"The Christianity of history is not Protestantism. If ever there were a safe truth it is this, and Protestantism has ever felt it so; to be deep in history is to cease to be a Protestant." (-John Henry Newman, An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine).

"Where the bishop is, there let the people gather; just as where ever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church". -St. Ignatius of Antioch (ca 110 AD)a martyr later thrown to the lions, wrote to a church in Asia Minor. Antioch was also where the term "Christian" was first used.

“But if I should be delayed, you should know how to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of truth.” 1 Timothy 3:15

"This is the sole Church of Christ, which in the Creed we profess to be one, holy, catholic and apostolic." -CCC 811
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Wednesday, January 2, 2019

CATHOLICS BY COUNTRY AS OF 2016 (Wikipedia)

TOTAL NUMBER OF CATHOLICS (2016) 1,253,926,000

Catholic Church by country
CountryTotal population% CatholicCatholic total
 Afghanistan (details)29,928,9870.0003%100
 Albania (details)3,020,00010%[15]302,000
 Algeria (details)32,531,8530.14%[16]45,000
 Andorra (details)70,00088.2%[10]61,740
 Angola (details)18,498,00041.1%[9]7,029,240
 Antigua and Barbuda (details)84,5228.2%[9]6,930
 Argentina (details)42,000,00066%[17]-71%[11]27,720,000 - 29,820,000
 Armenia (details)2,982,9041%29,829
 Australia (details)23,400,00022.6%[18]5,292,000
 Austria (details)8,823,00057.9%[19]5,112,000
 Azerbaijan (details)8,581,4000.03%2,574
 Bahamas (details)330,00012%[9]39,600
 Bahrain (details)800,0008.9%[10]71,200
 Bangladesh (details)158,000,0000.07%110,000[10]
 Barbados (details)250,0124.2%[9]10,000
 Belarus (details)9,500,0007.1%[20]674,500
 Belgium (details)11,200,00058%[21]6,500,000
 Belize (details)334,00040%[22]133,600
 Benin (details)7,460,02526.6%[23]1,984,366
 Bhutan (details)2,232,2910.06%1,339
 Bolivia (details)10,500,00073%[17]7,980,000
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (details)3,531,15915.19%[24]536,333
 Botswana (details)1,640,1154.9%80,365
 Brazil (details)208,000,00054%[17]-61%[11]112,320,000 - 126,880,000
 Brunei (details)372,3615%[10]18,618
 Bulgaria (details)7,450,3490.5%[10]37,251
 Burkina Faso (details)13,925,31317%[9]2,367,303
 Burundi (details)6,370,60962.1%[9]3,956,148
 Cabo Verde (details)512,09677.3%[9]395,850
 Cambodia (details)13,607,069<0.1%<10,000[10]
 Cameroon (details)16,380,00525.6%4,193,281
 Canada (details)35,770,00038.7%[25]13,843,000
 Central African Republic (details)3,799,89725%[9]949,974
 Chad (details)12,000,00020.1%[9]2,520,000
 Chile (details)18,000,00045%[17]-55%[26]8,100,000 - 9,900,000
 China (details)1,368,000,0000.7%[10]9,576,000
 Colombia (details)48,000,00073%[17][27]35,000,000
 Comoros (details)800,0000.2%[10]1,600
 Congo, Republic of (details)3,686,00033.1%[9]1,220,066
 Congo, Democratic Republic of (details)78,000,00036.8%[12]28,700,000
 Costa Rica (details)4,770,00057%[17]-62%[11]2,720,000 - 3,007,620
 Croatia (details)4,284,88986.3%[28]3,698,000
 Cuba (details)11,163,93451.7%[10]5,790,000
 Cyprus (details)1,100,0001.0%11,000
 Czech Republic (details)10,500,00010.2%[29]1,071,000
 Côte d'Ivoire (details)23,800,000[30]21.4%[10]5,093,000
 Denmark (details)5,630,0000.7%[31]40,000
 Djibouti (details)476,7030.2%953
