Catholic-Hierarchy DC

Statistics by Country

by Name


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#CatholicsPopulationPercent CatholicCountryDiocesesDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishes
1- 21,000,000.00%Afghanistan11113
2235,0002,460,0009.55%Albania42226483517772
33,00031,135,000.01%Algeria436569217719537
410,302,00020,589,00050.04%Angola1633629362917231,731271
52,233,0008,241,00027.10%Antilles21287337624815181,055465
634,480,00038,631,00089.25%Argentina693,5772,0715,6486263,3859,0702,642
7270,000- Armenia261723274348
85,239,00018,841,00027.81%Australia321,9431,1723,115532,1386,8761,378
95,755,0007,982,00072.10%Austria122,6291,7314,3604252,3745,2203,058
10- 7,558,000.00%Azerbaijan12231
11283,000119,062,000.24%Bangladesh61261312572261,05981
121,030,00010,310,0009.99%Belarus4214157371207354402
137,775,00010,292,00075.54%Belgium94,4102,8697,2795583,97113,2883,949
141,646,0007,155,00023.00%Benin10394107501227939212
158,253,0009,737,00084.76%Bolivia184826311,113831,1302,563583
16464,0002,981,00015.57%Bosnia and Herzegovina32663616271437499276
1783,0001,735,0004.78%Botswana21640561447233
18145,446,000184,227,00078.95%Brazil2689,9516,90216,8531,45613,28232,8279,222
1921,000347,0006.05%Brunei Darussalam1314123
2074,0008,000,000.93%Bulgaria3173552438756
211,545,00013,169,00011.73%Burkina Faso135591577164911,218141
224,567,0006,999,00065.25%Burundi7340954353021,093132
2321,00012,571,000.17%Cambodia363642477236
244,287,00017,109,00025.06%Cameroon239025041,406161,0191,958740
2513,070,00029,503,00044.30%Canada715,2963,1458,4419025,18119,8804,865
26432,000465,00092.90%Cape Verde21735524213431
27- - Cardinal Titular Titles
28793,0003,492,00022.71%Central African Republic9139138277189334114
29720,0008,178,0008.80%Chad8131111242157375109
3011,021,00015,488,00071.16%Chile271,1771,1552,3326851,9845,086931
312,964,000397,673,000.75%China1172,2702,2894,55961,9336,0792,335
3238,406,00044,508,00086.29%Colombia755,6612,2597,9202784,16315,1783,831
334,000907,000.44%Comoros1134442
342,077,0004,114,00050.49%Congo7176622381152232158
3529,500,00059,293,00049.75%Congo (Dem. Rep.)472,6711,6354,3063,6497,8831,258
363,763,0004,513,00083.38%Costa Rica85492127613327948307
373,867,0005,259,00073.53%Croatia151,4968332,32911,0183,2881,603
386,330,00012,544,00050.46%Cuba1118011929960152650290
3910,000780,0001.28%Cyprus1527539
403,519,00010,284,00034.22%Czech Republic91,3766201,9961527981,9353,139
412,841,00018,805,00015.11%Côte d'Ivoire146522378896533831287
4235,0005,501,000.64%Denmark139387754322250
437,000557,0001.26%Djibouti12579196
448,039,0009,344,00086.03%Dominican Republic124244548783636051,723569
45767,000823,00093.20%East Timor2446911319528937
4611,749,00013,112,00089.60%Ecuador241,0767211,797741,3814,6171,208
47299,000- Egypt122053275324621,323205
485,436,0007,144,00076.09%El Salvador946923870743441,491418
49548,000586,00093.52%Equatorial Guinea3634510828620869
50148,0004,968,0002.98%Eritrea380252332347562110
515,0001,370,000.36%Estonia195145216
52533,00059,862,000.89%Ethiopia101892894781461596246
53- 2,000.00%Falkland Islands (Malvinas)1111
548,0005,206,000.15%Finland161016112367
