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DEFINITION
Total number of Priests
Religion Statistics > Catholic > Total 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: | 51,295 | |
| #2 | United States: | 46,447 | |
| #3 | Poland: | 26,931 | |
| #4 | Spain: | 26,505 | |
| #5 | France: | 23,089 | |
| #6 | India: | 19,040 | |
| #7 | Germany: | 18,812 | |
| #8 | Brazil: | 16,355 | |
| #9 | Canada: | 8,734 | |
| #10 | Colombia: | 7,866 | |
| #11 | Belgium: | 7,705 | |
| #12 | Philippines: | 7,406 | |
| #13 | United Kingdom: | 6,003 | |
| #14 | Argentina: | 5,759 | |
| #15 | Ireland: | 4,993 | |
| #16 | China: | 4,563 | |
| #17 | Austria: | 4,478 | |
| #18 | Portugal: | 4,079 | |
| #19 | Nigeria: | 3,800 | |
| #20 | Netherlands: | 3,599 | |
| #21 | Switzerland: | 3,091 | |
| #22 | Australia: | 3,040 | |
| #23 | Indonesia: | 2,881 | |
| #24 | Korea, South: | 2,875 | |
| #25 | Peru: | 2,749 | |
| #26 | Ukraine: | 2,624 | |
| #27 | Slovakia: | 2,474 | |
| #28 | Croatia: | 2,324 | |
| #29 | Chile: | 2,311 | |
| #30 | Venezuela: | 2,226 | |
| #31 | Hungary: | 2,140 | |
| #32 | Tanzania: | 2,080 | |
| #33 | Kenya: | 1,938 | |
| #34 | Czech Republic: | 1,930 | |
| #35 | Ecuador: | 1,880 | |
| #36 | Romania: | 1,726 | |
| #37 | Japan: | 1,605 | |
| #38 | Uganda: | 1,569 | |
| #39 | Cameroon: | 1,369 | |
| #40 | Slovenia: | 1,139 | |
| #41 | Bolivia: | 1,115 | |
| #42 | South Africa: | 1,091 | |
| #43 | Madagascar: | 1,065 | |
| #44 | Ghana: | 983 | |
| #45 | Malta: | 941 | |
| #46 | Sri Lanka: | 899 | |
| #47 | Guatemala: | 877 | |
| #48 | Dominican Republic: | 815 | |
| #49 | Paraguay: | 797 | |
| #50 | Lithuania: | 771 | |
| #51 | Puerto Rico: | 731 | |
| #52 | Taiwan: | 728 | |
| #53 | Costa Rica: | 678 | |
| #54 | El Salvador: | 673 | |
| #55 | Burkina Faso: | 643 | |
| #56 | Thailand: | 639 | |
| #57 | Zambia: | 616 | |
| #58 | Bosnia and Herzegovina: | 578 | |
| #59 | Angola: | 567 | |
| #60 | New Zealand: | 534 | |
| #61 | Mozambique: | 530 | |
| #62 | Papua New Guinea: | 521 | |
| #63 | Rwanda: | 511 | |
| #64 | Burma: | 496 | |
| #65 | Uruguay: | 482 | |
| #66 | Malawi: | 468 | |
| #67 | Ethiopia: | 457 | |
| #68 | Benin: | 440 | |
| #69 | Zimbabwe: | 417 | |
| #70 | Burundi: | 410 | |
| #71 | Nicaragua: | 386 | |
| #72 | Togo: | 384 | |
| #73 | Panama: | 384 | |
| #74 | Honduras: | 381 | |
| #75 | Senegal: | 373 | |
| #76 | Sudan: | 342 | |
| #77 | Belarus: | 335 | |
| #78 | Cuba: | 297 | |
| #79 | Eritrea: | 290 | |
| #80 | Syria: | 269 | |
| #81 | Luxembourg: | 268 | |
| #82 | Pakistan: | 264 | |
| #83 | Central African Republic: | 262 | |
| #84 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the: | 259 | |
| #85 | Bangladesh: | 249 | |
| #86 | Russia: | 247 | |
| #87 | Malaysia: | 233 | |
| #88 | Chad: | 224 | |
| #89 | Iraq: | 190 | |
| #90 | Sweden: | 145 | |
| #91 | Lesotho: | 140 | |
| #92 | Mali: | 134 | |
| #93 | Albania: | 133 | |
| #94 | Singapore: | 130 | |
| #95 | Latvia: | 124 | |
| #96 | Gabon: | 121 | |
| #97 | East Timor: | 113 | |
| #98 | Reunion: | 109 | |
| #99 | Equatorial Guinea: | 107 | |
| #100 | Mauritius: | 104 | |
| #101 | Algeria: | 102 | |
| #102 | Guinea: | 96 | |
| #103 | Greece: | 91 | |
| #104 | Denmark: | 89 | |
| #105 | Sierra Leone: | 83 | |
| #106 | Namibia: | 81 | |
| #107 | Guinea-Bissau: | 78 | |
| #108 | Morocco: | 65 | |
| #109 | Norway: | 65 | |
| #110 | Solomon Islands: | 54 | |
| #111 | Nepal: | 51 | |
| #112 | Botswana: | 50 | |
| #113 | Cape Verde: | 48 | |
| #114 | Bulgaria: | 47 | |
| #115 | Niger: | 41 | |
| #116 | Liberia: | 40 | |
| #117 | Yemen: | 40 | |
| #118 | Cambodia: | 34 | |
| #119 | Swaziland: | 31 | |
| #120 | Liechtenstein: | 31 | |
| #121 | Tunisia: | 28 | |
| #122 | Gambia, The: | 25 | |
| #123 | Libya: | 22 | |
| #124 | Monaco: | 20 | |
| #125 | Finland: | 19 | |
| #126 | Moldova: | 18 | |
| #127 | Kazakhstan: | 17 | |
| #128 | Gibraltar: | 17 | |
| #129 | Seychelles: | 14 | |
| #130 | Laos: | 13 | |
| #131 | Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: | 12 | |
| #132 | Estonia: | 12 | |
| #133 | Cyprus: | 12 | |
| #134 | Mauritania: | 11 | |
| #135 | Iceland: | 10 | |
| #136 | Mongolia: | 9 | |
| #137 | Uzbekistan: | 9 | |
| #138 | Kuwait: | 8 | |
| #139 | Djibouti: | 6 | |
| #140 | Comoros: | 4 | |
| #141 | Tajikistan: | 4 | |
| #142 | Kyrgyzstan: | 4 | |
| #143 | Western Sahara: | 3 | |
| #144 | Turkmenistan: | 3 | |
| #145 | Somalia: | 2 | |
| #146 | Azerbaijan: | 2 | |
| #147 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon: | 2 | |
| #148 | Afghanistan: | 1 | |
| #149 | Saint Helena: | 1 | |
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Total: |
370,425 |
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Weighted average: |
2,486.1 |
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DEFINITION: Total number of Priests
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