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 + |
|
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