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Number of Catholics in Brazil, the leading country in Catholic population: 151,200,000

Percentage of Vatican City residents who are Catholic: 100

Number of Catholics in the United States as of 2004: 64.3 million

Number of parishes in the United States as of 2004: 19,026

Approximate number of people who attended papal audiences during Pope John Paul II?s reign: 17.8 million

Approximate number of political leaders with whom Pope John Paul II met during his papal career: 1600

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