| 1 | A | B | C | D |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 | Catholic Church in the Netherlands |  |  |  |
| 3 | year | population | Catholics (based on registration by the church itself) | Percentage (based on registration by the church itself) |
| 4 | 1970 | 12,957,621 | 5,320,000 | 40.5 |
| 5 | 1980 | 14,091,014 | 5,620,000 | 39.5 |
| 6 | 1990 | 14,892,574 | 5,560,000 | 37.0 |
| 7 | 1995 | 15,424,122 | 5,385,258 | 34.8 |
| 8 | 2000 | 15,863,950 | 5,060,413 | 31.6 |
| 9 | 2005 | 16,305,526 | 4,406,000 | 27.0 |
| 10 | 2010 | 16,574,989 | 4,166,000 | 25.0 |
| 11 | 2015 | 16,900,726 | 3,882,000 | 22.9 |
| 12 | 2016 | 16,979,120 | 3,832,000 | 22.4 |
| 13 | 2017 | 17,081,057 | 3,769,000 | 21.9 |

Question: What was the change in the Catholic population of the Netherlands from 1970 to 2015?
Answer: In 2015, there are 3.882 million Catholics registered (based on Catholic Church registration) in the Netherlands, representing 22.9% of the population, which is down from more than 40% in 1970.