# Catholic Countries **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 21, 2001, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholic-countries/51162 "2001-01-21T20:49:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19adc/32.png) [@McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/McMurphy)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2001, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholic-countries/51162/1 "2001-01-21T20:49:16Z")
Does anyone know where I’d be able to find a list of countries which are predominantly catholic? I’ve tried four search engines to no avail. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2001, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholic-countries/51162/2 "2001-01-21T21:38:41Z")
[http://geographyofreligion.homepage.com/catholic.jpg](http://geographyofreligion.homepage.com/catholic.jpg) is a map of the world, using color codes to indicate the percentages of Catholics in each country. Unfortunately, the international borders are shown, but not the names of the countries. (Basically, the countries are all of Central and South America, the Philipines, and a good chunk of Europe.) Alternatively, pick up a copy of the **World Almanac and Book of Facts** and leaf through the sections on the countries of the world, jotting down the name of any country where Catholicism exceed 50% of the population. (Religion is always the last “fact” in the first section (“People”) under each country. There are several version of the World almanac on-line, but they each require registration to use. I would not go to the [Catholic Encyclopedia On-line](http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/) because it was written between 1909 and 1919 and there have been several geographic changes since it was written. ---
**Author:** ![hibernicus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hibernicus/32/2802_2.png) [@hibernicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hibernicus)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2001, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholic-countries/51162/3 "2001-01-21T21:41:39Z")
You’ll find the information you need at: [http://catholics.tripod.com/percent.htm](http://catholics.tripod.com/percent.htm) or [http://www.adherents.com](http://www.adherents.com) ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2001, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholic-countries/51162/4 "2001-01-22T00:19:32Z")
ANDORRA (92%) ANGOLA (68.7%) ARGENTINA (89.9%) AUSTRIA (78%) BAHREIN (8.5%) BELGIUM (90%) BELIZE (57.7%) BOLIVIA (85%) BRASIL (70%) BURUNDI (65.1%) CABO VERDE (93.2%) CHILE (76.7%) COLUMBIA (95.2%) COSTA RICA (80%) CROATIA (72.1%) DOMINICA (70.1%) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (91.3%) ECUADOR (93%) EL SALVADOR (78.2%) ESLOVENIA (83.6%) FRANCE (76.3%) GABÓN (50.1%) GRANADA (57.8%) HAITÍ (68.5%) HONDURAS (91.7%) HUNGARY (63.1%) IRELAND (91.6%) ITALY (83.2%) KIRIBATI 0 (53.4%) LESOTHO (93%) LETONIA (\>50%) LIECHTENSTEIN (80%) LITHUANIA (78.6%) LUXEMBOURG (94.9%) MALTA (93.4%) MÉXICO (89.7%) MICRONESIA (\>(50%) MÓNACO (90%) NEVIS (6.7%) NICARAGUA (76.7%) PANAMÁ (80.2%) PARAGUAY (92.9%) PERÚ (92.5%) PHILIPPINES (82.9%) POLAND (90.7%) PORTUGAL (92.2%) REPUBLIC OF KOREA (6.7%) SAINT LUCÍA (79.2%) SAN MARINO (95.2%) SANTO TOMÉ Y PRÍNCIPE (80%) SLOVENIA (60.3%) SOUTH AFRICA (7.6%) SPAIN (94.9%) URUGUAY (78.5%) VATICAN CITY (100%) VENEZUELA (92.7%) ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2001, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholic-countries/51162/5 "2001-01-22T04:09:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mavpace \* > BAHREIN (8.5%) > NEVIS (6.7%) > REPUBLIC OF KOREA (6.7%) > SOUTH AFRICA (7.6%) I think your program had a minor bug in it. I’m also surprised that the percentage is that high in Bahrein. ---
**Author:** ![KenP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c0e974/32.png) [@KenP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KenP)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2001, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/catholic-countries/51162/6 "2001-01-22T12:32:47Z")
LESOTHO – 93%?? If that’s true, what’s the story?