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DEFINITION
Number of Religious Priests
Religion Statistics > Catholic > Religious Priests (most recent) by country
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| Rank |
Countries
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Amount
(top to bottom)
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| #1 | Italy: | 17,611 | |
| #2 | United States: | 15,237 | |
| #3 | Spain: | 8,925 | |
| #4 | India: | 8,112 | |
| #5 | Brazil: | 6,921 | |
| #6 | Poland: | 5,469 | |
| #7 | France: | 4,910 | |
| #8 | Germany: | 4,115 | |
| #9 | Canada: | 3,250 | |
| #10 | Belgium: | 3,000 | |
| #11 | China: | 2,289 | |
| #12 | Philippines: | 2,218 | |
| #13 | Colombia: | 2,190 | |
| #14 | Argentina: | 2,147 | |
| #15 | Netherlands: | 2,129 | |
| #16 | Ireland: | 1,833 | |
| #17 | Austria: | 1,793 | |
| #18 | United Kingdom: | 1,729 | |
| #19 | Indonesia: | 1,676 | |
| #20 | Peru: | 1,306 | |
| #21 | Switzerland: | 1,274 | |
| #22 | Australia: | 1,183 | |
| #23 | Chile: | 1,155 | |
| #24 | Japan: | 1,095 | |
| #25 | Portugal: | 960 | |
| #26 | Kenya: | 912 | |
| #27 | Venezuela: | 848 | |
| #28 | Croatia: | 815 | |
| #29 | Ecuador: | 784 | |
| #30 | Tanzania: | 698 | |
| #31 | South Africa: | 682 | |
| #32 | Nigeria: | 653 | |
| #33 | Bolivia: | 635 | |
| #34 | Madagascar: | 615 | |
| #35 | Czech Republic: | 595 | |
| #36 | Slovakia: | 581 | |
| #37 | Guatemala: | 509 | |
| #38 | Cameroon: | 484 | |
| #39 | Taiwan: | 462 | |
| #40 | Malta: | 454 | |
| #41 | Korea, South: | 450 | |
| #42 | Paraguay: | 442 | |
| #43 | Dominican Republic: | 429 | |
| #44 | Ukraine: | 404 | |
| #45 | Mozambique: | 375 | |
| #46 | Puerto Rico: | 375 | |
| #47 | Papua New Guinea: | 350 | |
| #48 | Bosnia and Herzegovina: | 346 | |
| #49 | Zambia: | 345 | |
| #50 | Hungary: | 320 | |
| #51 | Uganda: | 305 | |
| #52 | Slovenia: | 296 | |
| #53 | Angola: | 286 | |
| #54 | Sri Lanka: | 284 | |
| #55 | Ethiopia: | 283 | |
| #56 | Uruguay: | 274 | |
| #57 | Zimbabwe: | 240 | |
| #58 | El Salvador: | 235 | |
| #59 | Thailand: | 234 | |
| #60 | Eritrea: | 230 | |
| #61 | New Zealand: | 210 | |
| #62 | Honduras: | 196 | |
| #63 | Malawi: | 191 | |
| #64 | Panama: | 188 | |
| #65 | Ghana: | 182 | |
| #66 | Romania: | 181 | |
| #67 | Belarus: | 153 | |
| #68 | Costa Rica: | 144 | |
| #69 | Burkina Faso: | 139 | |
| #70 | Russia: | 132 | |
| #71 | Central African Republic: | 132 | |
| #72 | Nicaragua: | 130 | |
| #73 | Cuba: | 128 | |
| #74 | Togo: | 125 | |
| #75 | Bangladesh: | 125 | |
| #76 | Pakistan: | 124 | |
| #77 | Senegal: | 120 | |
| #78 | Rwanda: | 118 | |
| #79 | Sudan: | 114 | |
| #80 | Chad: | 110 | |
| #81 | Benin: | 106 | |
| #82 | Lithuania: | 93 | |
| #83 | Albania: | 90 | |
| #84 | Burundi: | 87 | |
| #85 | Lesotho: | 78 | |
| #86 | Sweden: | 76 | |
| #87 | Syria: | 74 | |
| #88 | Luxembourg: | 72 | |
| #89 | East Timor: | 69 | |
| #90 | Gabon: | 66 | |
| #91 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the: | 66 | |
| #92 | Mali: | 65 | |
| #93 | Algeria: | 64 | |
| #94 | Namibia: | 62 | |
| #95 | Singapore: | 61 | |
| #96 | Guinea-Bissau: | 61 | |
| #97 | Reunion: | 52 | |
| #98 | Malaysia: | 50 | |
| #99 | Denmark: | 47 | |
| #100 | Equatorial Guinea: | 43 | |
| #101 | Mauritius: | 42 | |
| #102 | Nepal: | 40 | |
| #103 | Morocco: | 40 | |
| #104 | Greece: | 40 | |
| #105 | Norway: | 36 | |
| #106 | Cape Verde: | 35 | |
| #107 | Botswana: | 32 | |
| #108 | Iraq: | 32 | |
| #109 | Bulgaria: | 32 | |
| #110 | Yemen: | 31 | |
| #111 | Sierra Leone: | 30 | |
| #112 | Cambodia: | 27 | |
| #113 | Solomon Islands: | 25 | |
| #114 | Niger: | 25 | |
| #115 | Latvia: | 24 | |
| #116 | Guinea: | 23 | |
| #117 | Burma: | 20 | |
| #118 | Swaziland: | 19 | |
| #119 | Libya: | 17 | |
| #120 | Tunisia: | 17 | |
| #121 | Finland: | 13 | |
| #122 | Liechtenstein: | 12 | |
| #123 | Liberia: | 12 | |
| #124 | Gambia, The: | 12 | |
| #125 | Mauritania: | 10 | |
| #126 | Moldova: | 8 | |
| #127 | Mongolia: | 7 | |
| #128 | Uzbekistan: | 7 | |
| #129 | Monaco: | 7 | |
| #130 | Kazakhstan: | 6 | |
| #131 | Kuwait: | 6 | |
| #132 | Estonia: | 6 | |
| #133 | Seychelles: | 5 | |
| #134 | Iceland: | 4 | |
| #135 | Tajikistan: | 3 | |
| #136 | Comoros: | 3 | |
| #137 | Kyrgyzstan: | 3 | |
| #138 | Djibouti: | 3 | |
| #139 | Turkmenistan: | 3 | |
| #140 | Western Sahara: | 3 | |
| #141 | Azerbaijan: | 2 | |
| #142 | Cyprus: | 2 | |
| #143 | Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: | 2 | |
| #144 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon: | 2 | |
| #145 | Saint Helena: | 1 | |
| #146 | Afghanistan: | 1 | |
| #147 | Gibraltar: | 1 | |
| #148 | Somalia: | 1 | |
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Total: |
123,813 |
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Weighted average: |
836.6 |
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DEFINITION: Number of Religious Priests
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