Q. 1. What is the worldwide Catholic population? And is it growing?

A. 1. The following are statistics regarding the worldwide Catholic population:

2008 = 1,166,000,000 Catholics
2007 = 1,147,516,000 Catholics
2006 = 1,131,000,000 Catholics
2002 = 1,097,000,000 Catholics

1910 = 292,787,000 Catholics

The number of worldwide Catholics has been growing at a steady pace since Jesus founded the Church.