Religious Freedom Report for 2017: El Salvador |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/religiousfreedom/index.htm?year=2017&dlid=281072 |website=State.gov |access-date=31 December 2018}}–50%

| align="right" | 2,730,000–3,500,000

East Africa

| {{flag|Eritrea}} (details)

| align="right" | 4,561,599

| align="center" | 3.3%

| align="right" | 150,532

Northern Europe

| {{flag|Estonia}} (details)

| align="right" | 1,332,893

| align="center" | 0.8%{{cite web|url=https://andmed.stat.ee/en/stat/rahvaloendus__rel2021__rahvastiku-demograafilised-ja-etno-kultuurilised-naitajad__usk/RL21454/table/tableViewLayout2|title= Estonia (2021 census)}}

| align="right" | 8,690

East Africa

| {{flag|Ethiopia}} (details)

| align="right" | 73,053,286

| align="center" | 0.7%

| align="right" | 584,426

Oceania

| {{flag|Federated States of Micronesia}} (details)

| align="right" | 104,468

| align="center" | 52.6%{{cite web|url=http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/federated-states-of-micronesia#/?affiliations_religion_id=26&affiliations_year=2010®ion_name=All%20Countries&restrictions_year=2016|title=Religions in the Federated States of Micronesia {{pipe}} PEW-GRF|publisher=Globalreligiousfutures.org|access-date=20 September 2017|archive-date=10 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910191432/http://globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/federated-states-of-micronesia#/?affiliations_religion_id=26&affiliations_year=2010®ion_name=All%20Countries&restrictions_year=2016|url-status=dead}}–55%{{cite web|publisher=United States Department of State|title=2019 Report on International Religious Freedom: Micronesia

|url=https://www.state.gov/reports/2019-report-on-international-religious-freedom/micronesia/}}

| align="right" | 60,000

Oceania

| {{flag|Fiji}} (details)

| align="right" | 893,354

| align="center" | 9.1%

| align="right" | 80,401

Northern Europe

| {{flag|Finland}} (details)

| align="right" | 5,451,270

| align="center" | 0.2%{{cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dhels.html|title=Helsinki (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]|author=David M. Cheney|access-date=28 May 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=20313|title=Finland's tiny Catholic community expanding, will open new parish|access-date=28 May 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Blog/2906/bp_sippo_confirms_new_catholic_church_opening_in_may_in_kuopio_in_eastern_finland.aspx|title=Bp. Sippo confirms new Catholic church opening in May in Kuopio, in Eastern Finland|access-date=28 May 2016}}

| align="right" | 12,434

Western Europe

| {{flag|France}} (details)

| align="right" | 66,600,000

| align="center" | 47%{{Cite journal|date=September 2019|title=Special Eurobarometer 493, pages 229-230|url=https://ec.europa.eu/commfrontoffice/publicopinion/index.cfm/Survey/getSurveyDetail/instruments/SPECIAL/surveyKy/2251|journal=European Union: European Commission}}–48%{{Cite journal|date=January 2019|title=État des lieux de la laïcité en France|url=http://www.institut-viavoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Etat-des-lieux-de-la-la%C3%AFcit%C3%A9-en-France.-Etude-Viavoice-pour-lObservatoire-de-la-la%C3%AFcit%C3%A9.pdf|journal=Observatoire de la Laïcité|access-date=9 November 2019|archive-date=10 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110171721/http://www.institut-viavoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Etat-des-lieux-de-la-la%C3%AFcit%C3%A9-en-France.-Etude-Viavoice-pour-lObservatoire-de-la-la%C3%AFcit%C3%A9.pdf|url-status=dead}}–51%{{cite web|url=http://www.institutmontaigne.org/res/files/publications/a-french-islam-is-possible-report.pdf|title=A French Islam is possible|date=2016|publisher=Institut Montaigne|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915201551/http://www.institutmontaigne.org/res/files/publications/a-french-islam-is-possible-report.pdf|archive-date=15 September 2017|page=13}}–57%[https://www.reforme.net/actualite/societe/sondage-les-protestants-en-france-en-2017-1-qui-sont-les-protestants/ Les protestants en France en 2017] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171019192134/https://www.reforme.net/actualite/societe/sondage-les-protestants-en-france-en-2017-1-qui-sont-les-protestants/ |date=19 October 2017}} Ipsos.–60%{{cite web|url=http://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2018/05/24150841/Full-Topline-FINAL-FOR-PUBLICATION.pdf|title=Being Christian in Western Europe|date=2018|publisher=Pew Research Center|access-date=24 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802131920/http://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2018/05/24150841/Full-Topline-FINAL-FOR-PUBLICATION.pdf|archive-date=2 August 2019|url-status=dead}}

| align="right" | 31,300,000–44,000,000

Central Africa

| {{flag|Gabon}} (details)

| align="right" | 1,389,201

| align="center" | 50%

| align="right" | 694,600

West Africa

| {{flag|Gambia}} (details)

| align="right" | 1,593,256

| align="center" | 2.1%

| align="right" | 33,458

Caucasus

| {{flag|Georgia}} (details)

| align="right" | 3,713,804

| align="center" | 0.5%{{cite web|url=http://geostat.ge/cms/site_images/_files/english/population/Census_release_ENG_2016.pdf|title= Georgia (2014 census)}}

| align="right" | 18,569

Central Europe

| {{flag|Germany}} (details)

| align="right" | 83,550,000

| align="center" | 23.7%{{Cite web|url=https://www.dbk.de/presse/aktuelles/meldung/kirchenstatistik-2024

|title=Kirchenstatistik 2024 |date=2025-03-28 |first=Deutsche|last=Bischofskonferenz|website=Deutsche Bischofskonferenz |access-date=30 March 2025}}

| align="right" | 19,770,000

West Africa

| {{flag|Ghana}} (details)

| align="right" | 30,792,608

| align="center" | 10.0%{{cite web|url=https://census2021.statsghana.gov.gh/gssmain/fileUpload/reportthemelist/2021%20PHC%20General%20Report%20Vol%203C_Background%20Characteristics_181121.pdf|title= Ghana (2021 census)}}

| align="right" | 3,079,261

Southern Europe

| {{flag|Greece}} (details)

| align="right" | 10,413,982{{Cite web |title=Estimated Population and Migration Flows, 2023 |url=https://www.statistics.gr/documents/20181/de3e26f6-9b77-d2e5-2ca3-e13bcafe482a}}

| align="center" | 2.4%

| align="right" | 250,000{{Cite web |title=Η Καθολική Εκκλησία στην Ελλάδα |date=23 December 2020 |url=https://cathecclesia.gr/%ce%b7-%ce%ba%ce%b1%ce%b8%ce%bf%ce%bb%ce%b9%ce%ba%ce%ae-%ce%b5%ce%ba%ce%ba%ce%bb%ce%b7%cf%83%ce%af%ce%b1-%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b7%ce%bd-%ce%b5%ce%bb%ce%bb%ce%ac%ce%b4%ce%b1/}}

Caribbean

| {{flag|Grenada}} (details)

| align="right" | 89,502

| align="center" | 44.6%

| align="right" | 39,917

Central America

| {{flag|Guatemala}} (details)

| align="right" | 15,773,000

| align="center" | 39%-43%–45%{{cite web |title=International Religious Freedom Report for 2017: Guatemala |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/religiousfreedom/index.htm?year=2017&dlid=281076 |website=State.gov |access-date=27 July 2018}}–50%

| align="right" | 7,000,000

West Africa

| {{flag|Guinea}} (details)

| align="right" | 9,467,866

| align="center" | 2.6%

| align="right" | 246,164

West Africa

| {{flag|Guinea-Bissau}} (details)

| align="right" | 1,416,027

| align="center" | 8.9%

| align="right" | 126,026

South America

| {{flag|Guyana}} (details)

| align="right" | 746,955

| align="center" | 7.1%{{cite web|url=https://www.statisticsguyana.gov.gy/download.php?file=93|title= Ghana (2021 census)}}

| align="right" | 53,034

Caribbean

| {{flag|Haiti}} (details)

