https://dornsife.usc.edu/iacs/2022/04/30/global-christianity Apr 30, 2022 Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at USC "How population and demographic shifts are shaping the future of the Catholic Church... In February 2022, the Vatican released statistics showing that in 2020 the number of Catholics in the world increased by 16 million to 1.36 billion. That means that 17.7% of the world’s population is Catholic. Of this total, 48% are in the Americas, with 28% living in South America. Following recent trends, the Catholic Church grew most rapidly in Asia (+1.8%) and Africa (+2.1%) with very slight growth in Europe (0.3%)." USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences