International Masonic Statistics – Graphs, Maps, Charts
The information on this chart is based on information from various sources, such as Freemasonry Universal, the excellent book about Freemasonry by Kent Henderson and Tony Pope, MSA, Grand Lodge Proceedings, List of Lodges – Masonic (Pantagraph) books and various countries’ census or statistical bureaus. If anyone has any updates for additions or changes on this chart, please send email to Paul M. Bessel at paulb’at’bessel.org
Because of the nature of these sources of information, most of the statistics are for what are sometimes called “mainstream” Grand Lodges, although some others are clearly listed. For the United States, the statistics are for the “predominately white” Grand Lodges. Prince Hall Masonic statistics are shown on another webpage — http://bessel.org/phastats.htm More Masonic statistics about the U.S. (“mainstream” Grand Lodges) are at http://bessel.org/masstats.htm
| Country or Jurisdiction | Population (as current as possible) | Number of Masons (obtained from sources thought to be accurate) |
Percent of Population who are Masons |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Argentina |
32,245,467 |
2,500 |
0.01% |
|
Australia – New South Wales |
6,411,700 |
30,000 |
0.5% |
|
Australia – Queensland |
3,512,300 |
16,254 |
0.5% |
|
Australia – South Australia |
1,493,100 |
6,500 |
0.4% |
|
Australia – Tasmania |
470,300 |
3,357 |
0.7% |
|
Australia – Victoria |
4,712,200 |
25,987 |
0.6% |
|
Australia – Western Australia |
1,861,000 |
6,700 |
0.4% |
|
Australia |
18,460,600 |
88,798 |
0.5% |
|
Austria |
8,103,800 |
2,350 |
0.03% |
|
Belgium |
10,274,595 |
1,500 |
0.02% |
|
Benin |
6,097,000 |
350 |
0.01% |
|
Bolivia |
8,329,000 |
2,839 |
0.03% |
|
Brazil – Grande Oriente |
105,743 |
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|
Brazil – Acre (Gleac) (Roraima?) |
557,226 |
993 |
0.2% |
|
Brazil – Alagoas |
2,819,172 |
600 |
0.02% |
|
Brazil – Amapa |
475,843 |
280 |
0.06% |
|
Brazil – Amazonas-Glomam |
2,813,085 |
6,703 |
0.2% |
|
Brazil – Bahia |
13,066,910 |
6,311 |
0.05% |
|
Brazil – Brasilia |
2,043,169 |
1,062 |
0.05% |
|
Brazil – Ceara |
7,418,476 |
11,906 |
0.2% |
|
Brazil – Esperito Santo |
3,094,390 |
4,167 |
0.1% |
|
Brazil – Goias |
4,996,439 |
4,500 |
0.09% |
|
Brazil – Guanabara |
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|
Brazil – Maranhao |
5,642,960 |
1,181 |
0.02% |
|
Brazil – Mato Grosso |
2,502,260 |
784 |
0.03% |
|
Brazil – Mato Grosso do Sul |
2,074,877 |
1,990 |
0.1% |
|
Brazil – Minas Gerais |
17,866,402 |
8,683 |
0.05% |
|
Brazil – Para |
6,189,550 |
2,920 |
0.05% |
|
Brazil – Paraiba |
3,439,344 |
1,616 |
0.05% |
|
Brazil – Parana |
9,558,454 |
2,800 |
0.03% |
|
Brazil – Pernambuco |
7,911,937 |
1,050 |
0.01% |
|
Brazil – Piaui |
2,841,202 |
1,840 |
0.06% |
|
Brazil – Rio de Janeiro |
14,367,083 |
9,433 |
0.07% |
|
Brazil – Rio Grande do Norte |
2,771,538 |
500 |
0.02% |
|
Brazil – Rio Grande do Sul |
10,181,749 |
3,890 |
0.04% |
|
Brazil – Rondonia-Glomaron |
1,377,792 |
455 |
0.03% |
|
Brazil – Roraima |
324,152 |
500 |
0.2% |
|
Brazil – Santa Catarina |
5,349,580 |
2,124 |
0.04% |
|
Brazil – Sao Paulo |
36,969,476 |
15,909 |
0.04% |
|
Brazil – Sergipe |
1,781,714 |
313 |
0.02% |
|
Brazil – Tocantins |
1,155,913 |
675 |
0.06% |
|
Brazil |
169,590,693 |
198,928 |
0.1% |
|
Bulgaria |
8,225,000 |
200 |
0.002% |
|
Burkina Faso |
11,937,000 |
200 |
0.002% |
|
Canada – Alberta |
2,997,200 |
9,344 |
0.3% |
|
Canada – British Columbia |
4,063,800 |
15,300 |
0.4% |
|
Canada – Manitoba |
1,147,900 |
4,785 |
0.4% |
|
