| Graphs | ||
| 2.1. | Catholic baptisms to births, 1970 to 2020 | 54 |
| 2.2. | Catholic child baptisms to all Catholic baptisms, 1970 to 2020 | 56 |
| 2.3. | Comparative Geoecclesiology: proportion Catholic in each country of the world in 2000 and in the same territory in 1900 | 60 |
| Tables | ||
| 2.1 | Estimated distribution of humanity by continent over the past two millennia | 25 |
| 2.2 | Share of global Catholic population and overall population by region, 1970 and 2020 | 31 |
| 2.3 | Global Catholic population, personnel, and pastoral contexts by region and year: 1970 and 2020 | 35 |
| 2.4 | Before and during the pandemic: net change on key indicators, 2019 to 2020 | 37 |
| 2.5 | Growth (decline) in Catholic installed capacity by selected global region, 1970 to 2020 | 40 |
| 2.6 | Growth (decline) in church personnel by selected global region, 1970 to 2020 | 42 |
| 2.7 | Women and men religious, 2020 | 43 |
| 2.8 | The five largest male religious institutes in 2020 | 44 |
| 2.9 | The five largest female religious institutes in 2020 | 45 |
| 2.10 | Global Catholic growth (decline) by region, percentage and absolute change, 1970 to 2020 | 50 |
| 2.11 | Catholic personnel, 1970 | 51 |
| 2.12 | Catholic population distribution shifts, 1970 to 2020 | 53 |
| 2.13 | Catholic population distribution shifts, 2000, 2050, and 2100 | 57 |
| 2.14 | Number of countries by the percentage baptized Catholic, the percentage Catholic affiliated, and the percentage of infants baptized Catholic, 2000 | 59 |
| 2.15 | Summary statistics for each global region | 62 |
| 2.16 | Religiously unaffiliated persons (non-religious, agnostic, atheist, etc.) | 65 |
| 2.17 | Religious share of population within world regions, 2020 | 66 |
| 2.18 | Most prevalent forms of religious identity other than Catholic Christian by region, 2020 | 67 |
| Most prevalent form of religious identity excluding Catholic and non-religious, by region, compared to general population growth (decline), 1980 to 2020 | 68 | |
| 2.20 | Growth (decline) in Catholic educational and charitable institutions, 1970 to 2020 | 69 |
| 2.21 | Catholic contrasts by selected region, 2020 | 72 |
| 2.22 | Global Catholic growth (decline) in population and priests, 1970 to 2020 | 73 |
| 3.1 | A portrait of Global Catholicism, 1965–2024 | 76 |
| 3.2 | A global Catholic portrait of the Euro-Atlantic, 2020 | 83 |
| 3.3 | A global Catholic portrait of Eastern Europe, 2020 | 87 |
| 3.4 | A global Catholic portrait of the Middle East with North Africa and Central Asia, 2020 | 90 |
| 3.5 | A global Catholic portrait of Latin America and the Caribbean, 2020 | 97 |
| 3.6 | The changing face of Christianity in Latin America: 2000 | 98 |
| 3.7 | A global Catholic portrait of Africa (Sub-Saharan), 2020 | 104 |
| 3.8 | A global Catholic portrait of South, Southeast, and East Asia, 2020 | 108 |
| 3.9 | All subregions with population and other global Catholic data | 110 |
| 3.10 | Catholic data for the countries with the 10 largest Catholic populations | 112 |
| 4.1. | Priests (2021), cardinals (2023), cardinal electors (2024), and synod participants (2023−24) | 136 |
| 4.2. | Origins of dicastery leadership by region, highest degree, and religious profession, 2022 | 138 |
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