The Catholic Church is "the Catholic Communion of Churches, both Roman and Eastern, or Oriental, that are in full communion with the Bishop of Rome." 1 From 2004 to 2050, Catholic populations are projected to increase by 146 percent in Africa, 63 percent in Asia, 42 percent in Latin America and the Caribbean, and 38 percent in North America. Paul Senz August 9, 2019. More than two-thirds of Catholics live in the developing world, and population projections clearly indicate that proportion will grow to three-fourths in the next four decades (see Table 1). At the higher end, both Asia and Africa saw 2.5 percent growth of their respective Catholic populations, while in the Americas Catholics increased by 0.96 percent, and at the lowest end, Catholics in Europe grew by a mere 0.1 percent. April 1, 2019. The countries with the 10 largest Christian populations and the 10 largest Muslim populations . A Catholic prays during morning Mass in Kano, Nigeria; Muslims mark the end of Ramadan with prayers at a mosque in Lagos. Africa currently has three countries in the top ten Christian populations by country. The church is also known by members as the People of God, the Body of Christ, the "Temple of the Holy Spirit", among other names. Although the country continues to have the biggest Catholic population in the world with 123 million adherents, a supposed lack of priests could speed up a downfall. Total membership worldwide now numbers in the millions. In 2017, the United Nations Population Division released its World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision, a set of population projections out to the year 2100 for the planet Earth and for individual countries.The United Nations expects the global population— 7.6 billion as of 2017—to reach 11.2 billion by the year 2100. This is a position with some precedents in Catholic history. 04/25/2019 Africa (International Christian Concern) – Projections by the Pew Research Center shows that Africa currently has the largest population of Christians in the world. 01 February, 2019 01:00 Northern Ireland news More in Northern Ireland news Definitive decision on schools reopening could be made on Thursday, education minister says To get a better idea of the numerical population size statistics please consult the following list of the major world religions. … Gaining Ground. While the continent is home to almost 40 percent of the Catholic global population, the percent of the world's Catholics living in Europe has slowly decreased over the past nine years, it said. According to Vatican II's Gaudium et spes, the "church has but one sole purpose–that the kingdom of God may … China: Small, but Strong Minority. The sources for this information include Not surprisingly, the largest countries in the world in terms of population are China and India, with both countries now having populations of well over a billion.The United States comes in third with just under 325 million residents. Catholics no longer constitute a majority of the U.S. Hispanic population. Shutterstock.com As Catholics in the U.S., it’s impossible to ignore the statistics. The Church began in 1830 with only six members of record. Generally, these data reflect the situation at the beginning of the calendar year listed. CARA gets many inquiries from Church agencies and the media about the numbers for vocations, seminary enrollments, priests and vowed religious, parishes, Mass attendance, schools and the Catholic population. Kevin Clarke February 11, 2016. Historical Trend. Brazil has the largest number of Catholics (134 million), more than in Italy, France, and Spain combined. It represents nearly one-third of the world's population and is the largest religion in the world, with the three largest groups of Christians being the Catholic Church, Protestantism, and the Eastern Orthodox Church. They state that over the next 50 years, this is likely to become even more true. Catholics Population Percent Catholic Country Dioceses Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious The number is also … Why I’m Catholic; Community. Islam is the fastest growing major religion in the world today. At the same time, those who declare themselves to be atheists, agnostics, or without religion went from 16% to 26%. by Steve Ray on April 26, 2019. As you will see the pie chart only mentions percentages of the world's population whose religiously related self-admission places them in each category. Roman Catholic: The Roman Catholic Church denomination is the largest Christian group in the world today with more than a billion followers constituting about half of the world's Christian population. Below are some comparative statistics from 1970. This funding would most assuredly include the spread of contraception and condoms. The Catholic Church is larger than any other single religious institution in the United States, with over 17,000 parishes that serve a large and diverse population. Analyzing national census data from the most recent available year (2016), the center reported that the Catholic population had dropped from 5.4 million in 2011 to some 5.3 million in 2016 in its “Social Profile of the Catholic Community in Australia.”