Canada – New Brunswick |
756,600 |
5,146 |
0.7% |
|
Canada – Nova Scotia |
941,000 |
6,712 |
0.7% |
|
Canada – Ontario |
11,669,300 |
67,130 |
0.6% |
|
Canada – Prince Edward Island |
138,900 |
1,045 |
0.8% |
|
Canada – Quebec |
7,372,400 |
5,742 |
0.1% |
|
Canada – Saskatchewan |
1,023,600 |
5,312 |
0.5% |
|
Canada |
30,110,700 |
120,516 |
0.4% |
|
Chile |
15,211,000 |
14,000 |
0.1% |
|
China |
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|
Colombia – Barranquilla |
300 |
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|
Colombia – Bogota |
700 |
||
|
Colombia – Cali |
350 |
||
|
Colombia – Cartagena |
241 |
||
|
Colombia – Los Andes (Bucaramanga) |
250 |
||
|
Colombia – Santander |
169 |
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|
Colombia |
42,321,000 |
2,010 |
0.005% |
|
Costa Rica |
4,023,000 |
234 |
0.01% |
|
Croatia |
4,473,000 |
100 |
0.002% |
|
Cuba |
11,201,000 |
27,882 |
0.2% |
|
Czech Republic |
10,272,503 |
206 |
0.002% |
|
Denmark |
5,450,661 |
9,377 |
.17% |
|
Dominican Republic |
7,293,390 |
3,500 |
0.05% |
|
Ecuador |
12,646,000 |
500 |
0.004% |
|
Egypt |
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|
England |
52,428,000 |
358,214 |
0.7% |
|
Estonia |
1,396,000 |
110 |
0.01% |
|
Finland |
5,176,000 |
5,600 |
0.1% |
|
France – GOF |
38,000 A masonic brother has emailed me: The “Humanisme” (GOF “home” magazine) prints 42,000+ copies and authoritative sources (an immediate Past (and reliable) Assistant Grand Master of GOF) says “just below 40,000.” |
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|
France – GLF |
26,000 |
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|
France – GLNF |
20,000 A masonic brother has emailed me: The “Actualités” (GLNF “house” magazine) prints 33,000+ copies and I can tell you that GLNF now has 31,500 members. The figures of printing are “public” as every periodical must file such data with Ministry of Interior. |
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|
France |
59,080,000 |
84,000 |
0.1% |
|
Gabon |
1,226,000 |
300 |
0.02% |
|
Germany |
82,220,000 |
14,000 |
0.02% |
|
Greece |
10,645,000 |
8,000 |
0.1% |
|
Guatemala |
11,385,000 |
582 |
0.01% |
|
Haiti |
8,222,000 |
6,000 |
0.1% |
|
Honduras |
6,485,000 |
350 |
0.01% |
|
Hungary |
10,036,000 |
250 |
0.002% |
|
Iceland |
281,000 |
2,947 |
1.0% |
|
India |
1,027,015,247 |
15,070 |
0.001% |
|
Iran |
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|
Ireland |
3,730,000 |
38,000 |
1.0% |
|
Israel |
6,217,000 |
3,000 |
0.05% |
|
Italy – Grand Orient |
12,000 |
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|
Italy – Grant Lodge |
1,200 |
||
|
Italy |
57,298,000 |
13,200 |
0.02% |
|
Ivory Coast |
14,786,000 |
1,000 |
0.007% |
|
Japan |
126,714,000 |
2,508 |
0.002% |
|
Liberia |
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|
Luxembourg |
431,000 |
276 |
0.1% |
|
Madagascar |
15,942,000 |
100 |
0.001% |
|
Mali |
11,234,000 |
100 |
0.001% |
|
Mexico – Baja California |
2,000 |
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|
Mexico – Coahuila (Benito Juarez) |
250 |
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|
Mexico – Chiapas |
800 |
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|
Mexico – Chihuahua (Cosmos) |
2,600 |
||
|
Mexico – Nuevo Leon |
3,000 |
||
|
Mexico – Occidental Mexicana |
750 |
||
|
Mexico – Pacifico |
387 |
||
|
Mexico – El Potosi |
600 |
||
|
Mexico – Tamaulipas |
2,509 |
||
|
Mexico – Unida Mexicana (Veracruz) |
2,500 |
||
|
Mexico – Valle de Mexico |
12,321 |
||
|
Mexico – York |
376 |
||
|
Mexico |
98,881,000 |
28,093 |
0.03% |
|
