Religion Statistics > Catholic > Total Priests (most recent) by country

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Rank	Countries	Amount
# 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
= 72	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
= 108	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
= 116	Yemen:	40
# 118	Cambodia:	34
= 119	Swaziland:	31
= 119	Liechtenstein:	31
# 121	Tunisia:	28
# 122	Gambia, The:	25
# 123	Libya:	22
# 124	Monaco:	20
# 125	Finland:	19
# 126	Moldova:	18
= 127	Kazakhstan:	17
= 127	Gibraltar:	17
# 129	Seychelles:	14
# 130	Laos:	13
= 131	Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:	12
= 131	Estonia:	12
= 131	Cyprus:	12
# 134	Mauritania:	11
# 135	Iceland:	10
= 136	Mongolia:	9
= 136	Uzbekistan:	9
# 138	Kuwait:	8
# 139	Djibouti:	6
= 140	Comoros:	4
= 140	Tajikistan:	4
= 140	Kyrgyzstan:	4
= 143	Western Sahara:	3
= 143	Turkmenistan:	3
= 145	Somalia:	2
= 145	Azerbaijan:	2
= 145	Saint Pierre and Miquelon:	2
= 148	Afghanistan:	1
= 148	Saint Helena:	1
	Total:	370,425
	Weighted average:	2,486.1

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