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 CATHOLIC
CHURCH STATISTICS |
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ECCLESIASTICAL
CIRCUMSCRIPTIONS DEPENDENT ON
THE CONGREGATION FOR THE EVANGELISATION OF PEOPLES |
| Total number of ecclesiastical
circumscriptions dependent on the CEP
31 December 2003: n. 1081 |
| Continent |
AD |
D |
TA |
AV |
AP |
MsI |
AA |
MO |
Total |
| Africa |
84 |
370 |
- |
14 |
8 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
481 |
| America |
7 |
31 |
- |
44 |
1 |
2 |
- |
- |
85 |
| Asia |
75 |
319 |
1 |
15 |
36 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
455 |
| Europe |
4 |
8 |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
1 |
- |
14 |
| Oceania |
11 |
31 |
- |
- |
1 |
2 |
- |
1 |
46 |
| Totale |
181 |
759 |
1 |
73 |
46 |
11 |
4 |
6 |
1.081 |
Archdiocese
(AD); Diocese (D); Territorial Abby (AT); Vicariate Apostolic (VA); Prefecture
Apostolic (PA); Mission sui iuris (MsI); Administration Apostolic (AA);
Military Ordinariate (OM).
(Fides Service 31/12/2003)
| PANORAMA
OF RELIGIONS IN THE WORLD |
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1990 |
2000 |
2003 |
2025 (forecast) |
| World Population |
5.266.442.000 |
6.055.049.000 |
6.278 519.000 |
7.823.703.000 |
Christians
(all denominations)
|
1.747.462.000 |
1.999.564.000 |
2.076.629.000 |
2.616.670.000 |
| Muslims |
962.356.000 |
1.188.243.000 |
1.265.230.000 |
1.784.876.000 |
| Indus |
685.999.000 |
811.336.000 |
849.339.000 |
1.049.231.000 |
| Buddhists |
323.107.000 |
359.982.000 |
418.345.000 |
418.345.000 |
| atheists |
145.719.000 |
150.090.000 |
151.162.000 |
159.544.000 |
| no religion |
707.118.000 |
768.159.000 |
786.731.000 |
875.121.000 |
| new religions |
92.396.000 |
102.356.000 |
105.256.000 |
114.720.000 |
| tribal religions |
200.035.000 |
228.367.000 |
237.286.000 |
277.247.000 |
| Sikhs |
19.332.000 |
23.258.000 |
24.569.000 |
31.378.000 |
| Jews |
14.189.000 |
14.763.000 |
14.789.000 |
16.053.000 |
| non Christians |
3.518.980.000 |
4.055.485.000 |
4.201.890.000 |
5.207.033.000 |
| Anglicans |
68.196.000 |
79.650.000 |
81.799.000* |
113.746.000 |
| Orthodox |
203.766.000 |
215.129.000 |
217.371.000* |
252.716.000 |
| Protestants |
296.339.000 |
342.002.000 |
351.362.000* |
468.633.000 |
| Roman Catholics |
929.455.000 |
1.057.328.000 |
1.097.328.000 |
1.361.965.000 |
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*information
concerning Anglicans/Protestants/Orthodoxes taken: “International
Bulletin of Missionary Research”
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