OFM Statistics - Worldwide

[Luigi]

Taken from Fraternitas, Volume L, Issue 245, June 2017. I've added line breaks for clarity.

The World-Wide OFM Fraternity: Statistics As of December 31st, 2016, there are

Friars Minor 13.302

Postulants - 608 (not included in the total) 

Novices - 385 

Temporary Professed - 1496 (fratres cum optione clericali: 1129; fratres sine optione clericali: 150; fratres sine optione: 217) 

Solemnly Professed - 11,300 (Priests: 8977; Permanent Deacons: 62; Friars with Clerical Option: 410; Lay Friars: 1851) 

Cardinals (4) and Archbishops / Bishops (117), for a total of 121 bishops.

The number of friars who died during the year: 303.

The Friars Minor are present in 119 countries, with the following distribution: Africa and the Middle East: 1,234; Latin America: 3,257; North America: 1,194; Asia-Oceania: 1,487; Western Europe: 3,712; Eastern Europe: 2,418.