Index| Group | Where | Number of Adherents |
% of total pop. |
Number of congreg./ churches/ units |
Number of countries |
Year | Source | Quote/ Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic | Angola | 4,128,514 | 38.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook 1998 (viewed June 24, 1999) | Religions: indigenous beliefs 47%, Roman Catholic 38%, Protestant 15% (1998 est.); Total population: 10,864,512. |
| Catholic | Angola | 7,557,000 | 68.70% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 1 - Africa. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 27-28. | "Location: Angola; Population: 11 million "; Pg. 28: "Angolans are extremely Christianized with nearly 7 in 10 (68.7%) people identifying themselves as Catholic and 19.8% as Protestant. " |
| Catholic | Angola | - | 59.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Catholic | Angola | - | 51.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* official country web site | Religions: Roman Catholic (51%), Protestant (17%), non-Christian (32%) |
| Catholic | Anguilla | 200 | 2.86% | 1 unit |
- | 1995 | 1998 Catholic Almanac: Our Sunday Visitor: USA (1997); pg. 333-367. | Figures are as of Dec. 31, 1995. Number used for "congregations " is from number of Catholic parishes. |
| Catholic | Anguilla | 324 | 3.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Anglican 40%, Methodist 33%, Seventh-Day Adventist 7%, Baptist 5%, Roman Catholic 3%, other 12%; Total population: 10,785. |
| Catholic | Anguilla | 334 | 3.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook 1998 (viewed June 24, 1999) | Anglican 40%, Methodist 33%, Seventh-Day Adventist 7%, Baptist 5%, Roman Catholic 3%, other 12%; Total population: 11,147 (July 1998 est). |
| Catholic | Antigua | - | 11.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Catholic | Antigua and Barbuda | - | 10.00% | - | - | 1992 | Goring, Rosemary (ed). Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs & Religions (Larousse: 1994); pg. 581-584. | Table: "Population Distribution of Major Beliefs "; "Figures have been compiled from the most accurate recent available information and are in most cases correct to the nearest 1% " |
| Catholic | Antigua and Barbuda | 8,000 | 12.50% | 2 units |
- | 1995 | 1998 Catholic Almanac: Our Sunday Visitor: USA (1997); pg. 333-367. | Figures are as of Dec. 31, 1995. Number used for "congregations " is from number of Catholic parishes. |
| Catholic | Antigua and Barbuda | 7,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table: "Religion ": Divided by nations, with 2 columns: "Religious affiliation " & "1996 pop. " [of that religion]. Based on best avail. figures, whether census data, membership figures or estimates by analysts, as % of est. 1996 midyear pop. |
| Catholic | Antigua and Barbuda | 6,000 | 8.00% | - | - | 1998 | Gall, Timothy L. (ed). Worldmark Encyclopedia of Culture & Daily Life: Vol. 2 - Americas. Cleveland, OH: Eastword Publications Development (1998); pg. 44-45. | "Location: Antigua and Barbuda; Population: 75,000 "; "...about 8% are Roman Catholic. " |
| Catholic | Arabia | - | - | - | - | 1995 | 1998 Catholic Almanac: Our Sunday Visitor: USA (1997); pg. 333-367. | "Arabian Peninsula... Christianity, introduced in various parts of the peninsula in early Christian centuries, succumbed to Islam in the seventh century. The native pop. is entirely Muslim. The only Christians are foreign workers mainly from Philippines, India and Korea. " |
| Catholic | Argentina | - | - | 1,979 units |
- | 1977 | *LINK* web site: "Religion in Latin America " (Providence College); web page: "Statistics " (viewed 14 Aug. 1999). [Orig. source: Catholic Almanac (various years) | Table 5: "Catholic Bishops and Parishes in South America " |
| Catholic | Argentina | - | - | 2,148 units |
- | 1982 | *LINK* web site: "Religion in Latin America " (Providence College); web page: "Statistics " (viewed 14 Aug. 1999). [Orig. source: Catholic Almanac (various years) | Table 5: "Catholic Bishops and Parishes in South America " |
