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