A bar chart showing the places of origin for popes for all 267 popes, as of May 8, 2025. About 80% or 217 popes were from the Italian Peninsula, which includes modern-day Italy as well as historical empires and republics. 16 popes were from modern-day France, 6 from modern-day Germany, and 5 from the Byzantine Empire in modern-day Syria. On May 8, 2025, Pope Leo XIV became the first American pope.