5544,499,00058,905,00075.54%France9817,2384,69221,9301,8578,36142,44218,844
56615,0001,325,00046.42%Gabon6576111819516764
5735,0001,680,0002.08%Gambia1151025214254
5826,297,00082,727,00031.79%Germany2914,3234,04218,3652,4945,87531,81112,488
592,675,00021,520,00012.43%Ghana188761931,0691476794366
6021,00028,00075.00%Gibraltar19110496
614,787,00056,276,0008.51%Great Britain324,0311,6225,6536122,1777,1093,099
62123,00011,862,0001.04%Greece1153379036512486
6310,304,00013,453,00076.59%Guatemala144306411,07171,0402,645448
64171,0006,646,0002.57%Guinea38019993610056
65120,0001,300,0009.23%Guinea-Bissau21354677813330
666,743,00010,316,00065.36%Haïti940029169146821,789296
675,790,0007,288,00079.45%Honduras82032144171243779182
686,056,00010,402,00058.22%Hungary161,8453302,175524831,2372,221
695,000290,0001.72%Iceland165115344
7017,005,0001,098,096,0001.55%India14911,4378,50919,946817,35282,3488,583
716,439,000204,229,0003.15%Indonesia371,3171,7213,038134,1467,3721,130
7224,000- Iran5611173113017
73414,0003,500,00011.83%Iraq1514237179971424119
744,161,0005,467,00076.11%Ireland263,0971,5934,69012,4608,0881,312
7574,000- Israel25830883861218
7657,665,00059,725,00096.55%Italy22532,97417,17450,1482,85023,719102,08925,694
77509,000127,851,000.40%Japan165011,0881,589121,4076,263848
7831,000- Jordan12352851528
79182,00015,889,0001.15%Kazakhstan44529744010046
808,018,00032,296,00024.83%Kenya261,0838141,89712,2043,747708
814,377,00049,409,0008.86%Korea (South)182,6725393,2111,4728,3971,366
82158,0002,650,0005.96%Kuwait1281018134
83- 4,822,000.00%Kyrgyzstan12465516
8439,0006,524,000.60%Laos4121228377
85430,0002,381,00018.06%Latvia410827135132109267
861,883,000- Lebanon231,0016021,60341,0302,7281,253
87971,0001,811,00053.62%Lesotho4678014715065386
88165,0002,850,0005.79%Liberia3361652294249
8975,0005,939,0001.26%Libya4320232013313
9025,00033,00075.76%Liechtenstein1191029105710
912,766,0003,457,00080.01%Lithuania8681987794145773677
92388,000448,00086.61%Luxembourg118068248780566275
9314,0002,350,000.60%Macedonia2123153327
944,701,00020,072,00023.42%Madagascar204986451,1431,4943,930314
953,281,00015,081,00021.76%Malawi7281127408265963147
96784,00024,740,0003.17%Malaysia8179482271101558142
97227,00015,039,0001.51%Mali679711508828042
98368,000386,00095.34%Malta24774489255241,04779
994,0002,600,000.15%Mauritania13101310346
100310,0001,178,00026.32%Mauritius261401017424449
10120,0004,247,000.47%Moldova168141184011
10229,00032,00090.63%Monaco11351815156
103- 2,400,000.00%Mongolia12121414273
10423,00031,700,000.07%Morocco2640465623940
1054,314,00019,318,00022.33%Mozambique121863124981536979280
106603,00058,304,0001.03%Myanmar12515295441591,454290
107123,393,000142,364,00086.67%México9011,0163,60214,6187446,50929,0516,101
108375,0002,235,00016.78%Namibia3196382459739991
1097,00024,421,000.03%Nepal1940495611542
1105,042,00016,117,00031.28%Netherlands81,3872,0313,4183103,3839,1281,520
111459,0003,945,00011.63%New Zealand73172015189366944271
1125,212,0006,385,00081.63%Nicaragua8296123419272191,028252
11316,00011,880,000.13%Niger2143044358117
11417,906,000124,517,00014.38%Nigeria503,6787594,43761,9383,7162,041
11555,0004,556,0001.21%Norway327437034817332
