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Oct 21, 2021 · According to the census, conducted annually among Catholic faithful, Catholics represented 17.7% of the global population in 2019. As Catholicism gained followers in Africa, the Americas and...
Dec 6, 2022 · The Catholic population in the United States has grown by about 2 million people in 10 years. With nearly 62 million people, it continues to constitute the largest religious body in 36 U.S....
Apr 8, 2024 · CNA Staff, Apr 8, 2024 / 14:45 pm (CNA). The number of Catholics worldwide increased by 14 million in 2022, according to the Vatican’s 2022 Statistical Yearbook of the Church released earlier...
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.
CountryTotal Population% CatholicCatholic TotalAfghanistan ( details )29,928,9870%0 [25]Albania ( details )3,020,00010% [26]302,000Algeria ( details )32,531,8530.14% [27]45,000Andorra ( details )70,00088.2% [14]61,740Mar 13, 2023 · The total number of Catholics worldwide grew from 1.253 billion in 2013 to 1.378 billion in 2021, an increase of nearly 10%. During the same period, the world’s population as a whole grew by 9.1%,...
- Jonah Mckeown
With 23 percent of the United States ' population as of 2018, the Catholic Church is the country's second-largest religious grouping after Protestantism, and the country's largest single church or Christian denomination where Protestantism is divided into separate denominations. [3]
Apr 13, 2023 · Nearly a quarter of all U.S. Hispanics are former Catholics: While about two-thirds of Hispanic adults (65%) say they were raised Catholic, 43% say they are currently Catholic, according to the 2022 survey. And for every 23 Latinos who have left the Catholic Church, only one has converted to Catholicism.
