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Catholic Church
Ecclesia Catholica
Saint Peter's Basilica
St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, the largest Catholic church building in the world
ClassificationCatholic
ScriptureCatholic Bible
TheologyCatholic theology
PolityEpiscopal[1]
GovernanceHoly See and Roman Curia
PopeTemplate:Incumbent pope
Particular churches
sui iuris
Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches
Dioceses
Parishes221,700 approx.
RegionWorldwide
LanguageEcclesiastical Latin and native languages
LiturgyLatin and Eastern
HeadquartersVatican City
Founder
Origin1st century
Judaea, Roman Empire[2][3]
Separations
Members1.28 billion according to World Christian Database (2024)[4]
1.39 billion according to Annuario Pontificio (2022)[5][6]
Clergy
Hospitals5,500[7]
Primary schools95,200[8]
Secondary schools43,800
Official websitevatican.va

Catholic Church, sab se barraa Isai church hae. Duniya bhar me 1 billion se jaada log iske member hae. Iske member log biswas kare hae ki Isu Masih ii Chucrch ke 2,000 saal pahile suruu karis rahaa. Chuch ke headquarters, Vatican City hae, jahaan Church ke leader, Pope rahe hae. duniya bhar ke aadha Catholic log South America merahe hae.

Dunia bhar ke Catholics

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Des Puura abaadi % Catholic Catholic total
 Afghanistan 29,928,987 0% 0[9]
 Albania 3,020,000 10%[10] 302,000
 Algeria 32,531,853 0.14%[11] 45,000
 Andorra 70,000 88.2%[12] 61,740
 Angola 35,121,734 41.1%[13]–50%[14]–55%[15]–56.4%[16]–60%[17] 12,500,000–20,000,000[18]
 Antigua and Barbuda 84,816 5.5%[19] 4,752
 Argentina 47,300,000 48.9%[20]–62.9%[21]–63%[22][23]–63.3%[24]–66%[25] 23,100,000–31,200,000
 Armenia 3,018,854 0.3%[26] 8,695
 Australia 25,380,000 20.0%[27] 5,076,000
 Austria 9,185,000 50.6% 4,640,000[28]
 Azerbaijan 8,581,400 0.03% 2,574
 Bahamas 330,000 12%[29] 39,600
 Bahrain 800,000 8.9%[12] 71,200
 Bangladesh 158,000,000 0.07% 110,000[12]
 Barbados 250,012 4.2%[29] 10,000
 Belarus 9,500,000 7.1%[30] 674,500
 Belgium 11,200,000 44%[31]–57.1%[32] 5,000,000–6,500,000
 Belize 334,000 40%[33] 133,600
 Benin 7,460,025 26.6%[34] 1,984,366
 Bhutan 2,232,291 0.06% 1,339
 Bolivia 10,500,000 70%[35]–73%[25]–77%[36] 7,980,000
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,531,159 15.19%[37] 536,333
 Botswana 1,640,115 4.9% 80,365
 Brazil 210,600,000 50%[38]–54%[25]–54.7%[39]–58.1%[40]–61%[36]–64.6%[41]–65.0%[42]-70.57%[43] 105,300,000–134,000,000[44]–140,000,000[45][46]
 Brunei 372,361 5%[12] 38,709
 Bulgaria 6,519,789 0.6%[47] 37,251
 Burkina Faso 13,925,313 20.1%[48] 4,121,536
 Burundi 12,000,000 62.1%[29] 7,440,000