| align="right" | 10,000,000

| align="center" | 54.7%–56.7%–56.8%{{Cite web|url=http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/haiti#/?affiliations_religion_id=11&affiliations_year=2010®ion_name=All+Countries&restrictions_year=2015|title=Religions in Haiti {{pipe}} PEW-GRF|website=Globalreligiousfutures.org|access-date=14 May 2021|archive-date=29 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929181606/http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/haiti#/?affiliations_religion_id=11&affiliations_year=2010®ion_name=All+Countries&restrictions_year=2015|url-status=dead}}

| align="right" | 5,470,000

Central America

| {{flag|Honduras}} (details)

| align="right" | 8,800,000

| align="center" | 36%-37%–46%

| align="right" | 3,256,000–4,048,000

Central Europe

| {{flag|Hungary}} (details)

| align="right" | 9,877,000

| align="center" | 29.2%{{cite web|title=Population by religion and gender according to the 2001, 2011 and 2022 censuses|type=report with the detailed subdivisions of religious denominations|website=Census Database|url=https://nepszamlalas2022.ksh.hu/adatbazis/#/table/WBS008/N4IgFgpghgJiBcBtEAVAkgWQKIH0AKWASmgPIAiIAugDQgDOAljBAsgGoCCAMlxwMo42AJiq06EAMYAXBgHsAdq1QdCfAFJYeARlEgAZgwA2UiACc6CUAGsG8uPBAYoABxC0I8qaYYQLSdty8AsJu1rb2IHwQUm4gAG5QhgCuvkqEuADCsek4hFm0OQDi-SA5JIXZuCSEAKqVOCR89dUkzQBCzXUFVa3dOBkc9Vxdpbg1AHL1bYN92PUcFH0E85N9agDq9QBiJTkZvaM4avUYU_UAEs0ZZCJ94yQo9eODlAC-NMjo2PhEpIthdgQkWisQSyVSSBAQgADEJblDoVodLQYYiqO9qJ8VOpNFxkQCIlEYrQwSk_MhxlhvnwsAANWKnWhbdGUN6vIA===}}–38.1%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–53.0%[http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_393_en.pdf Special Eurobarometer 393 - Discrimination in the European Union in 2012] p. T98, T99 (233-234).–56%{{cite web|url=http://www.pewforum.org/2017/05/10/religious-affiliation/|title=Religious Belief and National Belonging in Central and Eastern Europe|date = 10 May 2017| publisher = Pew Research Center| access-date = 2017-09-09}}–62%.[https://ec.europa.eu/commfrontoffice/publicopinion/index.cfm/Survey/getSurveyDetail/instruments/SPECIAL/surveyKy/2251 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.

| align="right" | 2,808,000–6,123,740

Northern Europe

| {{flag|Iceland}} (details)

| align="right" | 355,277

| align="center" | 3.9%{{cite web|url=https://icelandmag.is/article/icelanders-abandon-national-state-church-old-pagan-asatru-continues-grow|title=Icelanders abandon National State Church, as old pagan Ásatrú continues to grow|publisher=Iceland Magazine|access-date=13 November 2018}}

| align="right" | 13,799

South Asia

| {{flag|India}} (details)

| align="right" | 1,400,000,000

| align="center" | 0.9%–1.5%James Roberts and Ellen Teague, "COVID-19 fuels Dalit bias," TABLET, 2 May 2020, 24.{{Catholic-hierarchy|country|sc3|Statistics by Country|21 January 2015}}

| align="right" | 13,000,000–21,000,000

Southeast Asia

| {{flag|Indonesia}} (details)

| align="right" | 270,000,000

| align="center" | 3.12%{{cite web|url=https://data.kemenag.go.id/agamadashboard/statistik/umat|title=Statistik Umat Menurut Agama di Indonesia|publisher=Ministry of Religious Affairs|date=15 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903221250/https://data.kemenag.go.id/agamadashboard/statistik/umat|archive-date=3 September 2020|access-date=24 September 2020|language=id}}UCA News, Union of Catholic Asia News, directory@ucanews.com

| align="right" | 8,424,000

Middle East

| {{flag|Iran}} (details)

| align="right" | 85,202,000

| align="center" | 0.02%

| align="right" | 13,603

Middle East

| {{flag|Iraq}} (details)

| align="right" | 38,000,000

| align="center" | 0.35%

| align="right" | 133,000

Western Europe

| {{flag|Ireland}} (details)

| align="right" | 5,100,000

| align="center" | 69%{{cite web|url = https://www.thejournal.ie/census-2022-population-cso-religion-6081108-May2023/ | website = thejournal.ie | title = Census 2022: Number who identify as Catholic falls by 10 percentage points to 69% | date = 30 May 2023 | accessdate = 30 May 2023}}

| align="right" | 3,500,000

Middle East

| {{flag|Israel}} (details)

| align="right" | 7,746,000

| align="center" | 1.2%

| align="right" | 92,952

Southern Europe

| {{flag|Italy}} (details)

| align="right" | 60,800,000

| align="center" | 66.7%{{cite web | url=https://www.uaar.it/doxa2019/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421144408/https://www.uaar.it/doxa2019/ | archive-date=21 April 2022 | title=Sondaggio Doxa su religiosità e ateismo | UAAR | date=8 May 2019 }}-74%{{Cite news|url=http://www.acli.it/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Cattolici-e-politica-analisi-Ipsos-novembre-2017.pdf|title=I cattolici tra presenza nel sociale e nuove domande alla politica|publisher=Ipsos MORI|date=17 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124122738/http://www.acli.it/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Cattolici-e-politica-analisi-Ipsos-novembre-2017.pdf|archive-date=24 January 2018}}–75%{{cite web|url=http://www.doxa.it/news/religiosita-e-ateismo-in-italia-nel-2014|title=Religiosità e ateismo in Italia nel 2014 - Doxa|website=Doxa.it|access-date=27 April 2020|archive-date=20 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170120193715/http://www.doxa.it/news/religiosita-e-ateismo-in-italia-nel-2014/|url-status=dead}}–76.5%{{cite web|url=http://cronachelaiche.globalist.it/Detail_News_Display?ID=20167|title=Cattolici maggioranza in Italia?|publisher=cronachelaiche.globalist.it|date=14 May 2012|access-date=2 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826115355/http://cronachelaiche.globalist.it/Detail_News_Display?ID=20167|archive-date=26 August 2014|url-status=dead}}–78.9%{{cite book|title=Eurobarometer 90.4: Attitudes of Europeans towards Biodiversity, Awareness and Perceptions of EU customs, and Perceptions of Antisemitism|publisher=European Commission|url=https://zacat.gesis.org/webview/index.jsp?headers=http%3A%2F%2F193.175.238.79%3A80%2Fobj%2FfVariable%2FZA7556_V11&stubs=V204&previousmode=table&weights=http%3A%2F%2F193.175.238.79%3A80%2Fobj%2FfVariable%2FZA7556_V412&V204slice=1&analysismode=table&study=http%3A%2F%2F193.175.238.79%3A80%2Fobj%2FfStudy%2FZA7556&charttype=null&gs=7&V11slice=1&V204subset=1+-+10%2C11%2C12+-+13%2C14&mode=table&top=yes|date= August 2019|via=GESIS}}–81.7%{{Cite web|url=http://www.pewglobal.org/dataset/spring-2016-survey-data/|title=Spring 2016 Survey Data {{!}} Pew Research Center|website=Pewglobal.org|date=February 2017 |pages=Questions Q109ITA and Q109ITAb|access-date=2017-10-09}}

| align="right" |44,400,000–50,000,000

Caribbean

| {{flag|Jamaica}} (details)

| align="right" | 2,697,983

| align="center" | 2.2%{{cite web|url=https://statinja.gov.jm/Census/PopCensus/PopulationUsuallyResidentinJamaicabyParish.aspx|title= Jamaica (2011 census)}}

| align="right" | 59,356

East Asia

| {{flag|Japan}} (details)

| align="right" | 124,000,000

| align="center" | 0.3%– 0.5%{{Cite web|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/country/sc1.html|title=Statistics by Country, by Catholic Population [Catholic-Hierarchy]|website=Catholic-hierarchy.org}}

| align="right" | 372,000–620,000

Middle East

| {{flag|Jordan}} (details)

| align="right" | 5,759,732

| align="center" | 0.4%

| align="right" | 23,038

Central Asia

| {{flag|Kazakhstan}} (details)

| align="right" | 15,185,844

| align="center" | 0.6%

| align="right" | 91,115

East Africa

| {{flag|Kenya}} (details)