116703,0002,500,00028.12%Pacific (Oceania)17213260473141463837345
1171,191,000165,809,000.72%Pakistan71221122341208662114
11883,000- Palestine2863043905091,20974
1191,799,0002,107,00085.38%Panama819919739664270447186
1201,688,0004,968,00033.98%Papua New Guinea191853285137672861305
1215,239,0005,722,00091.56%Paraguay153337661,0991121,0112,127374
12228,160,00032,079,00087.78%Peru451,5021,2672,769572,5695,5891,421
12369,630,00085,930,00081.03%Philippines865,0372,2987,335115,69412,1022,909
12435,010,00037,109,00094.34%Poland4422,5565,90128,45739,35623,96710,421
1259,457,00010,460,00090.41%Portugal213,0009363,9361471,3765,9634,395
1262,799,0003,823,00073.21%Puerto Rico53693657344184691,158327
1271,875,00021,709,0008.64%Romania121,5511821,73344371,3261,430
128789,000147,125,000.54%Russian Federation51261422683193309426
1294,133,0008,625,00047.92%Rwanda94131245373311,390138
130595,000645,00092.25%Réunion15852110138650575
131- 5,000.00%Saint Helena11113
1326,0006,000100.00%Saint Pierre and Miquelon122262
133673,00010,357,0006.50%Senegal7267127394336719125
134541,0009,878,0005.48%Serbia and Montenegro720546251757319265
13570,00082,00085.37%Seychelles18816195317
136186,0005,966,0003.12%Sierra Leone36951120803961
137162,0004,185,0003.87%Singapore1706713713220230
1383,942,0005,395,00073.07%Slovakia92,0375912,628209963,0181,507
1391,623,0001,997,00081.27%Slovenia38542961,1508372741803
14091,000437,00020.82%Solomon Islands3382967439527
141- 6,500,000.00%Somalia11141
1423,101,00048,770,0006.36%South Africa274536451,0982131,1322,577736
14337,165,00042,335,00087.79%Spain7016,9207,94425,28117613,36452,24322,680
1441,364,00020,204,0006.75%Sri Lanka116483079556262,300391
1454,019,00044,028,0009.13%Sudan9269953644167343195
14655,000990,0005.56%Swaziland1111526235815
147144,0008,977,0001.60%Sweden17378151239621541
1483,186,0006,914,00046.08%Switzerland81,7751,2253,0001571,6065,6791,662
149425,0001,000,00042.50%Syria17199772761296375227
150121,000138,00087.68%São Tomé and Príncipe1279153612
151303,00022,158,0001.37%Taiwan72264797056441,056452
152- 6,155,000.00%Tajikistan1134342
15310,465,00039,204,00026.69%Tanzania301,4416992,14011,7457,591847
154292,00063,922,000.46%Thailand104332296624341,439436
155- - Titular Sees
1561,483,0005,968,00024.85%Togo7321127448337735151
15720,0009,700,000.21%Tunisia11321342513911
15828,000- Turkey611506126811543
159- 5,000,000.00%Turkmenistan122212
16011,219,00026,537,00042.28%Uganda191,2533311,58421,1832,989436
1614,766,00064,915,0007.34%Ukraine192,3484112,770116651,0954,026
1622,315,0003,176,00072.89%Uruguay10203256459763821,089226
16364,621,000285,538,00022.63%USA19430,20714,69944,90614,36221,69871,25019,081
164- - Uzbekistan
16524,815,00028,256,00087.82%Venezuela381,4931,0642,5571381,6283,7751,256
1665,658,00082,312,0006.87%Viêt Nam252,1944742,668112,79311,4432,228
167- 400,000.00%Western Sahara13332
1681,300,00047,760,0002.72%Yemen1936451366420
1693,425,00012,138,00028.22%Zambia1028335463715961,596265
1701,282,00014,580,0008.79%Zimbabwe8183220403125281,049208

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

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