As of 2000, the world Catholic population was:

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
Regions	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%