Monastery World Map

Monasteries in numbers

A live snapshot of the monasteries Monastery World Map has mapped worldwide, drawn from OpenStreetMap.

14,984Monasteries mapped
141Countries covered
101Blog posts
September 21, 2026Last updated

Top 10 countries

  • Myanmar7,783
  • Greece533
  • Italy520
  • India491
  • Poland368
  • France363
  • Germany334
  • Russia311
  • Spain308
  • Romania278

By continent

  • Asia9,366 (62.5%)
  • Europe4,585 (30.6%)
  • North America436 (2.9%)
  • South America357 (2.4%)
  • Africa160 (1.1%)
  • Oceania48 (0.3%)
  • Other32 (0.2%)