 Dominica (details)71,54058.1%[10]41,564
 Dominican Republic (details)10,400,00048%[17]-57%[11]4,992,000 - 5,928,000
 East Timor (details)1,054,00096.9%[32]1,021,000
 Ecuador (details)15,223,68077.0%[17]11,265,523
 Equatorial Guinea (details)1,620,00080.7%[10]1,410,000
 Egypt (details)77,505,7560.1%77,505
 El Salvador (details)7,000,00039%[17]2,730,000
 Eritrea (details)4,561,5993.3%150,532
 Estonia (details)1,332,8930.3%3,998
 Ethiopia (details)73,053,2860.7%[9]584,426
 Fiji (details)893,3549.1%[10]80,401
 Finland (details)5,451,2700.2%[33][34][35]12,434
 France (details)66,600,000<51%[36] - 63–66%[37]34,000,000–44,000,000
 Gabon (details)1,389,20150%694,600
 Gambia (details)1,593,2562.1%33,458
 Georgia (details)4,677,4010.8%[9]84,193
 Germany (details)82,750,00028.2%[38]23,311,321
 Ghana (details)21,029,85312.9%[10]2,712,851
 Greece (details)11,170,9570.4%44,683
 Grenada (details)89,50244.6%[9]39,917
 Guatemala (details)15,773,00043%[17]7,000,000
 Guinea (details)9,467,8662.6%246,164
 Guinea-Bissau (details)1,416,0278.9%126,026
 Guyana (details)765,2838.1%[9]91,833
 Haiti (details)10,000,00054.7%[9]5,470,000
 Honduras (details)8,800,00037%[17]-46%[11]3,256,000-4,048,000
 Hungary (details)9,877,00037.2%[9]–53.0%[21]3,674,244
 Iceland (details)355,2773.9%[39]13,799
 India (details)1,280,000,0000.9%[10]–1.5%11,520,000–19,200,000
 Indonesia (details)255,000,0002.9%[40]7,395,000
 Iran (details)68,017,8600.02%13,603
 Iraq (details)38,000,0000.35%[10]133,000
 Ireland (details)4,762,00078.3%[41]3,729,000
 Israel (details)7,746,0001.2%[10]92,952
 Italy (details)60,800,00083%[10]50,474,000
 Jamaica (details)2,889,0002%57,780
 Japan (details)127,417,2440.3%[10]382,251
 Jordan (details)5,759,7320.4%[10]23,038
 Kazakhstan (details)15,185,8440.6%91,115
 Kenya (details)43,500,00022.1%[10]9,613,500
 Kiribati (details)98,00055.8%[9]54,684
 Korea, North (details)22,912,1770.01%2,291
 Korea, South (details)52,950,30611.0%[42]5,813,770
 Kosovo (details)1,920,0793.4%65,000
 Kuwait (details)2,335,6486.1%142,474
 Kyrgyzstan (details)5,146,2810.1%5,146
 Laos (details)6,217,1410.6%37,302
 Latvia (details)2,290,23719.1%[10]437,435
 Lebanon (details)4,800,00028.8%[10]1,382,400
 Lesotho (details)2,067,00045.7%[10]946,000
 Liberia (details)3,482,2115.4%188,039
 Libya (details)5,765,5630.7%40,358
 Liechtenstein (details)33,86375.9%[9]25,803
 Lithuania (details)2,944,45977.2%[43]2,311,722
 Luxembourg (details)538,00065.9%[10]369,600
 Macedonia (details)2,038,5141%20,452
 Madagascar (details)18,040,34129.5%[23]5,318,293
 Malawi (details)12,158,92428.4%[23]3,449,487
 Malaysia (details)23,953,1363.3%1,290,453
 Maldives (details)349,1060.02%80
 Mali (details)12,291,5291.5%189,289
 Malta (details)440,00088.6%[44]389,840
 Marshall Islands (details)62,0008.4%[9]5,208
 Mauritania (details)3,086,8590.1%[10]3,086
 Mauritius (details)1,230,60223.6%[9]289,314
 Mexico (details)122,000,00080%[17]98,820,000
 Moldova (details)4,455,4210.5%20,494
 Monaco (details)36,37182.3%[10]29,933
 Mongolia (details)2,791,2720.04%1,116
 Montenegro (details)625,2663.4%21,299
 Morocco (details)32,725,8470.07%22,908
 Mozambique (details)19,406,70328.4%[9]4,618,795
 Myanmar (details)42,909,4641.1%450,549
 Namibia (details)2,030,69216.9%344,202
   Nepal (details)27,676,5470.03%8,302
 Netherlands (details)16,970,00023.3%[45]3,943,000
 New Zealand (details)4,500,00011.1%[46]492,000
