From 2009, the number of Catholics continue to increase yearly to over 10 % of the total number of citizens. The number of clergy continues to increase. Numbers of women religious, on the other hand, remains stagnant and the number in formation continues to drop.
Women number 57.9% of the total number of Catholics, and men 41.8% but last year there was a slight increase for the men. Under 20 years of age the males have a slight edge. After 25 the number of women increase until after 80 years of age, women are 73.7% of the total.
17% of the Catholics are over 65 years old. Number of those baptized, attending Mass and frequenting the Sacraments continues to fall. The number of Catholics in Korea numbers 10.7 % of the population. Seoul Diocese has 15 %, highest of all the dioceses.
Ages of those between 50-54 number 9.3%, 45-49, 8.9%, 40-44, 8.2%, those over 65 number 17%. The church continues to age. Last year the numbers baptized dropped 6.9 % from the previous year: 116,143. The number of those married decreased 3.9% from the previous year. Confessions dropped 6% and there was a drop in confirmations, marriages, and first communions.
Mass attendance increased by 2 % from the previous year and the percentage of those attending Mass on any one Sunday would be 20.7 % of the total number of Christians.
Korea has two Cardinals, 36 bishops, 4,909 Korean priests, 182 foreign priests, for a total of 5,129. This has increased 145 from the previous year. Male religious increased 0.7 % women religious remain about the same but those in formation: men 59 and women 335 is a decrease of 28 % for the men and 7.2 % for the women.
There are 1706 parishes an increase of 24 from the previous year. Mission stations continue to decrease 3.9% from the previous year with 761.
