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