NationMaster - Catholic > Dioceses (most recent) by country

Rank	Countries	Amount (top to bottom)
#1	Brazil:	266
#2	Italy:	227
#3	United States:	194
#4	India:	146
#5	China:	117
#6	France:	98
#7	Philippines:	86
#8	Colombia:	75
#9	Canada:	72
#10	Argentina:	69
#11	Spain:	68
#12	Nigeria:	49
#13	Peru:	45
#14	Poland:	42
#15	Venezuela:	38
#16	Indonesia:	35
#17	United Kingdom:	32
#18	Australia:	32
#19	Tanzania:	30
#20	Germany:	29
#21	Chile:	27
#22	South Africa:	27
#23	Kenya:	26
#24	Ireland:	26
#25	Ecuador:	24
#26	Cameroon:	23
#27	Portugal:	21
#28	Madagascar:	20
#29	Uganda:	19
#30	Papua New Guinea:	19
#31	Ghana:	18
#32	Bolivia:	18
#33	Korea, South:	17
#34	Syria:	17
#35	Croatia:	16
#36	Japan:	16
#37	Hungary:	16
#38	Ukraine:	16
#39	Angola:	16
#40	Paraguay:	15
#41	Iraq:	15
#42	Guatemala:	14
#43	Dominican Republic:	12
#44	Romania:	12
#45	Austria:	12
#46	Burkina Faso:	12
#47	Mozambique:	12
#48	Burma:	12
#49	Greece:	11
#50	Cuba:	11
#51	Sri Lanka:	11
#52	Thailand:	10
#53	Uruguay:	10
#54	Benin:	10
#55	Zambia:	10
#56	El Salvador:	9
#57	Sudan:	9
#58	Czech Republic:	9
#59	Rwanda:	9
#60	Ethiopia:	9
#61	Belgium:	9
#62	Zimbabwe:	8
#63	Nicaragua:	8
#64	Chad:	8
#65	Lithuania:	8
#66	Malaysia:	8
#67	Central African Republic:	8
#68	Slovakia:	8
#69	Panama:	8
#70	Switzerland:	8
#71	Netherlands:	8
#72	New Zealand:	7
#73	Costa Rica:	7
#74	Malawi:	7
#75	Albania:	7
#76	Honduras:	7
#77	Pakistan:	7
#78	Taiwan:	7
#79	Senegal:	7
#80	Congo, Democratic Republic of the:	7
#81	Togo:	7
#82	Burundi:	7
#83	Bangladesh:	6
#84	Gabon:	6
#85	Mali:	6
#86	Puerto Rico:	5
#87	Russia:	5
#88	Latvia:	4
#89	Laos:	4
#90	Belarus:	4
#91	Libya:	4
#92	Algeria:	4
#93	Lesotho:	4
#94	Guinea:	3
#95	Bulgaria:	3
#96	Bosnia and Herzegovina:	3
#97	Equatorial Guinea:	3
#98	Namibia:	3
#99	Norway:	3
#100	Liberia:	3
#101	Solomon Islands:	3
#102	Sierra Leone:	3
#103	Slovenia:	3
#104	Eritrea:	3
#105	Cambodia:	3
#106	East Timor:	2
#107	Botswana:	2
#108	Malta:	2
#109	Morocco:	2
#110	Niger:	2
#111	Mauritius:	2
#112	Kazakhstan:	2
#113	Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:	2
#114	Guinea-Bissau:	2
#115	Somalia:	1
#116	Azerbaijan:	1
#117	Cape Verde:	1
#118	Monaco:	1
#119	Afghanistan:	1
#120	Nepal:	1
#121	Liechtenstein:	1
#122	Mauritania:	1
#123	Tajikistan:	1
#124	Comoros:	1
#125	Gibraltar:	1
#126	Uzbekistan:	1
#127	Gambia, The:	1
#128	Sweden:	1
#129	Turkmenistan:	1
#130	Swaziland:	1
#131	Saint Pierre and Miquelon:	1
#132	Yemen:	1
#133	Seychelles:	1
#134	Mongolia:	1
#135	Luxembourg:	1
#136	Kuwait:	1
#137	Kyrgyzstan:	1
#138	Tunisia:	1
#139	Iceland:	1
#140	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):	1
#141	Reunion:	1
#142	Western Sahara:	1
#143	Finland:	1
#144	Saint Helena:	1
#145	Singapore:	1
#146	Estonia:	1
#147	Denmark:	1
#148	Moldova:	1
#149	Cyprus:	1
#150	Djibouti:	1
	Total:	2,674
	Weighted average:	17.8

DEFINITION: Number of Dioceses. The term "diocese" is used to indicate any Catholic ecclesial jurisdiction. In most cases a diocese is a specific geographic area. Dioceses within the same rite do not normally overlap.

SOURCE: Catholic Hierarchy.org

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