| Catholic | Argentina | - | - | 2,234 units |
- | 1987 | *LINK* web site: "Religion in Latin America " (Providence College); web page: "Statistics " (viewed 14 Aug. 1999). [Orig. source: Catholic Almanac (various years) | Table 5: "Catholic Bishops and Parishes in South America " |
| Catholic | Argentina | - | 93.00% | - | - | 1992 | Goring, Rosemary (ed). Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs & Religions (Larousse: 1994); pg. 581-584. | Table: "Population Distribution of Major Beliefs "; "Figures have been compiled from the most accurate recent available information and are in most cases correct to the nearest 1% " |
| Catholic | Argentina | - | - | 2,427 units |
- | 1992 | *LINK* web site: "Religion in Latin America " (Providence College); web page: "Statistics " (viewed 14 Aug. 1999). [Orig. source: Catholic Almanac (various years) | Table 5: "Catholic Bishops and Parishes in South America " |
| Catholic | Argentina | 31,546,000 | 90.70% | 2,480 units |
- | 1995 | 1998 Catholic Almanac: Our Sunday Visitor: USA (1997); pg. 333-367. | Figures are as of Dec. 31, 1995. Number used for "congregations " is from number of Catholic parishes. |
| Catholic | Argentina | 31,820,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table: "Religion ": Divided by nations, with 2 columns: "Religious affiliation " & "1996 pop. " [of that religion]. Based on best avail. figures, whether census data, membership figures or estimates by analysts, as % of est. 1996 midyear pop. |
| Catholic | Argentina | 32,218,186 | 90.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | nominally Roman Catholic 90% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 6%; Total population: 35,797,985. |
| Catholic | Argentina | - | - | 2,466 units |
- | 1997 | *LINK* web site: "Religion in Latin America " (Providence College); web page: "Statistics " (viewed 14 Aug. 1999). [Orig. source: Catholic Almanac (various years) | Table 5: "Catholic Bishops and Parishes in South America " |
| Catholic | Argentina | 32,638,916 | 90.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook 1998 (viewed June 24, 1999) | nominally Roman Catholic 90% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 6%; 36,265,463 (July 1998 est.) |
| Catholic | Argentina | - | 85.50% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Nazarene web site: Nazarene World Mission Society; (major source: Johnstone's Operation World) | Table "Religions " |
| Catholic | Argentina | - | 90.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* Note: This web page hosted by Middlebury College and originally viewed circa Sept. 1998 was no longer available when Adherents.com checked back 27 Feb. 1999. | Religions: nominally Roman Catholic 90% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 6% |
| Catholic | Argentina | - | 90.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* web site: "Wholesome Words: Worldwide Missions " by Stephen Ross, "First Edition, 1998 "; [original sources: The World Book Encyclopedia, c1998.] | Table: "Major Roman Catholic Countries of the World "; "90% (nominally; less than 20% practicing) " |
| Catholic | Arizona | - | 37.50% | - | - | 1890 | Finke, Roger & Rodney Stark. The Churching of America, 1776-1990. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press (1992; 3rd printing 1997); pg. 114. | "In 1890, the impact of Hispanics on Catholic membership showed up clearly in New Mexico, where 77 percent [of the total population] were Catholic, and Arizona where 37.5 percent were Catholic. " |
| Catholic | Arizona | 701,000 | 22.00% | - | - | 1989 | Greeley, Andrew M. The Catholic Myth: The Behavior and Beliefs of American Catholics. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1990). [Original sources: Official Catholic Directory, based on parish-level reporting, & U.S. 1989 Statistical Abstract]; pg. 112. | Table: "Catholic Population by State "; [Greeley (author) has conduced a somewhat detailed analysis, adding some adjustments to account for statistically observed undercount, plus some other factors.] |
