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by Catholic Population

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#	Catholics	Population	Percent Catholic	Country	Dioceses	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes
1	145,446,000	184,227,000	78.95%	Brazil	268	9,951	6,902	16,853	1,456	13,282	32,827	9,222
2	123,393,000	142,364,000	86.67%	México	90	11,016	3,602	14,618	744	6,509	29,051	6,101
3	69,630,000	85,930,000	81.03%	Philippines	86	5,037	2,298	7,335	11	5,694	12,102	2,909
4	64,621,000	285,538,000	22.63%	USA	194	30,207	14,699	44,906	14,362	21,698	71,250	19,081
5	57,665,000	59,725,000	96.55%	Italy	225	32,974	17,174	50,148	2,850	23,719	102,089	25,694
6	44,499,000	58,905,000	75.54%	France	98	17,238	4,692	21,930	1,857	8,361	42,442	18,844
7	38,406,000	44,508,000	86.29%	Colombia	75	5,661	2,259	7,920	278	4,163	15,178	3,831
8	37,165,000	42,335,000	87.79%	Spain	70	16,920	7,944	25,281	176	13,364	52,243	22,680
9	35,010,000	37,109,000	94.34%	Poland	44	22,556	5,901	28,457	3	9,356	23,967	10,421
10	34,480,000	38,631,000	89.25%	Argentina	69	3,577	2,071	5,648	626	3,385	9,070	2,642
11	29,500,000	59,293,000	49.75%	Congo (Dem. Rep.)	47	2,671	1,635	4,306		3,649	7,883	1,258
12	28,160,000	32,079,000	87.78%	Peru	45	1,502	1,267	2,769	57	2,569	5,589	1,421
13	26,297,000	82,727,000	31.79%	Germany	29	14,323	4,042	18,365	2,494	5,875	31,811	12,488
14	24,815,000	28,256,000	87.82%	Venezuela	38	1,493	1,064	2,557	138	1,628	3,775	1,256
15	17,906,000	124,517,000	14.38%	Nigeria	50	3,678	759	4,437	6	1,938	3,716	2,041
16	17,005,000	1,098,096,000	1.55%	India	149	11,437	8,509	19,946	8	17,352	82,348	8,583
17	13,070,000	29,503,000	44.30%	Canada	71	5,296	3,145	8,441	902	5,181	19,880	4,865
18	11,749,000	13,112,000	89.60%	Ecuador	24	1,076	721	1,797	74	1,381	4,617	1,208
19	11,219,000	26,537,000	42.28%	Uganda	19	1,253	331	1,584	2	1,183	2,989	436
20	11,021,000	15,488,000	71.16%	Chile	27	1,177	1,155	2,332	685	1,984	5,086	931
21	10,465,000	39,204,000	26.69%	Tanzania	30	1,441	699	2,140	1	1,745	7,591	847
22	10,304,000	13,453,000	76.59%	Guatemala	14	430	641	1,071	7	1,040	2,645	448
23	10,302,000	20,589,000	50.04%	Angola	16	336	293	629	1	723	1,731	271
24	9,457,000	10,460,000	90.41%	Portugal	21	3,000	936	3,936	147	1,376	5,963	4,395
25	8,253,000	9,737,000	84.76%	Bolivia	18	482	631	1,113	83	1,130	2,563	583
26	8,039,000	9,344,000	86.03%	Dominican Republic	12	424	454	878	363	605	1,723	569
27	8,018,000	32,296,000	24.83%	Kenya	26	1,083	814	1,897	1	2,204	3,747	708
28	7,775,000	10,292,000	75.54%	Belgium	9	4,410	2,869	7,279	558	3,971	13,288	3,949
29	6,743,000	10,316,000	65.36%	Haïti	9	400	291	691	4	682	1,789	296
30	6,439,000	204,229,000	3.15%	Indonesia	37	1,317	1,721	3,038	13	4,146	7,372	1,130
31	6,330,000	12,544,000	50.46%	Cuba	11	180	119	299	60	152	650	290
