National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
18,403,860 1
Urban
57.40% 1
Rural
42.60% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
20.1% 2
Homicides
4.84 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
131 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
51 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5
Fertility Rate
2.60 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
1.40% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
70 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
99.73% 6
Internet Users
55% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$11,850 6
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
0.0% 6
- 1 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition.
- 2 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2015 revision.
- 3 United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Homicide Statistics 2015.
- 4 Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index 2016.
- 5 World Economic Forum, The Global Gender Gap Report, 2016.
- 6 UNICEF, State of the World's Children, 2016.
Catholic Demographics
These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022). The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.
Baptized Catholics
125,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
0.66
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
133
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
127
First Communions per Year
141
Confirmations per Year
113
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
150
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
7
Church Marriages per Year
39
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
25
Priests
104
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
133
Catholics per Priest
1,198
Parishes
81
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
66
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
2