| align="right" | 47,560,000

| align="center" | 20.6%{{cite web|url=https://www.knbs.or.ke/?wpdmpro=2019-kenya-population-and-housing-census-volume-iv-distribution-of-population-by-socio-economic-characteristics&wpdmdl=5730&ind=7HRl6KateNzKXCJaxxaHSh1qe6C1M6VHznmVmKGBKgO5qIMXjby1XHM2u_swXdiR |title=2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume IV: Distribution of Population by Socio-Economic Characteristics

|access-date=24 March 2020 |website=Kenya National Bureau of Statistics}}

| align="right" | 9,816,000

Oceania

| {{flag|Kiribati}} (details)

| align="right" | 98,000

| align="center" | 55.8%–57.3%{{cite book |title=Kiribati Census 2015 |url=http://www.mfed.gov.ki/sites/default/files/2015%20Population%20Census%20Report%20Volume%201%28final%20211016%29.pdf |access-date=21 December 2018}}

| align="right" | 54,684

East Asia

| {{flag|Korea, North}} (details)

| align="right" | 22,912,177

| align="center" | 0.01%

| align="right" | 2,291

East Asia

| {{flag|Korea, South}} (details)

| align="right" | 53,121,668

| align="center" | 11.1%{{cite web|url=http://www.cbck.or.kr/Notice/20190453|title=Catholic Church in Korea Statistics 2019|access-date=3 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803192320/http://www.cbck.or.kr/Notice/20190453|archive-date=3 August 2020}}

| align="right" | 5,914,669

Southern Europe

| {{flag|Kosovo}} (details)

| align="right" | 1,739,825

| align="center" | 1.4%{{cite web|url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/censuskb20/KnowledgebaseArticle10700.aspx|title=Kosovo (2011 census)|access-date=28 December 2022|archive-date=25 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925200735/https://unstats.un.org/unsd/censuskb20/KnowledgebaseArticle10700.aspx/|url-status=dead}}

| align="right" | 25,837

Middle East

| {{flag|Kuwait}} (details)

| align="right" | 2,335,648

| align="center" | 8.5%

| align="right" | 402,000

Central Asia

| {{flag|Kyrgyzstan}} (details)

| align="right" | 5,146,281

| align="center" | 0.1%

| align="right" | 5,146

Southeast Asia

| {{flag|Laos}} (details)

| align="right" | 6,217,141

| align="center" | 0.6%

| align="right" | 37,302

Northern Europe

| {{flag|Latvia}} (details)

| align="right" | 2,290,237

| align="center" | 19.1%

| align="right" | 437,435

Middle East

| {{flag|Lebanon}} (details)

| align="right" | 4,800,000

| align="center" | 28.8%

| align="right" | 1,382,400

Southern Africa

| {{flag|Lesotho}} (details)

| align="right" | 2,067,000

| align="center" | 45.7%–49.4%{{cite web|date=2015|title=Lesotho|access-date=18 May 2020|publisher=Association of Religion Data Archives|url=http://www.thearda.com/internationalData/countries/Country_130_1.asp|archive-date=11 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811214132/https://thearda.com/internationalData/Countries/Country_130_1.asp|url-status=dead}}

| align="right" | 946,000–1,052,237

West Africa

| {{flag|Liberia}} (details)

| align="right" | 3,482,211

| align="center" | 5.4%

| align="right" | 188,039

North Africa

| {{flag|Libya}} (details)

| align="right" | 5,765,563

| align="center" | 0.7%

| align="right" | 40,358

Central Europe

| {{flag|Liechtenstein}} (details)

| align="right" | 40,000

| align="center" | 69.6%[https://www.statistikportal.li/de/themen/bevoelkerung/bevoelkerungsstruktur Volkszählung 2020, Bevölkerungsstruktur, retrieved 12 March 2025.]

| align="right" | 28,000

Northern Europe

| {{flag|Lithuania}} (details)

| align="right" | 2,810,761

| align="center" | 77.2%{{cite web|url=https://osp.stat.gov.lt/lt/statistiniu-rodikliu-analize?hash=dadee47b-9204-48d2-a55e-e125d581f1b6#/|title= Lithuania (2021 census)}}

| align="right" | 2,085,340

Western Europe

| {{flag|Luxembourg}} (details)

| align="right" | 538,000

| align="center" | 63.8%–65.9%

| align="right" | 369,600

Southern Africa

| {{flag|Madagascar}} (details)

| align="right" | 18,040,341

| align="center" | 29.5%–38.1%{{cite web |url=http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/madagascar#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010®ion_name=All%20Countries&restrictions_year=2015 |title=Religions in Madagascar {{pipe}} PEW-GRF |publisher=Globalreligiousfutures.org |access-date=20 September 2017 |archive-date=9 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109064122/http://globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/madagascar#/?affiliations_religion_id=0&affiliations_year=2010®ion_name=All%20Countries&restrictions_year=2015 |url-status=dead}}

| align="right" | 5,318,293–7,890,000

Southern Africa

| {{flag|Malawi}} (details)

| align="right" | 17,563,749

| align="center"| 17.2%{{cite web|url=http://www.nsomalawi.mw/images/stories/data_on_line/demography/census_2018/2018%20Malawi%20Population%20and%20Housing%20Census%20Main%20Report.pdf|title=Malawi (2018 census)|access-date=28 December 2022|archive-date=8 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608191931/http://www.nsomalawi.mw/images/stories/data_on_line/demography/census_2018/2018%20Malawi%20Population%20and%20Housing%20Census%20Main%20Report.pdf|url-status=dead}}

| align="right" | 3,028,435

Southeast Asia

| {{flag|Malaysia}} (details)

| align="right" | 34,671,895

| align="center" | 4.63%{{Cite web |title=National Profiles {{!}} World Religion |url=https://www.thearda.com/world-religion/national-profiles?u=139c |access-date=2024-06-30 |website=www.thearda.com}}

| align="right" | 1,570,000

South Asia

| {{flag|Maldives}} (details)

| align="right" | 349,106

| align="center" | 0.02%

| align="right" | 80

West Africa

| {{flag|Mali}} (details)

| align="right" | 12,291,529

| align="center" | 1.5%

| align="right" | 189,289

Southern Europe

| {{flag|Malta}} (details)

| align="right" | 428,000

| align="center" | 82.6%[https://nso.gov.mt/wp-content/uploads/Census-of-Population-2021-volume1-final.pdf Census final report 2021]

| align="right" | 361,372

Oceania

| {{flag|Marshall Islands}} (details)

| align="right" | 62,000

| align="center" | 8.4%

| align="right" | 5,208

North Africa

| {{flag|Mauritania}} (details)

| align="right" | 3,086,859

| align="center" | 0.1%

| align="right" | 3,086

Southern Africa

| {{flag|Mauritius}} (details)

| align="right" | 1,237,091

| align="center" | 26.0%{{cite web|url=http://statsmauritius.govmu.org/English/CensusandSurveys/Documents/HPC/2011/HPC_TR_Vol2_Demography_Yr11.pdf|website=Statistics Mauritius|page=68|title=Resident population by religion and sex (2011 census)}}

| align="right" | 324,811

North America

| {{flag|Mexico}} (details)

| align="right" | 130,000,000

| align="center" | 69.4%{{cite web | url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/275436/religious-affiliation-in-mexico/ | title=Religion affiliations in Mexico 2023 }}-74%–77.7%{{Cite web |last=Díaz Domínguez |first=Alejandro |date=February 1, 2021 |title=¿Qué nos dice el Censo 2020 sobre religión en México? |url=https://datos.nexos.com.mx/que-nos-dice-el-censo-2020-sobre-religion-en-mexico/ |access-date=2022-06-18 |website=Nexos |language=es}} 78%CIA Factbook, Mexcio, 2024.2022 Report on International Religious Freedom: Mexico

| align="right" | 90,000,000-96,101,000–100,912,000–101,302,000

Eastern Europe

| {{flag|Moldova}} (details)

| align="right" | 4,455,421

| align="center" | 0.5%

| align="right" | 20,494

Southern Europe

| {{flag|Monaco}} (details)

| align="right" | 36,371

| align="center" | 82.3%

| align="right" | 29,933

Central Asia

| {{flag|Mongolia}} (details)

