List of Nations ordered by number of catholics

European nations          

Inhabitants

Catholics (baptised)   

 

NSC, HC or corr.* for CCR

Italy

57.370.000

55.635.000

1

NSC

France

58.850.000

47.463.000

2

NSC

Poland

38.670.000

36.990.000

3

NSC

Spain

39.370.000

36.882.000

4

NSC

Germany

82.020.000

28.202.000

5

NSC

Portugal

9.870.000

9.127.000

6

NSC

Belgium

10.210.000

8.173.000

7

NSC-Dutch + NSC-French

Hungary

10.110.000

6.531.000

8

NSC

Austria

8.080.000

6.023.000

9

NSC

Netherlands

15.690.000

5.622.000

10

NSC

Ukraine

50.500.000

5.598.000

11

Correspondents

Great Britain(excl.North.I)

56.320.000

5.216.000

12

NSC-England + NSC-Scotland + NSC-Wales

Ireland (incl. Northern Ir.)

6.030.000

4.565.000

13

NSC

Czech Republic

10.290.000

4.260.000

14

HC

Croatia

4.570.000

3.839.000

15

HC

Slovakia

5.390.000

3.596.000

16

NSC

Switzerland

7.100.000

3.293.000

17

NSC-German + NSC-French

Lithuania

3.700.000

3.037.000

18

Correspondents

Romania

22.510.000

2.580.000

19

Transylvanian Service Committee + HC-Romanian

Slovenia

1.980.000

1.623.000

20

NSC

Belarus

10.190.000

1.070.000

21

Corr. Greek-Catholics +
Corr. Latin-Catholics

Albania

3.790.000

634.000

22

Correspondent

Serbia & Montenegro

7.964.000

463.000

23

Correspondent

Bosnia and Herzegovina

4.210.000

454.000

24

Correspondents

Latvia

2.450.000

409.000

25

HC

Luxembourg

420.000

373.000

26

NSC

Russian Fed. (in Europe)

105.250.000

350.000

27

-

Malta

380.000

348.000

28

NSC

Sweden

8.850.000

164.000

29

NSC

Armenia

3.540.000

147.000

30

-

Georgia

5.060.000

100.000

31

-

Macedonia,F.erYug.Rep.of

2.300.000

85.000

32

-

Bulgaria

8.250.000

80.000

33

-

Greece

10.520.000

63.000

34

Correspondent

Andorra

63.000

59.000

35

-

Norway

4.430.000

45.000

36

-

Denmark

5.300.000

35.000

37

HC

Turkey (European+Asian)

63.450.000

31.000

38

-

Monaco

30.000

27.000

39

-

San Marino

26.000

26.000

40

By NSC-Italy

Liechtenstein

31.000

25.000

41

-

Gibraltar

27.000

23.000

42

NSC

Moldova, Republic of

4.380.000

20.000

43

-

Cyprus

775.000

17.000

44

-

Finland

5.150.000

7.000

45

Correspondent

Estonia

1.430.000

4.000

46

-

Iceland

270.000

4.000

47

-

Faeroe Islands

43.000

100

48

-

Azerbaijan

7.640.000

?0

49

-

Svalbard andJanMayen Is.

-

-

50

-

 *NSC = National Service Committee     HC = Head-contact     Corr.= Correspondent / June 2005

Source of the numbers: Statistical Yearbook of the Church, 1998, the Vatican, published in 2000 / Home