 Nicaragua (details)6,000,00040%[17]-50%[11]2,400,000-3,000,000
 Niger (details)11,665,9370.1%11,665
 Nigeria (details)190,000,00012.6%[10]23,940,000
 Norway (details)5,060,0002.4%[47]120,900
 Oman (details)3,000,0004.1%[10]110,000
 Pakistan (details)207,000,0000.8%1,656,000
 Palau (details)19,94941.6%[9]8,299
 Palestine (details)3,761,9042%80,000
 Panama (details)3,500,00055%[17]-70%[11]1,925,000 - 2,400,000
 Papua New Guinea (details)7,000,00027%[48]1,890,000
 Paraguay (details)6,800,00089%[17]6,000,000
 Peru (details)31,150,00074%[17]-76%[11]23,674,000
 Philippines (details)105,000,000[49]81.4%[10]85,470,000
 Poland (details)38,496,00085.8%[50]33,037,017
 Portugal (details)10,500,000[51]81.0%[52]–88.0%[53]8,600,000–9,240,000
 Qatar (details)863,0515.8%50,000
 Romania (details)22,329,9774.7%[9]1,787,408
 Russia (details)143,420,3090.5%[10]717,101
 Rwanda (details)11,000,00043.7%[54]4,807,000
 Saint Kitts and Nevis (details)51,0006.7%3,400
 Saint Lucia (details)165,60061.3%101,500
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (details)106,0007.5%7,950
 Samoa (details)179,00019.6%[9]35,084
 San Marino (details)32,50090.5%[10]29,412
 São Tomé and Príncipe (details)163,00073.5%[23]119,805
 Saudi Arabia (details)26,417,5992.5%660,439
 Senegal (details)11,126,8323.5%389,439
 Serbia (details)7,120,6006.1%[9]433,167
 Seychelles (details)93,00076.2%[55]70,866
 Sierra Leone (details)6,017,6432.9%174,511
 Singapore (details)4,425,7204.8%[9]165,964
 Slovakia (details)5,397,03662%[56]3,347,277
 Slovenia (details)2,064,24174.4%[57]1,535,297
 Solomon Islands (details)523,00019%[9]100,000
 Somalia (details)8,591,6290.001%100
 South Africa (details)44,344,1367.1%[9]2,851,327
 South Sudan (details)10,000,00030%3,000,000
 Spain (details)46,700,00066.0%[58]30,720,000
 Sri Lanka (details)20,264,0006.1%[59]1,237,000
 Sudan (details)31,000,0001%300,000
 Suriname (details)551,00021.6%[60]119,000
 Swaziland (details)1,100,0004.9%[10]62,803
 Sweden (details)10,000,0001.8%180,000
  Switzerland (details)8,418,00036.5%[61]3,072,000
 Syria (details)18,448,7522%368,975
 Taiwan (details)22,894,3841.3%297,626
 Tajikistan (details)7,163,5060.01%<1,000[10]
 Tanzania (details)44,929,00227.2%12,220,689
 Thailand (details)65,444,3710.3%[10]196,333
 Togo (details)5,681,51926.4%[10]1,499,921
 Tonga (details)102,00015.6%[9]15,912
 Trinidad and Tobago (details)1,330,00021.6%[62]286,000
 Tunisia (details)11,000,0000.2%22,000
 Turkey (details)77,700,0000.05%35,000
 Turkmenistan (details)4,750,0000.01%[63]500
 Tuvalu (details)10,0001%100
 Uganda (details)35,000,00041.9%[64]14,665,000
 Ukraine (details)43,000,0005.6%[10]2,408,000
 United Arab Emirates (details)2,563,2125%128,160
 United Kingdom (details)63,100,0009%[65][66][67][68]5,700,000
 United States (details)327,000,00020%[69]-20.8%[70]-22% [71]65,400,000-71,000,000
 Uruguay (details)3,500,00038%[17]1,330,000
 Uzbekistan (details)26,851,1950.01%2,685
  Vatican City (details)842100%842
 Vanuatu (details)243,30413.1%[9]36,500
 Venezuela (details)32,000,00067%[17]-73%[11]21,440,000 -23,360,000
 Vietnam (details)83,535,5766.8%[9]5,658,000
 Western Sahara (details)273,0080.06%163
 Yemen (details)20,727,0630.02%4,145
 Zambia (details)14,300,00021%[10]3,003,000
 Zimbabwe (details)12,746,9907.71%982,792
Total7,093,798,00017.68%1,253,926,000

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