Netherlands |
15,786,000 |
6,528 |
0.04% |
|
New Zealand |
3,862,000 |
14,600 |
0.4% |
|
Nicaragua |
5,074,000 |
182 |
0.004% |
|
Norway |
4,465,000 |
17,000 |
0.4% |
|
Panama |
2,856,000 |
387 |
0.01% |
|
Paraguay |
5,496,000 |
850 |
0.02% |
|
Peru |
25,662,000 |
7,131 |
0.03% |
|
Philippines |
76,498,735 |
16,676 |
0.02% |
|
Poland |
38,765,000 |
120 |
0.0003% |
|
Portugal |
9,875,000 |
600 |
0.01% |
|
Puerto Rico |
3,869,000 |
3,443 |
0.1% |
|
Romania |
22,327,000 |
753 |
0.003% |
|
Russia |
146,934,000 |
178 |
0.0001% |
|
El Salvador (Cuscatlan) |
6,276,000 |
250 |
0.004% |
|
Scotland |
5,120,000 |
150,000 |
2.930% |
|
Senegal |
9,481,000 |
450 |
0.005% |
|
Slovenia |
1,986,000 |
100 |
0.005% |
|
South Africa |
40,377,000 |
3,300 |
0.008% |
|
Spain |
39,630,000 |
2,000 |
0.01% |
|
Sweden |
8,910,000 |
17,000 |
0.2% |
|
Switzerland |
7,386,000 |
3,842 |
0.1% |
|
Turkey |
66,591,000 |
11,250 |
0.02% |
|
Uruguay |
3,337,000 |
2,870 |
0.1% |
|
Venezuela |
24,170,000 |
3,400 |
0.01% |
|
Yugoslavia |
10,640,000 |
150 |
0.001% |
|
U.S. – Alabama |
4,447,100 |
41,038 |
0.9% |
|
U.S. – Alaska |
626,932 |
2,061 |
0.3% |
|
U.S. – Arizona |
5,130,632 |
11,500 |
0.2% |
|
U.S. – Arkansas |
2,673,400 |
23,697 |
0.9% |
|
U.S. – California |
33,871,648 |
94,693 |
0.3% |
|
U.S. – Colorado |
4,301,261 |
17,745 |
0.4% |
|
U.S. – Connecticut |
3,405,565 |
18,859 |
0.6% |
|
U.S. – Delaware |
783,600 |
6,110 |
0.8% |
|
U.S. – D.C. |
572,059 |
5,464 |
1.0% |
|
U.S. – Florida |
15,982,378 |
61,199 |
0.4% |
|
U.S. – Georgia |
8,186,453 |
60,168 |
0.7% |
|
U.S. – Hawaii |
1,211,537 |
2,198 |
0.2% |
|
U.S. – Idaho |
1,293,953 |
6,131 |
0.5% |
|
U.S. – Illinois |
12,419,293 |
88,566 |
0.7% |
|
U.S. – Indiana |
6,080,485 |
86,542 |
1.4% |
|
U.S. – Iowa |
2,926,324 |
30,940 |
1.1% |
|
U.S. – Kansas |
2,688,418 |
37,790 |
1.4% |
|
U.S. – Kentucky |
4,041,769 |
61,626 |
1.5% |
|
U.S. – Louisiana |
4,468,976 |
26,551 |
0.6% |
|
U.S. – Maine |
1,274,923 |
26,458 |
2.1% |
|
U.S. – Maryland |
5,296,486 |
23,674 |
0.4% |
|
U.S. – Massachusetts |
6,349,097 |
51,542 |
0.8% |
|
U.S. – Michigan |
9,938,444 |
58,767 |
0.6% |
|
U.S. – Minnesota |
4,919,479 |
21,990 |
0.4% |
|
U.S. – Mississippi |
2,844,658 |
27,370 |
1.0% |
|
U.S. – Missouri |
5,595,211 |
55,887 |
1.0% |
|
U.S. – Montana |
902,195 |
8,874 |
1.0% |
|
U.S. – Nebraska |
1,711,263 |
17,633 |
1.0% |
|
U.S. – Nevada |
1,998,257 |
5,360 |
0.3% |
|
U.S. – New Hampshire |
1,235,786 |
9,096 |
0.7% |
|
U.S. – New Jersey |
8,414,350 |
34,949 |
0.4% |
|
U.S. – New Mexico |
1,819,046 |
7,499 |
0.4% |
|
U.S. – New York |
18,976,457 |
69,787 |
0.4% |
|
U.S. – North Carolina |
8,049,313 |
56,595 |
0.7% |
|
U.S. – North Dakota |
642,200 |
4,270 |
0.7% |
|
U.S. – Ohio |
11,353,140 |
138,357 |
1.2% |
|
U.S. – Oklahoma |
3,450,654 |
36,330 |
1.1% |
|
U.S. – Oregon |
3,421,399 |
15,124 |
0.4% |
|
U.S. – Pennsylvania |
12,281,054 |
144,682 |
1.2% |
|
U.S. – Rhode Island |
1,048,319 |
5,966 |
0.6% |
|
U.S. – South Carolina |
4,012,012 |
51,851 |
1.3% |
|
U.S. – South Dakota |
754,844 |
7,701 |
1.0% |
|
U.S. – Tennessee |
5,689,283 |
64,991 |
1.1% |
|
U.S. – Texas |
20,851,820 |
134,609 |
0.6% |
|
U.S. – Utah |
2,233,169 |
2,455 |
0.1% |
|
U.S. – Vermont |
608,827 |
8,296 |
1.4% |
|
U.S. – Virginia |
7,078,515 |
47,082 |
0.7% |
|
U.S. – Washington |
5,894,121 |
23,886 |
0.4% |
|
U.S. – West Virginia |
1,808,344 |
28,079 |
1.6% |
|
U.S. – Wisconsin |
5,363,675 |
19,851 |
0.4% |
|
U.S. – Wyoming |
493,782 |
6,241 |
1.3% |
|
U.S. |
281,421,906 |
1,898,130 |
0.7% |
| Total of all countries listed above |
2,887,632,041 |
3,209,503 |
0.1% |