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DEFINITION
Number of Diocesan Priests
Religion Statistics > Catholic > Diocesan 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: | 33,684 | |
| #2 | United States: | 31,210 | |
| #3 | Poland: | 21,462 | |
| #4 | France: | 18,179 | |
| #5 | Spain: | 17,580 | |
| #6 | Germany: | 14,697 | |
| #7 | India: | 10,928 | |
| #8 | Brazil: | 9,434 | |
| #9 | Colombia: | 5,676 | |
| #10 | Canada: | 5,484 | |
| #11 | Philippines: | 5,188 | |
| #12 | Belgium: | 4,705 | |
| #13 | United Kingdom: | 4,274 | |
| #14 | Argentina: | 3,612 | |
| #15 | Ireland: | 3,160 | |
| #16 | Nigeria: | 3,147 | |
| #17 | Portugal: | 3,119 | |
| #18 | Austria: | 2,685 | |
| #19 | Korea, South: | 2,425 | |
| #20 | China: | 2,274 | |
| #21 | Ukraine: | 2,209 | |
| #22 | Slovakia: | 1,893 | |
| #23 | Australia: | 1,857 | |
| #24 | Hungary: | 1,820 | |
| #25 | Switzerland: | 1,817 | |
| #26 | Romania: | 1,545 | |
| #27 | Croatia: | 1,509 | |
| #28 | Netherlands: | 1,470 | |
| #29 | Peru: | 1,443 | |
| #30 | Tanzania: | 1,382 | |
| #31 | Venezuela: | 1,378 | |
| #32 | Czech Republic: | 1,335 | |
| #33 | Uganda: | 1,264 | |
| #34 | Indonesia: | 1,205 | |
| #35 | Chile: | 1,156 | |
| #36 | Ecuador: | 1,096 | |
| #37 | Kenya: | 913 | |
| #38 | Cameroon: | 885 | |
| #39 | Slovenia: | 843 | |
| #40 | Ghana: | 801 | |
| #41 | Lithuania: | 678 | |
| #42 | Sri Lanka: | 615 | |
| #43 | Costa Rica: | 534 | |
| #44 | Japan: | 510 | |
| #45 | Burkina Faso: | 504 | |
| #46 | Malta: | 487 | |
| #47 | Bolivia: | 480 | |
| #48 | Burma: | 476 | |
| #49 | Madagascar: | 450 | |
| #50 | El Salvador: | 438 | |
| #51 | South Africa: | 409 | |
| #52 | Thailand: | 405 | |
| #53 | Rwanda: | 393 | |
| #54 | Dominican Republic: | 386 | |
| #55 | Guatemala: | 368 | |
| #56 | Puerto Rico: | 356 | |
| #57 | Paraguay: | 355 | |
| #58 | Benin: | 334 | |
| #59 | New Zealand: | 324 | |
| #60 | Burundi: | 323 | |
| #61 | Angola: | 281 | |
| #62 | Malawi: | 277 | |
| #63 | Zambia: | 271 | |
| #64 | Taiwan: | 266 | |
| #65 | Togo: | 259 | |
| #66 | Nicaragua: | 256 | |
| #67 | Senegal: | 253 | |
| #68 | Bosnia and Herzegovina: | 232 | |
| #69 | Sudan: | 228 | |
| #70 | Uruguay: | 208 | |
| #71 | Luxembourg: | 196 | |
| #72 | Panama: | 196 | |
| #73 | Syria: | 195 | |
| #74 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the: | 193 | |
| #75 | Honduras: | 185 | |
| #76 | Malaysia: | 183 | |
| #77 | Belarus: | 182 | |
| #78 | Zimbabwe: | 177 | |
| #79 | Ethiopia: | 174 | |
| #80 | Papua New Guinea: | 171 | |
| #81 | Cuba: | 169 | |
| #82 | Iraq: | 158 | |
| #83 | Mozambique: | 155 | |
| #84 | Pakistan: | 140 | |
| #85 | Central African Republic: | 130 | |
| #86 | Bangladesh: | 124 | |
| #87 | Russia: | 115 | |
| #88 | Chad: | 114 | |
| #89 | Latvia: | 100 | |
| #90 | Guinea: | 73 | |
| #91 | Mali: | 69 | |
| #92 | Singapore: | 69 | |
| #93 | Sweden: | 69 | |
| #94 | Equatorial Guinea: | 64 | |
| #95 | Lesotho: | 62 | |
| #96 | Mauritius: | 62 | |
| #97 | Eritrea: | 60 | |
| #98 | Reunion: | 57 | |
| #99 | Gabon: | 55 | |
| #100 | Sierra Leone: | 53 | |
| #101 | Greece: | 51 | |
| #102 | East Timor: | 44 | |
| #103 | Albania: | 43 | |
| #104 | Denmark: | 42 | |
| #105 | Algeria: | 38 | |
| #106 | Solomon Islands: | 29 | |
| #107 | Norway: | 29 | |
| #108 | Liberia: | 28 | |
| #109 | Morocco: | 25 | |
| #110 | Liechtenstein: | 19 | |
| #111 | Namibia: | 19 | |
| #112 | Botswana: | 18 | |
| #113 | Guinea-Bissau: | 17 | |
| #114 | Niger: | 16 | |
| #115 | Gibraltar: | 16 | |
| #116 | Bulgaria: | 15 | |
| #117 | Gambia, The: | 13 | |
| #118 | Monaco: | 13 | |
| #119 | Laos: | 13 | |
| #120 | Cape Verde: | 13 | |
| #121 | Swaziland: | 12 | |
| #122 | Tunisia: | 11 | |
| #123 | Kazakhstan: | 11 | |
| #124 | Nepal: | 11 | |
| #125 | Cyprus: | 10 | |
| #126 | Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: | 10 | |
| #127 | Moldova: | 10 | |
| #128 | Seychelles: | 9 | |
| #129 | Yemen: | 9 | |
| #130 | Cambodia: | 7 | |
| #131 | Iceland: | 6 | |
| #132 | Finland: | 6 | |
| #133 | Estonia: | 6 | |
| #134 | Libya: | 5 | |
| #135 | Djibouti: | 3 | |
| #136 | Mongolia: | 2 | |
| #137 | Uzbekistan: | 2 | |
| #138 | Kuwait: | 2 | |
| #139 | Somalia: | 1 | |
| #140 | Kyrgyzstan: | 1 | |
| #141 | Mauritania: | 1 | |
| #142 | Comoros: | 1 | |
| #143 | Tajikistan: | 1 | |
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Total: |
246,488 |
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Weighted average: |
1,723.7 |
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DEFINITION: Number of Diocesan Priests
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