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OrganizationWorth
(billion USD)		CountryReligion/BeliefNotes
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 265.0Flag of the United States.svg  United States Church of Latter Day Saints Includes everything from investments, operating assets(ecclesiastical buildings) and Real estate, mostly from USA [1]
Catholic Church in Germany 265.62 to 47.24Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Catholicism Some sources suggest a value as high as $265.62 billion, while others put it closer to $47.24 billion due to limited public data on the Church's finances. Former totals the value of land, real estate, investments and holdings of the Catholic Church and its institutions [2] [3]
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams(TTD) 31.81Flag of India.svg  India Hinduism Holdings reportedly includes 10.25 tonnes of gold deposits in banks, 2.5 tonnes of gold jewelry, $1.9 billion in various banks and 980 properties across India [4]
Muhammadiyah 27.96Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Sunni Islam Roughly converted from 400 trillion rupiah as of 2023. [5]
Catholic Church in France 23.0[ failed verification ]Flag of France.svg  France Catholicism [6] [ failed verification ]
Catholic Church in Australia 23.25Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Catholicism Extrapolated figure from calculating assets and investments in the state of Victoria [7]
Padmanabhaswamy Temple 21.43Flag of India.svg  India Hinduism No official confirmation, only media reports of Gold Idols, jewelleries, diamonds etc mostly of archeological significance entirely managed by the Temple authorities. [8] [9]
Seventh-day Adventist Church 15.6Flag of the United States.svg  United States Adventism As of 1998 [10]
Church of England 13.84Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Anglican Endowment funds. [11]
Church of Sweden 11.41Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Lutheran FY2012. Largely of assets that are in forests, buildings and securities. Another 3.07 billion as annual income. [12]
Trinity Church 6.0Flag of the United States.svg  United States Anglican [13] [14] [15]
Opus Dei (part of the Catholic Church)2.8Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Catholicism [16]
Church of Scientology 2.0Flag of the United States.svg  United States Scientology [17] [18]
Holy See (Vatican) Unknown [19] Flag of the Vatican City (2023-present).svg  Vatican City Catholicism Not available due to widespread properties globally. [20] [21] [22]

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