32	6,056,000	10,402,000	58.22%	Hungary	16	1,845	330	2,175	52	483	1,237	2,221
33	5,790,000	7,288,000	79.45%	Honduras	8	203	214	417	1	243	779	182
34	5,755,000	7,982,000	72.10%	Austria	12	2,629	1,731	4,360	425	2,374	5,220	3,058
35	5,658,000	82,312,000	6.87%	Viêt Nam	25	2,194	474	2,668	11	2,793	11,443	2,228
36	5,436,000	7,144,000	76.09%	El Salvador	9	469	238	707	4	344	1,491	418
37	5,239,000	18,841,000	27.81%	Australia	32	1,943	1,172	3,115	53	2,138	6,876	1,378
38	5,239,000	5,722,000	91.56%	Paraguay	15	333	766	1,099	112	1,011	2,127	374
39	5,212,000	6,385,000	81.63%	Nicaragua	8	296	123	419	27	219	1,028	252
40	5,042,000	16,117,000	31.28%	Netherlands	8	1,387	2,031	3,418	310	3,383	9,128	1,520
41	4,787,000	56,276,000	8.51%	Great Britain	32	4,031	1,622	5,653	612	2,177	7,109	3,099
42	4,766,000	64,915,000	7.34%	Ukraine	19	2,348	411	2,770	11	665	1,095	4,026
43	4,701,000	20,072,000	23.42%	Madagascar	20	498	645	1,143		1,494	3,930	314
44	4,567,000	6,999,000	65.25%	Burundi	7	340	95	435		302	1,093	132
45	4,377,000	49,409,000	8.86%	Korea (South)	18	2,672	539	3,211		1,472	8,397	1,366
46	4,314,000	19,318,000	22.33%	Mozambique	12	186	312	498	1	536	979	280
47	4,287,000	17,109,000	25.06%	Cameroon	23	902	504	1,406	16	1,019	1,958	740
48	4,161,000	5,467,000	76.11%	Ireland	26	3,097	1,593	4,690	1	2,460	8,088	1,312
49	4,133,000	8,625,000	47.92%	Rwanda	9	413	124	537		331	1,390	138
50	4,019,000	44,028,000	9.13%	Sudan	9	269	95	364	4	167	343	195
51	3,942,000	5,395,000	73.07%	Slovakia	9	2,037	591	2,628	20	996	3,018	1,507
52	3,867,000	5,259,000	73.53%	Croatia	15	1,496	833	2,329	1	1,018	3,288	1,603
53	3,763,000	4,513,000	83.38%	Costa Rica	8	549	212	761	3	327	948	307
54	3,519,000	10,284,000	34.22%	Czech Republic	9	1,376	620	1,996	152	798	1,935	3,139
55	3,425,000	12,138,000	28.22%	Zambia	10	283	354	637	1	596	1,596	265
56	3,281,000	15,081,000	21.76%	Malawi	7	281	127	408		265	963	147
57	3,186,000	6,914,000	46.08%	Switzerland	8	1,775	1,225	3,000	157	1,606	5,679	1,662
58	3,101,000	48,770,000	6.36%	South Africa	27	453	645	1,098	213	1,132	2,577	736
59	2,964,000	397,673,000	.75%	China	117	2,270	2,289	4,559	6	1,933	6,079	2,335
60	2,841,000	18,805,000	15.11%	Côte d'Ivoire	14	652	237	889	6	533	831	287
61	2,799,000	3,823,000	73.21%	Puerto Rico	5	369	365	734	418	469	1,158	327
62	2,766,000	3,457,000	80.01%	Lithuania	8	681	98	779	4	145	773	677
63	2,675,000	21,520,000	12.43%	Ghana	18	876	193	1,069	1	476	794	366
64	2,315,000	3,176,000	72.89%	Uruguay	10	203	256	459	76	382	1,089	226
65	2,233,000	8,241,000	27.10%	Antilles	21	287	337	624	81	518	1,055	465
66	2,077,000	4,114,000	50.49%	Congo	7	176	62	238	1	152	232	158
67	1,883,000	-		Lebanon	23	1,001	602	1,603	4	1,030	2,728	1,253
68	1,875,000	21,709,000	8.64%	Romania	12	1,551	182	1,733	4	437	1,326	1,430
