List of popes by country

These popes are from the Roman province of Africa, which corresponds to the coastal parts of Tunisia, Libya and Algeria.

[citation needed] England is part of the modern United Kingdom.

Sixteen popes have had French ancestry, all in the second half of the medieval era.

Since the end of the Avignon Papacy, no French person has been elected pope.

The Italian Peninsula, from the beginning of the Middle Ages until the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy, was divided into numerous city-states and other political entities.