Growth or Decline in Religious Sisters,
1972-2004
| Country |
1972 |
2001 |
2004 |
| Argentina |
12,536 |
9,829 |
9,445 |
| Bolivia |
1,278 |
2,468 |
2,563 |
| Brazil |
35,984 |
35,365 |
34,523 |
| Chile |
4,7451 |
5,574 |
5,086 |
| Colombia |
17,804 |
17,347 |
17,088 |
| Costa Rica |
887 |
888 |
895 |
| Cuba |
217 |
500 |
650 |
| Dominican Republic |
1,254 |
1,644 |
1,723 |
| Ecuador |
4,619 |
4,894 |
5,497 |
| El Salvador |
705 |
1,542 |
1,491 |
| Guatemala |
1,018 |
2,070 |
2,645 |
| Haiti |
792 |
1,037 |
1,789 |
| Honduras |
277 |
561 |
779 |
| Mexico2 |
21,692 |
28,495 |
38,639 |
| Nicaragua |
484 |
977 |
1,028 |
| Panama |
464 |
566 |
447 |
| Paraguay |
784 |
2,132 |
2,127 |
| Peru |
4,626 |
5,537 |
5,686 |
| Puerto Rico |
1,621 |
1,152 |
1,158 |
| Uruguay |
1,581 |
1,281 |
1,089 |
| Venezuela |
3,735 |
3,812 |
3,775 |
| Total |
117,103 |
128,875 |
138,123 |
| % Change |
|
+9% |
+7% |
Sources:
Statistical Yearbook of the Church
2003 (last available statistics),
Catholic
Almanac 1975and
Catholic Almanac 2006.
1Figure for Chile is 1973, not
1972.
2Figure for Mexico is
2002, not 2001 (source:
Catholic Almanac 2003).