| align="right" | 2,791,272

| align="center" | 0.04%

| align="right" | 1,116

Southern Europe

| {{flag|Montenegro}} (details)

| align="right" | 625,266

| align="center" | 3.4%

| align="right" | 21,299

North Africa

| {{flag|Morocco}} (details)

| align="right" | 32,725,847

| align="center" | 0.07%

| align="right" | 22,908

Southern Africa

| {{flag|Mozambique}} (details)

| align="right" | 19,406,703

| align="center" | 27.2%–28.4%–30.5%{{cite web|url=https://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/AIS12/AIS12.pdf|title=Moçambique: Inquérito de Indicadores de Imunização, Malária e HIV/SIDA em Moçambique (IMASIDA), 2015|publisher=Ministério da Saúde & Instituto Nacional de Estatística|language=pt|page=40|access-date=20 April 2018}}

| align="right" | 5,270,000–9,900,000

Southeast Asia

| {{flag|Myanmar}} (details)

| align="right" | 42,909,464

| align="center" | 1.1%

| align="right" | 450,549

Southern Africa

| {{flag|Namibia}} (details)

| align="right" | 2,030,692

| align="center" | 22.8%{{cite web|url=https://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/FR298/FR298.pdf|title=Namibia : Demographic and Health Survey 2013|website=Dhsprogram.com|access-date=2 July 2022}}

| align="right" | 344,202

Oceania

| {{flag|Nauru}} (details)

| align="right" | 10,084

| align="center" | 32.96%{{cite web |publisher=US Department of State |year=2003 |url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2003/24314.htm |title=International Religious Freedom Report 2003 – Nauru |access-date=2 May 2005}}

| align="right" | 3,324

South Asia

| {{flag|Nepal}} (details)

| align="right" | 27,676,547

| align="center" | 0.03%

| align="right" | 8,302

Western Europe

| {{flag|Netherlands}} (details)

| align="right" | 18,000,000

| align="center" | 17%{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/cijfers/detail/82904NED|date=2024-03-29|title=Religieuze betrokkenheid; persoonskenmerken |last=CBS|website=www.cbs.nl|language=nl|access-date=2024-03-29}}–18.2%{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/nieuws/2023/14/deel-bevolking-dat-bij-religieuze-groep-hoort-in-2022-niet-afgenomen|date=2023-04-07|title=Deel bevolking dat bij religieuze groep hoort in 2022 niet afgenomen|last=CBS|website=www.cbs.nl|language=nl|access-date=2023-06-26}}–20.8%{{cite web |url=http://www.ru.nl/kaski/onderzoek/cijfers-rooms/ |title=Cijfers Rooms-Katholieke Kerk |access-date=23 May 2023}}

| align="right" | 3,060,000–3,740,000

Oceania

| {{flag|New Zealand}} (details)

| align="right" | 4,700,000

| align="center" | 10.0%{{Cite web |url=https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/2018-census-totals-by-topic-national-highlights |title=Census 2018 results |access-date=5 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923102431/https://www.stats.govt.nz/information-releases/2018-census-totals-by-topic-national-highlights |archive-date=23 September 2019 |url-status=dead}}

| align="right" | 470,000

Central America

| {{flag|Nicaragua}} (details)

| align="right" | 6,000,000

| align="center" | 40%–50%–55%[http://www.prolades.com/ The Latin American Socio-Religious Studies Program / Programa Latinoamericano de Estudios Sociorreligiosos (PROLADES)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112003048/http://www.prolades.com/ |date=12 January 2018}}, Prolades.com{{cite web|title=CENSO DE POBLACIÓN 2005|url=http://www.inide.gob.ni/censos2005/ResumenCensal/Resumen2.pdf|website=Inide.gob.ni|access-date=4 April 2015|date=2005}}

| align="right" | 2,400,000–3,000,000

West Africa

| {{flag|Niger}} (details)

| align="right" | 11,665,937

| align="center" | 0.1%

| align="right" | 11,665

West Africa

| {{flag|Nigeria}} (details)

| align="right" | 230,000,000

| align="center" | 10.6%{{cite web | url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/nigeria/#people-and-society | title=Nigeria}}–12.6%

| align="right" | 24,400,000–29,000,000

Southern Europe

| {{flag|North Macedonia}} (details)

| align="right" | 1,836,713

| align="center" | 0.4%{{cite web|title=Total resident population in the Republic of North Macedonia by religious affiliation and sex, Census 2021|url=https://makstat.stat.gov.mk/PXWeb/pxweb/en/MakStat/MakStat__Popisi__Popis2021__Naselenie/T1010P21.px/?rxid=46ee0f64-2992-4b45-a2d9-cb4e5f7ec5ef|access-date=27 December 2022|archive-date=27 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221227224756/https://makstat.stat.gov.mk/PXWeb/pxweb/en/MakStat/MakStat__Popisi__Popis2021__Naselenie/T1010P21.px/?rxid=46ee0f64-2992-4b45-a2d9-cb4e5f7ec5ef|url-status=dead}}

| align="right" | 6,746

Northern Europe

| {{flag|Norway}} (details)

| align="right" | 5,060,000

| align="center" | 2.4%{{cite web|url=http://www.ssb.no/trosamf/|title=Trus- og livssynssamfunn utanfor Den norske kyrkja - SSB|access-date=14 February 2015}}–3.02%{{Cite web|url=https://www.ssb.no/en/kultur-og-fritid/statistikker/trosamf/aar/2019-12-03?fane=tabell&sort=nummer&tabell=405229|title=2019-12-03|website=Ssb.no|access-date=2 July 2022}}

| align="right" | 120,900

Middle East

| {{flag|Oman}} (details)

| align="right" | 3,000,000

| align="center" | 4.1%

| align="right" | 110,000

South Asia

| {{flag|Pakistan}} (details)

| align="right" |241,500,000

| align="center" | 0.8%

| align="right" | 1,930,000

Oceania

| {{flag|Palau}} (details)

| align="right" | 17,661

| align="center" | 46.0%{{cite book |last1=Palau |title=2015 Census of Population, Housing and Agriculture Tables |date=2015 |page=53 |url=https://palaugov.pw/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2015-Census-of-Population-Housing-Agriculture-.pdf |access-date=5 May 2021}}

| align="right" | 8,124

Middle East

| {{flag|Palestine}} (details)

| align="right" | 3,761,904

| align="center" | 2%

| align="right" | 80,000

Central America

| {{flag|Panama}} (details)

| align="right" | 3,500,000

| align="center" | 52%-55%–63%{{Cite journal|date=December 2016|title=Segunda Encuesta Nacional de Hogares, Panama 2015|url=http://ministeriopublico.gob.pa/wp-content/multimedia/2017/09/Encuesta-de-Hogares-2015-16-viii-17-publicaci%C3%B3n-digital.pdf|journal=Ministerio Público de la República de Panamá|access-date=24 December 2019|archive-date=18 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218081846/http://ministeriopublico.gob.pa/wp-content/multimedia/2017/09/Encuesta-de-Hogares-2015-16-viii-17-publicaci%C3%B3n-digital.pdf|url-status=dead}}–70%

| align="right" | 1,925,000–2,400,000

Oceania

| {{flag|Papua New Guinea}} (details)

| align="right" | 7,000,000

| align="center" | 26%{{cite web |last1=Koloma. Kele |first1=Roko. Hajily |title=PAPUA NEW GUINEA 2011 NATIONAL REPORT-NATIONAL STATISTICAL OFFICE |url=http://sdd.spc.int/en/resources/document-library?view=preview&format=raw&fileId=218 |website=sdd.spc.int |access-date=11 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812174041/http://sdd.spc.int/en/resources/document-library?view=preview&format=raw&fileId=218 |archive-date=12 August 2017 |url-status=dead}}

| align="right" | 1,890,000

South America

| {{flag|Paraguay}} (details)

| align="right" | 6,800,000

| align="center" | 72%-88.3%{{Cite web|url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/1067159/paraguay-religion-affiliation-share-type/|title=Religion affiliations in Paraguay 2020|website=Statista.com|access-date=2 July 2022}}–89%

| align="right" | 6,000,000

South America

| {{flag|Peru}} (details)

| align="right" | 34,300,000

| align="center" | 64%-74%–76%{{cite web|url=https://www.inei.gob.pe/media/MenuRecursivo/publicaciones_digitales/Est/Lib1539/libro.pdf |title=Perú: Perfil Sociodemográfico |page = 231 |website= Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática}}

