National Demographics
Religious Affiliation
Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
Total Population
200,813,818 1
Urban
36.70% 1
Rural
63.30% 1
Immigrants as % of Population
1.9% 2
Level of Public Corruption
116 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
143 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 5
Fertility Rate
3.55 births per adult woman 6
Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
8.10% 6
Life Expectancy at Birth
66 years 6
Adult Literacy Rate
55.38% 6
Internet Users
14% 6
Gross National Income per Capita
US$1,400 6
Population Living Below US$1.90 per Day
8.3% 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
1,594,000
Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
0.73
Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
15,281
Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
3,652
First Communions per Year
13,256
Confirmations per Year
10,392
Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
24,290
Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
104,107
Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
5,762
Church Marriages per Year
7,695
Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
4,087
Priests
326
Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
1,067
Catholics per Priest
4,890
Parishes
138
Mission Stations (no resident priests)
85
Catholic Hospitals
10
Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
10