• RELIGION: CHRISTIANITY - ROMAN CATHOLICISM



QUICK FACTS:

People groups: 1,386

Population: 1,271,895,390

Unreached people groups: 586

UPG population: 430,091,935

Unengaged UPGs: 230

UUPG population: 28,300,160

Number of countries: 144


Base Religion: Christianity

Description: Roman Catholicism is the largest branch of the Christian church and is among the oldest religious institutions in the world. The Catholic Church teaches that it is the one true Church found by Jesus Christ and that its bishops are the successors of Christ's apostles.


People groups: 1,386

Population: 1,271,895,390

Unreached people groups: 586

UPG population: 430,091,935

Unengaged UPGs: 230

UUPG population: 28,300,160

Number of countries: 144