 Cabo Verde 512,096 77.3%[29] 395,850
 Cambodia 13,607,069 <0.1% <10,000[12]
 Cameroon 31,000,000 33.1%[49]–38.4%[29] 10,300,000
 Canada 40,769,890[50] 29.9[51] 12,189,931
 Central African Republic 3,799,897 29%[52] 949,974
 Chad 12,000,000 20%[29]–22.8%[53] 2,520,000
 Chile 18,000,000 42%[54]–45%[55]–52.6%[56]–55%[57]–64%[36]–66.6%[58] 8,100,000–9,468,000–12,000,000
 China 1,400,000,000 0.43%–0.7%[12] 6,000,000[59]–12,000,000[60]
 Colombia 48,000,000 70.9%[61][62]–73%[25]–75%[63]–79%[36][64] 34,000,000–37,900,000
 Comoros 800,000 0.2%[12] 1,600
 Congo, Republic of 5,062,021 33.1%[29]–52.9%[65] 1,675,529–2,409,661
 Congo, Democratic Republic of 109,000,000 45%[14][66]–47.3%[12]–55%[67] 49,000,000–60,000,000
 Costa Rica 5,100,000 47%[68][69]–57%[25]–62%[70]–71.8%[71][72][73] 2,350,000–3,500,000
 Croatia 3,872,000 83.2%[74] 3,240,000
 Cuba 11,163,934 51%[12]–60%[75][76] 6,000,000[77]
 Cyprus 1,100,000 2.9%[78] 11,000
 Czech Republic 10,524,167 9.3%[79] 985,318
 Côte d'Ivoire 23,800,000[80] 21.4%[12] 5,093,000
 Denmark 5,630,000 0.7%[81] 46,000
 Djibouti 476,703 0.2% 953
 Dominica 71,540 58.1%[12] 41,564
 Dominican Republic 10,400,000 48%[25]–57%[70] 4,992,000–5,928,000
 East Timor 1,054,000 97.57%[82] 1,021,000
 Ecuador 15,223,680 69.5%[20]–77.0%[25]–79%[36]–80.4%[83][84] 11,265,523
 Equatorial Guinea 1,620,000 80.7%[12] 1,410,000
 Egypt 77,505,756 0.1% 187,320[85]
 El Salvador 7,000,000 39%[25]–47%[86]–50%[36] 2,730,000–3,500,000
 Eritrea 4,561,599 3.3% 150,532
 Estonia 1,332,893 0.8%[87] 8,690
 Ethiopia 73,053,286 0.7%[29] 584,426
 Federated States of Micronesia 104,468 52.6%[88]–55%[89] 60,000
 Fiji 893,354 9.1%[12] 80,401
 Finland 5,451,270 0.2%[90][91][92] 12,434
 France 66,600,000 47%[93]–48%[94]–51%[95]–57%[96]–60%[97] 31,300,000–44,000,000
 Gabon 1,389,201 50% 694,600
 Gambia 1,593,256 2.1% 33,458
 Georgia 3,713,804 0.5%[98] 18,569
 Germany 84,400,000 24.0%[99] 20,346,000
 Ghana 30,792,608 10.0%[100] 3,079,261
 Greece 10,413,982[101] 2.4% 250,000[102]
 Grenada 89,502 44.6%[29] 39,917
 Guatemala 15,773,000 43%[25]–45%[103]–50%[36] 7,000,000
 Guinea 9,467,866 2.6% 246,164
 Guinea-Bissau 1,416,027 8.9% 126,026
 Guyana 746,955 7.1%[104] 53,034
 Haiti 10,000,000 54.7%[29]–56.7%[12]–56.8%[105] 5,470,000
file:Flag of Honduras (2008 Olympics).svg Honduras 8,800,000 37%[25]–46%[70] 3,256,000–4,048,000
 Hungary 9,877,000 29.2%[106]–38.1%[107]–53.0%[108]–56%[109]–62%.[110] 2,808,000–6,123,740
 Iceland 355,277 3.9%[111] 13,799
 India 1,400,000,000 0.9%[12]–1.5%[112][113] 13,000,000–21,000,000
 Indonesia 270,000,000 3.12%[114][115] 8,424,000
 Iran 85,202,000 0.02% 13,603
 Iraq 38,000,000 0.35%[12] 133,000
 Ireland 5,100,000 69%[116] 3,500,000
 Israel 7,746,000 1.2%[12] 92,952
 Italy 60,800,000 66.7%[117]-74%[118]–75%[119]–76.5%[120]–78.9%[32]–81.7%[121] 44,400,000–50,000,000
 Jamaica 2,697,983 2.2%[122] 59,356
 Japan 124,000,000 0.3%–[12] 0.5%[123] 372,000–620,000
 Jordan 5,759,732 0.4%[12] 23,038
 Kazakhstan 15,185,844 0.6% 91,115
 Kenya 47,560,000 20.6%[124] 9,816,000
 Kiribati 98,000 55.8%[29]–57.3%[125] 54,684
 Korea, North 22,912,177 0.01% 2,291
 Korea, South 53,121,668 11.1%[126] 5,914,669
 Kosovo 1,739,825 1.4%[127] 25,837
 Kuwait 2,335,648 8.5% 402,000
 Kyrgyzstan 5,146,281 0.1% 5,146
 Laos 6,217,141 0.6% 37,302
 Latvia 2,290,237 19.1%[12] 437,435
 Lebanon 4,800,000 28.8%[12] 1,382,400
 Lesotho 2,067,000 45.7%[12]–49.4%[128] 946,000–1,052,237[128]
 Liberia 3,482,211 5.4% 188,039
 Libya 5,765,563 0.7% 40,358
 Liechtenstein 40,000 69.6%[129] 28,000
 Lithuania 2,810,761 77.2%[130] 2,085,340
 Luxembourg 538,000 63.8%[32]–65.9%[12] 369,600
 Madagascar 18,040,341 29.5%[34]–38.1%[131] 5,318,293–7,890,000[131]
 Malawi 17,563,749 17.2%[132] 3,028,435
 Malaysia 34,671,895 4.63%[133] 1,570,000
 Maldives 349,106 0.02% 80
 Mali 12,291,529 1.5% 189,289
 Malta 428,000 82.6%[134] 361,372
 Marshall Islands 62,000 8.4%[29] 5,208
 Mauritania 3,086,859 0.1%[12] 3,086
 Mauritius 1,237,091 26.0%[135] 324,811
 Mexico 129,875,000 74%[20]–77.7%[136] 78%[137][138] 96,101,000–100,912,000–101,302,000
 Moldova 4,455,421 0.5% 20,494
 Monaco 36,371 82.3%[12] 29,933
 Mongolia 2,791,272 0.04% 1,116
 Montenegro 625,266 3.4% 21,299
 Morocco 32,725,847 0.07% 22,908
 Mozambique 19,406,703 27.2%[29]–28.4%[12]–30.5%[139] 5,270,000–9,900,000
 Myanmar 42,909,464 1.1% 450,549
 Namibia 2,030,692 22.8%[140] 344,202
 Nauru 10,084 32.96%[141] 3,324
   Nepal 27,676,547 0.03% 8,302
 Netherlands 18,000,000 17%[142]–18.2%[143]–20.8%[144] 3,060,000–3,740,000
 New Zealand 4,700,000 10.0%[145] 470,000
 Nicaragua 6,000,000 40%[25]–50%[70]–55%[146][147] 2,400,000–3,000,000
 Niger 11,665,937 0.1% 11,665
 Nigeria 230,000,000 10.6%[148]–12.6%[12] 24,400,000–29,000,000
 North Macedonia 1,836,713 0.4%[149] 6,746
 Norway 5,060,000 2.4%[150]–3.02%[151] 120,900
 Oman 3,000,000 4.1%[12] 110,000
 Pakistan 207,000,000 0.8% 1,656,000
 Palau 17,661 46.0%[152] 8,124
Template:Country data Palestine 3,761,904 2% 80,000
 Panama 3,500,000 55%[25]–63%[153]–70%[70] 1,925,000–2,400,000
 Papua New Guinea 7,000,000 26%[154] 1,890,000
 Paraguay 6,800,000 88.3%[155]–89%[36][25] 6,000,000
 Peru 34,300,000 74%[25]–76%[70][156] 25,725,000
 Philippines 108,700,000[157] 78.8%[158] 85,600,000
 Poland 38,496,000 71.1%[159] 27,121,000
 Portugal 10,343,066[160] 80.2%[161] 7,043,016–8,260,000
 Qatar 863,051 10.5% 350,000
 Romania 22,329,977 4.7%[29] 1,787,408
