DEFINITION
The Cardinal
Electors are those members of the College of Cardinals who have not reached their 80th Birthday on the day on which a Pope dies. That is, if they turn 80 years of age before the Pope dies, or on the day he dies, they are ineligible to vote in the Conclave to elect his successor. However, if they turn 80 years of age the day after the Pope dies they are eligible. Interestingly, even if they cannot vote they can be elected. As of Wednesday, April 20, 2005, there are 183 Cardinals from 66 different countries, 117 of whom are eligible to vote and 66 of whom are ineligible. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis: |
25.669 per 1 million population |
|
| #2 |
Mauritius: |
0.812 per 1 million population |
|
| #3 |
Italy: |
0.654 per 1 million population |
|
| #4 |
Latvia: |
0.437 per 1 million population |
|
| #5 |
Switzerland: |
0.401 per 1 million population |
|
| #6 |
Slovakia: |
0.368 per 1 million population |
|
| #7 |
Lithuania: |
0.278 per 1 million population |
|
| #8 |
Lebanon: |
0.261 per 1 million population |
|
| #9 |
Puerto Rico: |
0.256 per 1 million population |
|
| #10 |
Ireland: |
0.249 per 1 million population |
|
| #11 |
New Zealand: |
0.248 per 1 million population |
|
| #12 |
Austria: |
0.244 per 1 million population |
|
| #13 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
0.226 per 1 million population |
|
| #14 |
Croatia: |
0.222 per 1 million population |
|
| #15 |
Hungary: |
0.2 per 1 million population |
|
| #16 |
Spain: |
0.198 per 1 million population |
|
| #17 |
Czech Republic: |
0.195 per 1 million population |
|
| #18 |
Portugal: |
0.189 per 1 million population |
|
| #19 |
Nicaragua: |
0.183 per 1 million population |
|
| #20 |
Poland: |
0.182 per 1 million population |
|
| #21 |
Canada: |
0.152 per 1 million population |
|
| #22 |
Australia: |
0.149 per 1 million population |
|
| #23 |
Honduras: |
0.14 per 1 million population |
|
| #24 |
Benin: |
0.131 per 1 million population |
|
| #25 |
Chile: |
0.125 per 1 million population |
|
| #26 |
Netherlands: |
0.122 per 1 million population |
|
| #27 |
France: |
0.115 per 1 million population |
|
| #28 |
Bolivia: |
0.113 per 1 million population |
|
| #29 |
Dominican Republic: |
0.11 per 1 million population |
|
| #30 |
Belarus: |
0.097 per 1 million population |
|
| #31 |
Germany: |
0.097 per 1 million population |
|
| #32 |
Belgium: |
0.096 per 1 million population |
|
| #33 |
Cuba: |
0.088 per 1 million population |
|
| #34 |
Angola: |
0.085 per 1 million population |
|
| #35 |
Guatemala: |
0.083 per 1 million population |
|
| #36 |
Argentina: |
0.076 per 1 million population |
|
| #37 |
Ecuador: |
0.075 per 1 million population |
|
| #38 |
Colombia: |
0.07 per 1 million population |
|
| #39 |
Cameroon: |
0.059 per 1 million population |
|
| #40 |
Côte d'Ivoire: |
0.058 per 1 million population |
|
| #41 |
Madagascar: |
0.055 per 1 million population |
|
| #42 |
Syria: |
0.054 per 1 million population |
|
| #43 |
Mozambique: |
0.052 per 1 million population |
|
| #44 |
Mexico: |
0.047 per 1 million population |
|
| #45 |
Ghana: |
0.046 per 1 million population |
|
| #46 |
United States: |
0.044 per 1 million population |
|
| #47 |
Taiwan: |
0.044 per 1 million population |
|
| #48 |
Brazil: |
0.043 per 1 million population |
|
| #49 |
Ukraine: |
0.043 per 1 million population |
|
| #50 |
Venezuela: |
0.039 per 1 million population |
|
| #51 |
Uganda: |
0.037 per 1 million population |
|
| #52 |
Peru: |
0.036 per 1 million population |
|
| #53 |
Philippines: |
0.034 per 1 million population |
|
| #54 |
Tanzania: |
0.027 per 1 million population |
|
| #55 |
Sudan: |
0.025 per 1 million population |
|
| #56 |
Vietnam: |
0.024 per 1 million population |
|
| #57 |
South Africa: |
0.023 per 1 million population |
|
| #58 |
Korea, South: |
0.021 per 1 million population |
|
| #59 |
Nigeria: |
0.016 per 1 million population |
|
| #60 |
Japan: |
0.016 per 1 million population |
|
| #61 |
Thailand: |
0.016 per 1 million population |
|
| #62 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
0.016 per 1 million population |
|
| #63 |
Egypt: |
0.013 per 1 million population |
|
| #64 |
India: |
0.005 per 1 million population |
|
| #65 |
Indonesia: |
0.004 per 1 million population |
|
| |
Total: |
34.293 per 1 million population |
| |
Weighted average: |
0.5 per 1 million population |
|
DEFINITION: The Cardinal
Electors are those members of the College of Cardinals who have not reached their 80th Birthday on the day on which a Pope dies. That is, if they turn 80 years of age before the Pope dies, or on the day he dies, they are ineligible to vote in the Conclave to elect his successor. However, if they turn 80 years of age the day after the Pope dies they are eligible. Interestingly, even if they cannot vote they can be elected. As of Wednesday, April 20, 2005, there are 183 Cardinals from 66 different countries, 117 of whom are eligible to vote and 66 of whom are ineligible. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.
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