Africa: 130,018,400
America: 519,391,300
Asia: 107,302,000
Europe: 280,144,200
Oceania: 8,202,200
World Total: 1,045,058,100
| Distribution of Catholic Population, by Region: 2000 | ||||||||
| World Population | World Catholic Population | Catholic in Each Region | ||||||
| Africa Total | 13% | 12% | 16% | |||||
| Central | 2% | 4% | 45% | |||||
| East | 4% | 4% | 17% | |||||
| Indian Ocean | less than 1% | less than 1% | 27% | |||||
| North | 2% | less than 1% | less than 1% | |||||
| Southern | 2% | 2% | 18% | |||||
| West | 4% | 3% | 12% | |||||
| America Total | 14% | 50% | 63% | |||||
| Caribbean | 1% | 2% | 67% | |||||
| Mesoamerica | 2% | 11% | 90% | |||||
| North | 5% | 7% | 25% | |||||
| South | 6% | 28% | 87% | |||||
| Asia Total | 61% | 10% | 3% | |||||
| Northeast | 26% | 1% | less than 1% | |||||
| South | 22% | 2% | 1% | |||||
| Southeast | 9% | 7% | 15% | |||||
| Western | 5% | less than 1% | 1% | |||||
| Europe Total | 12% | 27% | 40% | |||||
| Eastern | 5% | 7% | 23% | |||||
| Northwestern | 4% | 10% | 40% | |||||
| Southwestern | 2% | 10% | 96% | |||||
| Oceania Total | 1% | 1% | 27% | |||||