| Catholic | Arizona | 655,664 | 17.89% | 243 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center (Mars Hill, NC). Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. Courtesy of American Religion Data Archive. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. [Listed as 'Catholic Church.'] |
| Catholic | Arizona | - | 23.90% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Catholic | Arizona | - | 25.00% | - | - | 1995 | *LINK* web site: Arizona State University Factbook; web page: "Arizona Demographics " (viewed 9 Jan. 1999); original source: Maricopa County Needs Assessment Project 1994-1995. | Table: Religious Affiliation of people age 60+.; Listed in table as "Catholic " |
| Catholic | Arizona | 678,051 | 17.00% | 151 units |
- | 1996 | 1998 Catholic Almanac: Our Sunday Visitor: USA (1997); pg. 432-437. | Tables: "Catholic Population of the United States " and "Percentage of Catholics in Total Population in U.S. ". Figures are as of Jan. 1, 1997. |
| Catholic | Arizona | - | 29.00% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* Kosmin, Barry A.; Egon Mayer; & Ariela Keysar. "American Religious Identity Survey. " 2001. City University of New York. | ARIS: Nationwide phone survey of 50,000 American adults; open-ended question: 'What is your religion, if any?'; Listed in table: "Catholic " |
| Catholic | Arkansas | 94,000 | 4.00% | - | - | 1989 | Greeley, Andrew M. The Catholic Myth: The Behavior and Beliefs of American Catholics. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1990). [Original sources: Official Catholic Directory, based on parish-level reporting, & U.S. 1989 Statistical Abstract]; pg. 112. | Table: "Catholic Population by State "; [Greeley (author) has conduced a somewhat detailed analysis, adding some adjustments to account for statistically observed undercount, plus some other factors.] |
| Catholic | Arkansas | 72,952 | 2.95% | 134 units |
- | 1990 | Glenmary Research Center (Mars Hill, NC). Churches & Church Membership in U.S., 1990. Courtesy of American Religion Data Archive. | By-county org. reports, figures from 'Churches' & inclusive 'Adherents' columns. [Listed as 'Catholic Church.'] |
| Catholic | Arkansas | - | 4.90% | - | - | 1990 | Kosmin, B. & S. Lachman. One Nation Under God: Religion in Contemporary American Society; Harmony Books: New York (1993); pg. 88-93. | Table 3-1: Religious Composition of State Populations, 1990 (%). Self-identification of religious loyalty, phone survey w/ 113,000 people; by City U. of New York. |
| Catholic | Arkansas | 85,992 | 3.50% | 90 units |
- | 1996 | 1998 Catholic Almanac: Our Sunday Visitor: USA (1997); pg. 432-437. | Tables: "Catholic Population of the United States " and "Percentage of Catholics in Total Population in U.S. ". Figures are as of Jan. 1, 1997. |
| Catholic | Arkansas | - | 7.00% | - | - | 2001 | *LINK* Kosmin, Barry A.; Egon Mayer; & Ariela Keysar. "American Religious Identity Survey. " 2001. City University of New York. | ARIS: Nationwide phone survey of 50,000 American adults; open-ended question: 'What is your religion, if any?'; Listed in table: "Catholic " |
| Catholic | Armenia | 141,000 | 3.70% | 18 units |
- | 1995 | 1998 Catholic Almanac: Our Sunday Visitor: USA (1997); pg. 333-367. | Figures are as of Dec. 31, 1995. Number used for "congregations " is from number of Catholic parishes. |
| Catholic | Aruba | - | 89.00% | - | - | 1992 | Goring, Rosemary (ed). Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs & Religions (Larousse: 1994); pg. 581-584. | Table: "Population Distribution of Major Beliefs "; "Figures have been compiled from the most accurate recent available information and are in most cases correct to the nearest 1% " |
| Catholic | Aruba | 56,000 | 80.00% | 8 units |
- | 1995 | 1998 Catholic Almanac: Our Sunday Visitor: USA (1997); pg. 333-367. | Figures are as of Dec. 31, 1995. Number used for "congregations " is from number of Catholic parishes. |
