Total number of people in monastic orders and congregations Belgium 2017, by gender
The statistic displays the total number of people in Catholic Church monastic orders and congregations in Belgium in 2017, by gender. As of 2017, there were just under 10,000 people living in monastic orders and congregations in Belgium, of whom the vast majority were women. There were nearly 7,000 women in monastic orders and congregations in Belgium in 2017, compared to approximately 2,600 men.
