Monasteries in numbers
A live snapshot of the monasteries Monastery World Map has mapped worldwide, drawn from OpenStreetMap.
14,923Monasteries mapped
141Countries covered
99Blog posts
July 20, 2026Last updated
Top 10 countries
By continent
- Asia9,314 (62.4%)
- Europe4,584 (30.7%)
- North America431 (2.9%)
- South America354 (2.4%)
- Africa160 (1.1%)
- Oceania48 (0.3%)
- Other32 (0.2%)