| align="right" | 26,725,000

Asia

| {{flag|Philippines}} (details)

| align="right" | 114,000,000{{Cite press release |last=Mapa |first=Dennis S. |author-link1=Dennis Mapa |date=July 7, 2021 |title=2020 Census of Population and Housing (2020 CPH) Population Counts Declared Official by the President |url=https://psa.gov.ph/content/2020-census-population-and-housing-2020-cph-population-counts-declared-official-president |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210707104119/https://psa.gov.ph/content/2020-census-population-and-housing-2020-cph-population-counts-declared-official-president |archive-date=July 7, 2021 |publisher=Philippine Statistics Authority}}

| align="center" | 78.8%{{Cite press release |last=Mapa |first=Dennis S. |date=February 22, 2023 |title=Religious Affiliation in the Philippines (2020 Census of Population and Housing) |url=https://psa.gov.ph/content/religious-affiliation-philippines-2020-census-population-and-housing |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310184554/https://psa.gov.ph/content/religious-affiliation-philippines-2020-census-population-and-housing |archive-date=March 10, 2023 |access-date=March 12, 2023 |website=Philippine Statistics Authority}}

| align="right" | 89,000,000

Central Europe

| {{flag|Poland}} (details)

| align="right" | 38,496,000

| align="center" | 71.1%{{cite web|url=https://stat.gov.pl/spisy-powszechne/nsp-2021/nsp-2021-wyniki-ostateczne/tablice-z-ostatecznymi-danymi-w-zakresie-przynaleznosci-narodowo-etnicznej-jezyka-uzywanego-w-domu-oraz-przynaleznosci-do-wyznania-religijnego,10,1.html|title=Tablice z ostatecznymi danymi w zakresie przynależności narodowo-etnicznej, języka używanego w domu oraz przynależności do wyznania religijnego - NSP 2021 |date=28 September 2023|access-date=28 September 2023|publisher=Statistics Poland}}

| align="right" | 27,121,000

Southern Europe

| {{flag|Portugal}} (details)

| align="right" | 10,343,066{{cite web|url=https://expresso.pt/sociedade/censos-2021/2022-11-23-Residentes-emigrantes-regressados-municipios-idosos-a-populacao-portuguesa-em-cinco-grandes-numeros-1b4cf05e|title=Residentes, emigrantes, regressados, municípios, idosos: a população portuguesa em cinco grandes números |publisher=Expresso |date=2022-11-23 |accessdate=2022-11-23}}

| align="center" | 80.2%{{cite web|url=https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/pais/censos-2021-catolicos-diminuem-mas-ainda-sao-mais-de-80-dos-portugueses_n1449073|title=Censos 2021. Católicos diminuem, mas ainda são mais de 80% dos portugueses |publisher=RTP |date=2022-11-23 |accessdate=2022-11-23}}

| align="right" | 7,043,016–8,260,000

Middle East

| {{flag|Qatar}} (details)

| align="right" | 863,051

| align="center" | 10.5%

| align="right" | 350,000

Eastern Europe

| {{flag|Romania}} (details)

| align="right" | 22,329,977

| align="center" | 4.7%

| align="right" | 1,787,408

Eastern Europe

| {{flag|Russia}} (details)

| align="right" | 143,420,309

| align="center" | 0.5%

| align="right" | 717,101

East Africa

| {{flag|Rwanda}} (details)

| align="right" | 11,000,000

| align="center" | 43.7%{{cite web|url=http://statistics.gov.rw/system/files/user_uploads/files/books/RPHC4_Socio_cultural_characteristics_population.pdf|title=Census 2012|work=Rwanda Census Office|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319060208/http://statistics.gov.rw/system/files/user_uploads/files/books/RPHC4_Socio_cultural_characteristics_population.pdf|archive-date=19 March 2015}}–49.5%{{cite web|title=Religions in Rwanda - PEW-GRF|url=http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/rwanda#/?affiliations_religion_id=26&affiliations_year=2010®ion_name=All%20Countries&restrictions_year=2016|access-date=7 June 2020|archive-date=3 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103215539/http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/rwanda#/?affiliations_religion_id=26&affiliations_year=2010®ion_name=All%20Countries&restrictions_year=2016|url-status=dead}}

| align="right" | 4,807,000

Caribbean

| {{flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}} (details)

| align="right" | 51,000

| align="center" | 6.7%

| align="right" | 3,400

Caribbean

| {{flag|Saint Lucia}} (details)

| align="right" | 165,600

| align="center" | 61.3%

| align="right" | 101,500

Caribbean

| {{flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} (details)

| align="right" | 106,000

| align="center" | 7.5%

| align="right" | 7,950

Oceania

| {{flag|Samoa}} (details)

| align="right" | 179,000

| align="center" | 19.6%

| align="right" | 35,084

Southern Europe

| {{flag|San Marino}} (details)

| align="right" | 32,500

| align="center" | 90.5%–97%{{cite news |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/san-marino/|title=People of San Marino|work=CIA World Fact Book|access-date=1 November 2010}}

| align="right" | 29,412

Central Africa

| {{flag|São Tomé and Príncipe}} (details)

| align="right" | 163,000

| align="center" | 73.5%

| align="right" | 119,805

Middle East

| {{flag|Saudi Arabia}} (details)

| align="right" | 26,417,599

| align="center" | 2.5%–3.8%–7%{{Cite web|url=http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=1436|title=A catacomb Church? Perhaps, but one that is alive and well . . . and universal|website=Asianews.it}}

| align="right" | 660,439–1,300,000

West Africa

| {{flag|Senegal}} (details)

| align="right" | 11,126,832

| align="center" | 3.5%

| align="right" | 389,439

Southern Europe

| {{flag|Serbia}} (details)

| align="right" | 7,120,600

| align="center" | 6.1%

| align="right" | 433,167

East Africa

| {{flag|Seychelles}} (details)

| align="right" | 93,000

| align="center" | 76.2%{{cite web |url=http://www.nsb.gov.sc/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Population_and_Housing_Census_2010_Report.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-04-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514112130/http://www.nsb.gov.sc/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Population_and_Housing_Census_2010_Report.pdf |archive-date=14 May 2014}}

| align="right" | 70,866

West Africa

| {{flag|Sierra Leone}} (details)

| align="right" | 6,017,643

| align="center" | 2.9%

| align="right" | 174,511

Southeast Asia

| {{flag|Singapore}} (details)

| align="right" | 6,052,486

| align="center" | 6.7%{{cite web |url=https://www.singstat.gov.sg/-/media/files/visualising_data/infographics/c2020/c2020-religion.pdf |title=Census of Population 2020: Religion |website=Department of Statistics Singapore |access-date=25 June 2021 |date=16 June 2021}}

| align="right" | 398,006

Central Europe

| {{flag|Slovakia}} (details)

| align="right" | 5,450,000

| align="center" | 55.8%{{cite web | title =Roman Catholics represents 56% of the population | publisher = Statistical Office of the SR |year=2022 | url =https://www.scitanie.sk/en/roman-catholics-represents-56-percent-of-the-population | access-date = January 23, 2022}}

| align="right" | 3,038,511

Central Europe

| {{flag|Slovenia}} (details)

| align="right" | 2,116,972

| align="center" | 69.92%{{cite web|url=https://katoliska-cerkev.si/letno-porocilo-katoliske-cerkve-v-sloveniji-2020|title=Slovenian Catholic Church official report for 2019|publisher=Slovenian Catholic Church|access-date=31 December 2020}}{{cite web|title=Prebivalstvo in katoličani v Sloveniji (page 72)|url=https://katoliska-cerkev.si/media/datoteke/Dokumenti%20in%20publikacije/LETNO%20POROCILO%202020-SPLET.pdf|publisher=katoliska-cerkev.si|access-date=31 March 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://katoliska-cerkev.si/letno-porocilo-katoliske-cerkve-v-sloveniji-2023|title=Slovenian Catholic Church official report for 2023|publisher=Slovenian Catholic Church|date=19 February 2024}}

| align="right" | 1,480,156

Oceania

| {{flag|Solomon Islands}} (details)

| align="right" | 523,000

| align="center" | 19%

| align="right" | 100,000

East Africa

| {{flag|Somalia}} (details)

