There have been 17 popes from France, the second behind Italian popes.
There have been 217 Italian popes and only 49 non-Italian popes.
Italian
The vast majority of popes have been Italian. As of February of 2013 there have been only 18 popes from other countries.
Italian
There have been 12 popes who have taken Pius as their name.
Individual countries do not have their own popes. There is but one pope for the entire world and that is currently (2013) Pope Francis - Papa Francesco in Italian.
Popes do not elect cardinals, they name them.
Individual countries do not have their own popes. There is but one pope for the entire world and that is currently (2013) Pope Francis - Papa Francesco in Italian.
There have been no popes named Jude.
There have been six popes named Adrian and six popes named Paul.
There have been 12 popes named Pius.