, Philippines, India
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The Asian continent is the fourth by the number of Catholics (123 million).
- In Asia, there are two Catholic Countries: The Philippines and East Timor
- In Lebanon, Catholics are approximately 50% of the population
- Catholicism in Asia: 123 million Catholics
- The case of the Philippines: an Asian Catholic country
Religions and Global Business -
Religious diversity
The Subject “Catholicism in Asia” is included within the curriculum of the following academic programs at EENI Global Business School:
Masters: Religions & Business.
Doctorate: Ethics, Religion & Business.
Languages: 
or 
Catolicismo Asia 
Catholicisme.
- Asian Countries with the largest number of Catholics are the Philippines, India, South Korea, and Vietnam
- In Australia, there are about 5 million Catholics (26% of the population) and 1.8 million in Papua New Guinea
Catholicism in Asian Countries (Data in thousands of people).
| Country | Total people | % of Catholics | Total Catholics |
| Palestine Afghanistan Saudi Arabia Bangladesh Bahrain Burma Cambodia Qatar Cyprus North Korea South Korea India Indonesia Iraq Iran Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait China the Philippines United Arab Emirates Malaysia Nepal Pakistan Singapore Syria Sri Lanka Thailand Taiwan Turkmenistan Turkey Uzbekistan Vietnam Lebanon Bhutan Brunei East Timor Kyrgyzstan Laos Maldives Mongolia Oman Tajikistan Yemen |
3.762 29.929 26.417 144.320 800 42.909 13.607 863 780 22.912 48.847 1.210.193 241.974 26.075 68.018 7.746 127.417 5.760 15.186 2.336 1.306.314 92.338 2.563 23.953 27.676 162.420 4.426 18.449 20.065 65.444 22.894 4.952 69.661 26.851 83.536 3.826 2.232 372 1.041 5.146 6.217 349 2.791 3.002 7.163 20.727 |
2 - 2 - 10 1 - 6 1 - 11 1 3 1 - - - 1 - 6 1 81 5 3 - - 5 2 7 - 1 - - - 7 30 - 6 98 1 - - - - - - |
80 - 660 317 80 450 21 50 10 4 5.324 19.121 7.380 310 13 94 510 69 100 144 9.797 74.701 128 790 8 1.283 166 368 1.429 288 318 27 35 2.685 5.530 1.150 1 24 924 29 37 - 1 3 39 4 |
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