| align="right" | 8,591,629

| align="center" | 0.001%

| align="right" | 100

Southern Africa

| {{flag|South Africa}} (details)

| align="right" | 60,000,000

| align="center" | 6.8%{{Cite web|url=https://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za/dataportal/index.php/catalog/611|title=South Africa – Community Survey 2016|website=datafirst.uct.ac.za|access-date=2018-11-25}}{{cite web | url=https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-report-on-international-religious-freedom/south-africa/ | title=South Africa}}

| align="right" | 4,080,000

North Africa

| {{flag|South Sudan}} (details)

| align="right" | 10,000,000

| align="center" | 39.7%{{cite web|title=Religions in South Sudan - PEW-GRF|url=http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/south-sudan#/?affiliations_religion_id=26&affiliations_year=2010®ion_name=All%20Countries&restrictions_year=2016|access-date=6 October 2018|archive-date=2 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181202113435/http://www.globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/south-sudan#/?affiliations_religion_id=26&affiliations_year=2010®ion_name=All%20Countries&restrictions_year=2016|url-status=dead}}

| align="right" | 3,950,000

Southern Europe

| {{flag|Spain}} (details)

| align="right" | 48,300,000

| align="center" | 52.9%[https://www.cis.es/cis/export/sites/default/-Archivos/Marginales/3400_3419/3413/es3413mar.pdf Barometro July 2023]–59%{{cite web|url=https://www.cis.es/cis/export/sites/default/-Archivos/Marginales/3340_3359/3344/es3344mar.pdf|title=BARÓMETRO DE DICIEMBRE 2021|website=Cis.es|access-date=2 July 2022}}–66.0%{{Cite web|url=http://datos.cis.es/pdf/Es3231mar_A.pdf|author=Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (Centre for Sociological Research)|title=Barómetro de noviembre de 2018|date=November 2018|page=21 |access-date=5 December 2018 |language=es}}–67%[http://datos.cis.es/pdf/Es3273marMT_A.pdf 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–68%{{Cite web|url=http://datos.cis.es/pdf/Es3101mar_A.pdf|author=Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (Centre for Sociological Research)|title=Barómetro de junio de 2015|date=June 2015|page=131|access-date=7 June 2015|language=es}}–70%{{cite book|title=Religion and Law in Spain|first=Javier Martínez-|last=Torrón|isbn=9789403500447|year=2018|publisher=Kluwer Law International B.V. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZT9sDwAAQBAJ&q=70%25+Spain+Catholic&pg=PT12|quote=The last months' surveys show that approximately 70% of the Spanish people recognize themselves as Catholic}}

| align="right" | 26,000,000–33,000,000

South Asia

| {{flag|Sri Lanka}} (details)

| align="right" | 20,264,000

| align="center" | 6.1%{{cite web|url=http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/CPH2011/Pages/Activities/Reports/cph2011Pub/pop43.pdf|title=A3 : Population by religion according to districts, 2012 : Sri Lanka|website=Statistics.gov.lk|access-date=2 July 2022|archive-date=24 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124033657/http://www.statistics.gov.lk/PopHouSat/CPH2011/Pages/Activities/Reports/cph2011Pub/pop43.pdf|url-status=dead}}

| align="right" | 1,237,000

North Africa

| {{flag|Sudan}} (details)

| align="right" | 31,000,000

| align="center" | 1%

| align="right" | 300,000

South America

| {{flag|Suriname}} (details)

| align="right" | 551,000

| align="center" | 21.6%{{Cite web |url=http://www.statistics-suriname.org/images/Presentatie.pdf |title=National Census |access-date=5 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924105905/http://www.statistics-suriname.org/images/Presentatie.pdf |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}

| align="right" | 119,000

Southern Africa

| {{flag|Swaziland}} (details)

| align="right" | 1,100,000

| align="center" | 4.9%

| align="right" | 62,803

Northern Europe

| {{flag|Sweden}} (details)

| align="right" | 10,000,000

| align="center" | 1.8%

| align="right" | 180,000

Central Europe

| {{flag|Switzerland}} (details)

| align="right" | 9,000,000

| align="center" | 30.7%{{Cite web |last=Office |first=Federal Statistical |title=Religions |url=https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/en/home/statistiken/bevoelkerung/sprachen-religionen/religionen.html |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=www.bfs.admin.ch}}

| align="right" | 2,700,000

Middle East

| {{flag|Syria}} (details)

| align="right" | 18,448,752

| align="center" | 2.1%

| align="right" | 368,975

East Asia

| {{flag|Taiwan}} (details)

| align="right" | 22,894,384

| align="center" | 1.3%

| align="right" | 297,626

Central Asia

| {{flag|Tajikistan}} (details)

| align="right" | 7,163,506

| align="center" | 0.01%

| align="right" | <1,000

East Africa

| {{flag|Tanzania}} (details)

| align="right" | 65,642,000"Tanzania" The World Factbook (2023) Central Intelligence Agency

| align="center" | 25.6{{cite web|url=https://www.partner-religion-development.org/fileadmin/user_upload/190915_Faith_Development_in_Focus_Tanzania.pdf|title=Faith and Development in Focus : Tanzania|date=September 2019|website=Partner-religion-development.org|access-date=2 July 2022|archive-date=7 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407010508/https://www.partner-religion-development.org/fileadmin/user_upload/190915_Faith_Development_in_Focus_Tanzania.pdf|url-status=dead}}–31.4%{{cite web|url=http://globalreligiousfutures.org/countries/tanzania#/?affiliations_religion_id=26&affiliations_year=2010®ion_name=All%20Countries&restrictions_year=2016|title=Religion in Tanzania|year = 2010 |publisher = Pew Research Center}}

| align="right" | 16,604,000–20,611,000

Southeast Asia

| {{flag|Thailand}} (details)

| align="right" | 69,000,000

| align="center" | 0.3%–0.58%{{cite news |last1=Suksamran |first1=Nauvarat |last2=Mala |first2=Dumrongkiat |title=How Catholicism took root in Thailand |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1798124#cxrecs_s |access-date=20 November 2019 |work=Bangkok Post |date=20 November 2019}}{{cite news |title=Celebrating 350 Years of the Vatican's Mission to Siam |url=https://missiontosiam.licas.news/ |access-date=13 January 2020 |work=LiCAS.news |archive-date=13 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113071125/https://missiontosiam.licas.news/ |url-status=dead}}

| align="right" | 388,468{{cite news |last1=Thaitrakulpanich |first1=Asaree |title=HERE'S POPE FRANCIS' SCHEDULE FOR HIS THAILAND VISIT |url=http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/2019/10/02/heres-pope-francis-schedule-for-his-thailand-visit/ |access-date=2 October 2019 |work=Khaosod English |date=2 October 2019}}{{cite news |title=Pope Francis to visit Thailand November 20–23 |url=https://www.thaipbsworld.com/pope-francis-to-visit-thailand-november-20-23/ |access-date=14 September 2019 |work=Thai PBS |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=13 September 2019}}

West Africa

| {{flag|Togo}} (details)

| align="right" | 5,681,519

| align="center" | 26.4%

| align="right" | 1,499,921

Oceania

| {{flag|Tonga}} (details)

| align="right" | 102,000

| align="center" | 13.7%{{Cite web |title=Tonga - Population and Housing Census 2021 |url=https://microdata.pacificdata.org/index.php/catalog/861/variable/F9/V591?name=religion |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=microdata.pacificdata.org}}

| align="right" | 13,649

Caribbean

| {{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}} (details)

| align="right" | 1,330,000

| align="center" | 21.6%{{cite web|url=http://cso.planning.gov.tt/sites/default/files/content/images/census/TRINIDAD%20AND%20TOBAGO%202011%20Demographic%20Report.pdf|title=TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 2011 Demographic Report|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508024958/http://cso.planning.gov.tt/sites/default/files/content/images/census/TRINIDAD%20AND%20TOBAGO%202011%20Demographic%20Report.pdf |access-date=2 July 2022|archive-date=8 May 2014}}

| align="right" | 286,000

North Africa

| {{flag|Tunisia}} (details)

| align="right" | 11,000,000

| align="center" | 0.2%

| align="right" | 22,000

Middle East

| {{flag|Turkey}} (details)