69	1,799,000	2,107,000	85.38%	Panama	8	199	197	396	64	270	447	186
70	1,688,000	4,968,000	33.98%	Papua New Guinea	19	185	328	513	7	672	861	305
71	1,646,000	7,155,000	23.00%	Benin	10	394	107	501		227	939	212
72	1,623,000	1,997,000	81.27%	Slovenia	3	854	296	1,150	8	372	741	803
73	1,545,000	13,169,000	11.73%	Burkina Faso	13	559	157	716		491	1,218	141
74	1,483,000	5,968,000	24.85%	Togo	7	321	127	448		337	735	151
75	1,364,000	20,204,000	6.75%	Sri Lanka	11	648	307	955		626	2,300	391
76	1,300,000	47,760,000	2.72%	Yemen	1	9	36	45	1	36	64	20
77	1,282,000	14,580,000	8.79%	Zimbabwe	8	183	220	403	12	528	1,049	208
78	1,191,000	165,809,000	.72%	Pakistan	7	122	112	234	1	208	662	114
79	1,030,000	10,310,000	9.99%	Belarus	4	214	157	371		207	354	402
80	971,000	1,811,000	53.62%	Lesotho	4	67	80	147		150	653	86
81	793,000	3,492,000	22.71%	Central African Republic	9	139	138	277		189	334	114
82	789,000	147,125,000	.54%	Russian Federation	5	126	142	268	3	193	309	426
83	784,000	24,740,000	3.17%	Malaysia	8	179	48	227	1	101	558	142
84	767,000	823,000	93.20%	East Timor	2	44	69	113		195	289	37
85	720,000	8,178,000	8.80%	Chad	8	131	111	242		157	375	109
86	703,000	2,500,000	28.12%	Pacific (Oceania)	17	213	260	473	141	463	837	345
87	673,000	10,357,000	6.50%	Senegal	7	267	127	394		336	719	125
88	615,000	1,325,000	46.42%	Gabon	6	57	61	118	1	95	167	64
89	603,000	58,304,000	1.03%	Myanmar	12	515	29	544		159	1,454	290
90	595,000	645,000	92.25%	Réunion	1	58	52	110	13	86	505	75
91	548,000	586,000	93.52%	Equatorial Guinea	3	63	45	108	2	86	208	69
92	541,000	9,878,000	5.48%	Serbia and Montenegro	7	205	46	251	7	57	319	265
93	533,000	59,862,000	.89%	Ethiopia	10	189	289	478	1	461	596	246
94	509,000	127,851,000	.40%	Japan	16	501	1,088	1,589	12	1,407	6,263	848
95	464,000	2,981,000	15.57%	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	266	361	627	1	437	499	276
96	459,000	3,945,000	11.63%	New Zealand	7	317	201	518	9	366	944	271
97	432,000	465,000	92.90%	Cape Verde	2	17	35	52		42	134	31
98	430,000	2,381,000	18.06%	Latvia	4	108	27	135	1	32	109	267
99	425,000	1,000,000	42.50%	Syria	17	199	77	276	12	96	375	227
100	414,000	3,500,000	11.83%	Iraq	15	142	37	179	9	71	424	119
101	388,000	448,000	86.61%	Luxembourg	1	180	68	248	7	80	566	275
102	375,000	2,235,000	16.78%	Namibia	3	19	63	82	45	97	399	91
103	368,000	386,000	95.34%	Malta	2	477	448	925		524	1,047	79
104	310,000	1,178,000	26.32%	Mauritius	2	61	40	101		74	244	49
105	303,000	22,158,000	1.37%	Taiwan	7	226	479	705		644	1,056	452
106	299,000	-		Egypt	12	205	327	532		462	1,323	205
107	292,000	63,922,000	.46%	Thailand	10	433	229	662		434	1,439	436
108	283,000	119,062,000	.24%	Bangladesh	6	126	131	257		226	1,059	81
109	270,000	-		Armenia	2	6	17	23		27	43	48
110	235,000	2,460,000	9.55%	Albania	4	22	26	48		35	177	72
