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 CATHOLIC
CHURCH STATISTICS |
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| The percentage of Catholics decrease
in the world by - 0,10% compared to 2001 despite a relatively high
population growth. By continent the following variations were registered:
decrease of - 0.22% in Africa; decrease - 0,09% in Europe; decrease
in America - 0.42%; increase in Asia + 0.01%; and decrease in Oceania
-0.03 %. |
| CATHOLICS/
ECCLESIASTIC CIRCUMSCRIPTIONS |
| Continents |
|
Percentage of Catholics |
Variations |
Ecclesiastical
circumscriptions |
Variations |
| World |
1997 |
17.27% |
- 0,07% |
2.789 |
+ 13 |
| 1998 |
17.40% |
+ 0,13% |
2.806 |
+ 17 |
| 1999 |
17.40% |
= = |
2.834 |
+ 28 |
| 2000 |
17.28% |
- 0,12% |
2.846 |
+ 12 |
| 2001 |
17,30% |
+ 0,02% |
2.846 |
+ 18 |
| 2002 |
17,20% |
- 0,10% |
2.883 |
+ 19 |
| Africa |
1997 |
14.91% |
+ 0.18% |
474 |
+ 5 |
| 1998 |
15.60% |
+ 0.69% |
479 |
+ 5 |
| 1999 |
16.16% |
+ 0.56% |
489 |
+ 10 |
| 2000 |
16.47% |
+ 0.31% |
495 |
+ 6 |
| 2001 |
16,77% |
+ 0,30% |
497 |
+ 2 |
| 2002 |
16,55 % |
- 0,22% |
503 |
+ 6 |
| America |
1997 |
62.90% |
+ 0.02% |
1.034 |
+ 3 |
| 1998 |
63.10% |
+ 0.20% |
1.037 |
+ 3 |
| 1999 |
63.19% |
+ 0,09% |
1.048 |
+ 11 |
| 2000 |
62.84% |
- 0,35% |
1.050 |
+ 2 |
| 2001 |
62,71% |
- 0,13% |
1.054 |
+ 4 |
| 2002 |
62,29 % |
-0,42 % |
1.059 |
+ 5 |
| Asia |
1997 |
2.96% |
+ 0.01% |
484 |
+ 5 |
| 1998 |
2.90% |
- 0.06% |
491 |
+ 7 |
| 1999 |
2,94% |
+ 0,04% |
493 |
+ 2 |
| 2000 |
2.90% |
- 0,04% |
492 |
- 1 |
| 2001 |
2,89% |
- 0,01% |
501 |
+ 9 |
| 2002 |
2,90 % |
+ 0,01% |
506 |
+ 5 |
| Europa |
1997 |
41.39% |
+ 0.03% |
720 |
= = |
| 1998 |
41.40% |
+ 0.01% |
722 |
+ 2 |
| 1999 |
41,13% |
- 0,27% |
727 |
+ 5 |
| 2000 |
39.87% |
- 1.26% |
732 |
+ 5 |
| 2001 |
39,96% |
+ 0,09% |
735 |
+ 3 |
| 2002 |
39,87 % |
- 0,09 % |
737 |
+ 2 |
| Oceania |
1997 |
27.54% |
- 0.40% |
77 |
= = |
| 1998 |
27.00% |
- 0.54% |
77 |
= = |
| 1999 |
26,32% |
- 0,68% |
77 |
= = |
| 2000 |
26.87% |
+ 0.55% |
77 |
= = |
| 2001 |
26,81% |
-0,06 |
77 |
= = |
| 2002 |
26,78 % |
- 0,03 % |
78 |
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