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Catholicism in Africa, Kenya, Tanzania


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Africa, the third continent by number of Catholics. Nigeria, Uganda, Congo, Angola

  1. Catholicism in Africa: 173 million Catholics
  2. African Countries with Catholic majorities

Famous African Catholics:

  1. Théophile Obenga
  2. Isabel dos Santos
  3. Joseph Ki-Zerbo
  4. Elikia M'Bokolo
  5. Leopold Sédar Senghor

Student, Online Doctorate in International Business

We Trust in Africa (Affordable Higher Education for Africans)

Catholicism in the African continent

Africa is the third continent by the number of Catholics (173 million).

Angola, Burundi, Cape Verde, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Lesotho, Reunion Islands, São Tomé, and the Seychelles have more than 50% of Catholic population (Christianity).

The African Countries with the largest number of Catholics are the DR Congo, Angola, Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania.

Catholicism in the African Countries (Data in thousands of people).

Country Total people % of Catholics Total Catholics
Angola
Algeria
Benin
Cape Verde
Cameroon
Ivory Coast
Egypt
Eritrea
Ghana
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea
The Central African Republic
Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Malawi
Mali
Morocco
Nigeria
Rwanda
São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
South Africa
Tunisia
Uganda
Zimbabwe
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Chad
Djibouti
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Mauritania
Mauricio
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Somalia
Sudan
Eswatini
Tanzania
The Comoros
Gambia
Western Sahara
Togo
Zambia
18.498
32.532
7.460
517
16.380
17.298
77.506
4.562
21.030
1.416
9.468
3,800
3.686
71.713
12.158
12.291
32.726
170.123
8.441
163
11.127
81
6.018
44.344
10.075
35.873
12.747
1.640
13.925
6.371
9.826
476
676
73.053
1.389
43.500
2.067
3.482
5.765
18.040
3.087
1.231
19.407
2.031
11.666
8.592
40.187
1.174
44.929
671
1.593
273
5.681
11.2618
38
-
27
93
26
40
0.3
3
15
9
3
25
50
50
19
1
-
14
56
70
3
82
3
7
-
42
7
5
17
62
20
-
87
-
50
23
45
5
-
24
-
24
28
17
-
-
5
20
26
2
2
-
28
26
7.029
-
1.729
480
4.206
6.054
271
152
5.257
127
252
950
1.861
35.856
2.379
189
23
23.817
4.727
144
389
67
174
2.851
22
15.031
983
81
2.367
3.950
880

590
584
697
10.135
930
189
40
4.331
4
289
4.619
344
11
-
2.009
63
11.565
-
33
-
1.579
2.963

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