111	227,000	15,039,000	1.51%	Mali	6	79	71	150		88	280	42
112	186,000	5,966,000	3.12%	Sierra Leone	3	69	51	120		80	39	61
113	182,000	15,889,000	1.15%	Kazakhstan	4	45	29	74		40	100	46
114	171,000	6,646,000	2.57%	Guinea	3	80	19	99		36	100	56
115	165,000	2,850,000	5.79%	Liberia	3	36	16	52		29	42	49
116	162,000	4,185,000	3.87%	Singapore	1	70	67	137		132	202	30
117	158,000	2,650,000	5.96%	Kuwait	1	2	8	10	1	8	13	4
118	148,000	4,968,000	2.98%	Eritrea	3	80	252	332		347	562	110
119	144,000	8,977,000	1.60%	Sweden	1	73	78	151	23	96	215	41
120	123,000	11,862,000	1.04%	Greece	11	53	37	90	3	65	124	86
121	121,000	138,000	87.68%	São Tomé and Príncipe	1	2	7	9		15	36	12
122	120,000	1,300,000	9.23%	Guinea-Bissau	2	13	54	67		78	133	30
123	91,000	437,000	20.82%	Solomon Islands	3	38	29	67		43	95	27
124	83,000	1,735,000	4.78%	Botswana	2	16	40	56	1	44	72	33
125	83,000	-		Palestine	2	86	304	390		509	1,209	74
126	75,000	5,939,000	1.26%	Libya	4	3	20	23		20	133	13
127	74,000	8,000,000	.93%	Bulgaria	3	17	35	52		43	87	56
128	74,000	-		Israel	2	58	30	88		38	612	18
129	70,000	82,000	85.37%	Seychelles	1	8	8	16	1	9	53	17
130	55,000	4,556,000	1.21%	Norway	3	27	43	70	3	48	173	32
131	55,000	990,000	5.56%	Swaziland	1	11	15	26		23	58	15
132	39,000	6,524,000	.60%	Laos	4	12		12		2	83	77
133	35,000	5,501,000	.64%	Denmark	1	39	38	77	5	43	222	50
134	35,000	1,680,000	2.08%	Gambia	1	15	10	25		21	42	54
135	31,000	-		Jordan	1	23	5	28		5	15	28
136	29,000	32,000	90.63%	Monaco	1	13	5	18	1	5	15	6
137	28,000	-		Turkey	6	11	50	61	2	68	115	43
138	25,000	33,000	75.76%	Liechtenstein	1	19	10	29		10	57	10
139	24,000	-		Iran	5	6	11	17	3	11	30	17
140	23,000	31,700,000	.07%	Morocco	2	6	40	46		56	239	40
141	21,000	347,000	6.05%	Brunei Darussalam	1	3	1	4		1	2	3
142	21,000	28,000	75.00%	Gibraltar	1	9	1	10		4	9	6
143	21,000	12,571,000	.17%	Cambodia	3	6	36	42		47	72	36
144	20,000	4,247,000	.47%	Moldova	1	6	8	14	1	18	40	11
145	20,000	9,700,000	.21%	Tunisia	1	13	21	34		25	139	11
146	16,000	11,880,000	.13%	Niger	2	14	30	44		35	81	17
147	14,000	2,350,000	.60%	Macedonia	2	12	3	15		3	32	7
148	10,000	780,000	1.28%	Cyprus	1	5	2	7		5	3	9
149	8,000	5,206,000	.15%	Finland	1	6	10	16	1	12	36	7
150	7,000	557,000	1.26%	Djibouti	1	2	5	7		9	19	6
151	7,000	24,421,000	.03%	Nepal	1	9	40	49		56	115	42
152	6,000	6,000	100.00%	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1		2	2		2	6	2
153	5,000	1,370,000	.36%	Estonia	1	9	5	14		5	21	6
154	5,000	290,000	1.72%	Iceland	1	6	5	11		5	34	4
155	4,000	907,000	.44%	Comoros	1	1	3	4		4	4	2
156	4,000	2,600,000	.15%	Mauritania	1	3	10	13		10	34	6
157	3,000	31,135,000	.01%	Algeria	4	36	56	92	1	77	195	37

Note: The table above is generated with the most recent data available for each diocese. Dioceses with incomplete data may be excluded which will lower the totals for its Country.