 Russia 143,420,309 0.5%[12] 717,101
 Rwanda 11,000,000 43.7%[162]–49.5%[163] 4,807,000
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 51,000 6.7% 3,400
 Saint Lucia 165,600 61.3% 101,500
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 106,000 7.5% 7,950
 Samoa 179,000 19.6%[29] 35,084
 San Marino 32,500 90.5%[12]–97%[164] 29,412
Template:Country data São Tomé and Príncipe 163,000 73.5%[34] 119,805
 Saudi Arabia 26,417,599 2.5%–3.8%[29]–7%[165] 660,439–1,300,000
 Senegal 11,126,832 3.5% 389,439
 Serbia 7,120,600 6.1%[29] 433,167
 Seychelles 93,000 76.2%[166] 70,866
 Sierra Leone 6,017,643 2.9% 174,511
 Singapore 6,052,486 6.7%[167] 398,006
 Slovakia 5,450,000 55.8%[168] 3,038,511
 Slovenia 2,116,972 69.92%[169][170][171] 1,480,156
 Solomon Islands 523,000 19%[29] 100,000
 Somalia 8,591,629 0.001% 100
 South Africa 60,000,000 6.8%[172][173] 4,080,000
 South Sudan 10,000,000 39.7%[174] 3,950,000[174]
 Spain 48,300,000 52.9%[175]–59%[176]–66.0%[177]–67%[178]–68%[179]–70%[180] 25,550,000–33,000,000
 Sri Lanka 20,264,000 6.1%[181] 1,237,000
 Sudan 31,000,000 1% 300,000
 Suriname 551,000 21.6%[182] 119,000
 Swaziland 1,100,000 4.9%[12] 62,803
 Sweden 10,000,000 1.8% 180,000
 Switzerland 9,000,000 30.7%[183] 2,700,000
 Syria 18,448,752 2.1%[29] 368,975
 Taiwan 22,894,384 1.3% 297,626
 Tajikistan 7,163,506 0.01% <1,000[12]
 Tanzania 65,642,000[184] 25.6[185]–31.4%[186] 16,604,000–20,611,000
 Thailand 69,000,000 0.3%[12]–0.58%[187][188] 388,468[189][190]
 Togo 5,681,519 26.4%[12] 1,499,921
 Tonga 102,000 15.6%[29] 15,912
 Trinidad and Tobago 1,330,000 21.6%[191] 286,000
 Tunisia 11,000,000 0.2% 22,000
 Turkey 77,700,000 0.05% 35,000
 Turkmenistan 4,750,000 0.01%[192] 500
 Tuvalu 10,000 1% 100
 Uganda 47,729,000[193] 39.3%[194]–45%[195] 18,757,000–21,478,000
 Ukraine 43,000,000 5.6%[12]–10%[196][197][198] 2,408,000–4,300,000
 United Arab Emirates 2,563,212 5% 128,160
 United Kingdom 63,100,000 9%[199][200][201][202] 5,700,000
 United States 341,000,000[203] 20%[204] 21%[205][206]–22%[207][208][209][210][211]–23%[212]–25%[213] 68,200,000–71,600,000–75,020,000–78,430,000–85,250,000
 Uruguay 3,500,000 38%[25]–41%[214]–42%[36]–47.1%[29] 1,330,000
 Uzbekistan 26,851,195 0.01% 2,685
 Vatican City 842 100% 842
 Vanuatu 243,304 13.1%[29] 36,500
 Venezuela 32,000,000 64.2%[20]–67%[25]–71%[215]–73%[70] 20,000,000–23,360,000
 Vietnam 96,208,984 6.1%[216] 5,868,748
 Western Sahara 273,008 0.06% 163
 Yemen 20,727,063 0.02% 4,145
 Zambia 14,300,000 21%[12] 3,003,000
 Zimbabwe 12,746,990 7.71% 982,792
Total 8,000,000,000[217][218] 13.57%–17.68% 1,085,600,000–1,420,400,000
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