The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a multilayer ceramic capacitor, having the steps of: (a) alternately layering internal electrodes and ceramic green sheets containing a ceramic material having barium titanate to form a laminated body; (b) sintering the laminated body to obtain a sintered body; and (c) forming an external electrode on end faces of the sintered body to obtain a multilayer ceramic capacitor. The barium titanate has a diffraction line derived from (002) plane and a diffraction line derived from (200) plane in an X-ray diffraction chart. The ratio I₍₂₀₀₎/I_b of peak intensity I₍₂₀₀₎ at 2₍₂₀₀₎ to diffraction intensity I_b at a midpoint angle between peak angle 2₍₀₀₂₎ of the diffraction line derived from the (002) plane and peak angle 2₍₂₀₀₎ of the diffraction line derived from the (200) plane is 2 to 10. The product rSa of mean particle size r (m) of the barium titanate and specific surface area Sa (m²/g) is 1 to 2.