National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
3,121,772 1
Urban
68.40% 1
Rural
31.60% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
0.6% 2
Homicides
7.23 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
Level of Public Corruption
87 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
58 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5
Fertility Rate
2.64 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
2.20% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
70 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
98.26% 6
Internet Users
27% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$4,280 6
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
0.4% 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
1,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
0.04
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
14
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
23
First Communions per Year
10
Confirmations per Year
1
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
190
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
193
Church Marriages per Year
2
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
2
Priests
24
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
37
Catholics per Priest
57
Parishes
8
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
3
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
2