. In Pew Research Center RDD surveys conducted in 2018 and 2019, 47% of Hispanics describe themselves as Catholic, down from 57% a decade ago. The change in Muslim/Catholic demographics over the past thirty years is striking. Shifting Popularity. Population growth was registered on every continent, including Europe: increases were registered above all in Asia (+ 49.767.000) and Africa (+ 42.898.000), followed by America (+ 8.519.000), Europe (+ 1.307.000) and Oceania (+ 857.000). For decades, participation in the Church has been shrinking. The PSA said Philippine population is expected to rise to nearly 109 million in 2019. Losing Ground. Conversion Stories; Message Board; e-Newsletter; Favorite Links; Photo Albums; Desktop Wallpaper; World Population and Muslim Demographics – A Scary Projection . This will not and cannot continue indefinitely. Change in percentage of population that is Catholic, 1965-2010. From a population base of 200 million in 1900, Islam grew more than fivefold during the twentieth century. With graphs and maps, it makes the case that Muslims are populating the … Updated June 25, 2019 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is usually known as the LDS or Mormon Church. The World View. The LDS Church updates its total membership numbers every year and announces the new number in April at its General Conference. As the chart above shows, in 1910, 65 percent of the world's Catholics lived in Europe; European Catholics constituted a clear majority in world Catholic population. By Jeff Diamant. In spite of its being home to the Roman Catholic Church, Europe is far less Catholic than it once was. Sub-Saharan Africa: Race For Recruits . Between 2016 and 2017, the Catholic population grew on every continent, though unevenly, with a total world increase of 1.1 percent. On March 12, 2019, Catholic Relief Services gave testimony to Congress, asking for unqualified billions of dollars for USAID, PEPFAR and the Global Fund. More U.S. Catholics have fallen away: In a 2018 survey from the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University, 26.1 million said they were raised Catholic but no longer identify with the … Yes at the moment this is somewhat disguised from casual viewers like yourself as the population figure is temporarily still increasing clightly, but only because of an unprecedented increase in lifespans. The latest survey by the Pew Research Center in Washington, D.C. published this fall, reveals that Christians of all faiths have dropped from 78% of the population in 2007 to 65% in 2019. Over the last 100 years, there has been rapid growth in Catholic population in Sub-Saharan African and Asia-Pacific regions. N/A <-10 -5 0 5 10 >10 percentage points Where Catholicism Is Gaining Ground. The world population AS A WHOLE is not reproducing at a rate high enough to replace itself. Advertisement. World population To 31 December 2016 the world population was 7.352.289.000 with an increase of 103.348.000 units compared with the previous year. With a 1.72-percent population growth between 2010 and 2015, the Philippines has the world's 13th biggest population, US-based World Population Review (WRP) said. (Chris Hondros/Getty … The oldest Chinatown founded in the 16th century as a community for Chinese Catholics. In 1910, for example, the continent was home to 65 percent of the world’s Catholics. As of the year 2015, Christianity had approximately 2.4 billion adherents out of a worldwide population of about 7.5 billion people. John Henry Newman, the Victorian convert, theologian and cardinal recently sainted by … Meanwhile, the share of Hispanics who say they are religiously unaffiliated is now 23%, up from 15% in 2009. This 5 1/2 minute video describes the rise in Muslim population worldwide. With a population of more than 210 million, Pakistan is the world’s most populous Muslim nation behind Indonesia (which has more than 260 million people). One of the most densely populated and largest cities in the world, Manila capital of Philippines has mostly a predominantly Catholic population and the city has also several centuries-old churches located across the city. In Old Strongholds, a Diminished Presence. Nigeria has the sixth-largest Christian population in the world, as well as the fifth-largest Muslim population. Mexico is home to world's second largest Catholic population.