Statistics from the CIA
World Factbook.
Countries with a high
percentage of Catholicism:
MALTA
1. Religion:
Roman Catholic 98%
2. Birth rate: 10.31births/1,000
population
Country
comparison to the world: 188
3. Infant
mortality rates: total 3.65 deaths/1,000 live births
Country
comparison to the world: 207
4. Total Fertility rate: 1.53
born/women
Country
comparison to the world: 35
5. Average
lifespan: 79.85 years
Country
comparison to the world: 35
6. Average
income: $26,100
7. Literacy
(age 15 and over can read and write):
Total population:
27.7%
Female: 19.8%
Male: 36.15%
ARGENTINA
1. Religion:
Roman Catholic 98%
2. Birth rate: 17.34 births/ 1,000
population
Country
comparison to the world: 113
3. Infant
mortality rates: 10.52 deaths/ 1,000 live births
Country
comparison to the world: 143
4. Total fertility rate: 2.27
born/women
Country
comparison to the world: 97
5. Average
lifespan: 77,14 Years
Country
comparison to the world: 69
6. Average
income: $ 18.200
7. Literacy
(age 15 and over can read and write):
Total population:
PERU
1. Religion:
Roman Catholic 81,3 %
2. Birth rate: 19,13 births/1,000
population
3. Infant
mortality rates: 21,5 deaths/ 1,000 live birth
Country
comparison to the world: 89
4. Total fertility rate: 2,25
born/women
Country
comparison to the world: 98
5. Average
lifespan: 72,73 years
6. Average
income: $10700
7. Literacy
(age 15 and over can read and write):
Total population:
92.9%
Female: 96.4%
Male: 89.4%
CUBA
1. Religion:
Roman Catholic 85%
2. Birth rate: 9.96 births/1,000
population
Country
comparison to the world: 197
3. Infant
mortality rates: 4.83 deaths/1,000 live
births
Country
comparison to the world: 182
4. Total fertility rate: 1.46 children
born/women
Country
comparison to the world: 196
5. Average
lifespan: 77.8 years
Country
comparison to the world: 60
6. Average
income: $10,200
7. Literacy
(age 15 and over can read and write):
Total population:
99.8%
Female: 99.8%
Male: 99.8%
SPAIN
1. Religion:
Roman Catholic 94%
2. Birth rate: 10.4 births/1,000
population
Country
comparison to the world: 185
3. Infant
mortality rates: 3.37 deaths/1,000 live births
4. Total fertility rate: 1.48 children
born/women
Country
comparison to the world: 191
5. Average
lifespan: 81.27 years
Country
comparison to the world: 15
6. Average
income: $30,400
Country comparison
to the world: 47
7. Literacy
(age 15 and over can read and write):
Total population:
97.7%
Female: 97%
Male: 98.5%
IRELAND
1. Religion:
Roman Catholic 87.4%
2. Birth rate: 15.81/1,000 population
Country
comparison to the world:
3. Infant
mortality rates: 3.82 deaths/1,000 live births
4. Total
fertility rate: 2.01 children born/women
5. Average
lifespan: 80.32 years
Country
comparison to the world:
6. Average
income: $24,156
7. Literacy
(age 15 and over can read and write):
Total population:
99%
Female: 99%
Male: 99%
Countries with low
percentage of Catholicism:
BANGLADESH
1.
Religion: Muslim 89.5%
2. Birth rate: 22.53 births/1,000
population
Country
comparison to the world: 74
3. Infant mortality rates: 48.99
deaths/1,000 live births
Country
comparison to the world 45
4. Total fertility rate: 2.5 children
born/women
Country
comparison to the world: 148
5. Average
lifespan: 70.06 years
Country
comparison to the world: 148
6. Average income: $2,000
7. Literacy
(age 15 and over can read and write):
Total population:
56,8%
Female: 61.3%
Male: 52.8%
MALI
1. Religion:
Muslim 94,8%
2. Birth rate: 46.6 births/1,000
population
Country
comparison to the world: 2
3. Infant mortality rates: 108.7
deaths/1,000 live births
Country
comparison to the world: 2
4. Total
fertility rate: 6.25 children born/women
Country
comparison to the world: 2
5. Average
lifespan: 53.06 years
Country
comparison to the world: 207
6. Average
income: $1,100
7. Literacy
(age 15 and over can read and write):
Total population:
27.7%
Female: 19.8%
Male: 36.15%
NORWAY
1. Religion:
Evangelical Lutheran 85,7%
2. Birth
rate: 10,8 births/1,000
Country
comparison to the world: 177
3. Infant
mortality rates:
Country
comparison to the world
4. Total
fertility rate: 1.77 born/women
Country
comparison to the world: 159
5. Average
lifespan: 80. 32 years
Country
comparison to the world: 27
6. Average
income: $55,300
7. Literacy
(age 15 and over can read and write):
Total population:
100%
Female: 100%
Male: 100%
By looking at the statistics of
countries with high percentage of Catholicism I do not see a clear correlation
between religion and high birthrate. What seems to be the case is that
countries with higher percentage of infant mortality tend to have higher
birthrate than countries with lower percentage of infant mortality. In some
poor countries the birthrate is significant higher than country with stable
economy. Mali, which is a poor African country has a birthrate of disturbing
44.6/1000 populations, Compared to the rest of the world they have the 2.
Largest birthrate. By looking at the top of the list with countries that has
the largest percentage of birthrate poor African countries stands out.
My conclusion is that poverty plays
a more significant role in birthrate.
Though there is a technologically
conservative prohibition against birth control among Catholic populations, my
statistics of the Catholic countries does not prove this prohibition to exist
in behavior.
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