| align="right" | 77,700,000

| align="center" | 0.05%

| align="right" | 35,000

Central Asia

| {{flag|Turkmenistan}} (details)

| align="right" | 4,750,000

| align="center" | 0.01%{{cite web|author=Fides Staff |date=2010-07-15 |title=ASIA/TURKMENISTAN - Local Catholic Church receives official government recognition |work=Fides |url=http://www.fides.org/aree/news/newsdet.php?idnews=27086&lan=eng |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130414190630/http://www.fides.org/aree/news/newsdet.php?idnews=27086&lan=eng |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-04-14 |access-date=2013-02-05}}

| align="right" | 500

Oceania

| {{flag|Tuvalu}} (details)

| align="right" | 10,000

| align="center" | 1%

| align="right" | 100

East Africa

| {{flag|Uganda}} (details)

| align="right" | 49,000,000

| align="center" | 39.3%{{cite web|url=http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/NPHC/2014%20National%20Census%20Main%20Report.pdf|title=2014 Uganda Population and Housing Census – Main Report|publisher=Uganda Bureau of Statistics|access-date=2 May 2019}}–45%"Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life: Islam and Christianity in Sub-Sahara Africa," http://www.pewforum.org

| align="right" | 19,200,000–22,000,000

Eastern Europe

| {{flag|Ukraine}} (details)

| align="right" | 43,000,000

| align="center" | 5.6%–10%Pew Research Center, 12/19/18, 5 facts about Catholics in EuropeRazumkov Center, 26 May 2016 pp 22,29.\

"2020 Report on International Religious Freedom: Ukraine," U.S. State Department (Office of International Religious Freedom), May 12, 2021.

| align="right" | 2,408,000–4,300,000

Middle East

| {{flag|United Arab Emirates}} (details)

| align="right" | 2,563,212

| align="center" | 5%

| align="right" | 128,160

Western Europe

| {{flag|United Kingdom}} (details)

| align="right" | 63,100,000

| align="center" | 9%{{Cite web|url=http://www.prct.org.uk/downloads/research/18-table-1-2011-2012-statistics-of-rc-population-fourth-draft-1/file|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420034328/http://www.prct.org.uk/downloads/research/18-table-1-2011-2012-statistics-of-rc-population-fourth-draft-1/file|url-status=dead|title=Table 1 2011 2012 statistics of RC population fourth draft by the Pastoral Research Centre Trust, an independent research organization|archive-date=20 April 2014}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/documents/2011-census-key-results-from-releases-2a-to-2d/|title=2011 Census: Key Results from Releases 2A to 2D|website=Scotland's Census}}{{cite web |url=http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/documents/censusresults/release2a/scotland/KS209SCb.pdf |title=Scotland's Census 2011 – Table KS209SCb |publisher=scotlandscensus.gov.uk |access-date=26 September 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/pivotgrid.aspx?dataSetVars=ds-3971-lh-73-yn-2011-sk-136-sn-Census%202011-yearfilter--|title=NINIS Home Page|access-date=14 February 2015}}

| align="right" | 5,700,000

North America

| {{flag|United States}} (details)

| align="right" | 341,000,000US Census Bureau, Dec.31, 2024 pio@census.gov

| align="center" | 20%"In US, Decline of Christianity Continues at Rapid Pace," Pew Research Center, 17 October 2019. 21%"About

Three-In-Ten U.S. Adults Are Now Religiously Unaffiliated, Pew Research Center, 12/14/2021Jeff Diamant, "Faith on the Hill: The Religious Composition of the 118th Congress," Pew Research Center, Jan. 3, 2023.–22%PRRI, 02/24/2023 "Census of American Religion : Religious Affiliations and Updates and Trends, 2022"{{cite book|last1=Cox|first1=Daniel|last2=Jones|first2=Ribert P.|title=America's Changing Religious Identity|url=https://www.prri.org/research/american-religious-landscape-christian-religiously-unaffiliated/|work=2020 American Values Atlas|publisher=Public Religion Research Institute|date=7 July 2021}}ABC News/Washington Post poll (Langer Research Associates), Allison de Jong, 10 May 2018.[http://www.news.gallup.com/poll/238837/church-membership-down-sharply-past-two-decades.aspx] {{dead link|date=July 2022}}Susan Crabtree, "Americans Embrace Religion, Reject Religious Bigotry," Real Clear Politics, Jan. 10, 2024.–23%{{Cite news|url=https://news.gallup.com/poll/200186/five-key-findings-religion.aspx|title=Five Key Findings on Religion in the U.S.|last=Newport|first=Frank|date=23 December 2016|work=Gallup|access-date=2018-04-05}}–25%{{Cite web |author=Megan Brenan |title=Religiosity Largely Unaffected by Events of 2020 in U.S. |date=March 29, 2021 |url=https://news.gallup.com/poll/341957/religiosity-largely-unaffected-events-2020.aspx#:~:text=%20Religiosity%20Largely%20Unaffected%20by%20Events%20of%202020,The%202020%20average%20of%20Americans%27%20religious...%20More%20 |access-date=26 June 2021}}

| align="right" | 68,200,000–71,600,000–75,020,000–78,430,000–85,250,000

South America

| {{flag|Uruguay}} (details)

| align="right" | 3,500,000

| align="center" | 33%-38%–41%{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-in-secular-uruguay-a-populist-cardinal-rallies-the-faithful-and-kicks/|title=In secular Uruguay, a populist cardinal rallies the faithful and kicks off a feud|work=The Globe and Mail|date=14 May 2018}}–42%–47.1%

| align="right" | 1,330,000

Central Asia

| {{flag|Uzbekistan}} (details)

| align="right" | 26,851,195

| align="center" | 0.01%

| align="right" | 2,685

Southern Europe

| {{flag|Vatican City}} (details)

| align="right" | 842

| align="center" | 100%

| align="right" | 842

Oceania

| {{flag|Vanuatu}} (details)

| align="right" | 243,304

| align="center" | 13.1%

| align="right" | 36,500

South America

| {{flag|Venezuela}} (details)

| align="right" | 32,000,000

| align="center" | 64.2%–67%–71%{{cite news|last1=Aguire|first1=Jesus Maria|language=es|title=Informe Sociográfico sobre la religión en Venezuela|url=http://www.gumilla.org/biblioteca/bases/biblo/texto/SIC2012745_211-222.pdf|access-date=5 April 2015|publisher=El Centro Gumilla|date=June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924024236/http://www.gumilla.org/biblioteca/bases/biblo/texto/SIC2012745_211-222.pdf|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead}}–73%

| align="right" | 20,000,000–23,360,000

Southeast Asia

| {{flag|Vietnam}} (details)

| align="right" | 96,208,984

| align="center" | 6.1%{{Cite web |title=Completed results of the 2019 Viet Nam population and housing census – General Statistics Office of Vietnam |url=https://www.gso.gov.vn/en/data-and-statistics/2020/11/completed-results-of-the-2019-viet-nam-population-and-housing-census/}}

| align="right" | 5,868,748

North Africa

| {{flag|Western Sahara}} (details)

| align="right" | 273,008

| align="center" | 0.06%

| align="right" | 163

Middle East

| {{flag|Yemen}} (details)

| align="right" | 20,727,063

| align="center" | 0.02%

| align="right" | 4,145

Southern Africa

| {{flag|Zambia}} (details)

| align="right" | 14,300,000

| align="center" | 21%

| align="right" | 3,003,000

Southern Africa

| {{flag|Zimbabwe}} (details)

| align="right" | 12,746,990

| align="center" | 7.71%

| align="right" | 982,792

colspan="2" |

! Total

! 8,000,000,000Alyssa Lukpat and Joanna Sugden, "World Population Hits 8 Billion, UN says," The Wall Street Journal, November 15, 2022.Robert Hart, "World's Population Reaches 8 Million -- Here's What You Need To Know," Forbes, November 15, 2022.

! 13.57%–17.68%

! 1,085,600,000–1,420,400,000

By dependent territory

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Catholic Church by territory

! Territory

! Total population

! data-sort-type="number" | % Catholic

! data-sort-type="number" | Catholic total

Caribbean

| {{flag|U.S. Virgin Islands}} (details)

| align="right" | 109,840

| 34%

| align="right" | 37,345

Caribbean

| {{flag|Anguilla}} (details)

| align="right" | 14,108

| 5.7%

| align="right" | 804

Caribbean

| {{flag|Aruba}} (details)

| align="right" | 101,484

| 75.3%[http://www.cbs.aw/index.php/products/publications/161-publications/population-society/population-society/census-2010/220-census2010results-aa1 Census 2010 Results], Cbs.aw, retrieved 3 April 2014.

| align="right" | 76,464

Caribbean

| {{flag|British Virgin Islands}} (details)

| align="right" | 24,041

| 9.5%

| align="right" | 2,283

Caribbean

| {{flag|Cayman Islands}} (details)

| align="right" | 68,811

| 13.6%{{Cite web |title=Parliament |url=https://parliament.ky/ |access-date=2025-04-12 |language=en-US}}

| align="right" | 9,348

Caribbean

| {{flag|Curaçao}} (details)

| align="right" | 142,180

| 72.8%

| align="right" | 103,507

South America

| {{flag|Falkland Islands}} (details)

| align="right" | 3,000

| 10%

| align="right" | 300

South America

| {{flag|French Guiana|local}} (details)

| align="right" | 221,500

| 75%

| align="right" | 166,500

North America

| {{flag|Greenland}} (details)

| align="right" | 55,984

| 0.2%

| align="right" | 111

Caribbean

| {{flag|Guadeloupe|local}} (details)

| align="right" | 405,500

| 85.2%

| align="right" | 345,486

Oceania

| {{flag|Guam}} (details)

| align="right" | 154,623

| 85%

| align="right" | 131,430

Oceania

| {{flag|Northern Mariana Islands}} (details)

| align="right" | 51,659

| 64.1%

| align="right" | 33,113

Asia

| {{flag|Hong Kong}} (details)

| align="right" |7,409,800

|5.3%

| align="right" | 394,000{{Cite book|title=Hong Kong Catholic Church Directory 2018|publisher=Catholic Truth Society of Hong Kong|year=2018|location=Hong Kong|pages=538}}

Caribbean

| {{flag|Martinique|local}} (details)

| align="right" | 390,000

| 80%

| align="right" | 312,000

Asia

| {{flag|Macau}} (details)

| align="right" | 650,000

| 4.6%Hacket, Conrad and Grim, Brian J. [http://www.pewforum.org/files/2011/12/Christianity-fullreport-web.pdf "Global Christianity A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Christian Population"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130805020311/http://www.pewforum.org/files/2011/12/Christianity-fullreport-web.pdf |date=5 August 2013}}, 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.

| align="right" | 30,000

Oceania

| {{flag|New Caledonia|local}} (details)

| align="right" | 249,000

| 60.2%

| align="right" | 150,000

Caribbean

| {{flag|Puerto Rico}} (details)

| align="right" | 3,600,000

| 56%{{cite web |url=http://www.pewforum.org/2014/11/13/religion-in-latin-america/ |title=Religion in Latin America |author= |date=November 13, 2014 |website=Pew Research |publisher=Pew Research Center |access-date=February 21, 2017}}-85%{{Citation|title=Puerto Rico|date=2021-09-23|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/puerto-rico/|work=The World Factbook|publisher=Central Intelligence Agency|access-date=2021-10-08}}

| align="right" | 2,000,000-3,060,000

East Africa

| {{flag|Réunion|local}} (details)

| align="right" | 839,500

| 79.7%

| align="right" | 669,249

North America

| {{flag|Saint Pierre and Miquelon|local}} (details)

| align="right" | 6,025

| 93%

| align="right" | 5,600

Caribbean

| {{flag|Turks and Caicos Islands}} (details)

| align="right" | 22,352

| 11.4%

| align="right" | 2,548

Oceania

| {{flag|Wallis and Futuna|local}} (details)

| align="right" | 14,231

| 95.8%

| align="right" | 13,631

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 (number in the region × 100 / total population of the region). The last column shows the national Catholic percentage compared to the total Catholic population of the world (number in the region × 100 / total RC population of the world).

=Africa=

class="wikitable"

|+ Catholic Church in Africa

bgcolor=#CCCCFF

! Region

! Total population

! Catholic

! % Catholic

! % of global Catholic pop.

ALIGN=center bgcolor=#F0F8FF

| Central Africa

| 83,121,055

| 37,353,218

| 44.93%

| 3.47%

ALIGN=center bgcolor=#F0F8FF

| East Africa

| 193,741,900

| 34,872,130

| 17.99%

| 3.24%

ALIGN=center bgcolor=#F0F8FF

| North Africa

| 202,151,323

| 2,369,490

| 1.17%

| 0.22%

ALIGN=center bgcolor=#F0F8FF

| Southern Africa

| 137,092,019

| 24,463,640

| 17.84%

| 2.27%

ALIGN=center bgcolor=#F0F8FF

| West Africa

| 268,997,245

| 36,152,847

| 13.43%

| 3.36%

bgcolor=#99FFFF

! Total

! 885,103,542

! 135,211,325

! 15.27%

! 12.57%

=Americas=

class="wikitable"

|+ Catholic Church in the Americas

bgcolor=#CCCCFF

! Region

! Total population

! Catholic

! % Catholic

! % of global Catholic pop.

ALIGN=center bgcolor=#F0F8FF

| Caribbean

| 24,364,622

| 19,062,198

| 78.23%

| 1.77%

ALIGN=center bgcolor=#F0F8FF

| Central America

| 42,883,849

| 32,317,384

| 75.36%

| 3.00%

ALIGN=center bgcolor=#F0F8FF

| North America

| 448,587,847

| 173,212,640

| 38.61%

| 16.11%

ALIGN=center bgcolor=#F0F8FF

| South America

| 371,363,897

| 299,570,011

| 80.66%

| 27.87%

bgcolor=#99FFFF

! Total

! 887,200,215

! 524,162,233

! 59.08%

! 48.75%

=Asia=

class="wikitable"

|+ Catholic Church in Asia

bgcolor=#CCCCFF

! Region

! Total population

! Catholic

! % Catholic

! % of global Catholic pop.

ALIGN=center bgcolor=#F0F8FF

| Central Asia

| 92,019,166

| 199,086

| 1.23%

| 0.01%

ALIGN=center bgcolor=#F0F8FF

| East Asia

| 1,528,384,440

| 13,853,142

| 0.90%

| 1.28%

ALIGN=center bgcolor=#F0F8FF

| South Asia

| 1,437,326,682

| 20,107,050

| 1.39%

| 1.87%

ALIGN=center bgcolor=#F0F8FF

| Southeast Asia

| 571,337,070

| 86,701,421

| 15.17%

| 8.06%

bgcolor=#99FFFF

! Total

! 3,629,067,358

! 120,860,699

! 3.33%

! 11.24%

=Europe=

class="wikitable"

|+ Catholic Church in Europe

bgcolor=#CCCCFF

! Region

! Total population

! Catholic

! % Catholic

! % of global Catholic pop.

ALIGN=center bgcolor=#F0F8FF

| Southeast Europe

| 65,903,464

| 6,562,775

| 9.95%

| 0.61%

ALIGN=center bgcolor=#F0F8FF

| Central Europe

| 74,591,476

| 56,787,176

| 74.8%

| 5.19%

ALIGN=center bgcolor=#F0F8FF

| Eastern Europe

| 228,118,665

| 9,702,334

| 4.25%

| 0.90%

ALIGN=center bgcolor=#F0F8FF

| Western Europe

| 381,458,905

| 211,466,942

| 55.43%

| 19.67%

bgcolor=#99FFFF

! Total

! 730,072,510

! 285,916,457

! 37.85%

! 26.37%

=West Asia & North Africa=

class="wikitable"

|+ Catholic Church in the Middle East

bgcolor=#CCCCFF

! Region

! Total population

! Catholic

! % Catholic

! % of global Catholic pop.

ALIGN=center bgcolor=#F0F8FF

| Middle East

| 260,026,365

| 2,990,571

| 1.15%

| 0.27%

=Oceania=

class="wikitable"

|+ Catholic Church in Oceania

bgcolor=#CCCCFF

! Region

! Total population

! Catholic

! % Catholic

! % of global Catholic pop.

ALIGN=center bgcolor=#F0F8FF

| Oceania

| 30,686,468

| 7,747,654

| 25.24%

| 0.72%

See also

References

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