Religion Statistics > Catholic > Diocesan priests (most recent) by country

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Rank	Countries	Amount
# 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
= 71	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
= 91	Singapore:	69
= 91	Sweden:	69
# 94	Equatorial Guinea:	64
= 95	Lesotho:	62
= 95	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
= 106	Norway:	29
# 108	Liberia:	28
# 109	Morocco:	25
= 110	Liechtenstein:	19
= 110	Namibia:	19
# 112	Botswana:	18
# 113	Guinea-Bissau:	17
= 114	Niger:	16
= 114	Gibraltar:	16
# 116	Bulgaria:	15
= 117	Gambia, The:	13
= 117	Monaco:	13
= 117	Laos:	13
= 117	Cape Verde:	13
# 121	Swaziland:	12
= 122	Tunisia:	11
= 122	Kazakhstan:	11
= 122	Nepal:	11
= 125	Cyprus:	10
= 125	Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:	10
= 125	Moldova:	10
= 128	Seychelles:	9
= 128	Yemen:	9
# 130	Cambodia:	7
= 131	Iceland:	6
= 131	Finland:	6
= 131	Estonia:	6
# 134	Libya:	5
# 135	Djibouti:	3
= 136	Mongolia:	2
= 136	Uzbekistan:	2
= 136	Kuwait:	2
= 139	Somalia:	1
= 139	Kyrgyzstan:	1
= 139	Mauritania:	1
= 139	Comoros:	1
= 139	Tajikistan:	1
	Total:	246,488
	Weighted average:	1,723.7

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