| Catholic | Aruba | 64,000 | - | - | - | 1996 | 1997 Britannica Book of the Year; pg. 781-783. | Table: "Religion ": Divided by nations, with 2 columns: "Religious affiliation " & "1996 pop. " [of that religion]. Based on best avail. figures, whether census data, membership figures or estimates by analysts, as % of est. 1996 midyear pop. |
| Catholic | Aruba | 57,146 | 84.00% | - | - | 1997 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook web site (viewed Aug. 1998) | Roman Catholic 82%, Protestant 8%, Hindu, Muslim, Confucian, Jewish; Total population: 68,031. |
| Catholic | Aruba | 56,026 | 82.00% | - | - | 1998 | *LINK* CIA World Factbook 1998 (viewed June 24, 1999) | "Population: 68,325 (July 1998 est.)... Religions: Roman Catholic 82%, Protestant 8%, Hindu, Muslim, Confucian, Jewish " |
| Catholic | Asia | 19,450,000 | - | - | - | 1936 | Ferm, Vergilius (ed). An Encyclopedia of Religion; Westport, CT: Greenwood Press (1976; 1st ed. pub. 1945 by Philosophical Library); pg. 669. | "Statistics:... Europe has 211,734,000; Asia 19,450,000... [H. A. Krose in 'Lexikon fur Theologie and Kirche', VIII, 791 (1936)] " |
| Catholic | Asia | 48,000,000 | 2.50% | - | - | 1977 | Bokenkotter, Thomas. A Concise History of the Catholic Church. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co. (1977); pg. 342. | "All told, Catholics number over 48 million in Asia, but 32 million of these are found in the Philippines. In sum, the Church is hardly more than a presence and constitutes only 3.5% of the total Asian population. " |
| Catholic | Asia | 55,077,000 | - | - | - | 1981 | Popenoe, David. Sociology (5th Ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc. (1983). [Source: 1981 Britannica Book of the Year]; pg. 433. | Table: Membership in the Major Religions of the World " |
| Catholic | Asia | 55,027,000 | 2.11% | - | - | 1982 | Robertson, Ian. Sociology (2nd ed.); New York, NY: Worth Publishers (1981 2nd edition; updated since 1977 1st ed.). [Orig. source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Book of the Year, 1982]; pg. 405. | Table: "Estimated membership of the principal religions of the world " |
| Catholic | Asia | 101,210,000 | 2.90% | 18,332 units |
- | 1995 | 1998 Catholic Almanac: Our Sunday Visitor: USA (1997); pg. 368. | Table: Catholic World Statistics. Figures are as of Dec. 31, 1995. |
| Catholic | Asia | 90,041,000 | 2.60% | - | - | 1995 | The World Almanac and Book of Facts 1997 (K-111 Reference Corp.: Mahwah, NJ), [Source: 1996 Encyc. Britannica Book of the Year]; pg. 646. | Table: "Adherents of All Religions by Six Continental Areas, Mid-1995 " |
| Catholic | Asia | 94,250,000 | 2.68% | - | - | 1996 | The World Almanac & Book of Facts 1998 (K-111 Reference Corp.: Mahwah, NJ), [Source: 1997 Encyc. Britannica Book of the Year]; pg. 654. | Table: "Adherents of All Religions by Six Continental Areas, Mid-1996 " |
| Catholic | Asia | 123,597,000 | 3.80% | - | - | 1996 | *LINK* web site: "The Geography of Religion Website " (assembled by the students of Morehead State University, under Prof. Timothy C. Pitts); web page: "The Geography of Roman Catholicism " (viewed 2 March 1999); [Orig. source: Markham, Ian S., (Editor), A World Religions Reader. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell Publishers (1996), pp. 356-357.] | table with 3 columns: "Area "; "Adherents "; "Population Percentage "; [Geographical regions in this table: Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Northern America, Oceania, and Eurasia] |
| Catholic | Asia | 106,399,000 | 2.96% | - | - | 1998 | World Almanac and Book of Facts 2000. Mahwah, NJ: PRIMEDIA Reference Inc. (1999). [Source: 1999 Encyc. Britannica Book of the Year]; pg. 695. | Table: "Adherents of All Religions by Six Continental Areas, Mid-1998 " |
| Catholic | Asia - East | - | 2.00% | - | - | 1987 | Bishop, Peter & Michael Darton (editors). The Encyclopedia of World Faiths: An Illustrated Survey of the World's Living Faiths. New York: Facts on File Publications (1987); pg. 88. | "The Church claims that 90% of the population of South America is Roman Catholic, while in the Far East that figure drops to 2%... " |
| Catholic | Australia | - | 20.70% | - | - | 1947 | *LINK* Anglican Communion News Service (ACNS). "Australia: Statistics Show Australians Religious Affiliation " in ACNS #1315, 3 Sept. 1997 [97.8.5.2] (viewed online 24 June 1999). | "Since 1947 there has been great change in the religious composition of Australian society due to immigration and to conversion. Then, Anglicans were the biggest group - with 39%... Roman Catholics (20.7% in 1947) are now the biggest group at 26.8%, with Anglicans next at 21.8%. " |
| Catholic | Australia | - | 25.00% | - | - | 1965 | Greeley, Andrew M. The Catholic Myth: The Behavior and Beliefs of American Catholics. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1990); pg. 268. | "Catholics continue to be approximately the same proportion of the population in all five countries that they were twenty years ago--nine-tenths in Italy, two-fifths in the BRD [West Germany], a quarter in the United States and Australia, and a tenth in Britain. " |
| Catholic | Australia | - | 25.30% | - | - | 1983 | *LINK* McNair Anderson Associates. web page: "Australian Gallup Poll, June, 1983 ". Social Science Data Archives, Australian National University | "sampled population consists of persons aged 16 years and over from all federal electorates throughout Australia, excluding the Northern Territory... This poll is based on 2128 interviews conducted over the first two weekends of June 1983. "; Question: "WOULD YOU MIND TELLING ME YOUR RELIGION? " |
| Catholic | Australia | - | 25.00% | - | - | 1985 | Greeley, Andrew M. The Catholic Myth: The Behavior and Beliefs of American Catholics. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons (1990); pg. 268. | "Catholics continue to be approximately the same proportion of the population in all five countries that they were twenty years ago--nine-tenths in Italy, two-fifths in the BRD [West Germany], a quarter in the United States and Australia, and a tenth in Britain. " |
| Catholic | Australia | 4,064,400 | - | - | - | 1986 | *LINK* web site: "Growth of Religions in Australia and New South Wales 1986-1996 " | Table "Australia " [growth of religion in Australia, 1986-1996]; "Prepared by the Buddhist Council of New South Wales from census data published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics "; "1986 adherents " |
| Catholic | Australia | 5,280,000 | 33.00% | - | - | 1987 | Stark, Al. Australia: A Lucky Land (series: Discovering Our Heritage). Minneapolis, Minnesota: Dillon Press (1987); pg. 10-11. | "...population... just over 16 million... religion for most Australians plays a minor role in day-to-day life... 33% is Roman Catholic. " |
| Catholic | Australia | 4,606,700 | 27.30% | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* Government statistics web site (viewed circa Nov. 1998) | - |
| Catholic | Australia | 4,606,644 | - | - | - | 1991 | *LINK* web site: "Growth of Religions in Australia and New South Wales 1986-1996 " | Table "Australia " [growth of religion in Australia, 1986-1996]; "Prepared by the Buddhist Council of New South Wales from census data published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics "; "1991 adherents " |
| Catholic | Australia | - | 26.00% | - | - | 1992 | Goring, Rosemary (ed). Larousse Dictionary of Beliefs & Religions (Larousse: 1994); pg. 581-584. | Table: "Population Distribution of Major Beliefs "; "Figures have been compiled from the most accurate recent available information and are in most cases correct to the nearest 1% " |
| Catholic | Australia | - | 26.00% | - | - | 1992 | Wolff, Michael. Where We Stand: Can America Make it in the Global Race for Wealth, Health, and Happiness? Bantam Books: New York (1992); pg. 204-205. | Chart |
| Catholic | Australia | 5,102,000 | 28.20% | 1,426 units |
- | 1995 | 1998 Catholic Almanac: Our Sunday Visitor: USA (1997); pg. 333-367. | Figures are as of Dec. 31, 1995. Number used for "congregations " is from number of Catholic parishes. |
